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Pat O'Brien

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American film actor (1899-1983)

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William Joseph Patrick O'Brien was an American film actor with more than 100 screen credits. Of Irish descent, he often played Irish and Irish-American characters and was referred to as "Hollywood's Irishman in Residence" in the press.

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Pat O'Brien in 1931Pat O'Brien in 1931Newspaper ad in 1939Newspaper ad in 1939O'Brien and Anne Jeffreys in Riffraff (1947)O'Brien and Anne Jeffreys in Riffraff (1947)Pat O'Brien visiting Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in 1972Pat O'Brien visiting Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in 1972O'Brien in the Harrigan and Son television series, 1960O'Brien in the Harrigan and Son television series, 1960Postcard of Pat O'Brien's home in Brentwood, CaliforniaPostcard of Pat O'Brien's home in Brentwood, California

Filmography 40

Some Like It Hot1959 · ★ 8.1
Angels with Dirty Faces1938 · ★ 7.5
Ragtime1981 · ★ 7.0
The Front Page1931 · ★ 6.5
The Boy with Green Hair1948 · ★ 6.2
The End1978 · ★ 5.6
The Last Hurrah1958 · ★ 7.2
Bombshell1933 · ★ 6.5
American Madness1932
Crack-Up1946
The Road to Hong Kong1962
San Quentin1937
The People Against O'Hara1951
The Fighting 69th1940
Hell's House1932
Knute Rockne All American1940
Riff-Raff1947
Bombardier1943
Here Comes the Navy1934
Bureau of Missing Persons1933
Gambling Lady1934
Ceiling Zero1936
A Dangerous Profession1949
Virtue1932
Flirtation Walk1934
College Coach1933
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story2008
Castle on the Hudson1940
Town Tamer1965
Swingtime in the Movies1938
The Over the Hill Gang1969
Torrid Zone1940
Billy Jack Goes to Washington1977
Honor Among Lovers1931
Air Mail1932
The Fireball1950
The Phynx1970
The Navy Comes Through1942
The World Gone Mad1933
China Clipper1936

169 credits on file

Television 24

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
The Mike Douglas Show1961
The Virginian1962
Happy Days1974
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
The Merv Griffin Show1962
Climax!1954
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
What's My Line?1950
McCloud1970
Studio One1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
WKRP in Cincinnati1978
Alias Smith and Jones1971
Kraft Suspense Theatre1963
Telephone Time1956
Branded1965
This Is Your Life1952
The Ford Television Theatre1952
Kraft Music Hall1958
Lux Video Theatre1950
Science Fiction Theatre1955
General Electric Theater1953
Going My Way1962

Awards 2

Daytime Emmy Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Connected to Pat 6

Howard HughesAlso in The Front Page (1931)Eddie AlbertAlso in Bombardier (1943)Claudette ColbertAlso in Honor Among Lovers (1931)Sterling HollowayAlso in American Madness (1932)Gloria StuartAlso in Here Comes the Navy (1934)Joan CollinsAlso in The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

About this person

William Joseph Patrick O'Brien was an American film actor with more than 100 screen credits. Of Irish descent, he often played Irish and Irish-American characters and was referred to as "Hollywood's Irishman in Residence" in the press. One of the best-known screen actors of the 1930s and 1940s, he played priests, cops, military figures, pilots, and reporters. He is especially well-remembered for his roles in Knute Rockne, All American (1940), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and Some Like It Hot (1959). He was frequently paired onscreen with Hollywood star and close friend James Cagney. O'Brien also appeared on stage and television.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1983 · aged 83
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24 languages

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