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Robert Emmett O'Connor

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Robert Emmett O'Connor

Mar 18, 1885 – Sep 4, 1962138 titles 138 movies · 0 TV
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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).

Also known as

Robert Emmet O'Connor · Robert E. O'Connor · Robert E. O'Conner · Robert O'Connor · Роберт О’Коннор

Born

Mar 18, 1885 – Sep 4, 1962

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Roles across career

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1920 2 title(s)

1926 1 title(s)

1928 6 title(s)

1929 3 title(s)

1930 10 title(s)

1931 6 title(s)

1932 13 title(s)

1933 10 title(s)

1934 4 title(s)

1935 8 title(s)

1936 5 title(s)

1937 12 title(s)

1938 2 title(s)

1939 5 title(s)

1940 7 title(s)

1942 5 title(s)

1943 9 title(s)

1944 6 title(s)

1945 8 title(s)

1946 7 title(s)

1947 6 title(s)

1948 2 title(s)

1950 1 title(s)