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Mushy Callahan was the ring name of Vincent Morris Scheer, a Los Angeles-based boxing champion in the newly created World Light Welterweight Division for five years from 1926 to 1930. The championship was formerly referred to as the World SuperLightweight Title. After his retirement from boxing in 1932, Callahan refereed hundreds of matches, and had a thirty-year career taking small roles in movies, most with boxing themes, as well as working as a stuntman and boxing adviser on movie sets.
Birth Name
Vincent Morris Scheer
Born
Friday, 04 November 1904
Died
Saturday, 14 June 1986
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Hood | 1967 |
| A Fine Madness | Trainer | 1966 |
| A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Townsman | 1966 |
| Frankie and Johnny | Party Guest | 1966 |
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Minor Role | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Townsman / Juror / Referee | 1965 |
| Laredo | Barfly | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Barfly | 1965 |
| Ship of Fools | Ship Passenger | 1965 |
| The Hallelujah Trail | Miner | 1965 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Hood | 1967 |
| A Fine Madness | Trainer | 1966 |
| A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Townsman | 1966 |
| Frankie and Johnny | Party Guest | 1966 |
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Minor Role | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Townsman / Juror / Referee | 1965 |
| Laredo | Barfly | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Barfly | 1965 |
| Ship of Fools | Ship Passenger | 1965 |
| The Hallelujah Trail | Miner | 1965 |
| How to Murder Your Wife | Club Masseur | 1965 |
| Your Cheatin' Heart | Theatre Patron | 1964 |
| 4 for Texas | Townsman | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Referee | 1963 |
| Breaking Point | Referee | 1963 |
| The Nutty Professor | Cab Driver | 1963 |
| Going My Way | Referee | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Townsman | 1962 |
| Kid Galahad | Romero Fight Referee | 1962 |
| Birdman of Alcatraz | Inmate | 1962 |
| The Music Man | Townsman | 1962 |
| Pocketful of Miracles | Man at Dock | 1961 |
| Cain's Hundred | The Referee | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Referee | 1960 |
| Elmer Gantry | Boxing Match Spectator | 1960 |
| Vice Raid | Mushy the Masseur / Mushy - the Masseur | 1959 |
| Mr. Lucky | Referee | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Bar Patron | 1959 |
| The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock | Townsman | 1959 |
| The Big Fisherman | Minor Role | 1959 |
| Bat Masterson | Fight Spectator | 1958 |
| Lawman | Townsman | 1958 |
| Bronco | Townsman | 1958 |
| Cry Terror! | Plane Passenger | 1958 |
| Sugarfoot | Convict | 1957 |
| Designing Woman | Referee | 1957 |
| The Leather Saint | Referee | 1956 |
| World in My Corner | Referee | 1956 |
| I Died a Thousand Times | Observer at Accident Scene | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Referee | 1955 |
| The Bamboo Prison | P.O.W. | 1954 |
| The War of the Worlds | Burning Soldier at Pit | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Referee | 1953 |
| Stop, You're Killing Me | No Nose | 1952 |
| I Married Joan | Mushy Callahan | 1952 |
| Iron Man | Referee at Allentown Arena | 1951 |
| House of Strangers | Referee | 1949 |
| Champion | Referee Title fight | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | Referee | 1949 |
| Golden Boy | Fight fan | 1939 |
| They Made Me a Criminal | Schwimmer | 1939 |
| Kid Galahad | Boxer | 1937 |
| The Irish in Us | Mushy Callahan - the Referee | 1935 |
| The Personality Kid | Biff Sullivan | 1934 |
| Madison Square Garden | Kid McClune | 1932 |
