Pat O'Malley
Acting
🎂 1890-09-02
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.
Cast credits(211)
Mr. Llewellyn
1959
Mr. Wilson
1959
Attendant
1959
The Butler
1960
Mr. Cleary
1957
1955
Wardrobe Attendant
1955
Bowen
1959
1956
Old Man
1959
Neighbor
1958
Jimmy
1917
Roger Sterritt
1915
Tenant (uncredited)
1963
Sergeant (uncredited)
1949
Rush Thompson
1922
Police Officer
1935
1925
Conductor (uncredited)
1939
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
1952
Hugh Graham
1917
Howard Metcliffe
1923
George Brady
1924
Jim Morgan
1931
Jailer (uncredited)
1939
Party Guest (uncredited)
1941
Conductor (Uncredited)
1952
Roy Beardsley
1924
Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
1943
Clancy
1918
Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
2019
Van Avery - City Editor
1932
Pilot (uncredited)
1933
Cop
1943
Conductor (uncredited)
1942
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Kent B. Wurst
1918
Police Chemist Crandall
1942
Ship's Officer
1936
Cop (uncredited)
1938
Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
1932
Sawyer (uncredited)
1953
Police Officer (uncredited)
1937
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1944
Politician (uncredited)
1949
Paul Whipple
1932
Bucky O'Harra
1923
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1937
Purser (Uncredited)
1936
Dot Moran
1932
Sheehan
1939
Actor (uncredited)
1933
Burke
1932
Fermoy MacDonough
1924
Construction Worker (uncredited)
1941
Lafe Armstrong
1932
Kern Thodes (early chapters)
1919
Guard (uncredited)
1942
Pat McQuade
1915
Detective
1937
Charley Stewart (uncredited)
1950
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Jury Member (uncredited)
1940
Steve
1923
Patrick Callahan
1936
Postman
1943
Detective Norris (uncredited)
1947
Coroner
1942
Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
1936
Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
1939
Charles Newton
1930
Politician (uncredited)
1942
Committee Man
1949
Cop
1942
Bar Patron
1939
Mike Kildare
1924
Ship's Mate
1936
Doorman
1953
Minor Role
1940
Lieutenant (uncredited)
1942
Third Officer (uncredited)
1936
D.J. McCarthy
1929
Bill Pendleton
1924
T. Caraway Dodge
1920
Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
1944
Doc Blaine
1956
Priest (Uncredited)
1944
Gregory Compton
1927
Captain Taylor
1940
Officer Murphy (uncredited)
1941
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
1939
Citizen (uncredited)
1948
1915
Sheriff A. W. Brown
1931
Laborer (uncredited)
1940
Police Sergeant
1939
Detective (uncredited)
1942
Patrolman (uncredited)
1936
Police Officer Jordan
1935
Deputy Ed Myers
1931
District Attorney
1931
Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
1936
Chester Framm
1920
Guard Cooper
1939
Cpl. John Emerson
1917
Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
1935
Purser (uncredited)
1949
Policeman
1939
Officer Jim
1949
Prison Interne
1933
Prison Guard
1940
Express Man (uncredited)
1940
Yerkes
1939
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1949
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
1933
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
1942
Ames
1932
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
1949
John Craig
1934
Pat Patrick
1933
RCMP Sergeant
1939
Guard (uncredited)
1940
Jimmie O'Grady
1918
Police Sergeant
1942
Mining Engineer
1935
Patrick O'Malley
1925
Joe Brown
1926
Bob
1932
Intelligence Service Man
1939
Det. Bob Larkin
1933
Deputy Driver (uncredited)
1939
Bullock
1939
Man
1931
Captain (uncredited)
1939
G-Man
1936
Detective (uncredited)
1934
Frank Williams
1930
Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935
Bartender
1940
1944
Lem Pritchard
1940
Fireman (Uncredited)
1932
Fire Captain
1940
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Hugh Edwards
1924
Laboratory Technician
1940
Guard Killed in Library
1943
Conn, The Shaughraun
1922
Cleveland Official (uncredited)
1939
Townsman
1938
1915
Dr. Strong
1932
Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
1934
Mr. Howard
1941
First Drunk
1935
Officer Ryan
1933
Policeman
1941
Police Guard (uncredited)
1939
Sybil Vane
1916
Dick Hale
1926
Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
1939
McCarey
1932
Bailiff (uncredited)
1939
Neighbor
1939
Policeman (Uncredited)
1937
Postman
1944
Detective Brady (uncredited)
1933
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1950
Actor (uncredited)
1939
Patrolman
1940
Jim Bowers
1943
Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
1936
Editor Gunnigan
1940
Detective Agency Official
1933
Irishman
1937
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
AMI Chief
1939
Seated Pub Sailor
1935
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
1931
Cop
1943
Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
1929
James McDonald
1925
Harry Baldwin
1923
Mr. Dugan Sr.
1941
Jonathan Taylor
1942
Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
1932
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Lt. Brant
1921
Robert Browne
1923
1921
Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
1936
Kirk Connelly
1920
1915
Lon Burt
1934
Tim Sullivan
1933
Daley
1932
Roark (uncredited)
1935
1932
Lawrence Mayne
1923
Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
1926
Reporter
1931
Tom Benham
1925
Policeman in Car
1938
Philip Logan
1923
Officer #1
1941
Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
1919
Jack North
1920
Dan Burke
1941
Charlie Turner
1918
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1941