Charles Shaughnessy
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Charles George Patrick Shaughnessy, 5th Baron Shaughnessy (born 9 February 1955), simply known as Charles Shaughnessy, is a British
peer
, and television
, theatre
and film
actor
. He is known for his roles on American television, as Shane Donovan on the soap opera Days of our Lives
and as Maxwell Sheffield on the sitcom The Nanny
. Along with his brother, David Shaughnessy
and Ophelia Soumekh, he is a partner in 3S Media Solutions Inc.
, the son of Alfred Shaughnessy
, a television writer who was the scriptwriter for Upstairs, Downstairs
, and the actress Jean Lodge
. His brother, David Shaughnessy
, is also an actor and a television producer and director. Having been born into a show-business family, he started appearing in plays during primary school. After attending Eton College
, he read for a law degree at Magdalene College of University of Cambridge
where he wrote a thesis on the House of Lords
.
While at Cambridge, he joined the Footlights
club. After graduating, he decided to return to acting and enrolled in a London drama school, which led to him touring in a repertory company. He moved to the United States
to follow actress Susan Fallender, whom he eventually wed.
from 1984 to 1992. His Days of our Lives character’s romance with Patsy Pease
's character, Kimberly Brady, made the duo into a soap supercouple
and revived interest in Days among teenage viewers in the 1980s.
In 1996, Shaughnessy was reunited with another co-star from DOOL - Charlotte Ross
, who portrayed Shane's daughter Eve Donovan - for the TV movie A Kiss So Deadly. This time, Ross portrayed the roommate of Shaughnessy's daughter (Dedee Pfeiffer
); Shaughnessy's character, although married, forms an obsessive Lolita
-esque relationship with Ross. When she tries to break it off, Shaughnessy murders Ross; gradually, his daughter uncovers the truth.
Shaughnessy is also well known for his portrayal of Maxwell Sheffield opposite Fran Drescher
on CBS' The Nanny from 1993 to 1999. He and Drescher resumed acting together on Drescher's next sitcom, Living with Fran
, wherein Shaughnessy appeared fairly frequently as her philandering but needy ex-husband, Ted. Living with Fran was canceled on May 17, 2006, after two seasons.
Shaughnessy also appeared in the Disney Channel
2002 made-for-TV movie Get a Clue
. He was also seen in the Halloween 2000 made-for-TV movie Mom's Got A Date With A Vampire
starring opposite Caroline Rhea
(she guest-starred on The Nanny in 1998 as part of a cross-over with Hollywood Squares
). That same year, Shaughnessy made two appearances on The WB's Sabrina
(this show stars Rhea, Melissa Joan Hart
, and Beth Broderick
) playing two different characters. He played Alec Colson in the 8th-season episode "Covenant" of Stargate SG-1
. He also voiced Dr. Quintaine in the PC game Freelancer
.
He has recently appeared on an episode of NBC
's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
and is also the voice of Dennis the Goldfish on the Disney Channel
cartoon
series Stanley. On May 11, 2002, Shaughnessy won an Emmy Award
for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his portrayal of Dennis the Goldfish on Stanley.
On August 8, 2008, he portrayed the murder victim (Samuel, Guru) in Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery. As of September 2008, his voice can be heard in a few television commercials for Range Rover cars. In December 2008, he did the voice of Pietro in The Tale of Despereaux
. He also portrayed the Cockney-English accent for The Boss in the game Saints Row 2
, and more recently has voiced commercials for Land Rover
.
On May 5, 2009, he made a guest appearance in the series The Mentalist
episode “Miss Red” as the manager of a private club.
As of 2009, his voice has been featured in commercials for Land Rover
.
He also appeared on the popular TV show Hannah Montana
as a talent show judge modeled after Simon Cowell
in the episode "Judge Me Tender".
He returned to Days of our Lives
in May 2010, in a story line associated with the funeral of Alice Horton
(played by the late Frances Reid
), reuniting him with his former co-star Patsy Pease
(Kimberly).
In August–September 2010, Shaughnessy appeared as King Arthur
in Monty Python's Spamalot!
at The Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. In January 2011, he won the Broadway World Boston Theater Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical (Large Theater).
As of September 2010, he took a role in the web soap opera The Bay
.
On December 6, 2010, Shaughnessy reunited with Fran Drescher
as a guest on her limited-run daytime show, The Fran Drescher Show
.
In June 2011, he appeared as Henry Higgins
in My Fair Lady
at The North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts
.
Shaughnessy made a guest appearance on the season finalé of Fran Drescher's new TV Land
sitcom, Happily Divorced
, airing on August 17, 2011.
He is a great supporter of Chelsea Football Club in the UK.
Shaughnessy is active on the Internet. He maintains his own blog on myspace
and in the midst of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election he started a video blog on YouTube
supporting Barack Obama
.
, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
, upon the death of his second cousin, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy. The heir presumptive to the title is his brother David
. The first baron was his great-grandfather, Thomas George Shaughnessy
, the president of Canadian Pacific Railway
. Although seldom named like that, by his baronial title he is also styled as The Right Honourable
The Lord Shaughnessy.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
peer
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
, and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is known for his roles on American television, as Shane Donovan on the soap opera Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
and as Maxwell Sheffield on the sitcom The Nanny
The Nanny
Nanny may refer to:* Nanny, a child's caregiver* A grandmother * A Cajun word for godmother * A female goat* Nanny , a 1981–83 British drama series starring Wendy Craig* Nanny of the Maroons...
. Along with his brother, David Shaughnessy
David Shaughnessy
David James Shaughnessy is a British-born theatre and television director, producer and actor. Educated at Eton College and the Central School of Speech & Drama, London. He started in repertory theatres all around the UK and went on to become a principal actor with the famous Old Vic Theatre...
and Ophelia Soumekh, he is a partner in 3S Media Solutions Inc.
Early life
Shaughnessy was born on 9 February 1955 in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, the son of Alfred Shaughnessy
Alfred Shaughnessy
Alfred James Shaughnessy , sometimes known as Freddy Shaughnessy, was an English scriptwriter and producer best known for being the script editor of Upstairs, Downstairs.-Early life:...
, a television writer who was the scriptwriter for Upstairs, Downstairs
Upstairs, Downstairs
Upstairs, Downstairs is a British drama television series originally produced by London Weekend Television and revived by the BBC. It ran on ITV in 68 episodes divided into five series from 1971 to 1975, and a sixth series shown on the BBC on three consecutive nights, 26–28 December 2010.Set in a...
, and the actress Jean Lodge
Jean Lodge
Jean Lodge is an English film and television actress.She played Guinevere in The Black Knight and Lady Netherden in The Hellfire Club....
. His brother, David Shaughnessy
David Shaughnessy
David James Shaughnessy is a British-born theatre and television director, producer and actor. Educated at Eton College and the Central School of Speech & Drama, London. He started in repertory theatres all around the UK and went on to become a principal actor with the famous Old Vic Theatre...
, is also an actor and a television producer and director. Having been born into a show-business family, he started appearing in plays during primary school. After attending Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
, he read for a law degree at Magdalene College of University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
where he wrote a thesis on the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
.
While at Cambridge, he joined the Footlights
Footlights
Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England, founded in 1883 and run by the students of Cambridge University....
club. After graduating, he decided to return to acting and enrolled in a London drama school, which led to him touring in a repertory company. He moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to follow actress Susan Fallender, whom he eventually wed.
Career
Shaughnessy first became known for playing Shane Donovan on the soap opera Days of our LivesDays of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
from 1984 to 1992. His Days of our Lives character’s romance with Patsy Pease
Patsy Pease
Patricia Ann "Patsy" Pease is an American soap opera actress. She is most known for her role as Kimberly Brady on Days of our Lives ....
's character, Kimberly Brady, made the duo into a soap supercouple
Supercouple
A supercouple or super couple is a popular or financially wealthy pairing that intrigues and fascinates the public in an intense or even obsessive fashion...
and revived interest in Days among teenage viewers in the 1980s.
In 1996, Shaughnessy was reunited with another co-star from DOOL - Charlotte Ross
Charlotte Ross
Charlotte Ross is an American actress, who is perhaps most widely known as a cast member of NYPD Blue from 2001 to 2004.-Early Years:...
, who portrayed Shane's daughter Eve Donovan - for the TV movie A Kiss So Deadly. This time, Ross portrayed the roommate of Shaughnessy's daughter (Dedee Pfeiffer
Dedee Pfeiffer
Dedee Pfeiffer is an American film and television actress.Pfeiffer was born Dorothy D. Pfeiffer in Midway City, California, the daughter of Donna , a home-maker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor...
); Shaughnessy's character, although married, forms an obsessive Lolita
Lolita
Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian...
-esque relationship with Ross. When she tries to break it off, Shaughnessy murders Ross; gradually, his daughter uncovers the truth.
Shaughnessy is also well known for his portrayal of Maxwell Sheffield opposite Fran Drescher
Fran Drescher
Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher is an American film and television actress, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, author, singer, talk show host, political lobbyist and health activist...
on CBS' The Nanny from 1993 to 1999. He and Drescher resumed acting together on Drescher's next sitcom, Living with Fran
Living With Fran
Living With Fran is an American sitcom that debuted on The WB network in April 2005 that starred Fran Drescher. The show last aired on March 2006.-Premise:Drescher plays Fran Reeves, an interior designer and divorced mother of two...
, wherein Shaughnessy appeared fairly frequently as her philandering but needy ex-husband, Ted. Living with Fran was canceled on May 17, 2006, after two seasons.
Shaughnessy also appeared in the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
2002 made-for-TV movie Get a Clue
Get a Clue
Get a Clue is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Lindsay Lohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing, Bug Hall as a boy who helps her, Ian Gomez as the missing teacher, Brenda Song as Lexy's best friend, Ali Mukaddam as...
. He was also seen in the Halloween 2000 made-for-TV movie Mom's Got A Date With A Vampire
Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire
Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie.-Plot:The Hansen children are in a jam. Adam and his best friend Duffy have some tickets for the Headless Horseman concert, and his sister Chelsea has a date with her dreamy boyfriend Peter...
starring opposite Caroline Rhea
Caroline Rhea
Caroline Gilchrist Rhea is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actress who was the original host of the reality television show The Biggest Loser on NBC until she was replaced by Alison Sweeney after the end of the third season...
(she guest-starred on The Nanny in 1998 as part of a cross-over with Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants...
). That same year, Shaughnessy made two appearances on The WB's Sabrina
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a teenage fictional character named Sabrina Spellman. The character was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo. The comic's characters have also appeared in various other media...
(this show stars Rhea, Melissa Joan Hart
Melissa Joan Hart
Melissa Joan Catherine Hart is an American actress, writer, television director, television producer, singer and businesswoman...
, and Beth Broderick
Beth Broderick
Elizabeth Alice "Beth" Broderick is an American actress famous for her portrayal of the character Zelda Spellman in the television sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch from 1996–2003 on ABC and then the Warner Bros. network.-Early life:Broderick was born in Falmouth, Kentucky and grew up in...
) playing two different characters. He played Alec Colson in the 8th-season episode "Covenant" of Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1
Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
. He also voiced Dr. Quintaine in the PC game Freelancer
Freelancer (video game)
Freelancer is a space trading and combat simulation video game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was initially announced by Chris Roberts in 1999, and following many production schedule mishaps and a buyout of Digital Anvil by Microsoft, it was eventually...
.
He has recently appeared on an episode of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
and is also the voice of Dennis the Goldfish on the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
series Stanley. On May 11, 2002, Shaughnessy won an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his portrayal of Dennis the Goldfish on Stanley.
On August 8, 2008, he portrayed the murder victim (Samuel, Guru) in Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery. As of September 2008, his voice can be heard in a few television commercials for Range Rover cars. In December 2008, he did the voice of Pietro in The Tale of Despereaux
The Tale of Despereaux
The Tale of Despereaux, also known as The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread is a 2004 Newbery Medal winning fantasy book written by Kate DiCamillo. The main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux, who sets out on his quest...
. He also portrayed the Cockney-English accent for The Boss in the game Saints Row 2
Saints Row 2
Saints Row 2 is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 systems. It is the second title in the Saints Row series, after the release of Saints Row in 2006. It is succeeded by Saints Row: The...
, and more recently has voiced commercials for Land Rover
Land Rover
Land Rover is a British car manufacturer with its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover group...
.
On May 5, 2009, he made a guest appearance in the series The Mentalist
The Mentalist
The Mentalist is an American police procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also the show's executive producer...
episode “Miss Red” as the manager of a private club.
As of 2009, his voice has been featured in commercials for Land Rover
Land Rover
Land Rover is a British car manufacturer with its headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom which specialises in four-wheel-drive vehicles. It is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover group...
.
He also appeared on the popular TV show Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
as a talent show judge modeled after Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol...
in the episode "Judge Me Tender".
He returned to Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
in May 2010, in a story line associated with the funeral of Alice Horton
Alice Horton
Alice Horton is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, portrayed by Frances Reid from the show's debut on November 8, 1965 until December 26, 2007...
(played by the late Frances Reid
Frances Reid
Frances Reid was an American dramatic actress. Although she starred in many productions, she is best known for her portrayal of Alice Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of our Lives from its debut in November 1965 until her death on February 3, 2010.-Biography:Born in Wichita Falls, Texas,...
), reuniting him with his former co-star Patsy Pease
Patsy Pease
Patricia Ann "Patsy" Pease is an American soap opera actress. She is most known for her role as Kimberly Brady on Days of our Lives ....
(Kimberly).
In August–September 2010, Shaughnessy appeared as King Arthur
King Arthur
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...
in Monty Python's Spamalot!
Spamalot
Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre...
at The Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. In January 2011, he won the Broadway World Boston Theater Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical (Large Theater).
As of September 2010, he took a role in the web soap opera The Bay
The Bay
The Bay is a chain of 91 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company , North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"...
.
On December 6, 2010, Shaughnessy reunited with Fran Drescher
Fran Drescher
Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher is an American film and television actress, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, author, singer, talk show host, political lobbyist and health activist...
as a guest on her limited-run daytime show, The Fran Drescher Show
The Fran Drescher Show
The Fran Drescher Show, also called The Fran Drescher Tawk Show , is a syndicated talk show hosted by actress Fran Drescher and produced by Fox Television Studios and Debmar-Mercury...
.
In June 2011, he appeared as Henry Higgins
Henry Higgins
Henry Higgins may refer to:*The fictional character: see Pygmalion or My Fair Lady*The Australian politician and judge H. B. Higgins* Henry Higgins -See also:*Harry Higgins, English cricketer*Henry Huggins, fictional character...
in My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
at The North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts
Beverly, Massachusetts
Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,343 on , which differs by no more than several hundred from the 39,862 obtained in the 2000 census. A resort, residential and manufacturing community on the North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides...
.
Shaughnessy made a guest appearance on the season finalé of Fran Drescher's new TV Land
TV Land
TV Land is an American cable television network launched on April 29, 1996. It is owned by MTV Networks, a division of Viacom, which also owns Paramount Pictures, and networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon...
sitcom, Happily Divorced
Happily Divorced
Happily Divorced is an American sitcom created by Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson. Inspired by their experiences, the series, which became TV Land's third original scripted series following Hot in Cleveland and Retired at 35, premiered on June 15, 2011, and revolves around a Los Angeles...
, airing on August 17, 2011.
Personal life
Shaughnessy has been married to Susan Fallender since 1983. Together they have two daughters:- The Hon. Jenny Johanna Shaughnessy (born 18 March 1990)
- The Hon. Madelyn Sarah Shaughnessy (born 8 February 1995)
He is a great supporter of Chelsea Football Club in the UK.
Shaughnessy is active on the Internet. He maintains his own blog on myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
and in the midst of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election he started a video blog on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
supporting Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
.
Peerage
In December 2007, he became the fifth Baron ShaughnessyBaron Shaughnessy
Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1916 for the businessman and public servant Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company...
, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
, upon the death of his second cousin, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy. The heir presumptive to the title is his brother David
David Shaughnessy
David James Shaughnessy is a British-born theatre and television director, producer and actor. Educated at Eton College and the Central School of Speech & Drama, London. He started in repertory theatres all around the UK and went on to become a principal actor with the famous Old Vic Theatre...
. The first baron was his great-grandfather, Thomas George Shaughnessy
Thomas Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy
Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, KCVO was an American-born Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy, KCVO (6 October 1853 – 10 December...
, the president of Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
. Although seldom named like that, by his baronial title he is also styled as The Right Honourable
The Right Honourable
The Right Honourable is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Anglophone Caribbean and other Commonwealth Realms, and occasionally elsewhere...
The Lord Shaughnessy.
Soap Opera Digest Awards
- Won, 1985, for Outstanding New Actor in a Daytime Serials
- Won, 1986, for Favorite Daytime Super Couple on a Daytime Serial (shared with Patsy PeasePatsy PeasePatricia Ann "Patsy" Pease is an American soap opera actress. She is most known for her role as Kimberly Brady on Days of our Lives ....
) - Won, 1988, for Outstanding Super Couple: Daytime (shared with Patsy Pease)
- Nominated, 1990, for Outstanding Super Couple: Daytime (shared with Patsy Pease)
- Nominated, 1991, for Outstanding Hero: Daytime
- Nominated, 1992, for Outstanding Lead Actor: Daytime
Daytime Emmy Awards
- Won, 2002, for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program (Stanley)
Broadway World Boston Theater Awards
- Won, 2011, for Best Lead Actor in a Musical (Large Theater)
Filmography
- Love's Christmas Journey (2011) (TV movie) - Mr. Weaver
- Happily DivorcedHappily DivorcedHappily Divorced is an American sitcom created by Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson. Inspired by their experiences, the series, which became TV Land's third original scripted series following Hot in Cleveland and Retired at 35, premiered on June 15, 2011, and revolves around a Los Angeles...
(2011) - "Torn Between Two Lovetts" - Gregory Sherwood - William & KateWilliam & KateWilliam & Kate is the first of two unrelated American television films about the relationship between Prince William and Catherine "Kate" Middleton , directed by Mark Rosman and written by Nancey Silvers. The film was a ratings success, despite the negative reception from critics...
(2011) (TV movie) - Flight Instructor - Your HighnessYour HighnessYour Highness is a 2011 fantasy comedy film directed by David Gordon Green, written by Danny McBride and Ben Best, and starring McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, and Zooey Deschanel. Filming began in the summer of 2009 in Northern Ireland and concluded in October 2009...
(2011) - Narrator/Soul of the Maze - Ricky and Ravi (Are In Between Jobs) (2011) (Video short) - Richard Paddle
- The BayThe BayThe Bay is a chain of 91 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company , North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"...
(2010) - Capt. Elliot Sanders - AudreyAudreyAudrey is a given name. It is also the name of Saint Audrey or Saint Æthelthryt, a 7th century saint. Audrey was the 51st most popular name for girls born in 2007 in the United States and was the 173rd most common name for females in the United States in the 1990 census. It was also ranked in the...
(2010) - Jacques - The Suite Life on DeckThe Suite Life on DeckThe Suite Life on Deck is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody...
(2010) - "Rollin' With the Holmsies" - Jean-Claude Benoit - CSI: NYCSI: NYCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...
(2010) - "Sanguine Love" - Mr. Christensen - Wishing WellWishing Well"Wishing Well" is a song of Sananda Maitreya for the album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, and hit number one on both the Soul Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 on ....
(2009) (TV movie) - Bosley - White Knight Chronicles (2009) (Video Game) - Eldore
- Hannah MontanaHannah MontanaHannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
(2009) - "Judge Me Tender" - Byron - Saints Row 2Saints Row 2Saints Row 2 is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 systems. It is the second title in the Saints Row series, after the release of Saints Row in 2006. It is succeeded by Saints Row: The...
(2008) (Video Game) - 3rd Street Saints Boss (Male Voice 1) - The Tale of DespereauxThe Tale of DespereauxThe Tale of Despereaux, also known as The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread is a 2004 Newbery Medal winning fantasy book written by Kate DiCamillo. The main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux, who sets out on his quest...
(2008) - Pietro (voice) - Mad MenMad MenMad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
(2008–2009) - Saint John Powell - Polar Opposites (2008) - David
- Saints & Sinners (2007) – August Martin
- Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
(Episode 164-Recall)(2006) - Veronica MarsVeronica MarsVeronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...
(2006) – Budd Rose- Lord of the Pi's (2006) – Budd Rose
- National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 is the mystery/farce sequel to the 2003 comedy National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze. Chris Owen and Danielle Fishel reprised their roles from the original along with Tony Denman, James DeBello, Patrick Cavanaugh, Marieh Delfino, Jennifer Lyons and Gable Carr...
(2006) – Professor Rex Cavendish - Living With FranLiving With FranLiving With Fran is an American sitcom that debuted on The WB network in April 2005 that starred Fran Drescher. The show last aired on March 2006.-Premise:Drescher plays Fran Reeves, an interior designer and divorced mother of two...
(2005–2006) (TV series) - Ted Reeves - Kids in America (2005) – Sergeant Carmichael
- Get A ClueGet a ClueGet a Clue is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Lindsay Lohan as Lexy Gold, a high-school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing, Bug Hall as a boy who helps her, Ian Gomez as the missing teacher, Brenda Song as Lexy's best friend, Ali Mukaddam as...
(2002) – Detective Meany / Falco - Stanley (2001–2004) - Dennis the Goldfish
- Sabrina, The Teenage WitchSabrina, the Teenage WitchSabrina the Teenage Witch is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a teenage fictional character named Sabrina Spellman. The character was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo. The comic's characters have also appeared in various other media...
(2001) - "Witchright Hall" - James Hexton - Mom's Got a Date with a VampireMom's Got a Date With a VampireMom's Got a Date with a Vampire is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie.-Plot:The Hansen children are in a jam. Adam and his best friend Duffy have some tickets for the Headless Horseman concert, and his sister Chelsea has a date with her dreamy boyfriend Peter...
(2000) – Dimitri Denatos - Sabrina, The Teenage WitchSabrina, the Teenage WitchSabrina the Teenage Witch is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a teenage fictional character named Sabrina Spellman. The character was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo. The comic's characters have also appeared in various other media...
(2000) - "You Can't Twin" - Alec - Second ChancesSecond Chances (film)Second Chances is a 1998 film directed by James Fargo. It stars Tom Amandes and Isabel Glasser.-Cast:*Tom Amandes as Ben Taylor*Isabel Glasser as Kathleen Matthews*Kelsey Mulrooney as Sunny Matthews*Terry Moore as Dallas Judd*Stuart Whitman as Buddy...
(1998) – Dr. Hugh Olson - The NannyThe Nanny (TV series)The Nanny is an American television sitcom co-produced by Sternin & Fraser Ink, Inc., and Fran Drescher in association with TriStar Television for the CBS network...
(1993–1999) (TV series) – Maxwell Sheffield - Everything to Gain (1996) (made-for-TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) – Andrew Keswick - A Kiss So Deadly (1996) (made-for-TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) – Tom Deese - Til We Meet AgainJudith Krantz's Till We Meet AgainJudith Krantz's Till We Meet Again was a 1989 TV mini-series based on the Judith Krantz novel, Till We Meet Again. Its stars included Mia Sara, Bruce Boxleitner, Hugh Grant and Courteney Cox.-External links:...
(1989) (mini-series) – Armand - Days of our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
(1984–1992, 2002, 2010) (TV series) – Shane Donovan