From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 204 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best known as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in The Public Enemy (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy (the older Paramount gate guard) in Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, as well as made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).

Filmography

• 1950Sunset Boulevard — Jonesy (uncredited)
• 1948Easter Parade — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1948Tenth Avenue Angel — Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
• 1947High Barbaree — Stationmaster (uncredited)
• 1947High Wall
• 1947Merton of the Movies — Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
• 1947The Hucksters — Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
• 1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge — Southerner (uncredited)
• 1947Trail Street — Drunk (uncredited)
• 1946Boys' Ranch — Druggist
• 1946Courage of Lassie — Deputy (uncredited)
• 1946The Harvey Girls — Conductor (uncredited)
• 1946The Hoodlum Saint — Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1946Till the Clouds Roll By — Ed (uncredited)
• 1946Undercurrent — Stationmaster (uncredited)
• 1946Up Goes Maisie — Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)
• 1945A Gun in His Hand — Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)
• 1945Adventure — Man in Cantina (uncredited)
• 1945Anchors Aweigh — Cop (uncredited)
• 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood — 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)
• 1945Main Street After Dark — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1945The Clock — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1945The Great American Mug — Laughing Man (uncredited)
• 1945They Were Expendable — Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
• 1944Barbary Coast Gent — Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
• 1944Gentle Annie — Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
• 1944Meet Me in St. Louis — Motorman (uncredited)
• 1944Rationing — Sheriff (uncredited)
• 1944Return from Nowhere — Diner Cook (uncredited)
• 1944The Thin Man Goes Home — Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited)
• 1943Air Raid Wardens — Charlie Beaugart
• 1943Best Foot Forward — Train Conductor
• 1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case — Samson (uncredited)
• 1943Shoe Shine Boy — Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)
• 1943Slightly Dangerous — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1943Swing Shift Maisie — Proprietor (Uncredited)
• 1943The Human Comedy — Bartender (uncredited)
• 1943Whistling in Brooklyn — Detective Leo Finnigan
• 1943Who Killed Who? — Host (uncredited)
• 1942Inflation — Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)
• 1942Jackass Mail — Peter Lawson
• 1942Maisie Gets Her Man — Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)
• 1942The Greatest Gift — Brother Xavier (uncredited)
• 1942The Omaha Trail — Oxen Owner (uncredited)
• 1940A Fugitive from Justice — Murphy
• 1940Dance, Girl, Dance — Plainclothesman (uncredited)
• 1940Double Alibi — Patrolman Delaney
• 1940Hot Steel — Police Inspector
• 1940I Take This Oath — Police Car Driver
• 1940No Time for Comedy — Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1940The Lone Wolf Strikes — House Detective
• 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President — Pat Donegan
• 1939Made for Each Other — Harry (uncredited)
• 1939Sergeant Madden — Capt. Crane
• 1939Streets of New York — Police Officer Burke
• 1939You Can't Get Away with Murder — First Detective (uncredited)
• 1938Boy of the Streets — Police Officer Rourke
• 1938Professor Beware — Cop at Estate
• 1937A Star Is Born — Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
• 1937Girl Overboard — Sergeant Hatton
• 1937New Faces of 1937 — Policeman
• 1937Park Avenue Logger — Police Sergeant
• 1937Super-Sleuth — Casey
• 1937The Crime Nobody Saw — Tim Burke
• 1937The Frame-Up — Larry Mann (aka John Mench)
• 1937The Last Train from Madrid — Secret Service Man (uncredited)
• 1937Trapped by G-Men — Federal Agent Jim
• 1937Waikiki Wedding — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1937We Who Are About to Die — Detective Mitchell
• 1937Wells Fargo — Sea Captain
• 1936At Sea Ashore — First Immigration Officer
• 1936Desire — Customs Official
• 1936Jailbreak — Policeman
• 1936Little Lord Fauntleroy — Policeman
• 1936Sinner Take All — Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)
• 1935A Night at the Opera — Henderson
• 1935Diamond Jim — Brady's Father
• 1935Star of Midnight — Police Sergeant Cleary
• 1935Stolen Harmony — Warden Clark (uncredited)
• 1935The Lone Wolf Returns — Detective Benson
• 1935The Mysterious Mr. Wong — Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy
• 1935Waterfront Lady — Police Lieutenant
• 1935White Lies — Capt. McHenry (uncredited)
• 1934A Wicked Woman — Dugan (uncredited)
• 1934Bottoms Up — Detective Rooney
• 1934Return of the Terror — Inspector Bradley
• 1934The Big Shakedown — Regan
• 1933Bed of Roses — River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)
• 1933Don't Bet on Love — Edward Shelton
• 1933Frisco Jenny — Jim Sandoval
• 1933Gabriel Over the White House — Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited), Corrupt Police Officer (uncredited)
• 1933Lady for a Day — Inspector MacCreary
• 1933Midnight Mary — Cop
• 1933Mystery of the Wax Museum — Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre
• 1933Penthouse — Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
• 1933Picture Snatcher — Police Lt. Casey Nolan
• 1933The Big Brain — Detective (uncredited)
• 1932American Madness — Police Inspector
• 1932Blessed Event — Jim
• 1932Blonde Venus — Dan O'Connor
• 1932Night World — The Policeman
• 1932Play Girl — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1932Taxi! — Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
• 1932The Arm of the Law — Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake
• 1932The Beast of the City — Booking Policeman (uncredited)
• 1932The Big Timer — Dan Wilson
• 1932The Dark Horse — Sheriff
• 1932The Kid from Spain — Detective Crawford
• 1932Two Kinds of Women — Tim Gohagen
• 1932Week-End Marriage — Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)
• 1931Fanny Foley Herself — Burns
• 1931Reckless Living — Ryan
• 1931The Public Defender — Detective Brady
• 1931The Public Enemy — Paddy Ryan
• 1931The Single Sin — Detective
• 1931Three Who Loved — Police Lt. Tom Rooney
• 1930Alias French Gertie — Detective Kelcey
• 1930Framed — Sergeant Schultze
• 1930In the Next Room — Tim Morel
• 1930Man to Man — Sheriff
• 1930Our Blushing Brides — The Detective
• 1930Paid — Police Sgt. Cassidy
• 1930Shooting Straight — Detective Regan
• 1930The Big Fight — Detective
• 1930The Big House — Donlin
• 1930Up the River — Prison Warden (uncredited)
• 1929Smiling Irish Eyes — Sir Timothy
• 1929The Isle of Lost Ships — Jackson
• 1929Weary River — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1928Dressed to Kill — Detective Gilroy
• 1928Four Walls — Sullivan
• 1928Freedom of the Press — Boss Maloney
• 1928The Booster
• 1928The Noose — Jim Conley
• 1928The Singing Fool — Cafe Owner Bill
• 1926Tin Gods — Second Foreman
• 1920Drink Hearty
• 1920His Royal Slyness — (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1914The Lambs' All-Star Gambol — Self