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Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

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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 appe

Born

Mar 18, 1885

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died

Sep 04, 1962

Known For

Acting

Movies

139 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.5

movie

Known For

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950

as Jonesy (uncredited)
They Were Expendable

They Were Expendable

1945

as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944

as Motorman (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945

as Cop (uncredited)
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1937

as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935

as Henderson
Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus

1932

as Dan O'Connor
The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

1931

as Paddy Ryan
Easter Parade

Easter Parade

1948

as Policeman (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933

as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
1950 • as Jonesy (uncredited)
★ 8.3
They Were Expendable
They Were Expendable
1945 • as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Inflation
Inflation
1942 • as Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Harvey Girls
The Harvey Girls
1946 • as Conductor (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Meet Me in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944 • as Motorman (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh
1945 • as Cop (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Midnight Mary
Midnight Mary
1933 • as Cop
★ 6.8
Undercurrent
Undercurrent
1946 • as Stationmaster (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Barbary Coast Gent
Barbary Coast Gent
1944 • as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Desire
Desire
1936 • as Customs Official
★ 7.0
Air Raid Wardens
Air Raid Wardens
1943 • as Charlie Beaugart
★ 7.2
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born
1937 • as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
★ 7.2
A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera
1935 • as Henderson
★ 7.4
Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim
1935 • as Brady's Father
★ 6.5
Swing Shift Maisie
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 • as Proprietor (Uncredited)
★ 6.8
Adventure
Adventure
1945 • as Man in Cantina (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Till the Clouds Roll By
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 • as Ed (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Blonde Venus
Blonde Venus
1932 • as Dan O'Connor
★ 6.8
High Wall
High Wall
1947
★ 6.4
Picture Snatcher
Picture Snatcher
1933 • as Police Lt. Casey Nolan
★ 6.9
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936 • as Policeman
★ 6.8
Lady for a Day
Lady for a Day
1933 • as Inspector MacCreary
★ 7.1
The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy
1931 • as Paddy Ryan
★ 7.2
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
1937 • as Sea Captain
★ 5.5
Sergeant Madden
Sergeant Madden
1939 • as Capt. Crane
★ 7.5
No Time for Comedy
No Time for Comedy
1940 • as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 5.3
Whistling in Brooklyn
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943 • as Detective Leo Finnigan
★ 7.0
Penthouse
Penthouse
1933 • as Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
★ 6.9
The Last Train from Madrid
The Last Train from Madrid
1937 • as Secret Service Man (uncredited)
★ 4.8
The Clock
The Clock
1945 • as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Easter Parade
Easter Parade
1948 • as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Dance, Girl, Dance
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 • as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Courage of Lassie
Courage of Lassie
1946 • as Deputy (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Super-Sleuth
Super-Sleuth
1937 • as Casey
★ 5.6
Waikiki Wedding
Waikiki Wedding
1937 • as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Trail Street
Trail Street
1947 • as Drunk (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Hucksters
The Hucksters
1947 • as Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Up Goes Maisie
Up Goes Maisie
1946 • as Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Big Fight
The Big Fight
1930 • as Detective
★ 4.5
Sinner Take All
Sinner Take All
1936 • as Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)
★ 4.9
Jackass Mail
Jackass Mail
1942 • as Peter Lawson
★ 7.5
Up the River
Up the River
1930 • as Prison Warden (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Star of Midnight
Star of Midnight
1935 • as Police Sergeant Cleary
★ 5.9
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933 • as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre
★ 6.5
The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy
1943 • as Bartender (uncredited)
★ 6.2
The Big House
The Big House
1930 • as Donlin
★ 6.6
Bottoms Up
Bottoms Up
1934 • as Detective Rooney
★ 5.2
Taxi!
Taxi!
1932 • as Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
★ 6.8
Girl Overboard
Girl Overboard
1937 • as Sergeant Hatton
★ 9.0
Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous
1943 • as Reporter (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Made for Each Other
Made for Each Other
1939 • as Harry (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Boys' Ranch
Boys' Ranch
1946 • as Druggist
★ 7.0
Our Blushing Brides
Our Blushing Brides
1930 • as The Detective
★ 5.6
American Madness
American Madness
1932 • as Police Inspector
★ 6.9
New Faces of 1937
New Faces of 1937
1937 • as Policeman
★ 5.3
Main Street After Dark
Main Street After Dark
1945 • as Policeman (uncredited)
★ 4.5
The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 • as Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited)
★ 7.1
A Wicked Woman
A Wicked Woman
1934 • as Dugan (uncredited)
★ 5.0
Shooting Straight
Shooting Straight
1930 • as Detective Regan
★ 6.3
The Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift
1942 • as Brother Xavier (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Bed of Roses
Bed of Roses
1933 • as River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 • as 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 • as Pat Donegan
★ 5.0
Best Foot Forward
Best Foot Forward
1943 • as Train Conductor
★ 6.8
Tenth Avenue Angel
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 • as Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Night World
Night World
1932 • as The Policeman
★ 6.8
The Beast of the City
The Beast of the City
1932 • as Booking Policeman (uncredited)
★ 5.9
The Hoodlum Saint
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 • as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Blessed Event
Blessed Event
1932 • as Jim
★ 6.8
Maisie Gets Her Man
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 • as Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Crime Nobody Saw
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937 • as Tim Burke
★ 5.5
Who Killed Who?
Who Killed Who?
1943 • as Host (uncredited)
★ 7.1
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Drink Hearty
1920
★ 7.0
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 • as Southerner (uncredited)
★ 6.7
A Fugitive from Justice
A Fugitive from Justice
1940 • as Murphy
★ 5.7
The Omaha Trail
The Omaha Trail
1942 • as Oxen Owner (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Jailbreak
Jailbreak
1936 • as Policeman
★ 6.7
Dressed to Kill
Dressed to Kill
1928 • as Detective Gilroy
★ 8.0
You Can't Get Away with Murder
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939 • as First Detective (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Professor Beware
Professor Beware
1938 • as Cop at Estate
★ 6.0
The Lone Wolf Strikes
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940 • as House Detective
★ 6.8
Gentle Annie
Gentle Annie
1944 • as Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
★ 5.7
A Gun in His Hand
A Gun in His Hand
1945 • as Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Play Girl
Play Girl
1932 • as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 5.0
The Big Brain
The Big Brain
1933 • as Detective (uncredited)
★ 8.0
The Lone Wolf Returns
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935 • as Detective Benson
★ 6.1
The Singing Fool
The Singing Fool
1928 • as Cafe Owner Bill
★ 5.0
The Great American Mug
The Great American Mug
1945 • as Laughing Man (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Stolen Harmony
Stolen Harmony
1935 • as Warden Clark (uncredited)
★ 8.0
I Take This Oath
I Take This Oath
1940 • as Police Car Driver
★ 5.8
Don't Bet on Love
Don't Bet on Love
1933 • as Edward Shelton
★ 8.0
Week-End Marriage
Week-End Marriage
1932 • as Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)
★ 5.5
The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse
1932 • as Sheriff
★ 7.4
Hot Steel
Hot Steel
1940 • as Police Inspector
★ 7.5
Man to Man
Man to Man
1930 • as Sheriff
★ 6.2
The Big Shakedown
The Big Shakedown
1934 • as Regan
★ 5.9
Weary River
Weary River
1929 • as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Alias French Gertie
Alias French Gertie
1930 • as Detective Kelcey
★ 6.3
High Barbaree
High Barbaree
1947 • as Stationmaster (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Merton of the Movies
Merton of the Movies
1947 • as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Gabriel Over the White House
Gabriel Over the White House
1933 • as Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Return of the Terror
Return of the Terror
1934 • as Inspector Bradley
★ 6.5
Frisco Jenny
Frisco Jenny
1933 • as Jim Sandoval
★ 6.7
Shoe Shine Boy
Shoe Shine Boy
1943 • as Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)
★ 7.3
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935 • as Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy
★ 4.3
Two Kinds of Women
Two Kinds of Women
1932 • as Tim Gohagen
★ 6.3
Framed
Framed
1930 • as Sergeant Schultze
★ 5.3
Paid
Paid
1930 • as Police Sgt. Cassidy
★ 6.7
The Frame-Up
The Frame-Up
1937 • as Larry Mann (aka John Mench)
★ 6.5
Park Avenue Logger
Park Avenue Logger
1937 • as Police Sergeant
★ 8.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 • as Samson (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Waterfront Lady
Waterfront Lady
1935 • as Police Lieutenant
★ 5.3
Boy of the Streets
Boy of the Streets
1938 • as Police Officer Rourke
★ 6.0
The Arm of the Law
The Arm of the Law
1932 • as Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake
★ 5.3
Rationing
Rationing
1944 • as Sheriff (uncredited)
★ 4.0
Four Walls
Four Walls
1928 • as Sullivan
★ 7.3
We Who Are About to Die
We Who Are About to Die
1937 • as Detective Mitchell
★ 7.0
Fanny Foley Herself
Fanny Foley Herself
1931 • as Burns
★ 7.0
Tin Gods
Tin Gods
1926 • as Second Foreman
★ 9.0
The Kid from Spain
The Kid from Spain
1932 • as Detective Crawford
★ 6.6
Double Alibi
Double Alibi
1940 • as Patrolman Delaney
★ 5.3
Trapped by G-Men
Trapped by G-Men
1937 • as Federal Agent Jim
★ 7.0
Smiling Irish Eyes
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 • as Sir Timothy
★ 9.0
The Big Timer
The Big Timer
1932 • as Dan Wilson
★ 4.6
Three Who Loved
Three Who Loved
1931 • as Police Lt. Tom Rooney
★ 6.0
In the Next Room
In the Next Room
1930 • as Tim Morel
★ 9.0
The Booster
The Booster
1928
★ 7.0
The Public Defender
The Public Defender
1931 • as Detective Brady
★ 6.4
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of the Press
1928 • as Boss Maloney
★ 8.0
The Noose
The Noose
1928 • as Jim Conley
★ 7.7
The Isle of Lost Ships
The Isle of Lost Ships
1929 • as Jackson
★ 7.0
Streets of New York
Streets of New York
1939 • as Police Officer Burke
★ 5.4
Return from Nowhere
Return from Nowhere
1944 • as Diner Cook (uncredited)
★ 6.0
The Single Sin
The Single Sin
1931 • as Detective
★ 7.0
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Reckless Living
1931 • as Ryan
★ 4.3
At Sea Ashore
At Sea Ashore
1936 • as First Immigration Officer
★ 8.0
His Royal Slyness
His Royal Slyness
1920 • as (uncredited)
★ 6.0
White Lies
White Lies
1935 • as Capt. McHenry (uncredited)
★ 7.5
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The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
1914 • as Self