Pat O'Malley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 2, 1890
- Died
- May 21, 1966
- Birthplace
- Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration 2019
as Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
Days of Wine and Roses 1963
as Tenant (uncredited)
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado 1956
as Doc Blaine
A Star Is Born 1954
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
The Wild One 1953
as Sawyer (uncredited)
Small Town Girl 1953
as Doorman
The Bad and the Beautiful 1952
as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
Everything I Have Is Yours 1952
as Conductor (Uncredited)
The Old West 1952
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York 1950
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Mule Train 1950
as Charley Stewart (uncredited)
The Reckless Moment 1949
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
All the King's Men 1949
as Politician (uncredited)
The Big Steal 1949
as Purser (uncredited)
- The Secret Of St. Ives
The Secret Of St. Ives 1949
as Sergeant (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma 1949
as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal 1949
as Committee Man
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture 1949
as Officer Jim
The Man from Colorado 1948
as Citizen (uncredited)
Key Witness 1947
as Detective Norris (uncredited)
Blondie's Lucky Day 1946
as 2nd Cop (uncredited)
The Missing Juror 1944
as Priest (uncredited)
One Mysterious Night 1944
as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
The Whistler 1944
as Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
Sailor's Holiday 1944
Actor
The Racket Man 1944
as Postman
Double Up 1943
as Jim Bowers
Destroyer 1943
as Postman
Batman 1943
as Cop
Redhead from Manhattan 1943
as Cop
Mission to Moscow 1943
as Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder 1943
as Guard Killed in Library
- Duck Soup
Duck Soup 1942
as Cop
Gentleman Jim 1942
as Detective (uncredited)
Deep in the Heart of Texas 1942
as Jonathan Taylor
The Glass Key 1942
as Politician (uncredited)
Thru Different Eyes 1942
as Coroner
This Gun for Hire 1942
as Conductor (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House 1942
as Guard (uncredited)
Gang Busters 1942
as Police Chemist Crandall
Two Yanks in Trinidad 1942
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Over My Dead Body 1942
as Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
Blue, White and Perfect 1942
as Police Sergeant
Steel Against the Sky 1941
as Construction Worker (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady 1941
as Officer Murphy (uncredited)
Honky Tonk 1941
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Reg'lar Fellers 1941
as Mr. Dugan Sr.
Cracked Nuts 1941
as Officer #1
Law of the Range 1941
as Mr. Howard
Pals of the Pecos 1941
as Dan Burke
Double Date 1941
as Policeman
The Great Mr. Nobody 1941
as Policeman
Blonde Inspiration 1941
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! 1940
as Editor Gunnigan
The Bank Dick 1940
as Cop (uncredited)
Little Nellie Kelly 1940
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
East of the River 1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters 1940
as Laborer (uncredited)
Lucky Cisco Kid 1940
as Minor Role
A Fugitive from Justice 1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
Girl in 313 1940
as Bartender
Rocky Mountain Rangers 1940
as Captain Taylor
Tear Gas Squad 1940
as Patrolman
Shooting High 1940
as Lem Pritchard
The House Across the Bay 1940
as Prison Guard
Castle on the Hudson 1940
as Guard (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble 1940
as Express Man (uncredited)
Remember the Night 1940
as Jury Member (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk 1940
as Laboratory Technician
Emergency Squad 1940
as Fire Captain
Invisible Stripes 1939
as Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
The Light That Failed 1939
as Bullock
The Night of Nights 1939
as Actor (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties 1939
as Jailer (uncredited)
The Housekeeper's Daughter 1939
as Policeman
Smashing the Money Ring 1939
as Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
The Escape 1939
as Neighbor
Dust Be My Destiny 1939
as Bailiff (uncredited)
Frontier Marshal 1939
as Bar Patron
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation 1939
as Police Guard (uncredited)
Stunt Pilot 1939
as Sheehan
Five Came Back 1939
as Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
Wolf Call 1939
as RCMP Sergeant
Women in the Wind 1939
as Cleveland Official (uncredited)
They Made Her a Spy 1939
as Intelligence Service Man
Dodge City 1939
as Conductor (uncredited)
Romance of the Redwoods 1939
as Yerkes
Let Us Live 1939
as Captain (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden 1939
as Police Sergeant
Secret Service of the Air 1939
as Guard Cooper
Persons in Hiding 1939
as Deputy Driver (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps 1939
as AMI Chief
Always Goodbye 1938
as Cop (uncredited)
He Couldn't Say No 1938
as Policeman in Car
Love on a Budget 1938
as Townsman
Alcatraz Island 1937
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Music for Madame 1937
as Policeman (Uncredited)
Ever Since Eve 1937
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Parnell 1937
as Irishman
The Great Hospital Mystery 1937
as Detective
Beloved Enemy 1936
as Patrick Callahan
Wanted: Jane Turner 1936
as Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard 1936
as Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
Crash Donovan 1936
as Patrolman (uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill 1936
as G-Man
High Tension 1936
as Ship's Mate
The Big Noise 1936
as Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
Trouble for Two 1936
as Purser (Uncredited)
Champagne Charlie 1936
as Ship's Officer
Paddy O'Day 1936
as Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
Exclusive Story 1936
as Third Officer (uncredited)
We're Only Human 1935
as Police Officer Jordan
Heir to Trouble 1935
as Mining Engineer
The Fighting Marines 1935
as Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
His Family Tree 1935
as Seated Pub Sailor
Special Agent 1935
as Roark (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1 1935
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
Men of the Hour 1935
as Police Captain
The Drunkard 1935
as First Drunk
The Perfect Clue 1935
as Police Officer
Girl in Danger 1934
as Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor 1934
as Detective (uncredited)
- Love Past Thirty
Love Past Thirty 1934
as Lon Burt
Pirate Treasure 1934
as John Craig
Perils of Pauline 1933
as Tim Sullivan
A Man of Sentiment 1933
as Officer Ryan
Morning Glory 1933
as Actor (uncredited)
Before Dawn 1933
as Detective Brady (uncredited)
Riot Squad 1933
as Det. Bob Larkin
Laughing at Life 1933
as Detective Agency Official
I Love That Man 1933
as Prison Interne
The Whirlwind 1933
as Pat Patrick
Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933
as Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
Parachute Jumper 1933
as Pilot (uncredited)
Frisco Jenny 1933
as Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
Sundown Rider 1932
as Lafe Armstrong
The Penal Code 1932
as Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
Call Her Savage 1932
as Fireman (Uncredited)
The Fighting Gentleman 1932
as Dot Moran
Those We Love 1932
as Daley
Klondike 1932
as Burke
Exposure 1932
as Van Avery - City Editor
American Madness 1932
Actor
Speed Madness 1932
as McCarey
Attorney for the Defense 1932
as Dr. Strong
The Trial of Vivienne Ware 1932
as Broadcast Sergeant (uncredited)
High Speed 1932
as Paul Whipple
The Reckoning 1932
as Bob
The Shadow of the Eagle 1932
as Ames
The Fighting Marshal 1931
as Deputy Ed Myers
Anybody's Blonde 1931
as Reporter
Night Life in Reno 1931
as District Attorney
The Lightning Warrior 1931
as Sheriff A. W. Brown
The Sky Spider 1931
as Jim Morgan
Homicide Squad 1931
as Man
- The Costume Falls
The Costume Falls 1931
Actor
Mothers Cry 1930
as Frank Williams
The Fall Guy 1930
as Charles Newton
The Man I Love 1929
as D.J. McCarthy
Alibi 1929
as Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
- The House of Scandal
The House of Scandal 1928
as Pat Regan
- The Slaver
The Slaver 1927
as Dick Farnum
- A Bowery Cinderella
A Bowery Cinderella 1927
as Larry Dugan
- Woman’s Law
Woman’s Law 1927
as Trooper Bucky O'Hare
Pleasure Before Business 1927
Actor
Perch of the Devil 1927
as Gregory Compton
Spangles 1926
as Dick Hale
My Old Dutch 1926
as Joe Brown
The Midnight Sun 1926
as Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
Watch Your Wife 1926
as James Langham
The Teaser 1925
as James McDonald
- The Fighting Cub
The Fighting Cub 1925
Actor
Proud Flesh 1925
as Patrick O'Malley
- Tomorrow's Love
Tomorrow's Love 1925
as Robert Stanley
Let Women Alone 1925
as Tom Benham
Worldly Goods 1924
as Fred Hopper
The Mine with the Iron Door 1924
as Hugh Edwards
Bread 1924
as Roy Beardsley
The Fighting American 1924
as Bill Pendleton
- The Beauty Prize
The Beauty Prize 1924
as George Brady
Happiness 1924
as Fermoy MacDonough
Fools Highway 1924
as Mike Kildare
The Man from Brodney's 1923
as Robert Browne
The Eternal Struggle 1923
as Bucky O'Harra
Cause for Divorce 1923
as Howard Metcliffe
The Virginian 1923
as Steve
Slippy McGee 1923
as Lawrence Mayne
Brass 1923
as Harry Baldwin
The Last Hour 1923
as Philip Logan
My Wild Irish Rose 1922
as Conn, The Shaughraun
A Game Chicken 1922
as Rush Thompson
False Kisses 1921
Actor
The Ten Dollar Raise 1921
as Jimmy
Bob Hampton of Placer 1921
as Lt. Brant
The Breaking Point 1921
as Phillip Bradley
Dinty 1920
as Jack North
The Breath of the Gods 1920
as T. Caraway Dodge
Go and Get It 1920
as Kirk Connelly
The Blooming Angel 1920
as Chester Framm
False Evidence 1919
as Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
The Red Glove 1919
as Kern Thodes (early chapters)
The Heart of Humanity 1918
as Clancy
She Hired a Husband 1918
as Tom Dunstan
The Prussian Cur 1918
as Jimmie O'Grady
Hit-the-Trail Holliday 1918
as Kent B. Wurst
Her Boy 1918
as Charlie Turner
- Your Obedient Servant
Your Obedient Servant 1917
Actor
The Love That Lives 1917
as Jimmy
The Tell-Tale Step 1917
as Hugh Graham
The Law of the North 1917
as Cpl. John Emerson
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1916
as Sybil Vane
Gladiola 1915
Actor
On Dangerous Paths 1915
as Roger Sterritt
All for Old Ireland 1915
Actor
McQuade of the Traffic Squad 1915
as Pat McQuade
The Voice of the Violin 1915
Actor
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