Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 2, 1890
Place of Birth:
Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA
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Pat O'Malley
Biography
Often confused with the British-born comic actor J. Pat O'Malley, who is the better remembered, silent dramatic film star Pat O'Malley had an enduring career that stands on its own. He was of solid Irish-American stock, born in Forest City, Pennsylvania, in 1890. A one-time railroad switchman, he also had circus experience by the time he discovered an interest in movie making. He began with the Kalem Studio in 1913 and appeared in a few Irish films before signing on with Thomas Edison's company in 1914. The following year, he married actress Lillian Wilkes, and three of their children, Eileen, Mary Katherine, and Sheila, would become actors as well. His brother Charles O'Malley was a sometime actor, appearing in westerns on occasion. His first identifiable film is The Alien (1913). He began freelancing in 1916 and from then on, appeared in scores of silents as both a rugged and romantic lead, some classic films being The Heart of Humanity (1918), My Wild Irish Rose (1922), and The Virginian (1923). He did not age well come sound pictures, and he was quickly relegated to supporting parts. He appeared in hundreds upon hundreds of bits (mostly unbilled) until 1956, when he retired. He died a decade later.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Mr. Wilson (archive footage) |
| 1963 | Days of Wine and Roses | Tenant (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Blackjack Ketchum Desperado | Doc Blaine |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Wild One | Sawyer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Small Town Girl | Doorman |
| 1952 | The Old West | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Man Outside the Club (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Everything I Have Is Yours | Conductor (Uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Mule Train | Charley Stewart (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Secret Of St. Ives | Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Reckless Moment | Bank Guard (uncredited) |
| 1949 | All the King's Men | Politician (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Officer Jim |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal | Committee Man |
| 1949 | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Deputy Marshal (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Big Steal | Purser (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado | Citizen (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Key Witness | Detective Norris (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Sailor's Holiday | |
| 1944 | The Whistler | Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Racket Man | Postman |
| 1944 | One Mysterious Night | Police Sergeant (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Missing Juror | Priest (Uncredited) |
| 1943 | Redhead from Manhattan | Cop |
| 1943 | Quiet Please, Murder | Guard Killed in Library |
| 1943 | Double Up | Jim Bowers |
| 1943 | Batman | Cop |
| 1943 | Destroyer | Postman |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Irish-American in Montage (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Glass Key | Politician (uncredited) |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Over My Dead Body | Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley) |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Gang Busters | Police Chemist Crandall |
| 1942 | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Jonathan Taylor |
| 1942 | Blue, White, and Perfect | Police Sergeant |
| 1942 | Thru Different Eyes | Coroner |
| 1942 | Duck Soup | Cop |
| 1942 | Two Yanks in Trinidad | Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Officer Murphy (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Law of the Range | Mr. Howard |
| 1941 | Reg'lar Fellers | Mr. Dugan Sr. |
| 1941 | Pals of the Pecos | Dan Burke |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | Officer #1 |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | Party Guest |
| 1941 | Blonde Inspiration | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Great Mr. Nobody | Policeman |
| 1941 | Steel Against the Sky | Construction Worker (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Shooting High | Lem Pritchard |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid | Minor Role |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Laboratory Technician |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Editor Gunnigan |
| 1940 | Remember the Night | Jury Member (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble | Express Man (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Emergency Squad | Fire Captain |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Prison Guard |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Little Nellie Kelly | Mounted Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | East of the River | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1940 | A Dispatch from Reuters | Laborer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Rocky Mountain Rangers | Captain Taylor |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Bartender |
| 1940 | Tear Gas Squad | Patrolman |
| 1940 | A Fugitive from Justice | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Persons in Hiding | Deputy Driver (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Night of Nights | Actor (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Light That Failed | Bullock |
| 1939 | The Phantom Creeps | AMI Chief |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Guard Cooper |
| 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Let Us Live | Captain (uncredited) |
| 1939 | They Made Her a Spy | Intelligence Service Man |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Women in the Wind | Cleveland Official (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Five Came Back | Mike Mulvaney (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Stunt Pilot | Sheehan |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Police Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Frontier Marshal | Bar Patron |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden | Police Sergeant |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Escape | Neighbor |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Jailer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Policeman |
| 1939 | Wolf Call | RCMP Sergeant |
| 1939 | Romance of the Redwoods | Yerkes |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1938 | He Couldn't Say No | Policeman in Car |
| 1938 | Love on a Budget | Townsman |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Ever Since Eve | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Music for Madame | Policeman (Uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Great Hospital Mystery | Detective |
| 1937 | Parnell | Irishman |
| 1936 | Exclusive Story | Third Officer (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Wanted: Jane Turner | Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill | G-Man |
| 1936 | Beloved Enemy | Patrick Callahan |
| 1936 | The Big Noise | Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Paddy O'Day | Immigration Officer Tom Wilson |
| 1936 | Champagne Charlie | Ship's Officer |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron |
| 1936 | High Tension | Ship's Mate |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan | Patrolman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | Purser (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Perfect Clue | Police Officer |
| 1935 | The Fighting Marines | Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1] |
| 1935 | The Drunkard | First Drunk |
| 1935 | Heir to Trouble | Mining Engineer |
| 1935 | We're Only Human | Police Officer Jordan |
| 1935 | His Family Tree | Seated Pub Sailor |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Federal Agent (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Roark (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Love Past Thirty | Lon Burt |
| 1934 | Pirate Treasure | John Craig |
| 1934 | Girl in Danger | Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Whirlwind | Pat Patrick |
| 1933 | Riot Squad | Det. Bob Larkin |
| 1933 | Laughing at Life | Detective Agency Official |
| 1933 | Frisco Jenny | Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan |
| 1933 | A Man of Sentiment | Officer Ryan |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Pilot (uncredited) |
| 1933 | I Love That Man | Prison Interne |
| 1933 | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Plainclothesman (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | Perils of Pauline | Tim Sullivan |
| 1933 | Before Dawn | Detective Brady (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Morning Glory | Actor (uncredited) |
| 1932 | High Speed | Paul Whipple |
| 1932 | Those We Love | Daley |
| 1932 | Sundown Rider | Lafe Armstrong |
| 1932 | Exposure | Van Avery - City Editor |
| 1932 | The Penal Code | Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender |
| 1932 | Klondike | Burke |
| 1932 | The Reckoning | Bob |
| 1932 | American Madness | |
| 1932 | Speed Madness | McCarey |
| 1932 | The Shadow of the Eagle | Ames |
| 1932 | Attorney for the Defense | Dr. Strong |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Fireman (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Fighting Gentleman | Dot Moran |
| 1931 | The Lightning Warrior | Sheriff A. W. Brown |
| 1931 | Homicide Squad | Man |
| 1931 | Night Life in Reno | District Attorney |
| 1931 | Anybody's Blonde | Reporter |
| 1931 | The Costume Falls | |
| 1931 | The Sky Spider | Jim Morgan |
| 1931 | The Fighting Marshal | Deputy Ed Myers |
| 1930 | The Fall Guy | Charles Newton |
| 1930 | Mothers Cry | Frank Williams |
| 1929 | The Man I Love | D.J. McCarthy |
| 1929 | Alibi | Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon |
| 1927 | Perch of the Devil | Gregory Compton |
| 1926 | My Old Dutch | Joe Brown |
| 1926 | The Midnight Sun | Grand Duke Sergius of Russia |
| 1926 | Spangles | Dick Hale |
| 1925 | Let Women Alone | Tom Benham |
| 1925 | Proud Flesh | Patrick O'Malley |
| 1925 | The Teaser | James McDonald |
| 1925 | The Fighting Cub | |
| 1924 | The Beauty Prize | George Brady |
| 1924 | Bread | Roy Beardsley |
| 1924 | Happiness | Fermoy MacDonough |
| 1924 | The Fighting American | Bill Pendleton |
| 1924 | The Mine with the Iron Door | Hugh Edwards |
| 1924 | Fools Highway | Mike Kildare |
| 1923 | The Last Hour | Philip Logan |
| 1923 | Cause for Divorce | Howard Metcliffe |
| 1923 | Slippy McGee | Lawrence Mayne |
| 1923 | The Man from Brodney's | Robert Browne |
| 1923 | The Virginian | Steve |
| 1923 | The Eternal Struggle | Bucky O'Harra |
| 1923 | Brass | Harry Baldwin |
| 1922 | My Wild Irish Rose | Conn, The Shaughraun |
| 1922 | A Game Chicken | Rush Thompson |
| 1921 | Bob Hampton of Placer | Lt. Brant |
| 1921 | False Kisses | |
| 1920 | Go and Get It | Kirk Connelly |
| 1920 | Dinty | Jack North |
| 1920 | The Breath of the Gods | T. Caraway Dodge |
| 1920 | The Blooming Angel | Chester Framm |
| 1919 | The Red Glove | Kern Thodes (early chapters) |
| 1919 | False Evidence | Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley) |
| 1918 | The Heart of Humanity | Clancy |
| 1918 | The Prussian Cur | Jimmie O'Grady |
| 1918 | Her Boy | Charlie Turner |
| 1918 | Hit-the-Trail Holliday | Kent B. Wurst |
| 1917 | The Tell-Tale Step | Hugh Graham |
| 1917 | The Law of the North | Cpl. John Emerson |
| 1917 | The Love That Lives | Jimmy |
| 1916 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sybil Vane |
| 1915 | On Dangerous Paths | Roger Sterritt |
| 1915 | McQuade of the Traffic Squad | Pat McQuade |
| 1915 | Gladiola | |
| 1915 | The Voice of the Violin | |
| 1915 | All for Old Ireland |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Thriller | The Butler |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Llewellyn |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Bowen |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Old Man |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Attendant |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Wilson |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Neighbor |
| 1957 | M Squad | Mr. Cleary |
| 1956 | State Trooper | |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Wardrobe Attendant |