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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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Filmography of Robert Emmett O'Connor (119 films)
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Add to a movie listSunset Boulevard (1950)
, 1h50Directed by Billy Wilder, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Films about psychiatry
Actors William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Fred Clark
Roles Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Rating83%
At a Sunset Boulevard mansion, the body of Joe Gillis floats in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death.
Easter Parade (1948)
, 1h47Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Liza Minnelli
Roles Policeman (uncredited)
Rating72%
In 1912, Broadway star Don Hewes (Fred Astaire) is buying Easter presents for his sweetheart, starting with a hat and some flowers ("Happy Easter"). He goes into a toy shop and buys a cuddly Easter rabbit, after persuading a young boy to part with it and buy a set of drums instead ("Drum Crazy"). Hewes takes the gifts to his dancing partner, Nadine Hale (Ann Miller), who explains that she has an offer for a show that would feature her as a solo star. Don tries to change her mind and it looks as if he has succeeded ("It Only Happens When I Dance With You"), until Don's best friend, Johnny (Peter Lawford), turns up. Nadine reveals that she and Don are no longer a team and it becomes obvious that Nadine is attracted to Johnny. She does continue to try and pursue him, but he politely refuses her relationship out of respect for Don.
Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
, 1h15Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Christmas films
Actors Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy, Phyllis Thaxter, Warner Anderson, Rhys Williams
Roles Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
Rating66%
Eight-year-old Flavia lives in a New York tenement during the Great Depression with mother Helen and father Joe, who's nearly broke and needs a job. Her aunt Susan lives with them, too.
The Hucksters (1947)
, 1h55Directed by Jack Conway, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn
Roles Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Rating66%
Victor Norman (Clark Gable) is a radio advertising executive just back from World War II and looking for a job in his old field. He literally throws his money out the hotel window, telling the hotel valet that being down to his last fifty dollars "will help me seem sincere about not needing a job." On his way to his interview, he stops and spends thirty-five of those dollars on a "sincere" hand-painted necktie.
Living in a Big Way (1947)
, 1h44Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gene Kelly, Marie McDonald, Charles Winninger, Phyllis Thaxter, Spring Byington, Jean Adair
Rating60%
Leo Gogarty (Kelly) marries Margaud Morgan (McDonald) after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns, he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to believe, but also that she expects a quick divorce. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gogarty must find their place with or without each other in a society still adjusting to peace.
The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
, 1h41Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance, Western
Actors Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Janet Leigh, Marshall Thompson, Selena Royle, Charles Dingle
Roles Southerner
Rating69%
Henry Carson (Van Johnson), a schoolteacher before the Civil War, shows up in a rural region of the Missouri hills. He spends the night with a family consisting of Gill MacBean (Thomas Mitchell), his wife Sairy (Selena Royle), and two of their children, Lissy Anne (Janet Leigh), and youngster Andrew (Dean Stockwell). Another son, Ben (Marshall Thompson), had run off to fight in the war; the family's hope that he will someday return is gradually waning.
Merton of the Movies (1947)
, 1h22Directed by Robert Alton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame, Leon Ames, Alan Mowbray, Dick Wessel
Roles Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
Rating62%
Undercurrent (1946)
, 1h56Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Edmund Gwenn, Marjorie Main, Clinton Sundberg
Roles Stationmaster (uncredited)
Rating64%
Ann Hamilton (Katharine Hepburn) is a middle-aged bride who begins to suspect that her charming husband Alan Garroway (Robert Taylor) plans to murder her. Nor can she ignore the shadow of her brother-in-law Michael Garroway (Robert Mitchum), whom she's never met but has been told so much about.
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
, 2h12Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley, Richard Whorf, Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, Lucille Bremer, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, Robert Walker
Roles Ed (uncredited)
Rating62%
La véritable histoire du célèbre compositeur Jerome Kern. Lors de la première représentation de la comédie musicale "Show Boat" à Broadway, le légendaire compositeur Jerome Kern se remémore avec émotion ses débuts et les différentes étapes de sa prestigieuse carrière...
The Harvey Girls (1946)
, 1h42Directed by George Sidney, Robert Alton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury, Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien
Roles Conductor (uncredited)
Rating69%
In the 1890s, a group of "Harvey Girls" - new waitresses for Fred Harvey's pioneering chain of Harvey House restaurants - travels on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) to the western town of Sandrock, Arizona. On the trip they meet Susan Bradley (Judy Garland), who travels to the same town to marry the man whose beautiful letters she received when she answered a "lonely-hearts" ad. Unfortunately, when she arrives, the man turns out to be an "old coot" who does not at all meet her expectations – and he also wants not to get married as much as she wants not to marry him, so they agree to call it off. When she learns that someone else, the owner of the local saloon, Ned Trent (John Hodiak), wrote the letters as a joke, she confronts him and tells him off, in the process endearing herself to him.
Courage of Lassie (1946)
, 1h32Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Pal, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, Harry Davenport, Selena Royle, Tom Drake
Roles Deputy (uncredited)
Rating61%
A collie pup is separated from his mother and grows to young adulthood in the forest. After being swept away in a torrent and then shot by a young hunter, he is found by Kathie Merrick (Elizabeth Taylor) and carried to her home. With the help of a kindly shepherd, Mr. MacBain (Frank Morgan), she tends him back to health, names him Bill, and teaches him to herd sheep.
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
, 1h31Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Rags Ragland
Roles Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Rating60%
Major Terry O'Neill (William Powell) returns to Baltimore in 1919, after the end of World War I, expecting to get his old newspaper night editor job back. However, the paper has recently changed owners, and his friend and former editor, Allan Smith (an uncredited Will Wright), has been told to cut costs. Disillusioned, Terry decides to abandon his ideals and make his fortune by whatever means necessary. Leaving the building, he runs into two less-than-savory friends, "Fishface" (Rags Ragland) and "Three Finger" (Frank McHugh). When they are arrested, it takes all his money to pay their fines and that of "Snarp" (James Gleason).
Up Goes Maisie (1946)
, 1h29Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Hillary Brooke, Stephen McNally, Ray Collins, Jeff York
Roles Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)
Rating61%
Determined to better herself, Maisie Ravier (Ann Sothern) graduates from the Benson Business School in Los Angeles, but has to fend off the advances of Mr. Benson (John Eldredge). She encounters the same problem at her first few job interviews - the men are interested in something other than her secretarial skills - so she dresses as dowdily as she can and gets hired by Joseph Morton (George Murphy). Morton has invented a helicopter that is easy to fly and gotten financial backing from J. G. Nuboult (Paul Harvey).
Boys' Ranch (1946)
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Skip Homeier, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig, Dorothy Patrick, Darryl Hickman, Ray Collins
Roles Druggist
Rating60%
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
, 2h23Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Dean Stockwell, Pamela Britton, José Iturbi
Roles Cop (uncredited)
Rating69%
Joe Brady and Clarence Doolittle are Navy sailors who have a four-day leave in Hollywood. Joe has his heart set on spending time with his girl, the unseen Lola. Clarence, the shy choir boy turned sailor, asks Joe to teach him how to get girls. Donald, a little boy who wants to join the navy, is found wandering around the boulevard by a cop, who takes him to the police station. Clarence and Joe end up being picked up by the cops to help convince Donald to go home. After the two sailors wait at home and entertain Donald, Donald's Aunt Susie arrives. Clarence is smitten with her from the beginning. Susan goes on to tell them that she has been trying to find work in music, and longs to perform with José Iturbi. Trying to make Susan impressed with Clarence, Joe tells her that Clarence is a personal friend of Iturbi, and that he has arranged an audition for Susan with him. That night, they go out to a cafe, where Clarence meets a girl from Brooklyn, and they hit it off. The next day, Joe visits Donald's school, and tells the kids the story of how he got his medal, and how he brought happiness to a lonesome king (played by Jerry Mouse of Tom and Jerry), and joy to the forest animals of the kingdom.