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.
Movie | Days of Wine and Roses | Tenant (uncredited) | 1963-02-04 |
Series | Black Saddle | Unknown | 1959-01-10 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Mr. Wilson | 1959-10-02 |
Series | M Squad | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Series | State Trooper | Unknown | 1956-09-25 |
Movie | Blackjack Ketchum Desperado | Doc Blaine | 1956-04-01 |
Series | Highway Patrol | Unknown | 1955-10-03 |
Movie | A Star Is Born | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
Movie | The Wild One | Sawyer (uncredited) | 1953-12-30 |
Movie | Small Town Girl | Doorman | 1953-04-10 |
Movie | The Old West | Townsman (uncredited) | 1952-09-29 |
Movie | Everything I Have Is Yours | Conductor (Uncredited) | 1952-10-31 |
Movie | The Bad and the Beautiful | Man Outside the Club (uncredited) | 1952-12-25 |
Movie | The Killer That Stalked New York | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
Movie | Alias Nick Beal | Committee Man | 1949-03-04 |
Movie | The Secret Of St. Ives | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1949-06-30 |
Movie | All the King's Men | Politician (Uncredited) | 1949-11-16 |
Movie | The Reckless Moment | Bank Guard (uncredited) | 1949-12-09 |
Movie | The Man from Colorado | 1948-08-07 | |
Movie | Key Witness | Detective Norris (uncredited) | 1947-10-09 |
Movie | The Racket Man | Postman | 1944-01-18 |
Movie | The Whistler | Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited) | 1944-03-30 |
Movie | One Mysterious Night | Police Sergeant (Uncredited) | 1944-10-21 |
Movie | The Missing Juror | Priest (Uncredited) | 1944-11-16 |
Movie | Mission to Moscow | Irish-American in Montage (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
Movie | Quiet Please, Murder | Guard Killed in Library | 1943-03-19 |
Movie | Redhead from Manhattan | Cop | 1943-05-06 |
Movie | Double Up | Jim Bowers | 1943-12-29 |
Movie | Batman | Cop | 1943-07-16 |
Movie | Destroyer | Postman | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | The Great Man's Lady | Officer Murphy (uncredited) | 1942-04-15 |
Movie | Over My Dead Body | Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley) | 1942-01-15 |
Movie | This Gun for Hire | Conductor (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | Blue, White, and Perfect | Police Sergeant | 1942-01-06 |
Movie | Gang Busters | Police Chemist Crandall | 1942-03-31 |
Movie | Thru Different Eyes | Coroner | 1942-06-19 |
Movie | Gentleman Jim | Detective (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
Movie | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Jonathan Taylor | 1942-09-25 |
Movie | Duck Soup | Cop | 1942-12-18 |
Movie | The Glass Key | Politician (uncredited) | 1942-09-08 |
Movie | The Great Mr. Nobody | Policeman | 1941-02-15 |
Movie | Blonde Inspiration | Police Sergeant (uncredited) | 1941-02-07 |
Movie | Law of the Range | Mr. Howard | 1941-06-20 |
Movie | Pals of the Pecos | Dan Burke | 1941-04-07 |
Movie | Cracked Nuts | Officer #1 | 1941-07-02 |
Movie | Steel Against the Sky | Construction Worker (uncredited) | 1941-12-13 |
Movie | Honky Tonk | Party Guest | 1941-10-01 |
Movie | Reg'lar Fellers | Mr. Dugan Sr. | 1941-09-05 |
Movie | The House Across the Bay | Prison Guard | 1940-03-01 |
Movie | Shooting High | Lem Pritchard | 1940-04-25 |
Movie | Castle on the Hudson | Guard (uncredited) | 1940-02-17 |
Movie | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Laboratory Technician | 1940-01-11 |
Movie | Tear Gas Squad | Patrolman | 1940-05-04 |
Movie | Emergency Squad | Fire Captain | 1940-01-05 |
Movie | Remember the Night | Jury Member (uncredited) | 1940-01-19 |
Movie | The Saint's Double Trouble | Express Man (uncredited) | 1940-01-26 |
Movie | A Fugitive from Justice | Policeman (uncredited) | 1940-06-15 |
Movie | Little Nellie Kelly | Mounted Policeman (uncredited) | 1940-11-22 |
Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Editor Gunnigan | 1940-12-24 |
Movie | Rocky Mountain Rangers | Captain Taylor | 1940-05-24 |
Movie | East of the River | Policeman (uncredited) | 1940-11-09 |
Movie | The Bank Dick | Cop (uncredited) | 1940-11-29 |
Movie | A Dispatch from Reuters | Laborer (uncredited) | 1940-10-19 |
Movie | Lucky Cisco Kid | Minor Role | 1940-06-28 |
Movie | Girl in 313 | Bartender | 1940-05-31 |
Movie | Dodge City | Conductor (uncredited) | 1939-04-08 |
Movie | They Made Her a Spy | Intelligence Service Man | 1939-04-14 |
Movie | Women in the Wind | Cleveland Official (uncredited) | 1939-04-15 |
Movie | Wolf Call | RCMP Sergeant | 1939-05-22 |
Movie | Let Us Live | Captain (uncredited) | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | The Phantom Creeps | AMI Chief | 1939-01-07 |
Movie | Persons in Hiding | Deputy Driver (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | Secret Service of the Air | Guard Cooper | 1939-03-04 |
Movie | Sergeant Madden | Police Sergeant | 1939-03-24 |
Movie | Five Came Back | Mike Mulvaney (uncredited) | 1939-06-23 |
Movie | Romance of the Redwoods | Yerkes | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | The Night of Nights | Actor (uncredited) | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Jailer (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
Movie | The Light That Failed | Bullock | 1939-12-24 |
Movie | Invisible Stripes | Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited) | 1939-12-30 |
Movie | Stunt Pilot | Sheehan | 1939-06-30 |
Movie | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Policeman | 1939-10-26 |
Movie | Smashing the Money Ring | Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) | 1939-10-21 |
Movie | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Police Guard (uncredited) | 1939-07-07 |
Movie | Frontier Marshal | Bar Patron | 1939-07-28 |
Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Bailiff (uncredited) | 1939-09-16 |
Movie | The Escape | Neighbor | 1939-10-05 |
Movie | Love on a Budget | Townsman | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | Always Goodbye | Cop (uncredited) | 1938-06-24 |
Movie | He Couldn't Say No | Policeman in Car | 1938-03-19 |
Movie | Ever Since Eve | Police Officer (uncredited) | 1937-07-15 |
Movie | The Great Hospital Mystery | Detective | 1937-05-14 |
Movie | Music for Madame | Policeman (Uncredited) | 1937-10-08 |
Movie | Alcatraz Island | Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1937-10-13 |
Movie | Champagne Charlie | Ship's Officer | 1936-05-06 |
Movie | Trouble for Two | Purser (Uncredited) | 1936-05-29 |
Movie | Exclusive Story | Third Officer (uncredited) | 1936-01-17 |
Movie | The Big Noise | Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited) | 1936-06-22 |
Movie | Paddy O'Day | Immigration Officer Tom Wilson | 1936-01-17 |
Movie | 36 Hours to Kill | G-Man | 1936-07-24 |
Movie | High Tension | Ship's Mate | 1936-07-10 |
Movie | Wanted: Jane Turner | Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited) | 1936-12-04 |
Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron | 1936-08-20 |
Movie | Beloved Enemy | Patrick Callahan | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | Crash Donovan | Patrolman (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
Movie | The Drunkard | First Drunk | 1935-04-03 |
Movie | The Perfect Clue | Police Officer | 1935-03-13 |
Movie | Special Agent | Roark (uncredited) | 1935-09-14 |
Movie | Public Hero Number 1 | Federal Agent (uncredited) | 1935-05-31 |
Movie | We're Only Human | Police Officer Jordan | 1935-12-27 |
Movie | His Family Tree | Seated Pub Sailor | 1935-09-29 |
Movie | Heir to Trouble | Mining Engineer | 1935-12-17 |
Movie | The Fighting Marines | Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1] | 1935-11-22 |
Movie | Pirate Treasure | John Craig | 1934-01-29 |
Movie | The Crime Doctor | Detective (uncredited) | 1934-03-14 |
Movie | Girl in Danger | Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited) | 1934-09-11 |
Movie | I Love That Man | Prison Interne | 1933-07-07 |
Movie | The Whirlwind | Pat Patrick | 1933-04-13 |
Movie | Parachute Jumper | Pilot (uncredited) | 1933-01-28 |
Movie | Frisco Jenny | Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan | 1933-01-14 |
Movie | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Plainclothesman (Uncredited) | 1933-02-18 |
Movie | Laughing at Life | Detective Agency Official | 1933-07-12 |
Movie | Riot Squad | Det. Bob Larkin | 1933-07-25 |
Movie | A Man of Sentiment | Officer Ryan | 1933-09-15 |
Movie | Perils of Pauline | Tim Sullivan | 1933-11-05 |
Movie | Before Dawn | Detective Brady (uncredited) | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | Speed Madness | McCarey | 1932-07-29 |
Movie | Attorney for the Defense | Dr. Strong | 1932-05-21 |
Movie | The Reckoning | Bob | 1932-02-15 |
Movie | The Shadow of the Eagle | Ames | 1932-02-01 |
Movie | American Madness | 1932-08-15 | |
Movie | Exposure | Van Avery - City Editor | 1932-08-20 |
Movie | The Penal Code | Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender | 1932-12-23 |
Movie | Call Her Savage | Fireman (Uncredited) | 1932-11-24 |
Movie | Those We Love | Daley | 1932-09-11 |
Movie | Klondike | Burke | 1932-08-29 |
Movie | Homicide Squad | Man | 1931-08-01 |
Movie | The Costume Falls | 1931-02-05 | |
Movie | The Sky Spider | Jim Morgan | 1931-10-01 |
Movie | The Fighting Marshal | Deputy Ed Myers | 1931-11-25 |
Movie | Night Life in Reno | District Attorney | 1931-11-01 |
Movie | Anybody's Blonde | Reporter | 1931-11-01 |
Movie | The Fall Guy | Charles Newton | 1930-06-15 |
Movie | Mothers Cry | Frank Williams | 1930-12-04 |
Movie | Alibi | Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon | 1929-04-20 |
Movie | The Man I Love | D.J. McCarthy | 1929-05-25 |
Movie | Perch of the Devil | Gregory Compton | 1927-03-06 |
Movie | The Midnight Sun | Grand Duke Sergius of Russia | 1926-04-23 |
Movie | My Old Dutch | Joe Brown | 1926-05-23 |
Movie | Spangles | Dick Hale | 1926-11-07 |
Movie | Proud Flesh | Patrick O'Malley | 1925-04-27 |
Movie | Fools Highway | Mike Kildare | 1924-03-01 |
Movie | The Fighting American | Bill Pendleton | 1924-05-26 |
Movie | Happiness | Fermoy MacDonough | 1924-03-09 |
Movie | The Virginian | Steve | 1923-09-29 |
Movie | The Eternal Struggle | Bucky O'Harra | 1923-10-08 |
Movie | A Game Chicken | Rush Thompson | 1922-02-26 |
Movie | Bob Hampton of Placer | Lt. Brant | 1921-05-01 |
Movie | False Kisses | 1921-11-21 | |
Movie | Go and Get It | Kirk Connelly | 1920-07-18 |
Movie | The Breath of the Gods | T. Caraway Dodge | 1920-07-25 |
Movie | Dinty | Jack North | 1920-11-21 |
Movie | The Red Glove | Kern Thodes (early chapters) | 1919-03-17 |
Movie | The Heart of Humanity | Clancy | 1918-12-21 |
Movie | The Tell-Tale Step | Hugh Graham | 1917-05-28 |
Movie | All for Old Ireland | 1915-07-13 |