
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Born: 1885-03-18
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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).
Known For

The Kid from Spain
1932★ 6.6

Three Who Loved
1931★ 5.4

Sunset Boulevard
1950★ 8.3

Streets of New York
1939★ 4.8

The Great American Mug
1945★ 6.5

Adventure
1945★ 6.2

Taxi!
1932★ 6.6

Paid
1930★ 6.8

Bottoms Up
1934★ 4.8

Slightly Dangerous
1943★ 6.1

The Singing Fool
1928★ 4.3

Trail Street
1947★ 6.4

Jackass Mail
1942★ 7.0

The Noose
1928★ 7.0

Blessed Event
1932★ 6.5

Night World
1932★ 6.7

White Lies
1935★ 6.0

Undercurrent
1946★ 5.9

Man to Man
1930★ 5.7

The Clock
1945★ 7.1

Four Walls
1928★ 7.3

Double Alibi
1940★ 4.0

Midnight Mary
1933★ 6.8

Desire
1936★ 6.9

High Barbaree
1947★ 5.1

Frisco Jenny
1933★ 6.3

The Public Defender
1931★ 6.0

Diamond Jim
1935★ 6.0

A Wicked Woman
1934★ 4.0

The Arm of the Law
1932★ 4.0

Super-Sleuth
1937★ 5.0

Waikiki Wedding
1937★ 5.5

Gentle Annie
1944★ 5.2

They Were Expendable
1945★ 6.5

Penthouse
1933★ 6.7

Meet Me in St. Louis
1944★ 7.0

The Booster
1928★ 0.0

Waterfront Lady
1935★ 4.0

A Night at the Opera
1935★ 7.4

Rationing
1944★ 2.7

Weary River
1929★ 5.7

The Public Enemy
1931★ 7.2

The Lone Wolf Returns
1935★ 5.9

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936★ 6.7

The Omaha Trail
1942★ 7.0

Whistling in Brooklyn
1943★ 6.3

The Beast of the City
1932★ 5.9

Easter Parade
1948★ 7.0

Framed
1930★ 5.0

Hot Steel
1940★ 0.0

Star of Midnight
1935★ 5.8

Our Blushing Brides
1930★ 5.4

Tenth Avenue Angel
1948★ 6.0

Smiling Irish Eyes
1929★ 0.0

Picture Snatcher
1933★ 6.8

Girl Overboard
1937★ 0.0

The Big Timer
1932★ 3.7

The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940★ 6.3

Up Goes Maisie
1946★ 6.7

A Star Is Born
1937★ 7.2

Play Girl
1932★ 4.5

Anchors Aweigh
1945★ 6.8

I Take This Oath
1940★ 4.3

Courage of Lassie
1946★ 5.7

Lady for a Day
1933★ 7.1

The Hoodlum Saint
1946★ 5.2

The Harvey Girls
1946★ 6.5

Boys' Ranch
1946★ 6.5

Blonde Venus
1932★ 6.8

Park Avenue Logger
1937★ 6.0

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944★ 7.1

Air Raid Wardens
1943★ 7.1

The Single Sin
1931★ 0.0

Made for Each Other
1939★ 6.1

Who Killed Who?
1943★ 7.1

The Big Brain
1933★ 0.0

Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933★ 6.4

The Big House
1930★ 6.6

Dance, Girl, Dance
1940★ 6.4

Bed of Roses
1933★ 6.1

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946★ 5.7

American Madness
1932★ 6.8

The Dark Horse
1932★ 7.2

The Human Comedy
1943★ 6.2

Shoe Shine Boy
1943★ 7.0

Fanny Foley Herself
1931★ 0.0

Wells Fargo
1937★ 5.2

The Greatest Gift
1942★ 7.0

The Hucksters
1947★ 6.9

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943★ 5.5

The Big Shakedown
1934★ 5.6

Swing Shift Maisie
1943★ 6.5

At Sea Ashore
1936★ 0.0

No Time for Comedy
1940★ 5.0

In the Next Room
1930★ 0.0

Gabriel Over the White House
1933★ 6.8

Best Foot Forward
1943★ 6.0

His Royal Slyness
1920★ 5.8

Don't Bet on Love
1933★ 0.0

A Fugitive from Justice
1940★ 3.5

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945★ 5.6

Up the River
1930★ 5.8

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939★ 2.0

The Last Train from Madrid
1937★ 4.3

Boy of the Streets
1938★ 5.0

Professor Beware
1938★ 6.1

The Big Fight
1930★ 2.7

Barbary Coast Gent
1944★ 4.6

You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939★ 5.7

Jailbreak
1936★ 6.4

A Gun in His Hand
1945★ 5.8

Two Kinds of Women
1932★ 5.0

Inflation
1942★ 5.0

Alias French Gertie
1930★ 5.0

Stolen Harmony
1935★ 6.0

Tin Gods
1926★ 0.0

Main Street After Dark
1945★ 4.0

Dressed to Kill
1928★ 0.0

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947★ 6.6

Sergeant Madden
1939★ 6.0

Trapped by G-Men
1937★ 0.0

We Who Are About to Die
1937★ 6.8

Shooting Straight
1930★ 6.0

The Isle of Lost Ships
1929★ 0.0

Merton of the Movies
1947★ 6.8

Return of the Terror
1934★ 6.0

Sinner Take All
1936★ 4.3

Week-End Marriage
1932★ 5.0

Freedom of the Press
1928★ 0.0

The Frame-Up
1937★ 6.0

The Crime Nobody Saw
1937★ 4.3

Maisie Gets Her Man
1942★ 6.5

New Faces of 1937
1937★ 4.0

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935★ 4.2

Return from Nowhere
1944★ 5.0