Robert Emmett O'Connor
Born: 1885-03-18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 1962-09-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 204 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best known as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in The Public Enemy (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy (the older Paramount gate guard) in Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, as well as made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
Filmography
1950
- Sunset Boulevard as Jonesy (uncredited)
1948
- Easter Parade as Policeman (uncredited)
- Tenth Avenue Angel as Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
1947
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Southerner (uncredited)
- The Hucksters as Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
- High Wall
- Merton of the Movies as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
- Trail Street as Drunk (uncredited)
- High Barbaree as Stationmaster (uncredited)
1946
- Till the Clouds Roll By as Ed (uncredited)
- Courage of Lassie as Deputy (uncredited)
- Undercurrent as Stationmaster (uncredited)
- The Harvey Girls as Conductor (uncredited)
- Boys' Ranch as Druggist
- The Hoodlum Saint as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Up Goes Maisie as Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)
1945
- The Clock as Policeman (uncredited)
- Anchors Aweigh as Cop (uncredited)
- They Were Expendable as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
- Adventure as Man in Cantina (uncredited)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)
- Main Street After Dark as Policeman (uncredited)
- A Gun in His Hand as Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)
- The Great American Mug as Laughing Man (uncredited)
1944
- Meet Me in St. Louis as Motorman (uncredited)
- The Thin Man Goes Home as Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited)
- Barbary Coast Gent as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
- Gentle Annie as Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
- Rationing as Sheriff (uncredited)
- Return from Nowhere as Diner Cook (uncredited)
1943
- Who Killed Who? as Host (uncredited)
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Samson (uncredited)
- Air Raid Wardens as Charlie Beaugart
- The Human Comedy as Bartender (uncredited)
- Slightly Dangerous as Reporter (uncredited)
- Best Foot Forward as Train Conductor
- Whistling in Brooklyn as Detective Leo Finnigan
- Swing Shift Maisie as Proprietor (Uncredited)
- Shoe Shine Boy as Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)
1942
- Jackass Mail as Peter Lawson
- Maisie Gets Her Man as Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)
- The Omaha Trail as Oxen Owner (uncredited)
- Inflation as Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)
- The Greatest Gift as Brother Xavier (uncredited)
1940
- Dance, Girl, Dance as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- I Take This Oath as Police Car Driver
- The Lone Wolf Strikes as House Detective
- No Time for Comedy as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- A Fugitive from Justice as Murphy
- Hot Steel as Police Inspector
- Double Alibi as Patrolman Delaney
1939
- Made for Each Other as Harry (uncredited)
- You Can't Get Away with Murder as First Detective (uncredited)
- Sergeant Madden as Capt. Crane
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Pat Donegan
- Streets of New York as Police Officer Burke
1938
- Boy of the Streets as Police Officer Rourke
- Professor Beware as Cop at Estate
1937
- A Star Is Born as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
- Waikiki Wedding as Policeman (uncredited)
- We Who Are About to Die as Detective Mitchell
- The Last Train from Madrid as Secret Service Man (uncredited)
- Super-Sleuth as Casey
- New Faces of 1937 as Policeman
- Trapped by G-Men as Federal Agent Jim
- Wells Fargo as Sea Captain
- The Crime Nobody Saw as Tim Burke
- Girl Overboard as Sergeant Hatton
- Park Avenue Logger as Police Sergeant
- The Frame-Up as Larry Mann (aka John Mench)
1936
- Desire as Customs Official
- Little Lord Fauntleroy as Policeman
- Jailbreak as Policeman
- Sinner Take All as Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)
- At Sea Ashore as First Immigration Officer
1935
- A Night at the Opera as Henderson
- The Mysterious Mr. Wong as Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy
- The Lone Wolf Returns as Detective Benson
- Star of Midnight as Police Sergeant Cleary
- Stolen Harmony as Warden Clark (uncredited)
- Waterfront Lady as Police Lieutenant
- Diamond Jim as Brady's Father
- White Lies as Capt. McHenry (uncredited)
1934
- Return of the Terror as Inspector Bradley
- A Wicked Woman as Dugan (uncredited)
- The Big Shakedown as Regan
- Bottoms Up as Detective Rooney
1933
- Mystery of the Wax Museum as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre
- Gabriel Over the White House as Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
- Lady for a Day as Inspector MacCreary
- Picture Snatcher as Police Lt. Casey Nolan
- Penthouse as Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
- Bed of Roses as River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)
- Don't Bet on Love as Edward Shelton
- Midnight Mary as Cop
- Frisco Jenny as Jim Sandoval
- The Big Brain as Detective (uncredited)
1932
- Blonde Venus as Dan O'Connor
- The Beast of the City as Booking Policeman (uncredited)
- The Arm of the Law as Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake
- American Madness as Police Inspector
- Blessed Event as Jim
- The Kid from Spain as Detective Crawford
- Two Kinds of Women as Tim Gohagen
- Night World as The Policeman
- The Dark Horse as Sheriff
- Taxi! as Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
- The Big Timer as Dan Wilson
- Week-End Marriage as Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)
- Play Girl as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1931
- The Public Enemy as Paddy Ryan
- The Public Defender as Detective Brady
- Three Who Loved as Police Lt. Tom Rooney
- Fanny Foley Herself as Burns
- The Single Sin as Detective
- Reckless Living as Ryan
1930
- The Big House as Donlin
- Up the River as Prison Warden (uncredited)
- Our Blushing Brides as The Detective
- In the Next Room as Tim Morel
- Man to Man as Sheriff
- The Big Fight as Detective
- Paid as Police Sgt. Cassidy
- Framed as Sergeant Schultze
- Shooting Straight as Detective Regan
- Alias French Gertie as Detective Kelcey
1929
- The Isle of Lost Ships as Jackson
- Weary River as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- Smiling Irish Eyes as Sir Timothy
1928
- Freedom of the Press as Boss Maloney
- The Singing Fool as Cafe Owner Bill
- Four Walls as Sullivan
- Dressed to Kill as Detective Gilroy
- The Noose as Jim Conley
- The Booster
1926
- Tin Gods as Second Foreman
1920
- Drink Hearty
- His Royal Slyness as (uncredited)
1914
- The Lambs' All-Star Gambol as Self