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Pat O'Brien is a Actor American born on 10 november 1899 at Milwaukee

Pat O'Brien

Pat O'Brien
Pat O'Brien participated to 97 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 3 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

Some Like It Hot, 2h1
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, Musical films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien
Roles Detective Mulligan
Rating81% 4.099334.099334.099334.099334.09933
It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, Joe (Tony Curtis) is an irresponsible jazz saxophone player, gambler and ladies' man; his friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a sensible jazz double-bass player. They accidentally witness the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. When the gangsters, led by "Spats" Colombo (George Raft), spot them, the two run for their lives. Penniless and in a mad rush to get out of town, the two musicians take a job with Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee) and her Society Syncopators, an all-female band headed to Miami. Disguised as women and renaming themselves Josephine and Daphne, they board a train with the band and their male manager, Bienstock. Before they board the train, Joe and Jerry notice Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), the band's vocalist and ukulele player.
The Front Page, 1h41
Directed by Lewis Milestone, Nate Watt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Théâtre, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, George E. Stone, Edward Everett Horton, Walter Catlett
Roles Hildy Johnson
Rating66% 3.3475453.3475453.3475453.3475453.347545
The film, considered a screwball comedy, centers on a reporter, Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson (Pat O'Brien) and his editor (Adolphe Menjou), who hope to cash in on a big story involving an escaped accused murderer, Earl Williams (Stone) and hide him in a rolltop desk while everybody else tries to find him.
Secret Command, 1h22
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris, Ruth Warrick, Barton MacLane, Tom Tully
Roles Sam Gallagher
Rating62% 3.146693.146693.146693.146693.14669
Deux frères se rencontrent sur un chantier naval travaillant pour la guerre, après plusieurs années de séparation. L'aîné a tout lieu de se méfier de son cadet, dont la conduite lui paraît suspecte ; mais c'est grâce à ce dernier, qui appartient au service du contre-espionnage, que le chantier échappera aux projets des saboteurs allemands...