Robert Emmett O'Connor
March 18, 1885 (139 years old) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 1950 · Sunset Boulevard as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
- 1948 · Easter Parade as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1948 · Tenth Avenue Angel as Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
- 1947 · Merton of the Movies as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Southerner
- 1947 · The Hucksters as Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
- 1946 · Till the Clouds Roll By as Ed (uncredited)
- 1946 · Undercurrent as Stationmaster (uncredited)
- 1946 · Courage of Lassie as Deputy (uncredited)
- 1946 · Boys' Ranch as Druggist
- 1946 · The Hoodlum Saint as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1946 · Up Goes Maisie as Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)
- 1946 · The Harvey Girls as Conductor (uncredited)
- 1945 · Adventure as Man in Cantina (uncredited)
- 1945 · They Were Expendable as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
- 1945 · The Great American Mug as Laughing Man (uncredited)
- 1945 · Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)
- 1945 · A Gun in His Hand as Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)
- 1945 · Anchors Aweigh as Cop (uncredited)
- 1945 · The Clock as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1945 · Main Street After Dark as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1944 · Gentle Annie as Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
- 1944 · Meet Me in St. Louis as Motorman (uncredited)
- 1944 · Return from Nowhere as Diner Cook (uncredited)
- 1944 · Barbary Coast Gent as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
- 1944 · Rationing as Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1943 · Shoe Shine Boy as Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)
- 1943 · Whistling in Brooklyn as Detective Leo Finnigan
- 1943 · Best Foot Forward as Train Conductor
- 1943 · Swing Shift Maisie as Proprietor (Uncredited)
- 1943 · Who Killed Who? as Host (uncredited)
- 1943 · Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Samson (uncredited)
- 1943 · Air Raid Wardens as Charlie Beaugart
- 1943 · Slightly Dangerous as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1943 · The Human Comedy as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1942 · The Greatest Gift as Brother Xavier (uncredited)
- 1942 · The Omaha Trail as Oxen Owner (uncredited)
- 1942 · Jackass Mail as Peter Lawson
- 1942 · Maisie Gets Her Man as Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)
- 1942 · Inflation as Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)
- 1940 · No Time for Comedy as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1940 · Dance, Girl, Dance as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- 1940 · A Fugitive from Justice as Murphy
- 1940 · Hot Steel as Police Inspector
- 1940 · I Take This Oath as Police Car Driver
- 1940 · Double Alibi as Patrolman Delaney
- 1940 · The Lone Wolf Strikes as House Detective
- 1939 · Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Pat Donegan
- 1939 · Streets of New York as Police Officer Burke
- 1939 · Sergeant Madden as Capt. Crane
- 1939 · Made for Each Other as Harry (Elevator Starter) (uncredited)
- 1938 · Professor Beware as Cop at Estate
- 1938 · Boy of the Streets as Police Officer Rourke
- 1937 · Wells Fargo as Sea Captain
- 1937 · Trapped by G-Men as Federal Agent Jim
- 1937 · Super-Sleuth as Casey
- 1937 · New Faces of 1937 as Policeman
- 1937 · The Frame-Up as Larry Mann
- 1937 · A Star Is Born as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
- 1937 · Waikiki Wedding as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1937 · Park Avenue Logger as Police Sergeant
- 1937 · The Crime Nobody Saw as Tim Burke
- 1937 · Girl Overboard as Sergeant Hatton
- 1937 · We Who Are About to Die as Detective Mitchell
- 1936 · Sinner Take All as Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)
- 1936 · Jailbreak as Policeman
- 1936 · Desire as Customs Official
- 1936 · At Sea Ashore as First Immigration Officer
- 1936 · Little Lord Fauntleroy as Policeman
- 1935 · The Lone Wolf Returns as Detective Benson
- 1935 · A Night at the Opera as Henderson
- 1935 · Waterfront Lady as Police Lieutenant
- 1935 · Diamond Jim as Brady's Father
- 1935 · Stolen Harmony as Warden Clark (uncredited)
- 1935 · Star of Midnight as Police Sergeant Cleary
- 1935 · The Mysterious Mr. Wong as Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy
- 1934 · A Wicked Woman as Dugan (uncredited)
- 1934 · Return of the Terror as Inspector Bradley
- 1934 · Bottoms Up as Detective Rooney
- 1934 · The Big Shakedown as Regan
- 1933 · Lady for a Day as Inspector MacCreary
- 1933 · Penthouse as Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
- 1933 · Midnight Mary as Cop
- 1933 · Don't Bet on Love as Edward Shelton
- 1933 · Bed of Roses as River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)
- 1933 · Picture Snatcher as Lieutenant Casey Nolan
- 1933 · Gabriel Over the White House as Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
- 1933 · Mystery of the Wax Museum as Police Sergeant by Christmas tree
- 1933 · Frisco Jenny as Jim Sandoval
- 1932 · The Kid from Spain as Detective Crawford
- 1932 · Blonde Venus as Dan O'Connor
- 1932 · Blessed Event as Jim
- 1932 · American Madness as Police Inspector
- 1932 · Week-End Marriage as Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)
- 1932 · The Dark Horse as Sheriff
- 1932 · Night World as The Policeman
- 1932 · The Arm of the Law as Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake
- 1932 · Play Girl as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1932 · The Big Timer as Dan Wilson
- 1932 · The Beast of the City as Booking Policeman (uncredited)
- 1932 · Two Kinds of Women as Tim Gohagen
- 1931 · Taxi! as Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
- 1931 · Reckless Living as Ryan
- 1931 · Fanny Foley Herself as Burns
- 1931 · The Public Defender as Detective Brady
- 1931 · Three Who Loved as Police Lt. Tom Rooney
- 1931 · The Public Enemy as Paddy Ryan
- 1931 · The Single Sin as Detective
- 1930 · Paid as Police Sgt. Cassidy
- 1930 · Man to Man as Sheriff
- 1930 · Up the River as Prison Warden (uncredited)
- 1930 · Shooting Straight as Detective Regan
- 1930 · Our Blushing Brides as The Detective
- 1930 · The Big House as Donlin
- 1930 · The Big Fight as Detective
- 1930 · Alias French Gertie as Detective Kelcey
- 1930 · Framed as Sergeant Schultze
- 1930 · In the Next Room as Tim Morel
- 1929 · The Isle of Lost Ships as Jackson
- 1929 · Smiling Irish Eyes as Sir Timothy
- 1929 · Weary River as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1928 · The Booster as
- 1928 · Freedom of the Press as Boss Maloney
- 1928 · The Singing Fool as Cafe Owner Bill
- 1928 · Four Walls as Sullivan
- 1928 · Dressed to Kill as Detective Gilroy
- 1928 · The Noose as Jim Conley
- 1926 · Tin Gods as Second Foreman
- 1920 · Drink Hearty as
- 1920 · His Royal Slyness as (uncredited)