Robert Emmett O'Connor

Born: 1885-03-18, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died: 1962-09-04

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).

Filmography

• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• The Clock (1945)
• Undercurrent (1946)
• A Night at the Opera (1935)
• Boys' Ranch (1946)
• Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
• Waikiki Wedding (1937)
• Easter Parade (1948)
• Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
• The Harvey Girls (1946)
• The Public Enemy (1931)
• Blonde Venus (1932)
• They Were Expendable (1945)
• The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
• Trail Street (1947)
• Picture Snatcher (1933)
• High Wall (1947)
• Courage of Lassie (1946)
• Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
• Who Killed Who? (1943)
• Up the River (1930)
• Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
• The Big House (1930)
• The Hucksters (1947)
• Super-Sleuth (1937)
• Air Raid Wardens (1943)
• Lady for a Day (1933)
• The Human Comedy (1943)
• Midnight Mary (1933)
• Stolen Harmony (1935)