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Pat O'Brien

Acting

Born November 10, 1899 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died October 15, 1983

Also known as William Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Пэт О’Брайен

Biography

Pat O'Brien (born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He was a star during the first several years of his film career, the height of his popularity being during the 1930s and 1940s.

Awards & recognition

  • Daytime Emmy Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography42 titles

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns

1959as Self

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008as Self (archive footage)

Some Like It Hot

1959as Detective Mulligan

WKRP in Cincinnati

1978

Happy Days

1974

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

McCloud

1970

The Last Hurrah

1958as John Gorman

Ragtime

1981as Delmas

What's My Line?

1950as Self

Castle on the Hudson

1940as Warden Walter Long

Torrid Zone

1940as Steve Case

The Great O'Malley

1937as James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

American Madness

1932as Matt Brown

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Marine Raiders

1944as Maj. Steve Lockhart

Lux Video Theatre

as Captain Barnaby

San Quentin

1937as Capt. Stephen Jameson

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

1977as President of the Senate

The Virginian

1962as Doc Bigelow

Bombshell

1933as Jim Brogan

The Front Page

1931as Hildy Johnson

Telephone Time

'Til We Meet Again

1940as Steve Burke

The Boy with Green Hair

1948as Gramp Fry

Riff-Raff

1947as Dan Hammer

Knute Rockne All American

1940as Knute Rockne

Here Comes the Navy

1934as Biff Martin

China Clipper

1936as Dave Logan

The Over the Hill Gang

1969as Captain Oren Hayes

Ring of Fear

1954as Frank Wallace

The Fighting 69th

1940as Father Duffy

The People Against O'Hara

1951as Det. Vincent Ricks

Bombardier

1943as Chick Davis

The End

1978as Ben Lawson

Okinawa

1952as Lt. Cmdr. Hale

Hell's House

1932as Matt Kelly

Johnny One-Eye

1950as Martin Martin

Slightly Honorable

1939as John Webb

The World Gone Mad

1933as Andy Terrell

The Phynx

1970as Pat O’Brien