Robert Emmett O'Connor photo

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Acting

  • Born
  • March 18, 1885
  • Died
  • September 4, 1962
  • Place of birth
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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).

As actor 139

Sunset Boulevard poster
Sunset Boulevard
1950
Meet Me in St. Louis poster
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
A Star Is Born poster
A Star Is Born
1937
Made for Each Other poster
Made for Each Other
1939
A Night at the Opera poster
A Night at the Opera
1935
Easter Parade poster
Easter Parade
1948
They Were Expendable poster
They Were Expendable
1945
The Public Enemy poster
The Public Enemy
1931
Till the Clouds Roll By poster
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Desire poster
Desire
1936
Anchors Aweigh poster
Anchors Aweigh
1945
The Clock poster
The Clock
1945
Dance, Girl, Dance poster
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
The Thin Man Goes Home poster
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Mystery of the Wax Museum poster
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
Undercurrent poster
Undercurrent
1946
We Who Are About to Die poster
We Who Are About to Die
1937
Lady for a Day poster
Lady for a Day
1933
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol poster
The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
1914
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood poster
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
Blonde Venus poster
Blonde Venus
1932
Courage of Lassie poster
Courage of Lassie
1946
Main Street After Dark poster
Main Street After Dark
1945
The Beast of the City poster
The Beast of the City
1932
You Can't Get Away with Murder poster
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
Gabriel Over the White House poster
Gabriel Over the White House
1933
Adventure poster
Adventure
1945
The Harvey Girls poster
The Harvey Girls
1946
The Romance of Rosy Ridge poster
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
Waikiki Wedding poster
Waikiki Wedding
1937
No Time for Comedy poster
No Time for Comedy
1940
Picture Snatcher poster
Picture Snatcher
1933
Park Avenue Logger poster
Park Avenue Logger
1937
Freedom of the Press poster
Freedom of the Press
1928
The Last Train from Madrid poster
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case poster
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
American Madness poster
American Madness
1932
High Wall poster
High Wall
1947
Little Lord Fauntleroy poster
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
The Arm of the Law poster
The Arm of the Law
1932
I Take This Oath poster
I Take This Oath
1940
Penthouse poster
Penthouse
1933
The Kid from Spain poster
The Kid from Spain
1932
Bed of Roses poster
Bed of Roses
1933
The Hucksters poster
The Hucksters
1947
The Public Defender poster
The Public Defender
1931
The Lone Wolf Strikes poster
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
The Big House poster
The Big House
1930
A Fugitive from Justice poster
A Fugitive from Justice
1940
Return of the Terror poster
Return of the Terror
1934
Super-Sleuth poster
Super-Sleuth
1937
New Faces of 1937 poster
New Faces of 1937
1937
Midnight Mary poster
Midnight Mary
1933
Trapped by G-Men poster
Trapped by G-Men
1937
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President poster
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
A Gun in His Hand poster
A Gun in His Hand
1945
Don't Bet on Love poster
Don't Bet on Love
1933
The Mysterious Mr. Wong poster
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
The Lone Wolf Returns poster
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
The Human Comedy poster
The Human Comedy
1943
Slightly Dangerous poster
Slightly Dangerous
1943
Who Killed Who? poster
Who Killed Who?
1943
Boys' Ranch poster
Boys' Ranch
1946
Merton of the Movies poster
Merton of the Movies
1947
Streets of New York poster
Streets of New York
1939
Trail Street poster
Trail Street
1947
The Great American Mug poster
The Great American Mug
1945
Wells Fargo poster
Wells Fargo
1937
Jackass Mail poster
Jackass Mail
1942
Stolen Harmony poster
Stolen Harmony
1935
Sergeant Madden poster
Sergeant Madden
1939
Star of Midnight poster
Star of Midnight
1935
Maisie Gets Her Man poster
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
Best Foot Forward poster
Best Foot Forward
1943
Swing Shift Maisie poster
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
Whistling in Brooklyn poster
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
The Dark Horse poster
The Dark Horse
1932
Two Kinds of Women poster
Two Kinds of Women
1932
Tenth Avenue Angel poster
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948
Night World poster
Night World
1932
A Wicked Woman poster
A Wicked Woman
1934
Our Blushing Brides poster
Our Blushing Brides
1930
The Hoodlum Saint poster
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Up the River poster
Up the River
1930
The Crime Nobody Saw poster
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937
Gentle Annie poster
Gentle Annie
1944
Girl Overboard poster
Girl Overboard
1937
High Barbaree poster
High Barbaree
1947
Blessed Event poster
Blessed Event
1932
Boy of the Streets poster
Boy of the Streets
1938
In the Next Room poster
In the Next Room
1930
Barbary Coast Gent poster
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
Jailbreak poster
Jailbreak
1936
The Big Shakedown poster
The Big Shakedown
1934
Hot Steel poster
Hot Steel
1940
Sinner Take All poster
Sinner Take All
1936
The Isle of Lost Ships poster
The Isle of Lost Ships
1929
Professor Beware poster
Professor Beware
1938
Rationing poster
Rationing
1944
Diamond Jim poster
Diamond Jim
1935
The Big Brain poster
The Big Brain
1933
Air Raid Wardens poster
Air Raid Wardens
1943
Inflation poster
Inflation
1942
The Omaha Trail poster
The Omaha Trail
1942
Up Goes Maisie poster
Up Goes Maisie
1946
Bottoms Up poster
Bottoms Up
1934
Taxi! poster
Taxi!
1932
Paid poster
Paid
1930
Waterfront Lady poster
Waterfront Lady
1935
Drink Hearty
1920
Three Who Loved poster
Three Who Loved
1931
Double Alibi poster
Double Alibi
1940
His Royal Slyness poster
His Royal Slyness
1920
Weary River poster
Weary River
1929
The Greatest Gift poster
The Greatest Gift
1942
Tin Gods poster
Tin Gods
1926
The Big Timer poster
The Big Timer
1932
The Singing Fool poster
The Singing Fool
1928
Smiling Irish Eyes poster
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929
Week-End Marriage poster
Week-End Marriage
1932
Man to Man poster
Man to Man
1930
Frisco Jenny poster
Frisco Jenny
1933
Framed poster
Framed
1930
Play Girl poster
Play Girl
1932
Dressed to Kill poster
Dressed to Kill
1928
The Big Fight poster
The Big Fight
1930
Fanny Foley Herself poster
Fanny Foley Herself
1931
White Lies poster
White Lies
1935
The Noose poster
The Noose
1928
Shooting Straight poster
Shooting Straight
1930
The Frame-Up poster
The Frame-Up
1937
Four Walls poster
Four Walls
1928
Return from Nowhere poster
Return from Nowhere
1944
Alias French Gertie poster
Alias French Gertie
1930
The Single Sin poster
The Single Sin
1931
Reckless Living
1931
At Sea Ashore poster
At Sea Ashore
1936
Shoe Shine Boy poster
Shoe Shine Boy
1943
The Booster poster
The Booster
1928