Robert Emmett O'Connor
1885-03-18 (1885)Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAActing
Biography
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).
Known For
Sunset Boulevard
MOVIE • 1950
Desire
MOVIE • 1936
Picture Snatcher
MOVIE • 1933
Easter Parade
MOVIE • 1948
They Were Expendable
MOVIE • 1945
The Clock
MOVIE • 1945
Meet Me in St. Louis
MOVIE • 1944
The Human Comedy
MOVIE • 1943
Undercurrent
MOVIE • 1946
Super-Sleuth
MOVIE • 1937
Wells Fargo
MOVIE • 1937
Till the Clouds Roll By
MOVIE • 1946
A Night at the Opera
MOVIE • 1935
Dance, Girl, Dance
MOVIE • 1940
The Harvey Girls
MOVIE • 1946
Anchors Aweigh
MOVIE • 1945
A Star Is Born
MOVIE • 1937
Trail Street
MOVIE • 1947