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