Actor
Robert Emmett O'Connor
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 appear ...

Known For
Acting
1950 -- Sunset Boulevard | Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
1948 -- Easter Parade | Policeman (uncredited)
1948 -- Tenth Avenue Angel | Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
1947 -- Merton of the Movies | Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
1947 -- The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Southerner
1947 -- The Hucksters | Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
1947 -- High Barbaree | Stationmaster (uncredited)
1946 -- Till the Clouds Roll By | Ed (uncredited)
1946 -- Undercurrent | Stationmaster (uncredited)
1946 -- Courage of Lassie | Deputy (uncredited)
1946 -- Boys' Ranch | Druggist
1946 -- The Hoodlum Saint | Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1946 -- Up Goes Maisie | Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)
1946 -- The Harvey Girls | Conductor (uncredited)
1945 -- Adventure | Man in Cantina (uncredited)
1945 -- They Were Expendable | Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
1945 -- The Great American Mug | Laughing Man (uncredited)
1945 -- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)
1945 -- A Gun in His Hand | Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)
1945 -- Anchors Aweigh | Cop (uncredited)
1945 -- The Clock | Policeman (uncredited)
1945 -- Main Street After Dark | Policeman (uncredited)
1944 -- Gentle Annie | Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
1944 -- Meet Me in St. Louis | Motorman (uncredited)
1944 -- Return from Nowhere | Diner Cook (uncredited)
1944 -- Barbary Coast Gent | Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
1944 -- Rationing | Sheriff (uncredited)
1943 -- Shoe Shine Boy | Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)
1943 -- Whistling in Brooklyn | Detective Leo Finnigan
1943 -- Best Foot Forward | Train Conductor
1943 -- Swing Shift Maisie | Proprietor (Uncredited)
1943 -- Who Killed Who? | Host (uncredited)
1943 -- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Samson (uncredited)
1943 -- Air Raid Wardens | Charlie Beaugart
1943 -- Slightly Dangerous | Reporter (uncredited)
1943 -- The Human Comedy | Bartender (uncredited)
1942 -- The Greatest Gift | Brother Xavier (uncredited)
1942 -- The Omaha Trail | Oxen Owner (uncredited)
1942 -- Jackass Mail | Peter Lawson
1942 -- Maisie Gets Her Man | Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)
1942 -- Inflation | Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)
1940 -- No Time for Comedy | Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1940 -- Dance, Girl, Dance | Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1940 -- A Fugitive from Justice | Murphy
1940 -- Hot Steel | Police Inspector
1940 -- I Take This Oath | Police Car Driver
1940 -- Double Alibi | Patrolman Delaney
1940 -- The Lone Wolf Strikes | House Detective
1939 -- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Pat Donegan
1939 -- Streets of New York | Police Officer Burke
1939 -- Sergeant Madden | Capt. Crane
1939 -- You Can't Get Away with Murder | First Detective (uncredited)
1939 -- Made for Each Other | Harry (Elevator Starter) (uncredited)
1938 -- Professor Beware | Cop at Estate
1938 -- Boy of the Streets | Police Officer Rourke
1937 -- Wells Fargo | Sea Captain
1937 -- Trapped by G-Men | Federal Agent Jim
1937 -- Super-Sleuth | Casey
1937 -- New Faces of 1937 | Policeman
1937 -- The Frame-Up | Larry Mann (aka John Mench)
1937 -- A Star Is Born | Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
1937 -- Waikiki Wedding | Policeman (uncredited)
1937 -- Park Avenue Logger | Police Sergeant
1937 -- The Crime Nobody Saw | Tim Burke
1937 -- Girl Overboard | Sergeant Hatton
1937 -- We Who Are About to Die | Detective Mitchell
1936 -- Sinner Take All | Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)
1936 -- Jailbreak | Policeman
1936 -- Desire | Customs Official
1936 -- At Sea Ashore | First Immigration Officer
1936 -- Little Lord Fauntleroy | Policeman
1935 -- The Lone Wolf Returns | Detective Benson
1935 -- A Night at the Opera | Henderson
1935 -- Waterfront Lady | Police Lieutenant
1935 -- Diamond Jim | Brady's Father
1935 -- Stolen Harmony | Warden Clark (uncredited)
1935 -- Star of Midnight | Police Sergeant Cleary
1935 -- The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy
1934 -- A Wicked Woman | Dugan (uncredited)
1934 -- Return of the Terror | Inspector Bradley
1934 -- Bottoms Up | Detective Rooney
1934 -- The Big Shakedown | Regan
1933 -- Lady for a Day | Inspector MacCreary
1933 -- Penthouse | Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
1933 -- Don't Bet on Love | Edward Shelton
1933 -- Midnight Mary | Cop
1933 -- Bed of Roses | River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)
1933 -- Picture Snatcher | Lieutenant Casey Nolan
1933 -- Gabriel Over the White House | Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
1933 -- Mystery of the Wax Museum | Police Sergeant by Christmas tree
1933 -- Frisco Jenny | Jim Sandoval
1932 -- The Kid from Spain | Detective Crawford
1932 -- Blonde Venus | Dan O'Connor
1932 -- Blessed Event | Jim
1932 -- American Madness | Police Inspector
1932 -- Week-End Marriage | Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)
1932 -- The Dark Horse | Sheriff
1932 -- Night World | The Policeman
1932 -- The Arm of the Law | Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake
1932 -- Play Girl | Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1932 -- The Big Timer | Dan Wilson
1932 -- The Beast of the City | Booking Policeman (uncredited)
1932 -- Two Kinds of Women | Tim Gohagen
1931 -- Taxi! | Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
1931 -- Reckless Living | Ryan
1931 -- Fanny Foley Herself | Burns
1931 -- The Public Defender | Detective Brady
1931 -- Three Who Loved | Police Lt. Tom Rooney
1931 -- The Public Enemy | Paddy Ryan
1931 -- The Single Sin | Detective
1930 -- Paid | Police Sgt. Cassidy
1930 -- Man to Man | Sheriff
1930 -- Up the River | Prison Warden (uncredited)
1930 -- Shooting Straight | Detective Regan
1930 -- Our Blushing Brides | The Detective
1930 -- The Big House | Donlin
1930 -- The Big Fight | Detective
1930 -- Alias French Gertie | Detective Kelcey
1930 -- Framed | Sergeant Schultze
1930 -- In the Next Room | Tim Morel
1929 -- The Isle of Lost Ships | Jackson
1929 -- Smiling Irish Eyes | Sir Timothy
1929 -- Weary River | Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1928 -- The Booster |
1928 -- Freedom of the Press | Boss Maloney
1928 -- The Singing Fool | Cafe Owner Bill
1928 -- Four Walls | Sullivan
1928 -- Dressed to Kill | Detective Gilroy
1928 -- The Noose | Jim Conley
1926 -- Tin Gods | Second Foreman
1920 -- Drink Hearty |
1920 -- His Royal Slyness | (uncredited)
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