Pat O'Brien

Biography

Pat O'Brien (born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He was a star during the first several years of his film career, the height of his popularity being during the 1930s and 1940s.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

131

Birth Date

1899-11-10 00:00:00

Birth Place

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Known For

• 

  Some Like It Hot
• 

  I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
• 

  The Boy with Green Hair
• 

  The People Against O'Hara
• 

  Riff-Raff
• 

  Crack-Up

Credits

• actors (131 credits)

  • Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Dill Scallion

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Ragtime

    Delmas

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Scout's Honor

    Mr. Caboose

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The End

    Ben Lawson

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Billy Jack Goes to Washington

    President of the Senate

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Kiss Me... Kill Me

    Jimmy, the morgue attendant

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • The Sky's the Limit

    Abner Therman

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Amanda Fallon

    Emory

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Adventures of Nick Carter

    Hallelujah Harry

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

    Sgt. McGll

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Phynx

    Pat O’Brien

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Over the Hill Gang

    Captain Oren Hayes

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Town Tamer

    Judge Murcott

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Road to Hong Kong

    Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 41 (1965) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 151 (1963) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Some Like It Hot

    Detective Mulligan

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Last Hurrah

    John Gorman

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Kill Me Tomorrow

    Bart Crosbie

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Sheriff Kyle Bickford

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Inside Detroit

    Gus Linden

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Ring of Fear

    Frank Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Jubilee Trail

    Ernest 'Texas' Conway

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Okinawa

    Lt. Cmdr. Hale

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The People Against O'Hara

    Det. Vincent Ricks

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Criminal Lawyer

    James 'Jimmy' Regan

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Hills of Ireland

    Self - Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Fireball

    Father O'Hara

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Johnny One-Eye

    Martin Martin

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • A Dangerous Profession

    Joe Farley

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Boy with Green Hair

    Gramp Fry

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Fighting Father Dunne

    Father Peter J. Dunne

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Blow-Ups of 1947

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Riff-Raff

    Dan Hammer

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Crack-Up

    George Steele

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Perilous Holiday

    Patrick Nevil

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Man Alive

    Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Having Wonderful Crime

    Michael J. Malone

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Secret Command

    Sam Gallagher

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Marine Raiders

    Maj. Steve Lockhart

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • His Butler's Sister

    Martin Murphy

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Iron Major

    Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Bombardier

    Chick Davis

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Navy Comes Through

    Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Flight Lieutenant

    Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Broadway

    Dan McCorn

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Two Yanks in Trinidad

    Tim Reardon

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Breakdowns of 1941

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Breakdowns of 1940

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Knute Rockne All American

    Knute Rockne

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Flowing Gold

    Ian 'Hap' O'Connor

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Escape to Glory

    Mike Farrough

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Torrid Zone

    Steve Case

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • 'Til We Meet Again

    Steve Burke

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Castle on the Hudson

    Warden Walter Long

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Fighting 69th

    Father Duffy

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Breakdowns of 1939

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Slightly Honorable

    John Webb

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Night of Nights

    Dan O'Farrell

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Indianapolis Speedway

    Joe Greer

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Kid from Kokomo

    William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Off the Record

    Thomas "Breezy" Elliott

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Breakdowns of 1938

    Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Swingtime in the Movies

    Himself (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Angels with Dirty Faces

    Jerry Connolly

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Garden of the Moon

    John Quinn

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Boy Meets Girl

    J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Cowboy from Brooklyn

    Roy Chadwick

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Out Where the Stars Begin

    Pat O'Brien

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Women Are Like That

    Bill Landin

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Breakdowns of 1937

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Submarine D-1

    Butch Rogers

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Back in Circulation

    Bill Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Slim

    Red Blayd

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • San Quentin

    Capt. Stephen Jameson

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Great O'Malley

    James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Breakdowns of 1936

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • China Clipper

    Dave Logan

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Public Enemy's Wife

    Lee Laird

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • I Married a Doctor

    Dr. William P. Kennicott

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Ceiling Zero

    Jake L. Lee

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • A Dream Comes True

    Himself (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Things You Never See on the Screen

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Stars Over Broadway

    Al McGillevray

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Page Miss Glory

    Click Wiley

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Irish in Us

    Pat O'Hara

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Oil for the Lamps of China

    Stephen Chase

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • In Caliente

    Larry MacArthur

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Devil Dogs of the Air

    Lieut. Brannigan

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

    Himself (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Flirtation Walk

    "Scrapper" Thornhhill

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • I Sell Anything

    "Spot Cash" Cutler

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Studio Highlights

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Here Comes the Navy

    Biff Martin

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Personality Kid

    Ritzy

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Twenty Million Sweethearts

    Rush Blake

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Gambling Lady

    Charlie Lang

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • I've Got Your Number

    Terry Riley

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Screen Snapshots No. 11

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • College Coach

    Coach Gore

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Bombshell

    Jim Brogan

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Bureau of Missing Persons

    Detective Butch Saunders

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The World Gone Mad

    Andy Terrell

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Destination Unknown

    Matt Brennan

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Laughter in Hell

    Barney Slaney

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Air Mail

    Duke Talbot

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Virtue

    Jimmy Doyle

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Flaming Gold

    Ben Lear

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • American Madness

    Matt Brown

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Hollywood Speaks

    Jimmy Reed

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Strange Case of Clara Deane

    Frank Deane

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Scandal for Sale

    Waddell

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Final Edition

    Sam Bradshaw

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Hell's House

    Matt Kelly

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Consolation Marriage

    Steve Porter

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Flying High

    Sport Wardell

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Personal Maid

    Peter Shea

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Front Page

    Hildy Johnson

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Crimes Square

    Marty

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Honor Among Lovers

    Conroy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Compliments of the Season

    Police Detective (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • My Mistake

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Voice of Hollywood

    Self/Host

    actor

    actors
    1930