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