Robert Emmett O'Connor

Acting

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Born 1885-03-18 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 138 films

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 B…

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Filmography

138 films
Easter Parade poster

On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affe…

Easter Parade

★ 7.0 1948

High Wall poster

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having c…

High Wall

★ 6.4 1947

The Hucksters poster

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to b…

The Hucksters

★ 7.0 1947

High Barbaree poster

After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while…

High Barbaree

★ 5.6 1947

Trail Street poster

Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help…

Trail Street

★ 6.5 1947

Undercurrent poster

After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of hi…

Undercurrent

★ 5.9 1946