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Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien

Born: 1899-11-10 • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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.

Filmography
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored poster
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013 • Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story poster
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 • Self (archive footage)
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? poster
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
2005 • Self (archive footage)
Dill Scallion poster
Dill Scallion
1999 • Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Image
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
1981 • Self
Ragtime poster
Ragtime
1981 • Delmas
Scout's Honor poster
Scout's Honor
1980 • Mr. Caboose
The End poster
The End
1978 • Ben Lawson
Billy Jack Goes to Washington poster
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977 • President of the Senate
Kiss Me... Kill Me poster
Kiss Me... Kill Me
1976 • Jimmy, the morgue attendant
The Sky's the Limit poster
The Sky's the Limit
1975 • Abner Therman
Amanda Fallon poster
Amanda Fallon
1973 • Emory
The Adventures of Nick Carter poster
The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972 • Hallelujah Harry
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol poster
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972 • Sgt. McGll
The Phynx poster
The Phynx
1970 • Pat O’Brien
The Over the Hill Gang poster
The Over the Hill Gang
1969 • Captain Oren Hayes
Town Tamer poster
Town Tamer
1965 • Judge Murcott
The Road to Hong Kong poster
The Road to Hong Kong
1962 • Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe poster
Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe
1962 • Narrator
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns poster
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959 • Self
Some Like It Hot poster
Some Like It Hot
1959 • Detective Mulligan
The Last Hurrah poster
The Last Hurrah
1958 • John Gorman
Kill Me Tomorrow poster
Kill Me Tomorrow
1957 • Bart Crosbie
Invitation to a Gunfighter poster
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957 • Sheriff Kyle Bickford
Inside Detroit poster
Inside Detroit
1955 • Gus Linden
Ring of Fear poster
Ring of Fear
1954 • Frank Wallace
Jubilee Trail poster
Jubilee Trail
1954 • Ernest 'Texas' Conway
Okinawa poster
Okinawa
1952 • Lt. Cmdr. Hale
The People Against O'Hara poster
The People Against O'Hara
1951 • Det. Vincent Ricks
Criminal Lawyer poster
Criminal Lawyer
1951 • James 'Jimmy' Regan
The Fireball poster
The Fireball
1950 • Father O'Hara
Johnny One-Eye poster
Johnny One-Eye
1950 • Martin Martin
A Dangerous Profession poster
A Dangerous Profession
1949 • Joe Farley
The Boy with Green Hair poster
The Boy with Green Hair
1948 • Gramp Fry
Fighting Father Dunne poster
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 • Father Peter J. Dunne
Blow-Ups of 1947 poster
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947 • Self
Riff-Raff poster
Riff-Raff
1947 • Dan Hammer
Crack-Up poster
Crack-Up
1946 • George Steele
Perilous Holiday poster
Perilous Holiday
1946 • Patrick Nevil
Man Alive poster
Man Alive
1945 • Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
Having Wonderful Crime poster
Having Wonderful Crime
1945 • Michael J. Malone
Secret Command poster
Secret Command
1944 • Sam Gallagher
Marine Raiders poster
Marine Raiders
1944 • Maj. Steve Lockhart
His Butler's Sister poster
His Butler's Sister
1943 • Martin Murphy
The Iron Major poster
The Iron Major
1943 • Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
Bombardier poster
Bombardier
1943 • Chick Davis
The Navy Comes Through poster
The Navy Comes Through
1942 • Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
Flight Lieutenant poster
Flight Lieutenant
1942 • Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
Broadway poster
Broadway
1942 • Dan McCorn
Two Yanks in Trinidad poster
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 • Tim Reardon
Breakdowns of 1941 poster
Breakdowns of 1941
1941 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1940 poster
Breakdowns of 1940
1940 • Self
Knute Rockne All American poster
Knute Rockne All American
1940 • Knute Rockne
Flowing Gold poster
Flowing Gold
1940 • Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
Escape to Glory poster
Escape to Glory
1940 • Mike Farrough
Torrid Zone poster
Torrid Zone
1940 • Steve Case
'Til We Meet Again poster
'Til We Meet Again
1940 • Steve Burke
Castle on the Hudson poster
Castle on the Hudson
1940 • Warden Walter Long
The Fighting 69th poster
The Fighting 69th
1940 • Father Duffy
Breakdowns of 1939 poster
Breakdowns of 1939
1939 • Self
Slightly Honorable poster
Slightly Honorable
1939 • John Webb
The Night of Nights poster
The Night of Nights
1939 • Dan O'Farrell
Indianapolis Speedway poster
Indianapolis Speedway
1939 • Joe Greer
The Kid from Kokomo poster
The Kid from Kokomo
1939 • William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
Off the Record poster
Off the Record
1939 • Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
Breakdowns of 1938 poster
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 • Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)
Swingtime in the Movies poster
Swingtime in the Movies
1938 • Himself (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces poster
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 • Jerry Connolly
Garden of the Moon poster
Garden of the Moon
1938 • John Quinn
Boy Meets Girl poster
Boy Meets Girl
1938 • J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
Cowboy from Brooklyn poster
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938 • Roy Chadwick
Out Where the Stars Begin poster
Out Where the Stars Begin
1938 • Pat O'Brien
Women Are Like That poster
Women Are Like That
1938 • Bill Landin
Breakdowns of 1937 poster
Breakdowns of 1937
1937 • Self
Submarine D-1 poster
Submarine D-1
1937 • Butch Rogers
Back in Circulation poster
Back in Circulation
1937 • Bill Morgan
Slim poster
Slim
1937 • Red Blayd
San Quentin poster
San Quentin
1937 • Capt. Stephen Jameson
The Great O'Malley poster
The Great O'Malley
1937 • James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley
Breakdowns of 1936 poster
Breakdowns of 1936
1936 • Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) poster
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 • Self
China Clipper poster
China Clipper
1936 • Dave Logan
Public Enemy's Wife poster
Public Enemy's Wife
1936 • Lee Laird
I Married a Doctor poster
I Married a Doctor
1936 • Dr. William P. Kennicott
Ceiling Zero poster
Ceiling Zero
1936 • Jake L. Lee
A Dream Comes True poster
A Dream Comes True
1935 • Himself (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen poster
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935 • Self
Stars Over Broadway poster
Stars Over Broadway
1935 • Al McGillevray
Page Miss Glory poster
Page Miss Glory
1935 • Click Wiley
The Irish in Us poster
The Irish in Us
1935 • Pat O'Hara
Oil for the Lamps of China poster
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935 • Stephen Chase
In Caliente poster
In Caliente
1935 • Larry MacArthur
Devil Dogs of the Air poster
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935 • Lieut. Brannigan
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio poster
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935 • Himself (uncredited)
Flirtation Walk poster
Flirtation Walk
1934 • "Scrapper" Thornhhill
I Sell Anything poster
I Sell Anything
1934 • "Spot Cash" Cutler
No Image
Studio Highlights
1934 • Self (archive footage)
Here Comes the Navy poster
Here Comes the Navy
1934 • Biff Martin
The Personality Kid poster
The Personality Kid
1934 • Ritzy