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Robert Emmett O'Connor is a Actor American born on 18 march 1885 at Milwaukee
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.
He also made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the MGM cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
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Robert Emmett O'Connor
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Nationality USA
Birth 18 march 1885 at Milwaukee
Death 4 september 1962 (at 77 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 18 march 1885 at Milwaukee
Death 4 september 1962 (at 77 years) at Hollywood (USA)
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.
He also made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the MGM cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
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They Were Expendable (1945)
, 2h15Directed by Robert Montgomery, John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Paul Langton
Roles Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Rating71%
In December, 1941, a squadron of PT Boats under the command of Lt. John "Brick" Brickley (Robert Montgomery) is sent to Manila to help defend the Philippines against a potential Japanese invasion. However, upon their arrival, instead of a welcome, they are ridiculed by the local military commanders. One of Brick's men, Lt., J.G. "Rusty" Ryan (John Wayne) becomes disgusted when his superiors refuse to see the small boats as viable naval craft and is in the process of writing his request for a transfer to destroyers when news arrives of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which makes transfer at that time impossible.
, 1h23Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Rags Ragland, Lucille Ball, Bob Haymes, Jean Porter
Roles 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)
Rating62%
A barber, Buzz Curtis (Bud Abbott), and a porter, Abercrombie (Lou Costello), work for a Hollywood salon. They are sent to the office of agent Norman Royce (Warner Anderson) to give him a haircut and a shoeshine. On the way there they run into former co-worker Claire Warren (Frances Rafferty), who is about to star as the lead in a new musical. At the same time her co-star Gregory LeMaise (Carleton G. Young), whose fame is dwindling, arrives and invites her to join him at lunch. She declines, which angers him.
Adventure (1945)
, 2h15Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell, Tom Tully, Harry Davenport
Roles Man in Cantina (uncredited)
Rating61%
When his ship is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, Harry Patterson (Clark Gable), a World War II merchant marine boatswain, is cast adrift on a launch with a few of his shipmates. While Harry remains calm in the face of disaster, his friend Mudgin (Thomas Mitchell) prays desperately, promising to avoid women, liquor, and fighting and to donate money to the church if they are saved. Harry finds Mudgin's pleas ridiculous, but no sooner does Mudgin complete his pact with God than a rescue plane appears on the horizon and the men are saved.
The Clock (1945)
, 1h30Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Fred Zinnemann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn, Marshall Thompson, Lucile Gleason
Roles Policeman (uncredited)
Rating72%
A soldier, Joe Allen (Walker), on a 48-hour leave, meets Alice Mayberry (Garland) in Pennsylvania Station when she trips over his foot and breaks the heel off one of her shoes.
Main Street After Dark (1945)
, 57minutesDirected by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Audrey Totter, Dan Duryea, Hume Cronyn, Dorothy Morris
Roles Policeman (uncredited)
Rating58%
Lt. Lorrigan has his hands full with the Dibson criminal family. Ma Dibson's thieving son Lefty is about to get out of prison. Her daughter Rosalie and Lefty's wife Jessie Belle pick up military servicemen in bars and steal from them.
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
, 1h53Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main
Roles Motorman (uncredited)
Rating74%
The backdrop for Meet Me in St. Louis is St. Louis, Missouri in the year leading up to the 1904 World's Fair.
Nothing But Trouble (1944)
, 1h9Directed by Sam Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland, Philip Merivale, Henry O'Neill, John Warburton
Roles Police Officer Mulligan
Rating62%
Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel return to America after ten years of voluntary exile to find jobs. Oliver has worked as a mediocre cook and Stan has served as a butler for many years. Upon their return they find that there is plenty of positions to apply to, unlike when they left ten years earlier.
Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Wallace Beery, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, Frances Rafferty, Chill Wills, Noah Beery Sr.
Roles Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
Rating61%
Honest Plush Brannon (Wallace Beery) is a confidence man from the Barbary Coast in San Francisco. He is engaged to Li'l Damish (Binnie Barnes) who is a saloon owner. Plush is in need of money to prove he can stand on his own. His plan to come by some money is disturbed by his ex-companion, Duke Cleat (John Carradine), who accuses Plush of doing him wrong in the past. After a quick showdown, Plush manages to shoot and wound Duke badly. Because of this, Plush is forced to leave town, and decides to take the train to Denver to find his luck. Aboard the train he meets an industrial railroad Millionaire, Bradford Bellamy I (Donald Meek) and convinces him he is about to serve the man in a blackmailing process. Bellamy I wants to throw Plush off the train, but instead they make a deal, that Plush will hold a speech in Bellamy I's name in Gold Town. Plush pretends to be Bellamy I's financial voice and is greeted as such in Gold Town. Even his old partner with whom he used to rob stage coaches, Johnny Adair (Ray Collins), believes him. Johnny's daughter, Portia (Frances Rafferty) is engaged to Bellamy I's grandson, Bradford Bellamy III (Bruce Kellogg). When Plush is attending a ceremony and is about to dedicate a cornerstone in the city, he accidentally discovers that the stone has gold in it. Plush prevents an article declaring that Bellamy III is engaging another woman, an Eastern debutante, to reach the press, and since Bellamy III have no intentions of engaging anyone but Portia, he is grateful to Plush. When the gold finding in the cornerstone is confirmed, Plush clais the ground where the stone is, and everyone in Gold Town wants to invest in his newly founded gold-mining company. Back in San Francisco, Duke has recovered from his injuries and seeks revenge. He finds out about Plush's luck, and at gun-point he forces Plush to give all his earnings to him. Broke and homeless, Plush is forced to rob a Wells Fargo payroll stagecoach. He leaves a poem at the crime scene, and after a few more robberies, he is known as the outlaw "Jingle Bill". The only stage coach that never gets robbed is the one Johnny drives. Plush uses his booty to start up the mining for gold in his company, and soon enough he strikes gold. In an attempt to catch the robber, Plush is forced to stage a robbery against Johnny's coach, in which Plush participates. Plush is shot and wounded by Johnny. Meanwhile, Li'l has come to Gold Town to warn Plush that Duke has been at her place, stolen a bunch of Plush's poems, and is headed to Gold Town. After the fake robbery, suspicion falls on Plush to be the robber. When Duke confronts Plush in the street, the two men once again have a showdown, ultimately shooting each other. Duke dies from his wounds, and the stolen poems are found on his body. Duke is taken for Jingle Bill, but Plush steps up and confesses he is the robber. He waves goodbye to Li'l, Bellamy III and Portia, as he is off to serve a one-year sentence in prison.
Gentle Annie (1944)
Directed by Andrew Marton
Genres Romance, Western
Actors James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main, Harry Morgan, Paul Langton, Barton MacLane
Roles Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
Rating61%
A frontierswoman turns her family into a band of bank robbers.
Rationing (1944)
, 1h33Directed by Willis Goldbeck
Genres Comedy
Actors Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Donald Meek, Howard Freeman, Connie Gilchrist, Dorothy Morris
Roles Sheriff (uncredited)
Rating60%
Ben Barton, grocer in Tuttleton, is trying to get gas coupons from the local rationing board, but instead he gets a lecture on thrift from the head of the board, his enemy since twenty years, Iris Tuttle.
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
, 1h34Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, May Whitty, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray
Roles Reporter (uncredited)
Rating66%
Best Foot Forward (1943)
, 1h34Directed by Edward Buzzell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Nancy Walker, June Allyson, Chill Wills
Roles Train Conductor
Rating63%
The story centers around Lucille Ball who plays herself against the backdrop of a military academy full of frisky boys. Ball is the reluctant guest of a diminutive cadet, Bud Hooper (Tommy Dix), who wrote her a "mash note" and invitation to be his date at a school prom.
The Human Comedy (1943)
, 1h58Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Fay Bainter, Ray Collins
Roles Bartender (uncredited)
Rating69%
Little Miss Pinkerton (1943)
Origin USA
Themes Children's films
Actors Janet Burston, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Roles Sgt. O'Toole
Rating58%
The janitor of the Greenpoint department store is murdered during a robbery, while Mickey, Froggy, Buckwheat, and Janet witness the crime. The thieves take the boys hostage, but Janet escapes and heads for the police. Alas, no grownup will believe her story, so Janet enlists the aid of the other gang members to rescue the boys and capture the crooks.
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
, 1h27Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Ann Sothern, James Craig, Jean Rogers, Connie Gilchrist, John Qualen, Kay Medford
Roles Proprietor (Uncredited)
Rating61%
Maisie Ravier (Ann Sothern) loses her job as an assistant in Horatio Curley's dog act as a result of a minor quarrel with test pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin (James Craig). Breezy gets Curley a job at the airplane company where he works and offers to use his influence on Maisie's behalf too. However, she insists she can get a job there on her own merits. She lands on the swing shift at the aircraft manufacturing factory. Breezy does, however, get her a room at Maw Lustvogel's (Connie Gilchrist) boarding house. Despite her initial dislike for him, Maisie starts falling in love.