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Robert Emmett O'Connor

Actor | * 03/18/1885 († 77, 09/04/1962) | Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States of America (USA))
Robert O'Connor, also known professionally as Robert Emmett O'Connor and Robert E. O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an Irish-American actor. He had a lengthy career as a stage actor on Broadway and in vaudeville from 1905-1931; using the stage name Robert O'Connor in both musicals and plays. After transitioning to film, he also used the names Robert Emmett O'Connor or Robert E. O'Connor for his screen credits. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1919 and 1950; specializing in portraying policemen. He is probably best remembered 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. He also made an appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating t ...

A Night at the Opera

NR

1935 | 3.7/5 | 1h 36min
Comedy, Music
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American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. However, he becomes poisoned with Radium and needs an expensive treatment in Germany to have any chance at being cured. W ...

Blonde Venus

NR

1932 | 3.4/5 | 1h 33min
Drama
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Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction. ...

Paid

NR

1930 | 3.5/5 | 1h 26min
Drama
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Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfou ...

The Public Enemy

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1931 | 3.6/5 | 1h 23min
Crime, Drama
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Movies with Robert Emmett O'Connor as Actor(125)

as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)1950 Sunset Boulevard
as Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)1948 Tenth Avenue Angel
as Policeman (uncredited)1948 Easter Parade
as Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)1947 The Hucksters
as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)1947 Merton of the Movies
as Southerner (uncredited)1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Stationmaster (uncredited)1946 Undercurrent
as Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)1946 Up Goes Maisie
as Ed (uncredited)1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
as Deputy (uncredited)1946 Courage of Lassie
as Conductor (uncredited)1946 The Harvey Girls
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)1946 The Hoodlum Saint
as Druggist1946 Boys' Ranch
as Cop (uncredited)1945 Anchors Aweigh
as 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as Policeman (uncredited)1945 The Clock
as Laughing Man (uncredited)1945 The Great American Mug
as Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)1945 A Gun in His Hand
as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)1945 They Were Expendable
as Man in Cantina (uncredited)1945 Adventure
as Diner Cook (uncredited)1944 Return from Nowhere
as Motorman (uncredited)1944 Meet Me in St. Louis
as Sheriff (uncredited)1944 Rationing
as Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)1944 Gentle Annie
as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)1944 Barbary Coast Gent
as Train Conductor1943 Best Foot Forward
as Charlie Beaugart1943 Air Raid Wardens
as Bartender (uncredited)1943 The Human Comedy
as Host (uncredited)1943 Who Killed Who?
as Detective Leo Finnigan1943 Whistling in Brooklyn
as Samson (uncredited)1943 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)1943 Shoe Shine Boy
as Proprietor (Uncredited)1943 Swing Shift Maisie
as Reporter (uncredited)1943 Slightly Dangerous
as Peter Lawson1942 Jackass Mail
as Oxen Owner (uncredited)1942 The Omaha Trail
as Brother Xavier (uncredited)1942 The Greatest Gift
as Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)1942 Maisie Gets Her Man
as Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)1942 Inflation
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)1940 Dance, Girl, Dance
as Murphy1940 A Fugitive from Justice
as Police Inspector1940 Hot Steel
as Police Car Driver1940 I Take This Oath
as House Detective1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)1940 No Time for Comedy
as Patrolman Delaney1940 Double Alibi
as Pat Donegan1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Harry - Elevator Starter1939 Made for Each Other
as Capt. Crane1939 Sergeant Madden
as Police Officer Burke1939 Streets of New York
as Police Officer Rourke1938 Boy of the Streets
as Cop at Estate1938 Professor Beware
as Larry Mann1937 The Frame-Up
as Casey1937 Super-Sleuth
as Sergeant Hatton1937 Girl Overboard
as Sea Captain1937 Wells Fargo
as Federal Agent Jim1937 Trapped by G-Men
as Policeman1937 New Faces of 1937
as Police Sergeant1937 Park Avenue Logger
as Tim Burke1937 The Crime Nobody Saw
as Detective Mitchell1937 We Who Are About to Die
as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)1937 A Star Is Born
as Policeman (uncredited)1937 Waikiki Wedding
as Policeman1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Policeman1936 Jailbreak
as First Immigration Officer1936 At Sea Ashore
as Customs Official1936 Desire
as Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)1936 Sinner Take All
as Warden Clark (uncredited)1935 Stolen Harmony
as Henderson1935 A Night at the Opera
as Brady's Father1935 Diamond Jim
as Police Sergeant Cleary1935 Star of Midnight
as Detective Benson1935 The Lone Wolf Returns
as Police Lieutenant1935 Waterfront Lady
as Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy1935 The Mysterious Mr. Wong
as Inspector Bradley1934 Return of the Terror
as Regan1934 The Big Shakedown
as Detective Rooney1934 Bottoms Up
as Dugan (uncredited)1934 A Wicked Woman
as Lieutenant Casey Nolan1933 Picture Snatcher
as Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens1933 Penthouse
as River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)1933 Bed of Roses
as Inspector MacCreary1933 Lady for a Day
as Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)1933 Gabriel Over the White House
as Charlie the Cop1933 Midnight Mary
as Police Sergeant by Christmas tree1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Edward Shelton1933 Don't Bet on Love
as Jim Sandoval1932 Frisco Jenny
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)1932 Play Girl
as Jim1932 Blessed Event
as Sheriff1932 The Dark Horse
as Dan O'Connor1932 Blonde Venus
as Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake1932 The Arm of the Law
as Dan Wilson1932 The Big Timer
as Police Inspector1932 American Madness
as The Policeman1932 Night World
as Tim Gohagen1932 Two Kinds of Women
as Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)1932 Week-End Marriage
as Booking Policeman (uncredited)1932 The Beast of the City
as Detective Crawford1932 The Kid from Spain
as Detective1931 The Single Sin
as Paddy Ryan1931 The Public Enemy
as Detective Brady1931 The Public Defender
as Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)1931 Taxi!
as Police Lt. Tom Rooney1931 Three Who Loved
as Burns1931 Fanny Foley Herself
as Detective Kelcey1930 Alias French Gertie
as The Detective1930 Our Blushing Brides
as Sheriff1930 Man to Man
as Police Sgt. Cassidy1930 Paid
as Prison Warden (uncredited)1930 Up the River
as Detective1930 The Big Fight
as Sergeant Schultze1930 Framed
as Detective Regan1930 Shooting Straight
as Donlin1930 The Big House
as Jackson1929 The Isle of Lost Ships
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)1929 Weary River
1928 The Booster
as Sullivan1928 Four Walls
as Cafe Owner Bill1928 The Singing Fool
as Jim Conley1928 The Noose
as Detective Gilroy1928 Dressed to Kill
as Boss Maloney1928 Freedom of the Press
as Second Foreman1926 Tin Gods
as (uncredited)1920 His Royal Slyness

Born: Wednesday, 03/18 1885 (March) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 09/04 1962 (September) in Hollywood (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Robert Emmett O'Connor (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Robert Emmet O'Connor"
"Robert E. O'Connor"
"Robert E. O'Conner"
"Robert O'Connor"
"Robert O'Connor"
Robert Emmett O'Connor frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (35x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (27x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (22x, Crew)
Irene (21x, Crew)
Lee Phelps (16x, Actor)
Bess Flowers (12x, Actress)
Milton Kibbee (12x, Actor)
Wade Boteler (12x, Actor)
Henry O'Neill (11x, Actor)
Jack Dawn (11x, Crew)
Morris Ankrum (10x, Actor)
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