Pat O'Brien: movies and TV shows
Pat O'Brien has 170 credits in the archive: 130 films and 40 TV series, from 1930 to 2013. Highest rated: Some Like It Hot (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 2013 · busiest year: 1950 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 113 |
| 2008 | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 108 |
| 2005 | Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 105 |
| 1999 | Dill Scallion | Self | Film | 6.2 | 99 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 95 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Delmas | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 1981 | James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy | Self | Film | 10.0 | 81 |
| 1980 | Scout's Honor | Mr. Caboose | Film | 7.5 | 80 |
| 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | TV | 7.6 | 78 | |
| 1978 | The End | Ben Lawson | Film | 5.6 | 78 |
| 1977 | Billy Jack Goes to Washington | President of the Senate | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 1976 | Kiss Me... Kill Me | Jimmy, the morgue attendant | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 1975 | The Sky's the Limit | Abner Therman | Film | 10.0 | 75 |
| 1974 | Happy Days | TV | 7.6 | 74 | |
| 1973 | Amanda Fallon | Emory | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1972 | Banyon | TV | 8.0 | 72 | |
| 1972 | Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol | Sgt. McGll | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1972 | The Adventures of Nick Carter | Hallelujah Harry | Film | 3.8 | 72 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 71 | |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 70 | |
| 1970 | The Phynx | Pat O’Brien | Film | 3.5 | 70 |
| 1969 | The Over the Hill Gang | Captain Oren Hayes | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 1965 | Branded | TV | 6.8 | 65 | |
| 1965 | Town Tamer | Judge Murcott | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | TV | 5.9 | 63 | |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Lt. John Curwood | TV | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Inspector Dan Zarilla | TV | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | J. Jimerson Jones | TV | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Doc Bigelow | TV | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1962 | Going My Way | TV | 6.5 | 62 | |
| 1962 | The Road to Hong Kong | Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1962 | Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe | Narrator | Film | — | 62 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son | TV | 10.0 | 60 | |
| 1960 | The Best of the Post | Mike Breen | TV | — | 60 |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Detective Mulligan | Film | 8.1 | 59 |
| 1959 | I Captured the King of the Leprechauns | Self | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | Self | TV | 5.4 | 58 |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | John Gorman | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1957 | Invitation to a Gunfighter | Sheriff Kyle Bickford | Film | — | 57 |
| 1957 | Kill Me Tomorrow | Bart Crosbie | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | TV | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre | TV | 6.3 | 55 | |
| 1955 | Inside Detroit | Gus Linden | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Police Lieutenant Moore | TV | 3.8 | 54 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Ed Talbot | TV | 3.8 | 54 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Police Lieutenant | TV | 3.8 | 54 |
| 1954 | Ring of Fear | Frank Wallace | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1954 | Jubilee Trail | Ernest 'Texas' Conway | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Major Irish | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Lt. V. Keever | TV | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1952 | Okinawa | Lt. Cmdr. Hale | Film | 5.6 | 52 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 51 | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | John Wentworth | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1951 | The People Against O'Hara | Det. Vincent Ricks | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1951 | Criminal Lawyer | James 'Jimmy' Regan | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1951 | The Hills of Ireland | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 51 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Tim Larkin | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Captain Barnaby | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Joe Crandall | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | George Morrell | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Charley Hackett | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Eddie Gorman | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1950 | The Fireball | Father O'Hara | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1950 | Johnny One-Eye | Martin Martin | Film | 5.1 | 50 |
| 1949 | A Dangerous Profession | Joe Farley | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mike Waterson | TV | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 1948 | The Boy with Green Hair | Gramp Fry | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1948 | Fighting Father Dunne | Father Peter J. Dunne | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1947 | Riff-Raff | Dan Hammer | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1946 | Crack-Up | George Steele | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1946 | Perilous Holiday | Patrick Nevil | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1945 | Having Wonderful Crime | Michael J. Malone | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1945 | Man Alive | Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1944 | Secret Command | Sam Gallagher | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1944 | Marine Raiders | Maj. Steve Lockhart | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1943 | The Iron Major | Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1943 | Bombardier | Chick Davis | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Martin Murphy | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1942 | The Navy Comes Through | Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1942 | Broadway | Dan McCorn | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1942 | Two Yanks in Trinidad | Tim Reardon | Film | 4.0 | 42 |
| 1942 | Flight Lieutenant | Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Knute Rockne | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Warden Walter Long | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1940 | 'Til We Meet Again | Steve Burke | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Father Duffy | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1940 | Torrid Zone | Steve Case | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1940 | Flowing Gold | Ian 'Hap' O'Connor | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1940 | Escape to Glory | Mike Farrough | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1940 | Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | Film | 4.0 | 40 |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | John Webb | Film | 5.1 | 39 |
| 1939 | Indianapolis Speedway | Joe Greer | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1939 | Off the Record | Thomas "Breezy" Elliott | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1939 | The Kid from Kokomo | William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1939 | The Night of Nights | Dan O'Farrell | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1939 | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces | Jerry Connolly | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1938 | Out Where the Stars Begin | Pat O'Brien | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl | J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Roy Chadwick | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1938 | Garden of the Moon | John Quinn | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Bill Landin | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1938 | Swingtime in the Movies | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1937 | Slim | Red Blayd | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1937 | San Quentin | Capt. Stephen Jameson | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1937 | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1937 | Submarine D-1 | Butch Rogers | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation | Bill Morgan | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1936 | China Clipper | Dave Logan | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | Jake L. Lee | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1936 | I Married a Doctor | Dr. William P. Kennicott | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Lee Laird | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1935 | In Caliente | Larry MacArthur | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1935 | Devil Dogs of the Air | Lieut. Brannigan | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1935 | Stars Over Broadway | Al McGillevray | Film | 5.6 | 35 |
| 1935 | Oil for the Lamps of China | Stephen Chase | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Click Wiley | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1935 | The Irish in Us | Pat O'Hara | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1935 | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1935 | A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1934 | Studio Highlights | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 34 |
| 1934 | Flirtation Walk | "Scrapper" Thornhhill | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1934 | Gambling Lady | Charlie Lang | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1934 | Twenty Million Sweethearts | Rush Blake | Film | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1934 | Here Comes the Navy | Biff Martin | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1934 | I've Got Your Number | Terry Riley | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1934 | The Personality Kid | Ritzy | Film | 4.4 | 34 |
| 1934 | Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Himself | Film | — | 34 |
| 1934 | I Sell Anything | "Spot Cash" Cutler | Film | 5.0 | 34 |
| 1933 | Bureau of Missing Persons | Detective Butch Saunders | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1933 | Bombshell | Jim Brogan | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1933 | College Coach | Coach Gore | Film | 4.6 | 33 |
| 1933 | Laughter in Hell | Barney Slaney | Film | 3.7 | 33 |
| 1933 | Destination Unknown | Matt Brennan | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1933 | The World Gone Mad | Andy Terrell | Film | 4.8 | 33 |
| 1932 | American Madness | Matt Brown | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1932 | Virtue | Jimmy Doyle | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1932 | Air Mail | Duke Talbot | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1932 | The Strange Case of Clara Deane | Frank Deane | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1932 | Scandal for Sale | Waddell | Film | 8.5 | 32 |
| 1932 | Flaming Gold | Ben Lear | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1932 | Hell's House | Matt Kelly | Film | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1932 | The Final Edition | Sam Bradshaw | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1932 | Hollywood Speaks | Jimmy Reed | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1931 | The Front Page | Hildy Johnson | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1931 | Honor Among Lovers | Conroy (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1931 | Flying High | Sport Wardell | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1931 | Consolation Marriage | Steve Porter | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1931 | Personal Maid | Peter Shea | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1931 | Crimes Square | Marty | Film | — | 31 |
| 1930 | The Voice of Hollywood | Self/Host | Film | — | 30 |
| 1930 | My Mistake | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1930 | Compliments of the Season | Police Detective (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 30 |