Pat O'Brien
Acting • Born 1899-11-10 – Died 1983-10-15
Biography
Pat O'Brien (born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He was a star during the first several years of his film career, the height of his popularity being during the 1930s and 1940s.
Filmography
168 credits
Some Like It Hot
Movie • 1959
Detective Mulligan
American Madness
Movie • 1932
Matt Brown
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
My Mistake
Movie • 1930
Riff-Raff
Movie • 1947
Dan Hammer
Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Delmas
Castle on the Hudson
Movie • 1940
Warden Walter Long
Crack-Up
Movie • 1946
George Steele
Angels with Dirty Faces
Movie • 1938
Jerry Connolly
The End
Movie • 1978
Ben Lawson
The People Against O'Hara
Movie • 1951
Det. Vincent Ricks
The Front Page
Movie • 1931
Hildy Johnson
The Iron Major
Movie • 1943
Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
The Boy with Green Hair
Movie • 1948
Gramp Fry
Knute Rockne All American
Movie • 1940
Knute Rockne
Bombshell
Movie • 1933
Jim Brogan
Bombardier
Movie • 1943
Chick Davis
The Phynx
Movie • 1970
Pat O’Brien
Criminal Lawyer
Movie • 1951
James 'Jimmy' Regan
His Butler's Sister
Movie • 1943
Martin Murphy
A Dangerous Profession
Movie • 1949
Joe Farley
Johnny One-Eye
Movie • 1950
Martin Martin
San Quentin
Movie • 1937
Capt. Stephen Jameson
Secret Command
Movie • 1944
Sam Gallagher
Bureau of Missing Persons
Movie • 1933
Detective Butch Saunders
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
Father Duffy
The Over the Hill Gang
Movie • 1969
Captain Oren Hayes
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1958
John Gorman
Flirtation Walk
Movie • 1934
"Scrapper" Thornhhill
Here Comes the Navy
Movie • 1934
Biff Martin
Ceiling Zero
Movie • 1936
Jake L. Lee
Torrid Zone
Movie • 1940
Steve Case
The Great O'Malley
Movie • 1937
James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley
The Fireball
Movie • 1950
Father O'Hara
China Clipper
Movie • 1936
Dave Logan
Flight Lieutenant
Movie • 1942
Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
Virtue
Movie • 1932
Jimmy Doyle
Kill Me Tomorrow
Movie • 1957
Bart Crosbie
Broadway
Movie • 1942
Dan McCorn
Laughter in Hell
Movie • 1933
Barney Slaney
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie • 1981
Self
Air Mail
Movie • 1932
Duke Talbot
The Navy Comes Through
Movie • 1942
Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
The Kid from Kokomo
Movie • 1939
William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Movie • 1934
Rush Blake
Slightly Honorable
Movie • 1939
John Webb
Boy Meets Girl
Movie • 1938
J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
The World Gone Mad
Movie • 1933
Andy Terrell
The Final Edition
Movie • 1932
Sam Bradshaw
Gambling Lady
Movie • 1934
Charlie Lang
The Personality Kid
Movie • 1934
Ritzy
'Til We Meet Again
Movie • 1940
Steve Burke
Swingtime in the Movies
Movie • 1938
Himself (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
Movie • 1940
Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Movie • 1938
Roy Chadwick
Honor Among Lovers
Movie • 1931
Conroy (uncredited)
Scandal for Sale
Movie • 1932
Waddell
Consolation Marriage
Movie • 1931
Steve Porter
Hell's House
Movie • 1932
Matt Kelly
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Movie • 1932
Frank Deane
Flying High
Movie • 1931
Sport Wardell
Destination Unknown
Movie • 1933
Matt Brennan
Submarine D-1
Movie • 1937
Butch Rogers
College Coach
Movie • 1933
Coach Gore
Having Wonderful Crime
Movie • 1945
Michael J. Malone
Jubilee Trail
Movie • 1954
Ernest 'Texas' Conway
Slim
Movie • 1937
Red Blayd
Public Enemy's Wife
Movie • 1936
Lee Laird
Ring of Fear
Movie • 1954
Frank Wallace
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Click Wiley
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Movie • 1972
Hallelujah Harry
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Garden of the Moon
Movie • 1938
John Quinn
The Irish in Us
Movie • 1935
Pat O'Hara
Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe
Movie • 1962
Narrator
I Married a Doctor
Movie • 1936
Dr. William P. Kennicott
Oil for the Lamps of China
Movie • 1935
Stephen Chase
Marine Raiders
Movie • 1944
Maj. Steve Lockhart
Stars Over Broadway
Movie • 1935
Al McGillevray
In Caliente
Movie • 1935
Larry MacArthur
Off the Record
Movie • 1939
Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
Man Alive
Movie • 1945
Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
Indianapolis Speedway
Movie • 1939
Joe Greer
Women Are Like That
Movie • 1938
Bill Landin
I've Got Your Number
Movie • 1934
Terry Riley
Scout's Honor
Movie • 1980
Mr. Caboose
I Sell Anything
Movie • 1934
"Spot Cash" Cutler
Fighting Father Dunne
Movie • 1948
Father Peter J. Dunne
Town Tamer
Movie • 1965
Judge Murcott
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Escape to Glory
Movie • 1940
Mike Farrough
Back in Circulation
Movie • 1937
Bill Morgan
Out Where the Stars Begin
Movie • 1938
Pat O'Brien
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Movie • 1972
Sgt. McGll
Compliments of the Season
Movie • 1930
Police Detective (uncredited)
Inside Detroit
Movie • 1955
Gus Linden
Devil Dogs of the Air
Movie • 1935
Lieut. Brannigan
Personal Maid
Movie • 1931
Peter Shea
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Movie • 1942
Tim Reardon
Breakdowns of 1936
Movie • 1936
Self
Okinawa
Movie • 1952
Lt. Cmdr. Hale
Perilous Holiday
Movie • 1946
Patrick Nevil
Breakdowns of 1941
Movie • 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blow-Ups of 1947
Movie • 1947
Self
The Voice of Hollywood
Movie • 1930
Self/Host
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Crimes Square
Movie • 1931
Marty
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
Movie • 1935
Himself (uncredited)
Flaming Gold
Movie • 1932
Ben Lear
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie • 1938
Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen
Movie • 1935
Self
A Dream Comes True
Movie • 1935
Himself (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1937
Movie • 1937
Self
Breakdowns of 1939
Movie • 1939
Self
Breakdowns of 1940
Movie • 1940
Self
The Road to Hong Kong
Movie • 1962
Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
The Night of Nights
Movie • 1939
Dan O'Farrell
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie • 1936
Self
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Movie • 1977
President of the Senate
Kiss Me... Kill Me
Movie • 1976
Jimmy, the morgue attendant
Hollywood Speaks
Movie • 1932
Jimmy Reed
Screen Snapshots No. 11
Movie • 1934
Himself
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Movie • 1959
Self
Amanda Fallon
Movie • 1973
Emory
The Sky's the Limit
Movie • 1975
Abner Therman
Studio Highlights
Movie • 1934
Self (archive footage)
Dill Scallion
Movie • 1999
Self
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Movie • 1957
Sheriff Kyle Bickford
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Lt. John Curwood
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Happy Days
TV • 1974
Alias Smith and Jones
TV • 1971
Ford Theatre
TV • 1948
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Major Irish
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Lt. V. Keever
Going My Way
TV • 1962
The Virginian
TV • 1962
J. Jimerson Jones
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Tim Larkin
McCloud
TV • 1970
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
This Is Your Life
TV • 1952
Self
Banyon
TV • 1972
Climax!
TV • 1954
Police Lieutenant Moore
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Branded
TV • 1965
Harrigan and Son
TV • 1960
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Doc Bigelow
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Captain Barnaby
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
John Wentworth
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Joe Crandall
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Charley Hackett
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
George Morrell
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Eddie Gorman
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Inspector Dan Zarilla
Studio One
TV • 1948
Mike Waterson
Science Fiction Theatre
TV • 1955
The Best of the Post
TV • 1960
Mike Breen
Climax!
TV • 1954
Police Lieutenant
Climax!
TV • 1954
Ed Talbot
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Self