Patrick Cranshaw(1919-2005)

Actor
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Patrick Cranshaw at an event for The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004)

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Air Buddies (2006)

Joseph Patrick Cranshaw was an American character actor from Oklahoma. He is well-known for playing fraternity brother Blue from the Todd Phillips comedy film Old School. He had minor roles in many other shows and films including Seinfeld, Air Bud, Herbie: Fully Loaded and The Dukes of Hazzard. He passed away in December 28, 2005 due to natural causes.

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Known for

Old School

7.0

Blue

2003

Nothing to Lose

6.7

Henry

1997

The Hudsucker Proxy

7.2

Ancient Sorter(as Pat Cranshaw)

1994

Herbie: Fully Loaded

5.0

Jimmy D.

2005

Credits

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Actor

Air Buddies
4.7
Video
- Sheriff Bob
- 2006
Shoot
4.4
Short
- Zach
- 2006
Herbie: Fully Loaded
5.0
- Jimmy D.
- 2005
One More Round
6.1
- Larry
- 2005
Breakin' All the Rules
5.6
- Mr. Lynch
- 2004
7th Heaven
5.3
TV Series
- Mr. Suggs
- 2004
My Boss's Daughter
4.7
- Old Man
- 2003
Monk
8.1
TV Series
- Miles Hollings
- 2003
Air Bud: Spikes Back
4.1
Video
- Sheriff Bob
- 2003
Old School
7.0
- Blue
- 2003
ER
7.9
TV Series
- Mr. Gilman
- Man with walker
- 1998–2003
Frank McKlusky, C.I.
4.1
- The Old Man
- 2002
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
4.5
Video
- Sheriff Bob
- 2002
MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate
4.1
- Ron
- 2001
Dead Last
7.2
TV Series
- Pops McNitty
- 2001

Soundtrack

Videos10

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My Boss's Daughter

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Air Bud: 7th Inning Fetch

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Air Bud: 7th Inning Fetch

Personal details

Alternative names
- J. Pat Cranshaw
Height
- 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
Born
- June 17, 1919
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
Died
- December 28, 2005
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA(natural causes)
Spouse
- Afyphee ShawDecember 28, 1968 - May 1973 (divorced, 5 children)
Children
Parents
Other works
(9/6/87) Stage: Appeared (as "Sen. Blake") in John Murray and Allen Boretz's play, "Room Service," at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA, with James E. Brodhead (Gregory Warner); Henry Polic; Jerry Tullos (Dr. Glass); Wayne Winton; Christie Houser; Robert Desidero; William Christopher; Tony Papenfuss; John Kassir; Arye Gross and Roy Thinnes in the cast. Stephen Rothman was director.

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Trivia
Veteran character actor who unexpectedly attained pop culture status playing Joseph "Blue" Palasky in Old School (2003). He was well into his 80s when he was cast in the small part that gave him the kind of public recognition rarely afforded a character actor.