Years active 1919-1950 | ||
Born March 18, 1885 ( 1885-03-18 ) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. Died 4 September 1962, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies A Night at the Opera, The Public Enemy, Blonde Venus, American Madness, Lady for a Day Similar Robert Riskin, Sam Wood, William A Wellman, William Nigh, Allan Dwan | ||
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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