Robert Emmett O'Connor

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American film actor (1885-1962)

United States ActorsLived 1885 to 1962 · aged 77

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Fame45.0

Momentum0.3

Languages11

In century#78,145

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Filmography 40

Sunset Boulevard1950 · ★ 8.3

A Night at the Opera1935 · ★ 7.4

The Public Enemy1931 · ★ 7.3

Meet Me in St. Louis1944 · ★ 7.0

A Star Is Born1937 · ★ 7.2

Anchors Aweigh1945 · ★ 6.8

Easter Parade1948 · ★ 7.0

They Were Expendable1945 · ★ 6.5

Blonde Venus1932 · ★ 6.8

Mystery of the Wax Museum1933 · ★ 6.5

The Thin Man Goes Home1944 · ★ 7.1

Lady for a Day1933 · ★ 7.1

Dance, Girl, Dance1940 · ★ 6.4

Desire1936 · ★ 7.0

Undercurrent1946 · ★ 5.9

Little Lord Fauntleroy1936 · ★ 6.8

The Big House1930 · ★ 6.6

Made for Each Other1939 · ★ 6.1

The Harvey Girls1946 · ★ 6.6

The Clock1945 · ★ 7.1

American Madness1932

Who Killed Who?1943 · ★ 7.1

Courage of Lassie1946

The Human Comedy1943

Till the Clouds Roll By1946

Taxi!1932

High Wall1947

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood1945

Up the River1930

The Beast of the City1932

The Mysterious Mr. Wong1935

Midnight Mary1933

Picture Snatcher1933

You Can't Get Away with Murder1939

Star of Midnight1935

His Royal Slyness1920

Air Raid Wardens1943

Penthouse1933

The Hucksters1947

Frisco Jenny1933

138 credits on file

Connected to Robert 6

Mildred DavisAlso in His Royal Slyness (1920)

Sara BernerAlso in Who Killed Who? (1943)

Joan CarrollAlso in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Larry J. BlakeAlso in Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Cora Sue CollinsAlso in Picture Snatcher (1933)

Florence TurnerAlso in Taxi! (1932)

About this person

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).

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