Pat O'Malley
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Llewellyn
1959
Series
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Wilson
1959
Series
The Twilight Zone
Attendant
1959
Series
Highway Patrol
1955
Series
Thriller
The Butler
1960
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Wardrobe Attendant
1955
Series
Maude
Bert
1972
Series
M Squad
Mr. Cleary
1957
State Trooper
1956
Series
Law of the Plainsman
Old Man
1959
Series
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Neighbor
1958
Series
Black Saddle
Bowen
1959
Film
The Wild One
Sawyer (uncredited)
1953
Film
All the King's Men
Politician (uncredited)
1949
Film
A Star Is Born
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Film
The Bad and the Beautiful
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
1952
Film
Batman
Cop
1943
Film
The Reckless Moment
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1949
Film
This Gun for Hire
Conductor (uncredited)
1942
Film
Days of Wine and Roses
Tenant (uncredited)
1963
Film
The Roaring Twenties
Jailer (uncredited)
1939
Film
Remember the Night
Jury Member (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Man from Colorado
Citizen (uncredited)
1948
Film
The Fighting American
Bill Pendleton
1924
Film
Dodge City
Conductor (uncredited)
1939
Film
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
1933
Film
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Editor Gunnigan
1940
Film
Blonde Inspiration
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1941
Film
Special Agent
Roark (uncredited)
1935
Film
Alias Nick Beal
Committee Man
1949
Film
Before Dawn
Detective Brady (uncredited)
1933
Film
Spangles
Dick Hale
1926
Film
The Bank Dick
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Film
Honky Tonk
Party Guest (uncredited)
1941
Film
Gentleman Jim
Detective (uncredited)
1942
Film
The House Across the Bay
Prison Guard
1940
Film
American Madness
1932
Film
Frontier Marshal
Bar Patron
1939
Film
Call Her Savage
Fireman (Uncredited)
1932
Film
We're Only Human
Police Officer Jordan
1935
Film
Invisible Stripes
Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
1939
Film
Morning Glory
Actor (uncredited)
1933
Film
The Killer That Stalked New York
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1950
Film
Mission to Moscow
Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
1943
Film
Parnell
Irishman
1937
Film
Small Town Girl
Doorman
1953
Film
East of the River
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
1949
Film
False Kisses
1921
Film
Let Us Live
Captain (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Glass Key
Politician (uncredited)
1942
Film
Thru Different Eyes
Coroner
1942
Film
Sundown Rider
Lafe Armstrong
1932
Film
Gladiola
1915
Film
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
2019
Film
The Great Mr. Nobody
Policeman
1941
Film
The Big Steal
Purser (uncredited)
1949
Film
Five Came Back
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
1939
Film
Dust Be My Destiny
Bailiff (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Phantom Creeps
AMI Chief
1939
Film
Destroyer
Postman
1943
The Slaver
Dick Farnum
1927
Film
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Policeman
1939
Film
The Light That Failed
Bullock
1939
Film
Redhead from Manhattan
Cop
1943
Film
Murder in the Big House
Guard (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Great Man's Lady
Officer Murphy (uncredited)
1941
Film
Steel Against the Sky
Construction Worker (uncredited)
1941
Film
Little Nellie Kelly
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Film
Blue, White and Perfect
Police Sergeant
1942
Film
Trouble for Two
Purser (Uncredited)
1936
Film
The Blooming Angel
Chester Framm
1920
Film
Cracked Nuts
Officer #1
1941
Film
Girl in Danger
Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
1934
Film
Exclusive Story
Third Officer (uncredited)
1936
Film
Sergeant Madden
Police Sergeant
1939
Film
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Lieutenant (uncredited)
1942
Film
Always Goodbye
Cop (uncredited)
1938
Film
Parachute Jumper
Pilot (uncredited)
1933
Film
Music for Madame
Policeman (Uncredited)
1937
Film
The Whistler
Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
1944
Love Past Thirty
Lon Burt
1934
Film
Champagne Charlie
Ship's Officer
1936
Film
Double Up
Jim Bowers
1943
Film
She Hired a Husband
Tom Dunstan
1918
Film
Men of the Hour
Police Captain
1935
Film
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Laboratory Technician
1940
Film
Public Hero Number 1
Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935
Film
36 Hours to Kill
G-Man
1936
Film
Emergency Squad
Fire Captain
1940
Tomorrow's Love
Robert Stanley
1925
Film
The Saint's Double Trouble
Express Man (uncredited)
1940
Film
Hollywood Boulevard
Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
1936
Film
Double Date
Policeman
1941
Film
Alcatraz Island
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1937
Duck Soup
Cop
1942
Film
Watch Your Wife
James Langham
1926
Film
Pirate Treasure
John Craig
1934
The Beauty Prize
George Brady
1924
Film
Lucky Cisco Kid
Minor Role
1940
Film
Bread
Roy Beardsley
1924
Film
The Fall Guy
Charles Newton
1930
Film
Castle on the Hudson
Guard (uncredited)
1940
Film
One Mysterious Night
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1944
Film
Laughing at Life
Detective Agency Official
1933
Film
The Crime Doctor
Detective (uncredited)
1934
Film
A Dispatch from Reuters
Laborer (uncredited)
1940
Film
He Couldn't Say No
Policeman in Car
1938
Film
Tear Gas Squad
Patrolman
1940
Film
Frisco Jenny
Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
1933
Film
Wanted: Jane Turner
Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
1936
Film
Paddy O'Day
Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
1936
Film
The Ten Dollar Raise
Jimmy
1921
Film
The Voice of the Violin
1915
Film
The Night of Nights
Actor (uncredited)
1939
A Bowery Cinderella
Larry Dugan
1927
Film
Crash Donovan
Patrolman (uncredited)
1936
Film
A Fugitive from Justice
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Film
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Police Guard (uncredited)
1939
Film
Love on a Budget
Townsman
1938
Film
Beloved Enemy
Patrick Callahan
1936
Film
Secret Service of the Air
Guard Cooper
1939
Film
The Red Glove
Kern Thodes (early chapters)
1919
Film
Girl in 313
Bartender
1940
Film
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Officer Jim
1949
Film
The Law of the North
Cpl. John Emerson
1917
Film
Mule Train
Charley Stewart (uncredited)
1950
Film
Bob Hampton of Placer
Lt. Brant
1921
Film
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Broadcast Sergeant (uncredited)
1932
Film
They Made Her a Spy
Intelligence Service Man
1939
Film
The Breaking Point
Phillip Bradley
1921
Film
I Love That Man
Prison Interne
1933
Film
Shooting High
Lem Pritchard
1940
Film
Gang Busters
Police Chemist Crandall
1942
Film
The Man I Love
D.J. McCarthy
1929
Film
Mothers Cry
Frank Williams
1930
Film
Smashing the Money Ring
Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Old West
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Your Obedient Servant
1917
Film
The Mine with the Iron Door
Hugh Edwards
1924
Film
Persons in Hiding
Deputy Driver (uncredited)
1939
Woman’s Law
Trooper Bucky O'Hare
1927
Film
The Fighting Marines
Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
1935
Film
Over My Dead Body
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
1942
Film
The Escape
Neighbor
1939
Film
Riot Squad
Det. Bob Larkin
1933
Film
Law of the Range
Mr. Howard
1941
Film
Pleasure Before Business
1927
Film
The Prussian Cur
Jimmie O'Grady
1918
Film
The Lightning Warrior
Sheriff A. W. Brown
1931
Film
Perils of Pauline
Tim Sullivan
1933
Film
Anybody's Blonde
Reporter
1931
Film
Women in the Wind
Cleveland Official (uncredited)
1939
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sybil Vane
1916
Film
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Jonathan Taylor
1942
The House of Scandal
Pat Regan
1928
Film
A Man of Sentiment
Officer Ryan
1933
Film
Ever Since Eve
Police Officer (uncredited)
1937
Film
Quiet Please, Murder
Guard Killed in Library
1943
Film
A Game Chicken
Rush Thompson
1922
Film
The Racket Man
Postman
1944
Film
Attorney for the Defense
Dr. Strong
1932
Film
The Shadow of the Eagle
Ames
1932
Film
The Penal Code
Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
1932
Film
Proud Flesh
Patrick O'Malley
1925
Film
Klondike
Burke
1932
Film
The Breath of the Gods
T. Caraway Dodge
1920
Film
Pals of the Pecos
Dan Burke
1941
Film
High Tension
Ship's Mate
1936
Film
The Fighting Marshal
Deputy Ed Myers
1931
Film
Key Witness
Detective Norris (uncredited)
1947
Film
His Family Tree
Seated Pub Sailor
1935
Film
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
Doc Blaine
1956
The Costume Falls
1931
Film
The Drunkard
First Drunk
1935
Film
Everything I Have Is Yours
Conductor (Uncredited)
1952
Film
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Captain Taylor
1940
The Secret Of St. Ives
Sergeant (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Reckoning
Bob
1932
Film
Happiness
Fermoy MacDonough
1924
Film
The Midnight Sun
Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
1926
Film
Sailor's Holiday
1944
Film
Those We Love
Daley
1932
Film
Alibi
Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
1929
Film
The Missing Juror
Priest (uncredited)
1944
Film
Stunt Pilot
Sheehan
1939
Film
The Love That Lives
Jimmy
1917
Film
Slippy McGee
Lawrence Mayne
1923
Film
Exposure
Van Avery - City Editor
1932
Film
McQuade of the Traffic Squad
Pat McQuade
1915
Film
The Teaser
James McDonald
1925
Film
The Big Noise
Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
1936
Film
Romance of the Redwoods
Yerkes
1939
Film
The Whirlwind
Pat Patrick
1933
Film
Wolf Call
RCMP Sergeant
1939
Film
Fools Highway
Mike Kildare
1924
Film
Dinty
Jack North
1920
Film
Speed Madness
McCarey
1932
Film
Cause for Divorce
Howard Metcliffe
1923
Film
Brass
Harry Baldwin
1923
Film
Heir to Trouble
Mining Engineer
1935
Film
High Speed
Paul Whipple
1932
Film
The Perfect Clue
Police Officer
1935
Film
The Great Hospital Mystery
Detective
1937
Film
On Dangerous Paths
Roger Sterritt
1915
Film
The Virginian
Steve
1923
The Fighting Cub
1925
Film
Homicide Squad
Man
1931
Film
Go and Get It
Kirk Connelly
1920
Film
False Evidence
Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
1919
Film
The Man from Brodney's
Robert Browne
1923
Film
Worldly Goods
Fred Hopper
1924
Film
My Old Dutch
Joe Brown
1926
Film
Perch of the Devil
Gregory Compton
1927
Film
The Last Hour
Philip Logan
1923
Film
The Sky Spider
Jim Morgan
1931
Film
Reg'lar Fellers
Mr. Dugan Sr.
1941
Film
Let Women Alone
Tom Benham
1925
Film
Her Boy
Charlie Turner
1918
Film
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Kent B. Wurst
1918
Film
The Eternal Struggle
Bucky O'Harra
1923
Film
Night Life in Reno
District Attorney
1931
Film
My Wild Irish Rose
Conn, The Shaughraun
1922
Film
The Fighting Gentleman
Dot Moran
1932
Film
The Heart of Humanity
Clancy
1918
Film
All for Old Ireland
1915
Film
The Tell-Tale Step
Hugh Graham
1917