Pat O'Brien

Actor Nov 10 (died age 83) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 1930–2013 (83 year career)

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Biography

Pat O'Brien (born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He was a star during the first several years of his film career, the height of his popularity being during the 1930s and 1940s.

Known For

Film

Some Like It Hot

Detective Mulligan

Film

Angels with Dirty Faces

Jerry Connolly

Film

Ragtime

Delmas

Film

The Last Hurrah

John Gorman

Film

The Front Page

Hildy Johnson

Film

American Madness

Matt Brown

Film

The Boy with Green Hair

Gramp Fry

Film

Bombshell

Jim Brogan

Filmography

Acting (157)

Movies (128)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

2013

as Self (archive footage)

5.5

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

2005

as Self (archive footage)

8.3

Dill Scallion

1999

as Self

5.6

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Ragtime

1981

as Delmas

7.0

James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy

as Self

Scout's Honor

as Mr. Caboose

The End

as Ben Lawson

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

1977

as President of the Senate

6.3

Kiss Me... Kill Me

1976

as Jimmy, the morgue attendant

7.0

The Sky's the Limit

1975

as Abner Therman

Amanda Fallon

1973

as Emory

The Adventures of Nick Carter

1972

as Hallelujah Harry

2.7

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

as Sgt. McGll

The Phynx

as Pat O’Brien

The Over the Hill Gang

1969

as Captain Oren Hayes

5.6

Town Tamer

1965

as Judge Murcott

6.5

The Road to Hong Kong

1962

as Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)

5.8

Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe

1962

as Narrator

Some Like It Hot

1959

as Detective Mulligan

8.1

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

as Self

The Last Hurrah

as John Gorman

Invitation to a Gunfighter

1957

as Sheriff Kyle Bickford

Kill Me Tomorrow

as Bart Crosbie

Inside Detroit

as Gus Linden

Jubilee Trail

as Ernest 'Texas' Conway

Ring of Fear

as Frank Wallace

Okinawa

as Lt. Cmdr. Hale

The People Against O'Hara

1951

as Det. Vincent Ricks

5.7

Criminal Lawyer

1951

as James 'Jimmy' Regan

The Fireball

as Father O'Hara

Johnny One-Eye

as Martin Martin

A Dangerous Profession

1949

as Joe Farley

5.6

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

as Father Peter J. Dunne

6.0

The Boy with Green Hair

as Gramp Fry

Riff-Raff

as Dan Hammer

Blow-Ups of 1947

as Self

Crack-Up

as George Steele

Perilous Holiday

as Patrick Nevil

Man Alive

1945

as Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride

5.1

Having Wonderful Crime

as Michael J. Malone

Secret Command

as Sam Gallagher

Marine Raiders

as Maj. Steve Lockhart

6.8

The Iron Major

1943

as Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh

Bombardier

as Chick Davis

His Butler's Sister

as Martin Murphy

Broadway

as Dan McCorn

Two Yanks in Trinidad

1942

as Tim Reardon

2.5

Flight Lieutenant

1942

as Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle

6.0

The Navy Comes Through

1942

as Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory

5.6

Breakdowns of 1941

1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Escape to Glory

as Mike Farrough

Flowing Gold

as Ian 'Hap' O'Connor

'Til We Meet Again

as Steve Burke

The Fighting 69th

as Father Duffy

Knute Rockne All American

as Knute Rockne

Torrid Zone

as Steve Case

Castle on the Hudson

as Warden Walter Long

6.8

Breakdowns of 1940

1940

as Self

4.0

Indianapolis Speedway

1939

as Joe Greer

5.0

Off the Record

1939

as Thomas "Breezy" Elliott

6.0

The Kid from Kokomo

1939

as William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy

Slightly Honorable

as John Webb

Breakdowns of 1939

as Self

The Night of Nights

as Dan O'Farrell

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

as Jerry Connolly

7.5

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Roy Chadwick

Boy Meets Girl

as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson

6.5

Women Are Like That

1938

as Bill Landin

5.7

Out Where the Stars Begin

as Pat O'Brien

Garden of the Moon

as John Quinn

Swingtime in the Movies

1938

as Himself (uncredited)

5.9

San Quentin

1937

as Capt. Stephen Jameson

Slim

as Red Blayd

Breakdowns of 1937

as Self

The Great O'Malley

as James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley

Back in Circulation

as Bill Morgan

Submarine D-1

as Butch Rogers

Public Enemy's Wife

as Lee Laird

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936

as Self

6.0

I Married a Doctor

1936

as Dr. William P. Kennicott

Ceiling Zero

as Jake L. Lee

China Clipper

as Dave Logan

Breakdowns of 1936

as Self

The Irish in Us

as Pat O'Hara

In Caliente

as Larry MacArthur

Stars Over Broadway

as Al McGillevray

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

1935

as Himself (uncredited)

Page Miss Glory

as Click Wiley

A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

5.5

Devil Dogs of the Air

1935

as Lieut. Brannigan

6.4

Oil for the Lamps of China

1935

as Stephen Chase

7.3

Things You Never See on the Screen

as Self

I've Got Your Number

as Terry Riley

Here Comes the Navy

as Biff Martin

Gambling Lady

as Charlie Lang

Studio Highlights

as Self (archive footage)

Flirtation Walk

1934

as "Scrapper" Thornhhill

5.6

I Sell Anything

1934

as "Spot Cash" Cutler

4.5

Screen Snapshots No. 11

1934

as Himself

The Personality Kid

1934

as Ritzy

3.7

Twenty Million Sweethearts

as Rush Blake

Laughter in Hell

as Barney Slaney

Bombshell

as Jim Brogan

Bureau of Missing Persons

1933

as Detective Butch Saunders

College Coach

as Coach Gore

Destination Unknown

as Matt Brennan

The World Gone Mad

1933

as Andy Terrell

4.3

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

as Frank Deane

American Madness

as Matt Brown

Virtue

as Jimmy Doyle

Hell's House

as Matt Kelly

The Final Edition

as Sam Bradshaw

Air Mail

as Duke Talbot

Hollywood Speaks

as Jimmy Reed

Scandal for Sale

as Waddell

Flaming Gold

as Ben Lear

The Front Page

as Hildy Johnson

Honor Among Lovers

as Conroy (uncredited)

Flying High

as Sport Wardell

Personal Maid

as Peter Shea

Consolation Marriage

as Steve Porter

Crimes Square

as Marty

The Voice of Hollywood

1930

as Self/Host

Compliments of the Season

1930

as Police Detective (uncredited)

6.3

My Mistake

1930

Television (29)

WKRP in Cincinnati

Happy Days

Banyon

Alias Smith and Jones

McCloud

Branded

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Lt. John Curwood

5.3

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Virginian

as J. Jimerson Jones

Going My Way

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Harrigan and Son

The Best of the Post

as Mike Breen

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

Telephone Time

Science Fiction Theatre

1955

6.2

Climax!

1954

as Police Lieutenant Moore

3.3

General Electric Theater

as Major Irish

This Is Your Life

as Self

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Lt. V. Keever

7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Tim Larkin

Studio One

as Mike Waterson

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Ford Theatre