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