Pat O'Malley
Often confused with the British-born comic actor J. Pat O'Malley, who is the better remembered, silent dramatic film star Pat O'Malley had an enduring career that stands on its own. He was of solid Irish-American stock, born in Forest City, Pennsylvania, in 1890. A one-time railroad switchman, he also had circus experience by the time he discovered an interest in movie making. He began with the Kalem Studio in 1913 and appeared in a few Irish films before signing on with Thomas Edison's company in 1914. The following year, he married actress Lillian Wilkes, and three of their children, Eileen, Mary Katherine, and Sheila, would become actors as well. His brother Charles O'Malley was a sometime actor, appearing in westerns on occasion. His first identifiable film is The Alien (1913). He began freelancing in 1916 and from then on, appeared in scores of silents as both a rugged and romantic lead, some classic films being The Heart of Humanity (1918), My Wild Irish Rose (1922), and The Virginian (1923). He did not age well come sound pictures, and he was quickly relegated to supporting parts. He appeared in hundreds upon hundreds of bits (mostly unbilled) until 1956, when he retired. He died a decade later.
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- Born:
- Sep 3, 1890 In Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 181
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Voice of the Violin 1915-03-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration 2019-11-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Mr. Wilson (archive footage) | 2019-11-14 |
| Movie | Days of Wine and Roses | Tenant (uncredited) | 1963-02-04 |
| Series | Black Saddle | Unknown | 1959-01-10 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Wilson | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | M Squad | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
| Movie | Blackjack Ketchum Desperado | Doc Blaine | 1956-04-01 |
| Series | State Trooper | Unknown | 1956-09-25 |
| Series | Highway Patrol | Unknown | 1955-10-03 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | The Wild One | Sawyer (uncredited) | 1953-12-30 |
| Movie | Small Town Girl | Doorman | 1953-04-10 |
| Movie | Everything I Have Is Yours | Conductor (Uncredited) | 1952-10-31 |
| Movie | The Old West | Townsman (uncredited) | 1952-09-29 |
| Movie | The Bad and the Beautiful | Man Outside the Club (uncredited) | 1952-12-25 |
| Movie | Mule Train | Charley Stewart (uncredited) | 1950-02-22 |
| Movie | The Killer That Stalked New York | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
| Movie | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Officer Jim | 1949-03-02 |
| Movie | Alias Nick Beal | Committee Man | 1949-03-04 |
| Movie | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Deputy Marshal (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | All the King's Men | Politician (uncredited) | 1949-11-16 |
| Movie | The Secret Of St. Ives | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1949-06-30 |
| Movie | The Reckless Moment | Bank Guard (uncredited) | 1949-12-09 |
| Movie | The Man from Colorado | Citizen (uncredited) | 1948-08-07 |
| Movie | Key Witness | Detective Norris (uncredited) | 1947-10-09 |
| Movie | The Racket Man | Postman | 1944-01-18 |
| Movie | Sailor's Holiday | 1944-02-24 | |
| Movie | One Mysterious Night | Police Sergeant (Uncredited) | 1944-10-21 |
| Movie | The Whistler | Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited) | 1944-03-30 |
| Movie | The Missing Juror | Priest (Uncredited) | 1944-11-16 |
| Movie | Mission to Moscow | Irish-American in Montage (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
| Movie | Quiet Please, Murder | Guard Killed in Library | 1943-03-19 |
| Movie | Redhead from Manhattan | Cop | 1943-05-06 |
| Movie | Double Up | Jim Bowers | 1943-12-29 |
| Movie | Batman | Cop | 1943-07-16 |
| Movie | Destroyer | Postman | 1943-08-19 |
| Movie | Gang Busters | Police Chemist Crandall | 1942-03-31 |
| Movie | Murder in the Big House | Guard (uncredited) | 1942-04-11 |
| Movie | Blue, White, and Perfect | Police Sergeant | 1942-01-06 |
| Movie | The Great Man's Lady | Officer Murphy (uncredited) | 1942-04-15 |
| Movie | Over My Dead Body | Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley) | 1942-01-15 |
| Movie | This Gun for Hire | Conductor (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | Gentleman Jim | Detective (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
| Movie | The Glass Key | Politician (uncredited) | 1942-09-08 |
| Movie | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Jonathan Taylor | 1942-09-25 |
| Movie | Thru Different Eyes | Coroner | 1942-06-19 |
| Movie | The Great Mr. Nobody | Policeman | 1941-02-15 |
| Movie | Blonde Inspiration | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | 1941-02-07 |
| Movie | Law of the Range | Mr. Howard | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | Pals of the Pecos | Dan Burke | 1941-04-07 |
| Movie | Cracked Nuts | Officer #1 | 1941-07-02 |
| Movie | Steel Against the Sky | Construction Worker (uncredited) | 1941-12-13 |
| Movie | Honky Tonk | Party Guest | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | Reg'lar Fellers | Mr. Dugan Sr. | 1941-09-05 |
| Movie | Castle on the Hudson | Guard (uncredited) | 1940-02-17 |
| Movie | The House Across the Bay | Prison Guard | 1940-03-01 |
| Movie | Shooting High | Lem Pritchard | 1940-04-25 |
| Movie | The Saint's Double Trouble | Express Man (uncredited) | 1940-01-26 |
| Movie | Emergency Squad | Fire Captain | 1940-01-05 |
| Movie | Tear Gas Squad | Patrolman | 1940-05-04 |
| Movie | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Laboratory Technician | 1940-01-11 |
| Movie | Remember the Night | Jury Member (uncredited) | 1940-01-19 |
| Movie | Girl in 313 | Bartender | 1940-05-31 |
| Movie | The Bank Dick | Cop (uncredited) | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Rocky Mountain Rangers | Captain Taylor | 1940-05-24 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Editor Gunnigan | 1940-12-24 |
| Movie | East of the River | Policeman (uncredited) | 1940-11-09 |
| Movie | Little Nellie Kelly | Mounted Policeman (uncredited) | 1940-11-22 |
| Movie | A Dispatch from Reuters | Laborer (uncredited) | 1940-10-19 |
| Movie | Lucky Cisco Kid | Minor Role | 1940-06-28 |
| Movie | A Fugitive from Justice | Policeman (uncredited) | 1940-06-15 |
| Movie | Dodge City | Conductor (uncredited) | 1939-04-08 |
| Movie | They Made Her a Spy | Intelligence Service Man | 1939-04-14 |
| Movie | Women in the Wind | Cleveland Official (uncredited) | 1939-04-15 |
| Movie | Wolf Call | RCMP Sergeant | 1939-05-22 |
| Movie | Let Us Live | Captain (uncredited) | 1939-03-29 |
| Movie | The Phantom Creeps | AMI Chief | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | Five Came Back | Mike Mulvaney (uncredited) | 1939-06-23 |
| Movie | Secret Service of the Air | Guard Cooper | 1939-03-04 |
| Movie | Sergeant Madden | Police Sergeant | 1939-03-24 |
| Movie | Romance of the Redwoods | Yerkes | 1939-03-29 |
| Movie | Persons in Hiding | Deputy Driver (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
| Movie | The Night of Nights | Actor (uncredited) | 1939-12-01 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Jailer (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | The Light That Failed | Bullock | 1939-12-24 |
| Movie | Invisible Stripes | Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited) | 1939-12-30 |
| Movie | Stunt Pilot | Sheehan | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Policeman | 1939-10-26 |
| Movie | Smashing the Money Ring | Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) | 1939-10-21 |
| Movie | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Police Guard (uncredited) | 1939-07-07 |
| Movie | Frontier Marshal | Bar Patron | 1939-07-28 |
| Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Bailiff (uncredited) | 1939-09-16 |
| Movie | The Escape | Neighbor | 1939-10-05 |
| Movie | Love on a Budget | Townsman | 1938-03-04 |
| Movie | Always Goodbye | Cop (uncredited) | 1938-06-24 |
| Movie | He Couldn't Say No | Policeman in Car | 1938-03-19 |
| Movie | Ever Since Eve | Police Officer (uncredited) | 1937-07-15 |
| Movie | The Great Hospital Mystery | Detective | 1937-05-14 |
| Movie | Music for Madame | Policeman (Uncredited) | 1937-10-08 |
| Movie | Alcatraz Island | Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1937-10-13 |
| Movie | Champagne Charlie | Ship's Officer | 1936-05-06 |
| Movie | Trouble for Two | Purser (Uncredited) | 1936-05-29 |
| Movie | Paddy O'Day | Immigration Officer Tom Wilson | 1936-01-17 |
| Movie | The Big Noise | Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited) | 1936-06-22 |
| Movie | Exclusive Story | Third Officer (uncredited) | 1936-01-17 |
| Movie | Crash Donovan | Patrolman (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
| Movie | Wanted: Jane Turner | Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited) | 1936-12-04 |
| Movie | High Tension | Ship's Mate | 1936-07-10 |
| Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron | 1936-08-20 |
| Movie | Beloved Enemy | Patrick Callahan | 1936-12-25 |
| Movie | 36 Hours to Kill | G-Man | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | Public Hero Number 1 | Federal Agent (uncredited) | 1935-05-31 |
| Movie | The Perfect Clue | Police Officer | 1935-03-13 |
| Movie | The Drunkard | First Drunk | 1935-04-03 |
| Movie | Special Agent | Roark (uncredited) | 1935-09-14 |
| Movie | We're Only Human | Police Officer Jordan | 1935-12-27 |
| Movie | His Family Tree | Seated Pub Sailor | 1935-09-29 |
| Movie | Heir to Trouble | Mining Engineer | 1935-12-17 |
| Movie | The Fighting Marines | Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1] | 1935-11-22 |
| Movie | Pirate Treasure | John Craig | 1934-01-29 |
| Movie | The Crime Doctor | Detective (uncredited) | 1934-03-14 |
| Movie | Girl in Danger | Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited) | 1934-09-11 |
| Movie | The Whirlwind | Pat Patrick | 1933-04-13 |
| Movie | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Plainclothesman (Uncredited) | 1933-02-18 |
| Movie | Parachute Jumper | Pilot (uncredited) | 1933-01-28 |
| Movie | I Love That Man | Prison Interne | 1933-07-07 |
| Movie | Frisco Jenny | Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan | 1933-01-14 |
| Movie | Laughing at Life | Detective Agency Official | 1933-07-12 |
| Movie | A Man of Sentiment | Officer Ryan | 1933-09-15 |
| Movie | Perils of Pauline | Tim Sullivan | 1933-11-05 |
| Movie | Riot Squad | Det. Bob Larkin | 1933-07-25 |
| Movie | Before Dawn | Detective Brady (uncredited) | 1933-08-04 |
| Movie | Speed Madness | McCarey | 1932-07-29 |
| Movie | Attorney for the Defense | Dr. Strong | 1932-05-21 |
| Movie | The Shadow of the Eagle | Ames | 1932-02-01 |
| Movie | American Madness | 1932-08-15 | |
| Movie | The Reckoning | Bob | 1932-02-15 |
| Movie | The Penal Code | Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender | 1932-12-23 |
| Movie | Exposure | Van Avery - City Editor | 1932-08-20 |
| Movie | Call Her Savage | Fireman (Uncredited) | 1932-11-24 |
| Movie | Those We Love | Daley | 1932-09-11 |
| Movie | Klondike | Burke | 1932-08-29 |
| Movie | Homicide Squad | Man | 1931-08-01 |
| Movie | The Costume Falls | 1931-02-05 | |
| Movie | The Sky Spider | Jim Morgan | 1931-10-01 |
| Movie | The Fighting Marshal | Deputy Ed Myers | 1931-11-25 |
| Movie | Night Life in Reno | District Attorney | 1931-11-01 |
| Movie | Anybody's Blonde | Reporter | 1931-11-01 |
| Movie | The Fall Guy | Charles Newton | 1930-06-15 |
| Movie | Mothers Cry | Frank Williams | 1930-12-04 |
| Movie | Alibi | Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon | 1929-04-20 |
| Movie | The Man I Love | D.J. McCarthy | 1929-05-25 |
| Movie | Perch of the Devil | Gregory Compton | 1927-03-06 |
| Movie | The Midnight Sun | Grand Duke Sergius of Russia | 1926-04-23 |
| Movie | My Old Dutch | Joe Brown | 1926-05-23 |
| Movie | Spangles | Dick Hale | 1926-11-07 |
| Movie | Proud Flesh | Patrick O'Malley | 1925-04-27 |
| Movie | Fools Highway | Mike Kildare | 1924-03-01 |
| Movie | The Fighting American | Bill Pendleton | 1924-05-26 |
| Movie | Happiness | Fermoy MacDonough | 1924-03-09 |
| Movie | Brass | Harry Baldwin | 1923-03-04 |
| Movie | The Eternal Struggle | Bucky O'Harra | 1923-10-08 |
| Movie | The Virginian | Steve | 1923-09-29 |
| Movie | A Game Chicken | Rush Thompson | 1922-02-26 |
| Movie | Bob Hampton of Placer | Lt. Brant | 1921-05-01 |
| Movie | False Kisses | 1921-11-21 | |
| Movie | The Breath of the Gods | T. Caraway Dodge | 1920-07-25 |
| Movie | Go and Get It | Kirk Connelly | 1920-07-18 |
| Movie | Dinty | Jack North | 1920-11-21 |
| Movie | The Red Glove | Kern Thodes (early chapters) | 1919-03-17 |
| Movie | Her Boy | Charlie Turner | 1918-01-28 |
| Movie | The Heart of Humanity | Clancy | 1918-12-21 |
| Movie | The Prussian Cur | Jimmie O'Grady | 1918-09-01 |
| Movie | The Law of the North | Cpl. John Emerson | 1917-04-02 |
| Movie | The Tell-Tale Step | Hugh Graham | 1917-05-28 |
| Movie | The Love That Lives | Jimmy | 1917-07-09 |
| Movie | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Sybil Vane | 1916-06-01 |
| Movie | McQuade of the Traffic Squad | Pat McQuade | 1915-06-12 |
| Movie | The Voice of the Violin | 1915-03-05 | |
| Movie | On Dangerous Paths | Roger Sterritt | 1915-07-23 |
| Movie | Gladiola | 1915-10-15 | |
| Movie | All for Old Ireland | 1915-07-13 |