Biography
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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Sunset Boulevard
Park Avenue Logger
A Night at the Opera
A Star Is Born
The Public Enemy
The Hucksters
The Clock
The Thin Man Goes Home
Lady for a Day
Easter Parade
Meet Me in St. Louis
Whistling in Brooklyn
Desire
Gabriel Over the White House
Blessed Event
American Madness
Up Goes Maisie
Anchors Aweigh
Best Foot Forward
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Picture Snatcher
Blonde Venus
Taxi
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Maisie Gets Her Man
Paid
The Harvey Girls
The Big House
They Were Expendable
High Wall
Adventure
Dance, Girl, Dance
The Human Comedy
Man to Man
Made for Each Other
Boy of the Streets
His Royal Slyness
Undercurrent
Courage of Lassie
Star of Midnight
The Beast of the City
Up the River
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
I Take This Oath
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Till the Clouds Roll By
High Barbaree
Our Blushing Brides
Wells Fargo
Streets of New York