Robert Emmett O'Connor
Actor
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).
Filmography
A Night at the Opera
as Henderson 1935
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Motorman (uncredited) 1944
The Public Enemy
as Paddy Ryan 1931
A Star Is Born
as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited) 1937
Anchors Aweigh
as Cop (uncredited) 1945
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre 1933
Easter Parade
as Policeman (uncredited) 1948
Blonde Venus
as Dan O'Connor 1932
They Were Expendable
as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited) 1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited) 1944
Lady for a Day
as Inspector MacCreary 1933
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Plainclothesman (uncredited) 1940
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Policeman 1936
Made for Each Other
as Harry (Elevator Starter) (uncredited) 1939
Who Killed Who?
as Host (uncredited) 1943
The Harvey Girls
as Conductor (uncredited) 1946