
Pat O'Malley
Born: 1890-09-02
Place of Birth: Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
Known For

The Last Hour

Heir to Trouble

The Reckless Moment

The Fighting American

Mule Train

The Eternal Struggle

The Missing Juror

Dodge City

Riot Squad

All for Old Ireland

The Whistler

Pirate Treasure

Wolf Call

High Speed

This Gun for Hire

Beloved Enemy

The Drunkard

Homicide Squad

Happiness

Parachute Jumper

High Tension

Dinty

Special Agent

Key Witness

Hollywood Boulevard

The Reckoning

Mothers Cry

His Family Tree

The Bad and the Beautiful

Champagne Charlie

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Before Dawn

The Fighting Marshal

Parnell

Frisco Jenny

The Saint's Double Trouble

Morning Glory

The Old West

Blonde Inspiration

False Kisses

Cracked Nuts

The Love That Lives

The Roaring Twenties

Klondike

Brass

The Lightning Warrior

Invisible Stripes

Gang Busters

The Man I Love

Alcatraz Island

Trouble for Two

Pleasure Before Business

The Glass Key

Exposure

Music for Madame

A Star Is Born

Perils of Pauline

Ever Since Eve

The Wild One

Perch of the Devil

The Voice of the Violin

The Midnight Sun

Alias Nick Beal

Sundown Rider

Batman

Girl in 313

Hit-the-Trail Holliday

Dust Be My Destiny

The Bank Dick

The Sky Spider

The Tell-Tale Step

Quiet Please, Murder

The Ten Dollar Raise

Double Up

The Fighting Gentleman

The Virginian

The Blooming Angel

Sailor's Holiday

Call Her Savage

The Light That Failed

Small Town Girl

The Phantom Creeps

The Great Mr. Nobody

I Love That Man

Those We Love

On Dangerous Paths

My Wild Irish Rose

Days of Wine and Roses

All the King's Men

The Big Noise

Lucky Cisco Kid

Remember the Night

Gentleman Jim

Mystery of the Wax Museum

The Man from Brodney's

Bread

Laughing at Life

The Prussian Cur

Paddy O'Day

American Madness

Redhead from Manhattan

The Big Steal

Women in the Wind

Destroyer

Little Nellie Kelly

Blue, White, and Perfect

The Shadow of the Eagle

Love on a Budget

The Fall Guy

Anybody's Blonde

The Crime Doctor

Let Us Live

Honky Tonk

Over My Dead Body

Go and Get It

Thru Different Eyes

We're Only Human

Mission to Moscow

Everything I Have Is Yours

Girl in Danger

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Blackjack Ketchum Desperado

The Killer That Stalked New York

East of the River

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Pals of the Pecos

They Made Her a Spy

Frontier Marshal

Reg'lar Fellers

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Public Hero Number 1

The Great Man's Lady

A Fugitive from Justice

Always Goodbye

Bob Hampton of Placer

A Game Chicken

The Night of Nights

The Red Glove

The Fighting Marines

Rocky Mountain Rangers

The Man from Colorado

Secret Service of the Air

Law of the Range

The Whirlwind

He Couldn't Say No

Let Women Alone

Emergency Squad

The Law of the North

The Penal Code

Murder in the Big House

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Proud Flesh

36 Hours to Kill

Smashing the Money Ring

Five Came Back

False Evidence

My Old Dutch

Alibi

Two Yanks in Trinidad

The Perfect Clue

One Mysterious Night

Persons in Hiding

A Dispatch from Reuters

Castle on the Hudson

The Racket Man

Stunt Pilot

Gladiola

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Romance of the Redwoods

Spangles

Sergeant Madden

Shooting High

Steel Against the Sky

The Heart of Humanity

Cause for Divorce

The Breath of the Gods

Tear Gas Squad

The Mine with the Iron Door

The Escape

The Breaking Point

Attorney for the Defense

Wanted: Jane Turner

The House Across the Bay

Crash Donovan

The Great Hospital Mystery

Night Life in Reno

Speed Madness

The Teaser

Fools Highway

McQuade of the Traffic Squad

Exclusive Story

Her Boy

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

She Hired a Husband

Slippy McGee

Worldly Goods
