Robert Emmett O'Connor
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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).
Known for
Credits
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
as Jonesy (uncredited)
They Were Expendable (1945)
as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
as Motorman (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
as Ed (uncredited)
Easter Parade (1948)
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Public Enemy (1931)
as Paddy Ryan
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Cop (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1937)
as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Henderson
Desire (1936)
as Customs Official
The Clock (1945)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Blonde Venus (1932)
as Dan O'Connor
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited)
Courage of Lassie (1946)
as Deputy (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre
Undercurrent (1946)
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
as Conductor (uncredited)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Lady for a Day (1933)
as Inspector MacCreary
Made for Each Other (1939)
as Harry (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
as Policeman
Super-Sleuth (1937)
as Casey
Up the River (1930)
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Boys' Ranch (1946)
as Druggist
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Sea Captain
High Wall (1947)
Actor
Picture Snatcher (1933)
as Police Lt. Casey Nolan
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
as 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)
American Madness (1932)
as Police Inspector
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
as Charlie Beaugart
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Penthouse (1933)
as Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
as Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Trail Street (1947)
as Drunk (uncredited)
The Hucksters (1947)
as Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
The Human Comedy (1943)
as Bartender (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Who Killed Who? (1943)
as Host (uncredited)
The Big House (1930)
as Donlin
Main Street After Dark (1945)
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Beast of the City (1932)
as Booking Policeman (uncredited)
Girl Overboard (1937)
as Sergeant Hatton
Drink Hearty (1920)
Actor
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
as Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
as First Detective (uncredited)
Hot Steel (1940)
as Police Inspector
Park Avenue Logger (1937)
as Police Sergeant
Midnight Mary (1933)
as Cop
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Proprietor (Uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
as The Detective
Return of the Terror (1934)
as Inspector Bradley
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
as Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
Adventure (1945)
as Man in Cantina (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden (1939)
as Capt. Crane
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
as Southerner (uncredited)
Up Goes Maisie (1946)
as Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)
Taxi! (1932)
as Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
as Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy
Night World (1932)
as The Policeman
Star of Midnight (1935)
as Police Sergeant Cleary
The Big Fight (1930)
as Detective
Streets of New York (1939)
as Police Officer Burke
The Omaha Trail (1942)
as Oxen Owner (uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Brady's Father
Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
as Detective Leo Finnigan
Waterfront Lady (1935)
as Police Lieutenant
The Big Brain (1933)
as Detective (uncredited)
Blessed Event (1932)
as Jim
Bottoms Up (1934)
as Detective Rooney
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
as Pat Donegan
I Take This Oath (1940)
as Police Car Driver
The Kid from Spain (1932)
as Detective Crawford
New Faces of 1937 (1937)
as Policeman
High Barbaree (1947)
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Stolen Harmony (1935)
as Warden Clark (uncredited)
Bed of Roses (1933)
as River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)
Sinner Take All (1936)
as Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies (1947)
as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
A Gun in His Hand (1945)
as Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)
The Singing Fool (1928)
as Cafe Owner Bill
A Wicked Woman (1934)
as Dugan (uncredited)
Gentle Annie (1944)
as Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
as Murphy
Weary River (1929)
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
White Lies (1935)
as Capt. McHenry (uncredited)
Inflation (1942)
as Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)
as Detective Benson
Frisco Jenny (1933)
as Jim Sandoval
The Public Defender (1931)
as Detective Brady
Alias French Gertie (1930)
as Detective Kelcey
Jackass Mail (1942)
as Peter Lawson
The Big Shakedown (1934)
as Regan
Best Foot Forward (1943)
as Train Conductor
Professor Beware (1938)
as Cop at Estate
Dressed to Kill (1928)
as Detective Gilroy
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
as Detective Mitchell
Four Walls (1928)
as Sullivan
The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
as House Detective
Paid (1930)
as Police Sgt. Cassidy
Two Kinds of Women (1932)
as Tim Gohagen
Week-End Marriage (1932)
as Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)
The Dark Horse (1932)
as Sheriff
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
as Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)
Trapped by G-Men (1937)
as Federal Agent Jim
Don't Bet on Love (1933)
as Edward Shelton
Fanny Foley Herself (1931)
as Burns
Rationing (1944)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
as Samson (uncredited)
Jailbreak (1936)
as Policeman
Framed (1930)
as Sergeant Schultze
Tin Gods (1926)
as Second Foreman
The Crime Nobody Saw (1937)
as Tim Burke
The Greatest Gift (1942)
as Brother Xavier (uncredited)
Double Alibi (1940)
as Patrolman Delaney
The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
as Jackson
The Noose (1928)
as Jim Conley
Play Girl (1932)
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Man to Man (1930)
as Sheriff
Shooting Straight (1930)
as Detective Regan
His Royal Slyness (1920)
as (uncredited)
Reckless Living (1931)
as Ryan
The Arm of the Law (1932)
as Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake
The Big Timer (1932)
as Dan Wilson
The Frame-Up (1937)
as Larry Mann (aka John Mench)
At Sea Ashore (1936)
as First Immigration Officer
Three Who Loved (1931)
as Police Lt. Tom Rooney
Boy of the Streets (1938)
as Police Officer Rourke
The Booster (1928)
Actor
The Single Sin (1931)
as Detective
Return from Nowhere (1944)
as Diner Cook (uncredited)
Freedom of the Press (1928)
as Boss Maloney
The Great American Mug (1945)
as Laughing Man (uncredited)
In the Next Room (1930)
as Tim Morel
Shoe Shine Boy (1943)
as Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
as Sir Timothy