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