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 |
Movie | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Baggage Man | 1956-02-05 |
Movie | Blackjack Ketchum Desperado | Doc Blaine | 1956-04-01 |
Series | State Trooper | Unknown | 1956-09-25 |
Series | Highway Patrol | Unknown | 1955-10-03 |
Movie | A Star Is Born | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
Movie | Small Town Girl | Doorman | 1953-04-10 |
Movie | The Wild One | Sawyer (uncredited) | 1953-12-30 |
Movie | The Old West | Townsman (uncredited) | 1952-09-29 |
Movie | The Bad and the Beautiful | Man Outside the Club (uncredited) | 1952-12-25 |
Movie | Everything I Have Is Yours | Conductor (Uncredited) | 1952-10-31 |
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 | The Glass Key | Politician (uncredited) | 1942-09-08 |
Movie | Deep in the Heart of Texas | Jonathan Taylor | 1942-09-25 |
Movie | Gentleman Jim | Detective (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
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 | Reg'lar Fellers | Mr. Dugan Sr. | 1941-09-05 |
Movie | Honky Tonk | Party Guest | 1941-10-01 |
Movie | Steel Against the Sky | Construction Worker (uncredited) | 1941-12-13 |
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 | Girl in 313 | Bartender | 1940-05-31 |
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 | A Fugitive from Justice | Policeman (uncredited) | 1940-06-15 |
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 | Five Came Back | Mike Mulvaney (uncredited) | 1939-06-23 |
Movie | Romance of the Redwoods | Yerkes | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | Sergeant Madden | Police Sergeant | 1939-03-24 |
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 | Crash Donovan | Patrolman (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
Movie | Wanted: Jane Turner | Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited) | 1936-12-04 |
Movie | High Tension | Ship's Mate | 1936-07-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron | 1936-08-20 |
Movie | Beloved Enemy | Patrick Callahan | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | 36 Hours to Kill | G-Man | 1936-07-24 |
Movie | Public Hero Number 1 | Federal Agent (uncredited) | 1935-05-31 |
Movie | The Perfect Clue | Police Officer | 1935-03-13 |
Movie | The Drunkard | First Drunk | 1935-04-03 |
Movie | Special Agent | Roark (uncredited) | 1935-09-14 |
Movie | His Family Tree | Seated Pub Sailor | 1935-09-29 |
Movie | We're Only Human | Police Officer Jordan | 1935-12-27 |
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 | I Love That Man | Prison Interne | 1933-07-07 |
Movie | Mystery of the Wax Museum | Plainclothesman (Uncredited) | 1933-02-18 |
Movie | Parachute Jumper | Pilot (uncredited) | 1933-01-28 |
Movie | Frisco Jenny | Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan | 1933-01-14 |
Movie | The Whirlwind | Pat Patrick | 1933-04-13 |
Movie | Laughing at Life | Detective Agency Official | 1933-07-12 |
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 | Riot Squad | Det. Bob Larkin | 1933-07-25 |
Movie | Speed Madness | McCarey | 1932-07-29 |
Movie | American Madness | 1932-08-15 | |
Movie | The Reckoning | Bob | 1932-02-15 |
Movie | The Shadow of the Eagle | Ames | 1932-02-01 |
Movie | Attorney for the Defense | Dr. Strong | 1932-05-21 |
Movie | Exposure | Van Avery - City Editor | 1932-08-20 |
Movie | Klondike | Burke | 1932-08-29 |
Movie | Sundown Rider | Lafe Armstrong | 1932-12-30 |
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 | Homicide Squad | Man | 1931-08-01 |
Movie | The Costume Falls | 1931-02-05 | |
Movie | The Lightning Warrior | Sheriff A. W. Brown | 1931-11-01 |
Movie | The Fighting Marshal | Deputy Ed Myers | 1931-11-25 |
Movie | Anybody's Blonde | Reporter | 1931-11-01 |
Movie | Night Life in Reno | District Attorney | 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 | My Old Dutch | Joe Brown | 1926-05-23 |
Movie | The Midnight Sun | Grand Duke Sergius of Russia | 1926-04-23 |
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 | Happiness | Fermoy MacDonough | 1924-03-09 |
Movie | The Fighting American | Bill Pendleton | 1924-05-26 |
Movie | The Mine with the Iron Door | Hugh Edwards | 1924-10-02 |
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 | The Breath of the Gods | T. Caraway Dodge | 1920-07-25 |
Movie | Go and Get It | Kirk Connelly | 1920-07-18 |
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 | |
Movie | Gladiola | 1915-10-15 |