Robert Emmett O'Connor
Actor
- Born
- March 18, 1885 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Died
- September 4, 1962 (age 77)
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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
August 10, 1950
A Night at the Opera
November 15, 1935
Meet Me in St. Louis
November 28, 1944
The Public Enemy
April 23, 1931
A Star Is Born
April 20, 1937
Anchors Aweigh
August 13, 1945
Mystery of the Wax Museum
February 18, 1933
Easter Parade
July 8, 1948
Blonde Venus
September 23, 1932
They Were Expendable
December 7, 1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
December 24, 1944
Lady for a Day
September 13, 1933
Acting139
- 1950Sunset Boulevard as Jonesy (uncredited)
- 1948Easter Parade as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1948Tenth Avenue Angel as Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
- 1947High Wall
- 1947Merton of the Movies as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
- 1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Southerner (uncredited)
- 1947The Hucksters as Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
- 1947High Barbaree as Stationmaster (uncredited)
- 1947Trail Street as Drunk (uncredited)
- 1946Till the Clouds Roll By