Robert Emmett O'Connor

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1885-03-18

Day of Death

1962-09-04

Place of Birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Biography

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).

Filmography (138)

⭐ 8.3 Role: Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)

Sunset Boulevard

⭐ 7.0 Role: Policeman (uncredited)

Easter Parade

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)

Tenth Avenue Angel

⭐ 6.4 Role: Unknown

High Wall

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)

Merton of the Movies

⭐ 6.7 Role: Southerner (uncredited)

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

⭐ 7.1 Role: Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

The Hucksters

⭐ 5.6 Role: Stationmaster (uncredited)

High Barbaree

⭐ 6.5 Role: Drunk (uncredited)

Trail Street

⭐ 5.7 Role: Ed (uncredited)

Till the Clouds Roll By

⭐ 5.9 Role: Stationmaster (uncredited)

Undercurrent

⭐ 5.9 Role: Deputy (uncredited)

Courage of Lassie

⭐ 7.0 Role: Druggist

Boys' Ranch

⭐ 5.5 Role: Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Hoodlum Saint

⭐ 6.8 Role: Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie

⭐ 6.6 Role: Conductor (uncredited)

The Harvey Girls

⭐ 6.4 Role: Man in Cantina (uncredited)

Adventure

⭐ 6.5 Role: Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)

They Were Expendable

⭐ 7.7 Role: Laughing Man (uncredited)

The Great American Mug

⭐ 5.8 Role: 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

⭐ 6.1 Role: Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)

A Gun in His Hand

⭐ 6.8 Role: Cop (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh

⭐ 7.1 Role: Policeman (uncredited)

The Clock

⭐ 4.5 Role: Policeman (uncredited)

Main Street After Dark

⭐ 7.1 Role: Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

⭐ 5.7 Role: Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)

Gentle Annie

⭐ 7.0 Role: Motorman (uncredited)

Meet Me in St. Louis

⭐ 6.0 Role: Diner Cook (uncredited)

Return from Nowhere

⭐ 5.5 Role: Joe the Bartender (uncredited)

Barbary Coast Gent

⭐ 4.0 Role: Sheriff (uncredited)

Rationing

⭐ 8.0 Role: Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)

Shoe Shine Boy

⭐ 7.0 Role: Detective Leo Finnigan

Whistling in Brooklyn

⭐ 6.8 Role: Train Conductor

Best Foot Forward

⭐ 6.8 Role: Proprietor (Uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

⭐ 7.1 Role: Host (uncredited)

Who Killed Who?

⭐ 6.0 Role: Samson (uncredited)

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

⭐ 7.2 Role: Charlie Beaugart

Air Raid Wardens

⭐ 6.0 Role: Reporter (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

⭐ 6.3 Role: Bartender (uncredited)

The Human Comedy

⭐ 7.0 Role: Brother Xavier (uncredited)

The Greatest Gift

⭐ 7.0 Role: Oxen Owner (uncredited)

The Omaha Trail

⭐ 7.5 Role: Peter Lawson

Jackass Mail

⭐ 6.7 Role: Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)

Maisie Gets Her Man

⭐ 6.3 Role: Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)

Inflation

⭐ 5.3 Role: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

⭐ 6.4 Role: Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Dance, Girl, Dance

⭐ 5.7 Role: Murphy

A Fugitive from Justice

⭐ 7.5 Role: Police Inspector

Hot Steel

⭐ 5.4 Role: Police Car Driver

I Take This Oath

⭐ 5.2 Role: Patrolman Delaney

Double Alibi

⭐ 6.8 Role: House Detective

The Lone Wolf Strikes

⭐ 5.0 Role: Pat Donegan

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

⭐ 5.4 Role: Police Officer Burke

Streets of New York

⭐ 7.5 Role: Capt. Crane

Sergeant Madden

⭐ 5.8 Role: First Detective (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder

⭐ 6.1 Role: Harry (Elevator Starter) (uncredited)

Made for Each Other

⭐ 6.4 Role: Cop at Estate

Professor Beware

⭐ 6.0 Role: Police Officer Rourke

Boy of the Streets

⭐ 5.5 Role: Sea Captain

Wells Fargo

⭐ 7.0 Role: Federal Agent Jim

Trapped by G-Men

⭐ 5.6 Role: Casey

Super-Sleuth

⭐ 5.3 Role: Policeman

New Faces of 1937

⭐ 4.5 Role: Secret Service Man (uncredited)

The Last Train from Madrid

⭐ 6.5 Role: Larry Mann (aka John Mench)

The Frame-Up

⭐ 7.2 Role: Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

⭐ 5.9 Role: Policeman (uncredited)

Waikiki Wedding

⭐ 8.0 Role: Police Sergeant

Park Avenue Logger

⭐ 5.5 Role: Tim Burke

The Crime Nobody Saw

⭐ 9.0 Role: Sergeant Hatton

Girl Overboard

⭐ 7.0 Role: Detective Mitchell

We Who Are About to Die

⭐ 4.9 Role: Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)

Sinner Take All

⭐ 6.7 Role: Policeman

Jailbreak

⭐ 7.0 Role: Customs Official

Desire

⭐ 8.0 Role: First Immigration Officer

At Sea Ashore

⭐ 6.8 Role: Policeman

Little Lord Fauntleroy

⭐ 6.1 Role: Detective Benson

The Lone Wolf Returns

⭐ 7.5 Role: Capt. McHenry (uncredited)

White Lies

⭐ 7.4 Role: Henderson

A Night at the Opera

⭐ 5.2 Role: Police Lieutenant

Waterfront Lady

⭐ 6.5 Role: Brady's Father

Diamond Jim

⭐ 8.0 Role: Warden Clark (uncredited)

Stolen Harmony

⭐ 5.9 Role: Police Sergeant Cleary

Star of Midnight

⭐ 4.3 Role: Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

⭐ 5.0 Role: Dugan (uncredited)

A Wicked Woman

⭐ 6.5 Role: Inspector Bradley

Return of the Terror

⭐ 5.2 Role: Detective Rooney

Bottoms Up

⭐ 5.9 Role: Regan

The Big Shakedown

⭐ 7.1 Role: Inspector MacCreary

Lady for a Day

⭐ 6.8 Role: Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens

Penthouse

⭐ 8.0 Role: Detective (uncredited)

The Big Brain

⭐ 6.9 Role: Cop

Midnight Mary

⭐ 8.0 Role: Edward Shelton

Don't Bet on Love

⭐ 6.1 Role: River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)

Bed of Roses

⭐ 6.8 Role: Police Lt. Casey Nolan

Picture Snatcher

⭐ 6.9 Role: Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)

Gabriel Over the White House

⭐ 6.5 Role: Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre

Mystery of the Wax Museum

⭐ 6.7 Role: Jim Sandoval

Frisco Jenny

⭐ 6.6 Role: Detective Crawford

The Kid from Spain

⭐ 6.8 Role: Dan O'Connor

Blonde Venus

⭐ 6.9 Role: Jim

Blessed Event

⭐ 6.9 Role: Police Inspector

American Madness

⭐ 5.5 Role: Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)

Week-End Marriage

⭐ 7.4 Role: Sheriff

The Dark Horse

⭐ 6.8 Role: The Policeman

Night World

⭐ 5.2 Role: Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake

The Arm of the Law

⭐ 5.0 Role: Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Play Girl

⭐ 4.6 Role: Dan Wilson

The Big Timer

⭐ 6.0 Role: Booking Policeman (uncredited)

The Beast of the City

⭐ 6.8 Role: Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)

Taxi!

⭐ 6.3 Role: Tim Gohagen

Two Kinds of Women

⭐ 4.3 Role: Ryan

Reckless Living

⭐ 7.0 Role: Burns

Fanny Foley Herself

⭐ 6.4 Role: Detective Brady

The Public Defender

⭐ 6.0 Role: Police Lt. Tom Rooney

Three Who Loved

⭐ 7.2 Role: Paddy Ryan

The Public Enemy

⭐ 7.0 Role: Detective

The Single Sin

⭐ 6.7 Role: Police Sgt. Cassidy

Paid

⭐ 6.3 Role: Sheriff

Man to Man

⭐ 5.9 Role: Prison Warden (uncredited)

Up the River

⭐ 6.2 Role: Detective Regan

Shooting Straight

⭐ 5.6 Role: The Detective

Our Blushing Brides

⭐ 6.6 Role: Donlin

The Big House

⭐ 4.5 Role: Detective

The Big Fight

⭐ 6.3 Role: Detective Kelcey

Alias French Gertie

⭐ 5.3 Role: Sergeant Schultze

Framed

⭐ 9.0 Role: Tim Morel

In the Next Room

⭐ 7.0 Role: Jackson

The Isle of Lost Ships

⭐ 9.0 Role: Sir Timothy

Smiling Irish Eyes

⭐ 5.8 Role: Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Weary River

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

The Booster

⭐ 8.0 Role: Boss Maloney

Freedom of the Press

⭐ 5.0 Role: Cafe Owner Bill

The Singing Fool

⭐ 7.2 Role: Sullivan

Four Walls

⭐ 8.0 Role: Detective Gilroy

Dressed to Kill

⭐ 7.7 Role: Jim Conley

The Noose

⭐ 9.0 Role: Second Foreman

Tin Gods

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Drink Hearty

⭐ 6.0 Role: (uncredited)

His Royal Slyness