Robert Emmett O'Connor

March 18, 1885(77 at death)|Died September 4, 1962
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA|Acting

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).

Movies (136)

Sunset Boulevard
8.3

Sunset Boulevard

1950

Easter Parade
7.0

Easter Parade

1948

Tenth Avenue Angel
6.5

Tenth Avenue Angel

1948

High Wall
6.4

High Wall

1947

Merton of the Movies
6.3

Merton of the Movies

1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
6.7

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947

The Hucksters
7.1

The Hucksters

1947

High Barbaree
5.6

High Barbaree

1947

Trail Street
6.5

Trail Street

1947

Till the Clouds Roll By
5.7

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946

Undercurrent
5.9

Undercurrent

1946

Courage of Lassie
5.9

Courage of Lassie

1946

Boys' Ranch
7.0

Boys' Ranch

1946

The Hoodlum Saint
5.5

The Hoodlum Saint

1946

Up Goes Maisie
6.8

Up Goes Maisie

1946

The Harvey Girls
6.6

The Harvey Girls

1946

Adventure
6.4

Adventure

1945

They Were Expendable
6.5

They Were Expendable

1945

The Great American Mug
7.7

The Great American Mug

1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
5.8

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1945

A Gun in His Hand
6.1

A Gun in His Hand

1945

Anchors Aweigh
6.8

Anchors Aweigh

1945

The Clock
7.1

The Clock

1945

Main Street After Dark
4.5

Main Street After Dark

1945

The Thin Man Goes Home
7.1

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

Gentle Annie
5.7

Gentle Annie

1944

Meet Me in St. Louis
7.0

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944

Return from Nowhere
6.0

Return from Nowhere

1944

Barbary Coast Gent
5.5

Barbary Coast Gent

1944

Rationing
4.0

Rationing

1944

Shoe Shine Boy
8.0

Shoe Shine Boy

1943

Whistling in Brooklyn
7.0

Whistling in Brooklyn

1943

Best Foot Forward
6.8

Best Foot Forward

1943

Swing Shift Maisie
6.8

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

Who Killed Who?
7.1

Who Killed Who?

1943

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
6.0

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

1943

Air Raid Wardens
7.2

Air Raid Wardens

1943

Slightly Dangerous
6.0

Slightly Dangerous

1943

The Human Comedy
6.3

The Human Comedy

1943

The Greatest Gift
7.0

The Greatest Gift

1942

The Omaha Trail
7.0

The Omaha Trail

1942

Jackass Mail
7.5

Jackass Mail

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man
6.7

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942

Inflation
6.3

Inflation

1942

No Time for Comedy
5.3

No Time for Comedy

1940

Dance, Girl, Dance
6.4

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

A Fugitive from Justice
5.7

A Fugitive from Justice

1940

Hot Steel
7.5

Hot Steel

1940

I Take This Oath
5.4

I Take This Oath

1940

Double Alibi
5.3

Double Alibi

1940

The Lone Wolf Strikes
6.8

The Lone Wolf Strikes

1940

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
5.0

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939

Streets of New York
5.4

Streets of New York

1939

Sergeant Madden
7.5

Sergeant Madden

1939

You Can't Get Away with Murder
5.8

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939

Made for Each Other
6.1

Made for Each Other

1939

Professor Beware
6.4

Professor Beware

1938

Boy of the Streets
6.0

Boy of the Streets

1938

Wells Fargo
5.5

Wells Fargo

1937

Trapped by G-Men
7.0

Trapped by G-Men

1937

Super-Sleuth
5.6

Super-Sleuth

1937

New Faces of 1937
5.3

New Faces of 1937

1937

The Last Train from Madrid
4.5

The Last Train from Madrid

1937

The Frame-Up
6.5

The Frame-Up

1937

A Star Is Born
7.2

A Star Is Born

1937

Waikiki Wedding
5.9

Waikiki Wedding

1937

Park Avenue Logger
8.0

Park Avenue Logger

1937

The Crime Nobody Saw
5.5

The Crime Nobody Saw

1937

Girl Overboard
9.0

Girl Overboard

1937

We Who Are About to Die
7.0

We Who Are About to Die

1937

Sinner Take All
4.9

Sinner Take All

1936

Jailbreak
6.7

Jailbreak

1936

Desire
7.0

Desire

1936

At Sea Ashore
8.0

At Sea Ashore

1936

Little Lord Fauntleroy
6.8

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1936

The Lone Wolf Returns
6.1

The Lone Wolf Returns

1935

White Lies
7.5

White Lies

1935

A Night at the Opera
7.4

A Night at the Opera

1935

Waterfront Lady
5.3

Waterfront Lady

1935

Diamond Jim
6.5

Diamond Jim

1935

Stolen Harmony
8.0

Stolen Harmony

1935

Star of Midnight
5.9

Star of Midnight

1935

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
4.3

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

1935

A Wicked Woman
5.0

A Wicked Woman

1934

Return of the Terror
6.5

Return of the Terror

1934

Bottoms Up
5.2

Bottoms Up

1934

The Big Shakedown
5.9

The Big Shakedown

1934

Lady for a Day
7.1

Lady for a Day

1933

Penthouse
6.8

Penthouse

1933

The Big Brain
8.0

The Big Brain

1933

Midnight Mary
6.9

Midnight Mary

1933

Don't Bet on Love
8.0

Don't Bet on Love

1933

Bed of Roses
6.1

Bed of Roses

1933

Picture Snatcher
6.8

Picture Snatcher

1933

Gabriel Over the White House
6.9

Gabriel Over the White House

1933

Mystery of the Wax Museum
6.5

Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933

Frisco Jenny
6.7

Frisco Jenny

1933

The Kid from Spain
6.6

The Kid from Spain

1932

Blonde Venus
6.8

Blonde Venus

1932

Blessed Event
6.9

Blessed Event

1932

American Madness
6.9

American Madness

1932

Week-End Marriage
5.5

Week-End Marriage

1932

The Dark Horse
7.4

The Dark Horse

1932

Night World
6.8

Night World

1932

The Arm of the Law
5.3

The Arm of the Law

1932

Play Girl
5.0

Play Girl

1932

The Big Timer
4.6

The Big Timer

1932

The Beast of the City
6.0

The Beast of the City

1932

Taxi!
6.8

Taxi!

1932

Two Kinds of Women
6.3

Two Kinds of Women

1932

Fanny Foley Herself
7.0

Fanny Foley Herself

1931

The Public Defender
6.4

The Public Defender

1931

Three Who Loved
6.0

Three Who Loved

1931

The Public Enemy
7.3

The Public Enemy

1931

The Single Sin
7.0

The Single Sin

1931

Paid
6.7

Paid

1930

Man to Man
6.3

Man to Man

1930

Up the River
5.9

Up the River

1930

Shooting Straight
6.3

Shooting Straight

1930

Our Blushing Brides
5.6

Our Blushing Brides

1930

The Big House
6.6

The Big House

1930

The Big Fight
4.5

The Big Fight

1930

Alias French Gertie
6.3

Alias French Gertie

1930

Framed
5.3

Framed

1930

In the Next Room
9.0

In the Next Room

1930

The Isle of Lost Ships
7.0

The Isle of Lost Ships

1929

Smiling Irish Eyes
9.0

Smiling Irish Eyes

1929

Weary River
5.8

Weary River

1929

The Booster
7.0

The Booster

1928

Freedom of the Press
8.0

Freedom of the Press

1928

The Singing Fool
5.0

The Singing Fool

1928

Four Walls
7.3

Four Walls

1928

Dressed to Kill
8.0

Dressed to Kill

1928

The Noose
7.7

The Noose

1928

Tin Gods
9.0

Tin Gods

1926

His Royal Slyness
6.0

His Royal Slyness

1920