# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-emmett-o-connor
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:32:34.649Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-emmett-o-connor"
name: "Robert Emmett O'Connor"
slug: "robert-emmett-o-connor"
description: "Robert O'Connor was an American actor. He had a lengthy career as a stage actor on Broadway and in vaudeville from 1905-1931; using the stage name Robert O'Connor in both musicals and plays. After transitioning to film, he also used the names Robert Emmett O'Connor or Robert E. O'Connor for his screen credits. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1919 and 1950; specializing in portraying policemen. He is probably best remembered as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in The Public Enemy (1931) and as police Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy in Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. He also made an appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943)."
tagline: "American film actor (1885-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Our_Blushing_Brides_lobby_card_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1885-03-18"
deathDate: "1962-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3046164214309783
  historical:           10.75565333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump