Robert Emmett O'Connor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).
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Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Jonesy (uncredited)
Desire
1936 · Customs Official
The Clock
1945 · Policeman (uncredited)
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944 · Motorman (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
1931 · Paddy Ryan
Waikiki Wedding
1937 · Policeman (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
1945 · Silver Dollar Bartende...
A Night at the Opera
1935 · Henderson
Easter Parade
1948 · Policeman (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1937 · Santa Anita Clubhouse...
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Ed (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Cop (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Angel
1948 · Mr. O'Callan (uncredit...
Undercurrent
1946 · Stationmaster (uncredi...
The Harvey Girls
1946 · Conductor (uncredited)
Courage of Lassie
1946 · Deputy (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
1932 · Dan O'Connor
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936 · Policeman
Boys' Ranch
1946 · Druggist
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933 · Police Sergeant by Chr...
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 · Plainclothesman (uncr...
Air Raid Wardens
1943 · Charlie Beaugart
The Human Comedy
1943 · Bartender (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Baggage Attendant on T...
Girl Overboard
1937 · Sergeant Hatton
The Last Train from Madrid
1937 · Secret Service Man (un...
Made for Each Other
1939 · Harry (uncredited)
The Hucksters
1947 · Frank - Hotel Doorman...
Who Killed Who?
1943 · Host (uncredited)
Lady for a Day
1933 · Inspector MacCreary
Super-Sleuth
1937 · Casey
Park Avenue Logger
1937 · Police Sergeant
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Reporter (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
1937 · Sea Captain
The Big House
1930 · Donlin
Picture Snatcher
1933 · Police Lt. Casey Nolan
Bed of Roses
1933 · River Boat Captain Scr...
Sergeant Madden
1939 · Capt. Crane
High Wall
1947
Trail Street
1947 · Drunk (uncredited)
American Madness
1932 · Police Inspector
The Beast of the City
1932 · Booking Policeman (unc...
Hot Steel
1940 · Police Inspector
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Police Desk Sergeant (...
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · Southerner (uncredited...
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939 · First Detective (uncre...
Our Blushing Brides
1930 · The Detective
Midnight Mary
1933 · Cop
Paid
1930 · Police Sgt. Cassidy
Return of the Terror
1934 · Inspector Bradley
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Desk Sergeant (uncredi...
Adventure
1945 · Man in Cantina (uncred...
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943 · Detective Leo Finnigan
The Big Fight
1930 · Detective
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Proprietor (Uncredited...
Gabriel Over the White House
1933 · Corrupt Police Inspect...
Up the River
1930 · Prison Warden (uncredi...
Taxi!
1932 · Cop with Jewish Man (u...
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945 · 2nd Studio Guard (uncr...
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935 · Detective Benson
Fanny Foley Herself
1931 · Burns
Main Street After Dark
1945 · Policeman (uncredited)
Two Kinds of Women
1932 · Tim Gohagen
Up Goes Maisie
1946 · Rose Bowl Watchman (Un...
Penthouse
1933 · Police Lt. 'Steve' Ste...
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 · Samson (uncredited)
A Fugitive from Justice
1940 · Murphy
Diamond Jim
1935 · Brady's Father
Gentle Annie
1944 · Childers the Bartender...
A Gun in His Hand
1945 · Veteran Policeman McGu...
The Singing Fool
1928 · Cafe Owner Bill
The Kid from Spain
1932 · Detective Crawford
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940 · House Detective
Barbary Coast Gent
1944 · Joe the Bartender (unc...
Weary River
1929 · Police Sergeant (uncre...
The Big Shakedown
1934 · Regan
The Greatest Gift
1942 · Brother Xavier (uncred...
Waterfront Lady
1935 · Police Lieutenant
Double Alibi
1940 · Patrolman Delaney
We Who Are About to Die
1937 · Detective Mitchell
Professor Beware
1938 · Cop at Estate
The Public Defender
1931 · Detective Brady
Night World
1932 · The Policeman
Bottoms Up
1934 · Detective Rooney
Streets of New York
1939 · Police Officer Burke
The Dark Horse
1932 · Sheriff
Star of Midnight
1935 · Police Sergeant Cleary
Best Foot Forward
1943 · Train Conductor
Week-End Marriage
1932 · Police Desk Clerk Eddi...
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935 · Officer 'Mac' McGillic...
The Big Timer
1932 · Dan Wilson
Rationing
1944 · Sheriff (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
1940 · Police Car Driver
Blessed Event
1932 · Jim
Jailbreak
1936 · Policeman
The Noose
1928 · Jim Conley
A Wicked Woman
1934 · Dugan (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · Benefit Stage Manager...
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 · Pat Donegan
The Isle of Lost Ships
1929 · Jackson
Boy of the Streets
1938 · Police Officer Rourke
Stolen Harmony
1935 · Warden Clark (uncredit...
Framed
1930 · Sergeant Schultze
Man to Man
1930 · Sheriff
Three Who Loved
1931 · Police Lt. Tom Rooney
The Big Brain
1933 · Detective (uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
1947 · Mac - Restaurant Count...
The Frame-Up
1937 · Larry Mann (aka John M...
Sinner Take All
1936 · Police Capt. Greenwood...
New Faces of 1937
1937 · Policeman
Frisco Jenny
1933 · Jim Sandoval
Jackass Mail
1942 · Peter Lawson
Alias French Gertie
1930 · Detective Kelcey
White Lies
1935 · Capt. McHenry (uncredi...
Don't Bet on Love
1933 · Edward Shelton
Tin Gods
1926 · Second Foreman
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937 · Tim Burke
Trapped by G-Men
1937 · Federal Agent Jim
Dressed to Kill
1928 · Detective Gilroy
Shooting Straight
1930 · Detective Regan
In the Next Room
1930 · Tim Morel
High Barbaree
1947 · Stationmaster (uncredi...
The Omaha Trail
1942 · Oxen Owner (uncredited...
The Arm of the Law
1932 · Chief of Detectives Ca...
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 · Sir Timothy
His Royal Slyness
1920 · (uncredited)
Play Girl
1932 · Police Sergeant (uncre...
Inflation
1942 · Joe's Co-worker (uncre...
The Great American Mug
1945 · Laughing Man (uncredit...
Return from Nowhere
1944 · Diner Cook (uncredited...
The Single Sin
1931 · Detective
Freedom of the Press
1928 · Boss Maloney
Shoe Shine Boy
1943 · Charlie the Bartender...
Four Walls
1928 · Sullivan
At Sea Ashore
1936 · First Immigration Offi...
The Booster
1928