Robert Emmett O'Connor
138 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 18, 1885
- Died
- Sep 4, 1962 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Also known as
- Robert Emmet O'Connor · Robert E. O'Connor · Robert E. O'Conner · Robert O'Connor
Biography
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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 appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
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Known for
Robert Emmett O'Connor: movies and TV shows
Acting (138)
- 1950 Sunset Boulevard
as Jonesy (uncredited)
- 1948 Easter Parade
as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1948 Tenth Avenue Angel
as Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
- 1947
- 1947 Merton of the Movies
as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
- 1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Southerner (uncredited)
- 1947 The Hucksters
as Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
- 1947 High Barbaree
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
- 1947 Trail Street
as Drunk (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 The Thin Man Goes Home
as Baggage Attendant on Train (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 You Can't Get Away with Murder
as First Detective (uncredited)
- 1939 Made for Each Other
as Harry (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 Last Train from Madrid
as Secret Service Man (uncredited)
- 1937 The Frame-Up
as Larry Mann (aka John Mench)
- 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 White Lies
as Capt. McHenry (uncredited)
- 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 The Big Brain
as Detective (uncredited)
- 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 Police Lt. Casey Nolan
- 1933 Gabriel Over the White House
as Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
- 1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre
- 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 Taxi!
as Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
- 1932 Two Kinds of Women
as Tim Gohagen
- 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
- 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
- 1920 His Royal Slyness
as (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1914