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Pat O'Brien (I) (1899–1983)

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Although he came to be called "Hollywood's Irishman in Residence"--and, along with good friends James Cagney, Allen Jenkins, Frank McHugh and a few others were called "The Irish Mafia"--and he often played Irish immigrants, Pat O'Brien was US-born and -bred. As a young boy the devoutly Roman Catholic O'Brien considered entering the seminary to study for the priesthood... See full bio »

Born:

William Joseph Patrick O'Brien
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died:

(age 83) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1980-1982 Happy Days (TV series)
Uncle Joe
– Grandma Nussbaum (1982) … Uncle Joe
– The Roaring Twenties (1980) … Uncle Joe
 
1981 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series)
Col. Buchanan
– Jennifer and the Will (1981) … Col. Buchanan
 
1981 Ragtime
Delphin
 
1980 Scout's Honor (TV movie)
Mr. Caboose
 
1978 The End
Ben Lawson
 
1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Vice President
 
1976 Kiss Me, Kill Me (TV movie)
Jimmy, morgue attendant
 
1975 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Abner Therman
– The Sky's the Limit: Part 2 (1975) … Abner Therman
– The Sky's the Limit: Part 1 (1975) … Abner Therman
 
1975 The Sky's the Limit
Abner Therman
 
1973 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV series)
Dr. Miller
– The Other Woman (1973) … Dr. Miller
 
1973 McCloud (TV series)
Mac 'Fergie' Ferguson
– Butch Cassidy Rides Again (1973) … Mac 'Fergie' Ferguson
 
1973 Tenafly (TV series)
Avery
– Joyride to Nowhere (1973) … Avery
 
1973 Amanda Fallon (TV movie)
Emory
 
1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
Emory
– And Other Springs I May Not See (1973) … Emory
 
1972 Banyon (TV series)
Big Jim Rawlins
– The Graveyard Vote (1972) … Big Jim Rawlins
 
1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Attorney
– Words of Summer (1972) … Attorney
 
1972 Adventures of Nick Carter (TV movie)
Hallelujah Harry
 
1972 Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (TV movie)
Sgt. McGll
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Hayfoot Stockton
– Shootout at Diablo Station (1971) … Hayfoot Stockton
 
1970 The Phynx
Pat O'Brien
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Cameo
– Day for Night (1970) … Cameo
 
1969 The Over-the-Hill Gang (TV movie)
Capt. Oren Hayes
 
1969 My Friend Tony (TV series)
– The Twenty Mile Jog (1969)
 
1964-1967 The Virginian (TV series)
Doc Bigelow / J. Jimerson Jones
– Yesterday's Timepiece (1967) … Doc Bigelow
– The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones (1964) … J. Jimerson Jones
 
1966 Hazel (TV series)
Uncle Jerome Van Meter
– Once an Actor (1966) … Uncle Jerome Van Meter
 
1965 Branded (TV series)
Phineas T. Barnum
– The Greatest Coward on Earth (1965) … Phineas T. Barnum
 
1964-1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
District Attorney Hightower / Otto Mead
– The Crime (1965) … District Attorney Hightower
– A Case of Armed Robbery (1964) … Otto Mead
 
1965 Town Tamer
Judge Murcott
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Assemblyman Raymond J. O'Riordan
– Question: What's New in Timbuktoo? (1965) … Assemblyman Raymond J. O'Riordan
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Inspector Dan Zarilla / Lt. John Curwood
– The Jack Is High (1964) … Inspector Dan Zarilla
– The Threatening Eye (1964) … Lt. John Curwood
 
1963 Going My Way (TV series)
Frank McCaffey
– The Boss of the Ward (1963) … Frank McCaffey
 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Clerk
– Thunder in a Forgotten Town (1963) … Clerk
 
1960-1961 Harrigan and Son (TV series)
James Harrigan Sr. / Jim Harrigan / Jim Harrigan Sr.
– The Testimonial (1961) … James Harrigan Sr.
– On Broadway (1961) … James Harrigan Sr.
– Roommates (1961) … James Harrigan Sr.
– The Legacy (1961) … James Harrigan Sr.
– Hello - Goodbye (1961) … James Harrigan Sr.
See all 34 episodes »
 
1960 Joyful Hour (TV movie)
Host
 
1960 The Best of the Post (TV series)
Mike
– Cop Without a Badge (1960) … Mike
 
1959 Some Like It Hot
Det. Mulligan
 
1958 The Last Hurrah
John Gorman
 
1958 Target (TV series)
– Backfire (1958)
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Eddie (1958)
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Mike Waterson
– The Brotherhood of the Bell (1958) … Mike Waterson
 
1956-1957 Studio 57 (TV series)
Al Richards / Frank Brodie / Jay Breen
– Rebel Rookie (1957) … Frank Brodie
– Strange Quarry (1957) … Al Richards
– Exit Laughing (1956)
– Who's Calling? (1956) … Jay Breen
 
1953-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Lt. V. Keever / Spud Malone
– Adventure for Hire (1957) … Lt. V. Keever
– Daughter of Mine (1954)
– Tomorrow's Men (1953) … Spud Malone
 
1957 Kill Me Tomorrow
Bart Crosbie
 
1957 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
the Sheriff
– Medicine Man (1957) … the Sheriff
 
1956-1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Father Edward Sullivan / Father Jim / Father Patrick O'Neil
– Benediction of Blood (1957) … Father Patrick O'Neil
– Circus Priest (1956) … Father Edward Sullivan
– A Holiday for Father Jim (1956) … Father Jim
– The Strange Bequest (1956)
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Sheriff Kyle Bickford
– Invitation to a Gunfighter (1957) … Sheriff Kyle Bickford
 
1957 Telephone Time (TV series)
– Greatest Man in the World (1957)
 
1951-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Captain Barnaby / Charley Hackett / Eddie Gorman / …
– Vice Squad (1957) … Captain Barnaby
– The Chase (1954) … Eddie Gorman
– One for the Road (1953) … Charley Hackett
– The Face of Autumn (1952) … George Morrell
– Tin Badge (1951) … Joe Crandall
See all 6 episodes »
 
1956 Sneak Preview (TV series)
– The Way Back (1956)
 
1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Jim
– Thirty Year Man (1956) … Jim
 
1956 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Walter Arnold
– Are We Invaded? (1956) … Dr. Walter Arnold
 
1955-1956 Climax! (TV series)
Police Lieutenant / Police Lieutenant Moore
– The Prowler (1956)
– Thin Air (1955) … Police Lieutenant
– The Box of Chocolates (1955) … Police Lieutenant Moore
 
1956 Inside Detroit
Gus Linden
 
1955 The Christophers (TV series)
– Washington as Commander-in-Chief (1955)
 
1955 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– A Very Big Man (1955)
 
1955 Front Row Center (TV series)
Dan Packard
– Dinner at Eight (1955) … Dan Packard
 
1955 The Star and the Story (TV series)
Larry Johnson
– Newspaper Man (1955) … Larry Johnson
 
1955 Stage 7 (TV series)
Dan Jennings
– The Greatest Man in the World (1955) … Dan Jennings
 
1954 Ring of Fear
Frank Wallace
 
1954 Jubilee Trail
Ernest 'Texas' Conway
 
1952-1953 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Second Sight (1953)
– A Man's World (1952)
 
1953 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– Winners Never Lose (1953)
 
1952 Okinawa
Lt. Cmdr. Hale
 
1951 The People Against O'Hara
Det. Vincent Ricks
 
1951 Criminal Lawyer
James 'Jimmy' Regan
 
1950 The Fireball
Father O'Hara
 
1950 Johnny One-Eye
Martin Martin
 
1949 A Dangerous Profession
Joe Farley
 
1948 The Boy with Green Hair
Gramp Fry
 
1948 Fighting Father Dunne
Father Peter J. Dunne
 
1947 Riffraff
Dan Hammer
 
1946 Crack-Up
George Steele
 
1946 Perilous Holiday
Patrick Nevil
 
1945 Man Alive
Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
 
1945 Having Wonderful Crime
Michael J. Malone
 
1944 Secret Command
Sam Gallagher
 
1944 Marine Raiders
Maj. Steve Lockhart
 
1943 His Butler's Sister
Martin Murphy
 
1943 The Iron Major
Francis William 'Frank'/'Cav' Cavanaugh
 
1943 Bombardier
Maj. Chick Davis
 
1942 The Navy Comes Through
Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
 
1942 Flight Lieutenant
Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
 
1942 Broadway
Dan McCorn
 
1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad
Tim Reardon
 
1940 Knute Rockne All American
Knute Rockne
 
1940 Flowing Gold
Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
 
1940 Escape to Glory
Mike Farrough
 
1940 Torrid Zone
Steve Case
 
1940 'Til We Meet Again
Steve Burke
 
1940 Castle on the Hudson
Warden Long
 
1940 The Fighting 69th
Father Duffy
 
1939 Slightly Honorable
John Webb
 
1939 The Night of Nights
Dan O'Farrell
 
1939 Indianapolis Speedway
Joe Greer
 
1939 The Kid from Kokomo
William Jennings 'Billy/'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
 
1939 Off the Record
Thomas 'Breezy' Elliott
 
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
Jerry Connolly
 
1938 Garden of the Moon
John Quinn
 
1938 Boy Meets Girl
J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
 
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn
Roy Chadwick
 
1938 Women Are Like That
Bill Landin
 
1937 Submarine D-1
'Butch' Rogers
 
1937 Back in Circulation
Bill Morgan
 
1937 San Quentin
Capt. Stephen Jameson
 
1937 Slim
Red Blayd
 
1937 The Great O'Malley
James Aloysius O'Malley
 
1936 China Clipper
Dave Logan
 
1936 Public Enemy's Wife
Lee Laird
 
1936 I Married a Doctor
Dr. William P. Kennicott
 
1936 Ceiling Zero
Jake L. Lee
 
1935 Stars Over Broadway
Al McGillevray
 
1935 Page Miss Glory
Click Wiley
 
1935 The Irish in Us
Pat O'Hara
 
1935 Oil for the Lamps of China
Stephen Chase
 
1935 In Caliente
Larry MacArthur
 
1935 Devil Dogs of the Air
Lieut. Brannigan
 
1934 Flirtation Walk
'Scrapper' Thornhhill
 
1934 I Sell Anything
Spot Cash Cutler
 
1934 The Personality Kid
Ritzy
 
1934 Here Comes the Navy
Biff Martin
 
1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts
Rush
 
1934 Gambling Lady
Charlie Lang
 
1934 I've Got Your Number
Terry Riley
 
1933 College Coach
Coach Gore
 
1933 Bombshell
Jim Brogan
 
1933 Flaming Gold
Ben Lear
 
1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
Detective Butch Saunders
 
1933 The World Gone Mad
Andy Terrell
 
1933 Destination Unknown
Matt Brennan
 
1933 Laughter in Hell
Barney Slaney
 
1932 Air Mail
Duke Talbot
 
1932 Virtue
Jimmy Doyle
 
1932 American Madness
Matt
 
1932 Hollywood Speaks
Jimmy Reed
 
1932 The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Frank Deane
 
1932 Scandal for Sale
Waddell
 
1932 The Final Edition
Sam Bradshaw
 
1932 Hell's House
Matt Kelly
 
1931 Flying High
Sport
 
1931 Consolation Marriage
Steve Porter
 
1931 Personal Maid
Peter Shea
 
1931 Crimes Square (short)
Marty
 
1931 The Front Page
Hildy Johnson
 
1931 Honor Among Lovers
Conroy
 
1931 The Nightingale (short)
The Sweetheart
 
1930 Compliments of the Season (short)
Police Detective (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (10 titles)
1948 The Boy with Green Hair (performer: "TREAD ON THE TAIL OF ME COAT" - uncredited, "HOW MANY MILES TO DUBLIN TOWN?" - uncredited)
 
1943 The Iron Major (performer: "As the Backs Go Tearing By Dartmouth Fight Song" - uncredited, "Billy Boy Can She Bake a Cherry Pie" - uncredited, "In the Town of Donegal" - uncredited / "Billy Boy Can She Bake a Cherry Pie" - uncredited)
 
1940 Knute Rockne All American (performer: "Happy Land" - uncredited)
 
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces (performer: "In My Merry Oldsmobile" 1905 - uncredited)
 
1938 Garden of the Moon (performer: "I'll String Along With You" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1938 Women Are Like That (performer: "I've Been Working on the Railroad" - uncredited)
 
1935 Oil for the Lamps of China (performer: "Don't Send My Boy to Harvard" - uncredited / "Chinatown, My Chinatown" 1910 - uncredited)
 
1935 In Caliente (performer: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited / "To Call You My Own" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1934 The Personality Kid (performer: "The Gold Diggers Song We're in the Money" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1931 Crimes Square (short) (performer: "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (49 titles)
1984 All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds (TV movie)
Himself
 
1981 James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.28 (1981) … Himself
 
1980 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1962-1979 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Over 80 (1979) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 29 August 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 August 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 May 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 31 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
See all 7 episodes »
 
1977 Over Easy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Spencer Tracy (1977) … Himself
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.12 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #3.227 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #3.132 (1971) … Himself
– Episode #3.6 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.64 (1969) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1971 The Movie Crazy Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 April 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.110 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Allen Ludden's Gallery (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1969) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.138 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #1.60 (1967) … Himself
 
1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 March 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Gypsy (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 March 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1965 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 19 March 1965 (1965) … Himself - Co-Host
 
1950-1965 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Comedian / Actor / …
– Episode #18.24 (1965) … Himself - Comedian
– Episode #18.9 (1964) … Himself - Actor
– Episode #17.24 (1964) … Himself - Comedian
– Episode #14.22 (1961) … Actor
– Episode #6.2 (1952) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1964 The Match Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 December 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 May 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1963 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 30 July 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest
 
1960 The Christophers (TV series)
Himself (host)
– Joyful Hour (1960) … Himself (host)
 
1959 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
– I Captured the King of the Leprechauns (1959) … Himself
 
1953-1957 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 13 October 1957 (1957) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 22 March 1953 (1953) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1957 Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (short)
Himself
 
1957 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.26 (1957) … Himself
 
1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Himself - Cameo
– Time Out for Ginger (1955) … Himself - Cameo
 
1955 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty (documentary short)
Himself
 
1955 Hollywood Mothers and Fathers (documentary short)
Himself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Himself
 
1954 Place the Face (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 March 1954 (1954) … Himself
 
1953 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Pat O'Brien (1953) … Himself
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson (documentary short)
Himself
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball (short)
Himself
 
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #2.41 (1952) … Himself - Actor
 
1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Himself - Cameo
– Episode #2.31 (1952) … Himself - Cameo
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land (documentary short)
Himself
 
1951 The Hills of Ireland (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1949 Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. (short)
Himself - Master of Ceremonies
 
1949 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #2.3 (1949) … Himself - Actor
 
1949 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Happy Homes (documentary short)
Himself
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 10: Famous Fathers and Sons (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Out Where the Stars Begin (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Himself (Back in Circulation/Women Are Like That/Cowboy from Brooklyn outtakes) (uncredited)
 
1938 Swingtime in the Movies (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Breakdowns of 1936 (short)
Himself
 
1935 A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (short)
Himself
 
1935 A Dream Comes True (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2010 My Music: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Actor in 'Slim' (uncredited)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1941 Breakdowns of 1941 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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(1959) Unsold pilot: He and Barry Sullivan starred in an adventure pilot called "Savage Is the Name" about two globe-trotting detectives in the employ of an airline company. See more »

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Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Knute Rockne] He was not only a great coach but also an extraordinary human being, and I felt privileged, humble, trying to convey the glory and the humanness that was 'Rock'. And there were frightening moments when I briefly felt as if I were Knute Rockne. See more »

Trivia:

Pat was a great personal friend of fellow Irish-American actor James Cagney, from the early days of their career right up to Pat's death in 1983. They also starred in seven films together, Pat often playing the role of a Catholic priest. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio