Pat O'Malley
Acting
🎂 1890-09-02
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.
Cast credits(211)
Mr. Cleary
1957
Bowen
1959
The Butler
1960
1955
1956
Mr. Llewellyn
1959
Attendant
1959
Mr. Wilson
1959
Old Man
1959
Wardrobe Attendant
1955
Neighbor
1958
Jury Member (uncredited)
1940
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Politician (uncredited)
1949
Jailer (uncredited)
1939
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
1952
Cop
1943
Sawyer (uncredited)
1953
Tenant (uncredited)
1963
Conductor (uncredited)
1939
Citizen (uncredited)
1948
Conductor (uncredited)
1942
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1949
Committee Man
1949
Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
1943
Irishman
1937
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
1933
Charley Stewart (uncredited)
1950
Detective (uncredited)
1942
Doorman
1953
Bar Patron
1939
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
1949
Seated Pub Sailor
1935
Actor (uncredited)
1933
Police Officer Jordan
1935
Postman
1943
Purser (uncredited)
1949
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Patrick Callahan
1936
Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
2019
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
1939
Fire Captain
1940
Politician (uncredited)
1942
Guard Killed in Library
1943
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1950
Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
1939
Bullock
1939
1932
Party Guest
1941
Detective Norris (uncredited)
1947
Detective Brady (uncredited)
1933
Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
1929
Pilot (uncredited)
1933
Priest (Uncredited)
1944
Police Guard (uncredited)
1939
John Craig
1934
RCMP Sergeant
1939
Detective Agency Official
1933
Patrolman
1940
Sergeant (uncredited)
1949
Patrolman (uncredited)
1936
Bucky O'Harra
1923
Third Officer (uncredited)
1936
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Guard (uncredited)
1940
Guard (uncredited)
1942
Sybil Vane
1916
Police Sergeant
1942
Neighbor
1939
Man
1931
Laboratory Technician
1940
AMI Chief
1939
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1941
Deputy Driver (uncredited)
1939
Captain (uncredited)
1939
Guard Cooper
1939
Bailiff (uncredited)
1939
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1944
Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
1936
Officer Murphy (uncredited)
1941
Construction Worker (uncredited)
1941
Policeman
1941
Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
1934
Prison Guard
1940
Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
1932
Robert Browne
1923
Sheriff A. W. Brown
1931
Sheehan
1939
Lieutenant (uncredited)
1942
Ship's Officer
1936
Paul Whipple
1932
Ames
1932
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
1942
Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
1939
1944
Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
1933
Lem Pritchard
1940
Roark (uncredited)
1935
Prison Interne
1933
Conductor (Uncredited)
1952
Kent B. Wurst
1918
Cop
1942
Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
1936
Det. Bob Larkin
1933
Police Officer (uncredited)
1937
Frank Williams
1930
Patrick O'Malley
1925
Policeman
1939
Jonathan Taylor
1942
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1937
Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
1944
Fireman (Uncredited)
1932
Bartender
1940
Steve
1923
Captain Taylor
1940
Purser (Uncredited)
1936
1915
Officer Jim
1949
Policeman (Uncredited)
1937
Editor Gunnigan
1940
Minor Role
1940
Laborer (uncredited)
1940
Chester Framm
1920
Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
1936
Cop (uncredited)
1938
Express Man (uncredited)
1940
Police Sergeant
1939
Officer #1
1941
Ship's Mate
1936
Charles Newton
1930
Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
1935
Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
1926
Cleveland Official (uncredited)
1939
Philip Logan
1923
Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935
Mining Engineer
1935
First Drunk
1935
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Gregory Compton
1927
Townsman
1938
Mr. Dugan Sr.
1941
Mike Kildare
1924
Yerkes
1939
Charlie Turner
1918
Tom Benham
1925
Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
1936
Dan Burke
1941
Clancy
1918
Policeman in Car
1938
Hugh Edwards
1924
Cop
1943
Intelligence Service Man
1939
District Attorney
1931
Coroner
1942
Deputy Ed Myers
1931
1921
Postman
1944
G-Man
1936
James McDonald
1925
Roger Sterritt
1915
Police Chemist Crandall
1942
Doc Blaine
1956
Van Avery - City Editor
1932
Reporter
1931
Bill Pendleton
1924
Actor (uncredited)
1939
Lon Burt
1934
D.J. McCarthy
1929
Fermoy MacDonough
1924
Burke
1932
Joe Brown
1926
Jack North
1920
Detective
1937
Rush Thompson
1922
Conn, The Shaughraun
1922
Jimmie O'Grady
1918
Dick Hale
1926
T. Caraway Dodge
1920
Kirk Connelly
1920
Harry Baldwin
1923
Cpl. John Emerson
1917
Pat Patrick
1933
Mr. Howard
1941
1915
1931
Lawrence Mayne
1923
Tim Sullivan
1933
Bob
1932
Jim Morgan
1931
Detective (uncredited)
1934
Lafe Armstrong
1932
Lt. Brant
1921
Dr. Strong
1932
McCarey
1932
1915
Hugh Graham
1917
Kern Thodes (early chapters)
1919
Daley
1932
Police Officer
1935
George Brady
1924
1925
Officer Ryan
1933
Jimmy
1917
Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
1919
Roy Beardsley
1924
Jim Bowers
1943
Howard Metcliffe
1923
Dot Moran
1932
Pat McQuade
1915