Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

1885-03-18 – 1962-09-04 (age 77) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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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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Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard

1950

as Jonesy (uncredited)

Desire
Desire

1936

as Customs Official

The Clock
The Clock

1945

as Policeman (uncredited)

Waikiki Wedding
Waikiki Wedding

1937

as Policeman (uncredited)

The Public Enemy
The Public Enemy

1931

as Paddy Ryan

Meet Me in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis

1944

as Motorman (uncredited)

They Were Expendable
They Were Expendable

1945

as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)

Till the Clouds Roll By
Till the Clouds Roll By

1946

as Ed (uncredited)

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born

1937

as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera
A Night at the Opera

1935

as Henderson

Undercurrent
Undercurrent

1946

as Stationmaster (uncredited)

Dance, Girl, Dance
Dance, Girl, Dance

1940

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh

1945

as Cop (uncredited)

Courage of Lassie
Courage of Lassie

1946

as Deputy (uncredited)

Who Killed Who?
Who Killed Who?

1943

as Host (uncredited)

Mystery of the Wax Museum
Mystery of the Wax Museum

1933

as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre

Air Raid Wardens
Air Raid Wardens

1943

as Charlie Beaugart

Easter Parade
Easter Parade

1948

as Policeman (uncredited)

The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy

1943

as Bartender (uncredited)

The Harvey Girls
The Harvey Girls

1946

as Conductor (uncredited)