Pat O'Malley
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.
The Secret Of St. Ives
(Sergeant (uncredited))
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
(Mr. Wilson (archive footage))
The Whirlwind
(Pat Patrick)
On Dangerous Paths
(Roger Sterritt)
The Last Hour
(Philip Logan)
Cause for Divorce
(Howard Metcliffe)
High Speed
(Paul Whipple)
The Perfect Clue
(Police Officer)
Those We Love
(Daley)
Let Women Alone
(Tom Benham)
Slippy McGee
(Lawrence Mayne)
The Lightning Warrior
(Sheriff A. W. Brown)
The Fighting Marines
(Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1])
The Crime Doctor
(Detective (uncredited))
Sundown Rider
(Lafe Armstrong)
The Great Man's Lady
(Officer Murphy (uncredited))
The Tell-Tale Step
(Hugh Graham)
Love Past Thirty
(Lon Burt)
Exclusive Story
(Third Officer (uncredited))
Perch of the Devil
(Gregory Compton)
The Old West
(Townsman (uncredited))
Homicide Squad
(Man)
Persons in Hiding
(Deputy Driver (uncredited))
The Night of Nights
(Actor (uncredited))
The Man I Love
(D.J. McCarthy)
Alcatraz Island
(Prison Guard (uncredited))
Exposure
(Van Avery - City Editor)
The Wild One
(Sawyer (uncredited))
The Drunkard
(First Drunk)
The Penal Code
(Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender)
Klondike
(Burke)
Riot Squad
(Det. Bob Larkin)
Proud Flesh
(Patrick O'Malley)
The Reckless Moment
(Bank Guard (uncredited))
McQuade of the Traffic Squad
(Pat McQuade)
The Light That Failed
(Bullock)
The Heart of Humanity
(Clancy)
The Reckoning
(Bob)
Pirate Treasure
(John Craig)
The Law of the North
(Cpl. John Emerson)
The Man from Brodney's
(Robert Browne)
Laughing at Life
(Detective Agency Official)
Always Goodbye
(Cop (uncredited))
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
(Doc Blaine)
The Fall Guy
(Charles Newton)
Shooting High
(Lem Pritchard)
Bob Hampton of Placer
(Lt. Brant)
Frisco Jenny
(Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan)
A Man of Sentiment
(Officer Ryan)
Go and Get It
(Kirk Connelly)
Heir to Trouble
(Mining Engineer)
The Prussian Cur
(Jimmie O'Grady)
The Beauty Prize
(George Brady)
Bread
(Roy Beardsley)
Law of the Range
(Mr. Howard)
The Bad and the Beautiful
(Man Outside the Club (uncredited))
Alibi
(Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon)
Ever Since Eve
(Police Officer (uncredited))
We're Only Human
(Police Officer Jordan)
Wanted: Jane Turner
(Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited))
36 Hours to Kill
(G-Man)
The Phantom Creeps
(AMI Chief)
Beloved Enemy
(Patrick Callahan)
His Family Tree
(Seated Pub Sailor)
Secret Service of the Air
(Guard Cooper)
Key Witness
(Detective Norris (uncredited))
Smashing the Money Ring
(Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited))
The Big Noise
(Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited))
Paddy O'Day
(Immigration Officer Tom Wilson)
Champagne Charlie
(Ship's Officer)
He Couldn't Say No
(Policeman in Car)
A Star Is Born
(Racetrack Spectator (uncredited))
Let Us Live
(Captain (uncredited))
Mothers Cry
(Frank Williams)
Dodge City
(Conductor (uncredited))
They Made Her a Spy
(Intelligence Service Man)
Women in the Wind
(Cleveland Official (uncredited))
Five Came Back
(Mike Mulvaney (uncredited))
Stunt Pilot
(Sheehan)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
(Police Guard (uncredited))
Frontier Marshal
(Bar Patron)
Sailor's Holiday
Sergeant Madden
(Police Sergeant)
Dust Be My Destiny
(Bailiff (uncredited))
The Escape
(Neighbor)
The Roaring Twenties
(Jailer (uncredited))
The Housekeeper's Daughter
(Policeman)
Lucky Cisco Kid
(Minor Role)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
(Laboratory Technician)
All the King's Men
(Politician (uncredited))
Girl in Danger
(Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited))
Hollywood Boulevard
(Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron)
The Glass Key
(Politician (uncredited))
American Madness
Reg'lar Fellers
(Mr. Dugan Sr.)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
(Officer Jim)
Days of Wine and Roses
(Tenant (uncredited))
Wolf Call
(RCMP Sergeant)
Parachute Jumper
(Pilot (uncredited))
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
(Editor Gunnigan)
Remember the Night
(Jury Member (uncredited))
The Saint's Double Trouble
(Express Man (uncredited))
Speed Madness
(McCarey)
Love on a Budget
(Townsman)
My Old Dutch
(Joe Brown)
High Tension
(Ship's Mate)
Emergency Squad
(Fire Captain)
Night Life in Reno
(District Attorney)
Anybody's Blonde
(Reporter)
Pals of the Pecos
(Dan Burke)
This Gun for Hire
(Conductor (uncredited))
Over My Dead Body
(Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley))
The Whistler
(Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited))
Romance of the Redwoods
(Yerkes)
Murder in the Big House
(Guard (uncredited))
My Wild Irish Rose
(Conn, The Shaughraun)
Gentleman Jim
(Detective (uncredited))
The House Across the Bay
(Prison Guard)
Little Nellie Kelly
(Mounted Policeman (uncredited))
The Bank Dick
(Cop (uncredited))
East of the River
(Policeman (uncredited))
Castle on the Hudson
(Guard (uncredited))
A Dispatch from Reuters
(Laborer (uncredited))
Rocky Mountain Rangers
(Captain Taylor)
Girl in 313
(Bartender)
The Virginian
(Steve)
The Teaser
(James McDonald)
Music for Madame
(Policeman (Uncredited))
Redhead from Manhattan
(Cop)
The Shadow of the Eagle
(Ames)
Attorney for the Defense
(Dr. Strong)
Cracked Nuts
(Officer #1)
Gang Busters
(Police Chemist Crandall)
The Racket Man
(Postman)
Deep in the Heart of Texas
(Jonathan Taylor)
Honky Tonk
(Party Guest)
Happiness
(Fermoy MacDonough)
Dinty
(Jack North)
Blonde Inspiration
(Police Sergeant (uncredited))
The Costume Falls
Blue, White, and Perfect
(Police Sergeant)
The Great Mr. Nobody
(Policeman)
Thru Different Eyes
(Coroner)
Steel Against the Sky
(Construction Worker (uncredited))
Tear Gas Squad
(Patrolman)
Quiet Please, Murder
(Guard Killed in Library)
I Love That Man
(Prison Interne)
The Eternal Struggle
(Bucky O'Harra)
Brass
(Harry Baldwin)
Duck Soup
(Cop)
A Fugitive from Justice
(Policeman (uncredited))
Double Up
(Jim Bowers)
Alias Nick Beal
(Committee Man)
Batman
(Cop)
Destroyer
(Postman)
Mission to Moscow
(Irish-American in Montage (uncredited))
The Sky Spider
(Jim Morgan)
Gladiola
The Love That Lives
(Jimmy)
Crash Donovan
(Patrolman (uncredited))
The Midnight Sun
(Grand Duke Sergius of Russia)
The Breath of the Gods
(T. Caraway Dodge)
Spangles
(Dick Hale)
False Kisses
The Fighting Cub
The Fighting American
(Bill Pendleton)
The Red Glove
(Kern Thodes (early chapters))
The Mine with the Iron Door
(Hugh Edwards)
The Killer That Stalked New York
(Police Sergeant (uncredited))
Public Hero Number 1
(Federal Agent (uncredited))
Special Agent
(Roark (uncredited))
The Man from Colorado
(Citizen (uncredited))
The Voice of the Violin
Small Town Girl
(Doorman)
The Great Hospital Mystery
(Detective)
False Evidence
(Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley))
The Fighting Marshal
(Deputy Ed Myers)
Trouble for Two
(Purser (Uncredited))
Fools Highway
(Mike Kildare)
All for Old Ireland
Invisible Stripes
(Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited))
Everything I Have Is Yours
(Conductor (Uncredited))
One Mysterious Night
(Police Sergeant (Uncredited))
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(Sybil Vane)
Call Her Savage
(Fireman (Uncredited))
A Game Chicken
(Rush Thompson)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
(Plainclothesman (Uncredited))
The Blooming Angel
(Chester Framm)
The Missing Juror
(Priest (Uncredited))
Perils of Pauline
(Tim Sullivan)
Before Dawn
(Detective Brady (uncredited))
Mule Train
(Charley Stewart (uncredited))
The Doolins of Oklahoma
(Deputy Marshal (uncredited))
The Fighting Gentleman
(Dot Moran)
The Big Steal
(Purser (uncredited))
Her Boy
(Charlie Turner)
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
(Kent B. Wurst)
Parnell
(Irishman)
The Twilight Zone
(Mr. Llewellyn)
Highway Patrol
M Squad
(Mr. Cleary)
Black Saddle
(Bowen)
State Trooper
Law of the Plainsman
(Old Man)
The Twilight Zone
(Attendant)
The Twilight Zone
(Mr. Wilson)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
(Neighbor)
Thriller
(The Butler)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Wardrobe Attendant)