Robert Emmett O'Connor
Acting Born Mar 18, 1885 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 24 credits
Biography
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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).
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Full filmography
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
- Anchors Aweigh (1945) as Cop (uncredited)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) as Motorman (uncredited)
- A Star Is Born (1937) as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
- The Public Enemy (1931) as Paddy Ryan
- Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre
- Easter Parade (1948) as Policeman (uncredited)
- Desire (1936) as Customs Official
- The Clock (1945) as Policeman (uncredited)
- They Were Expendable (1945) as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) as Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited)
- A Night at the Opera (1935) as Henderson
- Undercurrent (1946) as Stationmaster (uncredited)
- Air Raid Wardens (1943) as Charlie Beaugart
- High Wall (1947)
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) as Ed (uncredited)
- The Harvey Girls (1946) as Conductor (uncredited)
- Blonde Venus (1932) as Dan O'Connor
- The Hoodlum Saint (1946) as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) as Policeman
- Lady for a Day (1933) as Inspector MacCreary
- Made for Each Other (1939) as Harry (Elevator Starter) (uncredited)
- The Big House (1930) as Donlin
- Super-Sleuth (1937) as Casey