
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Acting
Born 1885-03-18 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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, as well as made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
Filmography

Sunset Boulevard
Aug 10, 1950

Easter Parade
Jul 8, 1948

Tenth Avenue Angel
Feb 20, 1948

Merton of the Movies
Oct 11, 1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Aug 4, 1947

The Hucksters
Jul 17, 1947

High Barbaree
May 1, 1947

Trail Street
Feb 19, 1947

Till the Clouds Roll By
Dec 5, 1946

Undercurrent
Nov 11, 1946

Courage of Lassie
Nov 8, 1946

Boys' Ranch
Jul 18, 1946

The Hoodlum Saint
Apr 4, 1946

Up Goes Maisie
Feb 1, 1946

The Harvey Girls
Jan 18, 1946

Adventure
Dec 28, 1945

They Were Expendable
Dec 7, 1945

The Great American Mug
Oct 6, 1945

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Oct 5, 1945

A Gun in His Hand
Sep 15, 1945

Anchors Aweigh
Aug 13, 1945

The Clock
May 25, 1945

Main Street After Dark
Jan 12, 1945

The Thin Man Goes Home
Dec 24, 1944

Gentle Annie
Dec 5, 1944

Meet Me in St. Louis
Nov 28, 1944

Return from Nowhere
Oct 28, 1944

Barbary Coast Gent
Sep 1, 1944

Rationing
Mar 24, 1944

Shoe Shine Boy
Dec 25, 1943