
Acting · Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA · Born September 2, 1890
Often confused with the British-born comic actor J. Pat O'Malley, who is the better remembered, silent dramatic film star Pat O'Malley had an enduring career that stands on its own. He was of solid Irish-American stock, born in Forest City, Pennsylvania, in 1890. A one-time railroad switchman, he also had circus experience by the time he discovered an interest in movie making. He began with the Kalem Studio in 1913 and appeared in a few Irish films before signing on with Thomas Edison's company in 1914. The following year, he married actress Lillian Wilkes, and three of their children, Eileen, Mary Katherine, and Sheila, would become actors as well. His brother Charles O'Malley was a sometime actor, appearing in westerns on occasion. His first identifiable film is The Alien (1913). He began freelancing in 1916 and from then on, appeared in scores of silents as both a rugged and romantic lead, some classic films being The Heart of Humanity (1918), My Wild Irish Rose (1922), and The Virginian (1923). He did not age well come sound pictures, and he was quickly relegated to supporting parts. He appeared in hundreds upon hundreds of bits (mostly unbilled) until 1956, when he retired. He died a decade later.
MovieThe Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
TVMaude
1972
as Bert
MovieDays of Wine and Roses
1963
as Tenant (uncredited)
TVThriller
1960
as The Butler
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Mr. Llewellyn
TVLaw of the Plainsman
1959
as Old Man
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Bowen
TVMickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
as Neighbor
TVM Squad
1957
as Mr. Cleary
State Trooper
1956
MovieBlackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956
as Doc Blaine
TVHighway Patrol
1955
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Wardrobe Attendant
MovieA Star Is Born
1954
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
MovieThe Wild One
1953
as Sawyer (uncredited)
MovieSmall Town Girl
1953
as Doorman
MovieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
MovieEverything I Have Is Yours
1952
as Conductor (Uncredited)
MovieThe Old West
1952
as Townsman (uncredited)
MovieThe Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieMule Train
1950
as Charley Stewart (uncredited)
MovieThe Reckless Moment
1949
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
MovieAll the King's Men
1949
as Politician (uncredited)
MovieThe Big Steal
1949
as Purser (uncredited)
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
as Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieThe Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
MovieAlias Nick Beal
1949
as Committee Man
MovieBoston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
as Officer Jim
MovieThe Man from Colorado
1948
as Citizen (uncredited)
MovieKey Witness
1947
as Detective Norris (uncredited)
MovieThe Missing Juror
1944
as Priest (uncredited)
MovieOne Mysterious Night
1944
as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
MovieThe Whistler
1944
as Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
MovieSailor's Holiday
1944
MovieThe Racket Man
1944
as Postman
MovieDouble Up
1943
as Jim Bowers
MovieDestroyer
1943
as Postman
MovieBatman
1943
as Cop
MovieRedhead from Manhattan
1943
as Cop
MovieMission to Moscow
1943
as Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
MovieQuiet Please, Murder
1943
as Guard Killed in Library
Duck Soup
1942
as Cop
MovieGentleman Jim
1942
as Detective (uncredited)
MovieDeep in the Heart of Texas
1942
as Jonathan Taylor
MovieThe Glass Key
1942
as Politician (uncredited)
MovieThru Different Eyes
1942
as Coroner
MovieThis Gun for Hire
1942
as Conductor (uncredited)
MovieMurder in the Big House
1942
as Guard (uncredited)
MovieGang Busters
1942
as Police Chemist Crandall
MovieTwo Yanks in Trinidad
1942
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
MovieOver My Dead Body
1942
as Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
MovieBlue, White and Perfect
1942
as Police Sergeant
MovieSteel Against the Sky
1941
as Construction Worker (uncredited)
MovieThe Great Man's Lady
1941
as Officer Murphy (uncredited)
MovieHonky Tonk
1941
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieReg'lar Fellers
1941
as Mr. Dugan Sr.
MovieCracked Nuts
1941
as Officer #1
MovieLaw of the Range
1941
as Mr. Howard
MoviePals of the Pecos
1941
as Dan Burke
MovieDouble Date
1941
as Policeman
MovieThe Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as Policeman
MovieBlonde Inspiration
1941
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieA Volta do Besouro Verde
1940
as Editor Gunnigan
MovieThe Bank Dick
1940
as Cop (uncredited)
MovieLittle Nellie Kelly
1940
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
MovieEast of the River
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieA Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Laborer (uncredited)
MovieLucky Cisco Kid
1940
as Minor Role
MovieA Fugitive from Justice
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
MovieGirl in 313
1940
as Bartender
MovieRocky Mountain Rangers
1940
as Captain Taylor
MovieTear Gas Squad
1940
as Patrolman
MovieShooting High
1940
as Lem Pritchard
MovieThe House Across the Bay
1940
as Prison Guard
MovieCastle on the Hudson
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
MovieThe Saint's Double Trouble
1940
as Express Man (uncredited)
MovieRemember the Night
1940
as Jury Member (uncredited)
MovieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Laboratory Technician
MovieEmergency Squad
1940
as Fire Captain
MovieInvisible Stripes
1939
as Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
MovieThe Light That Failed
1939
as Bullock
MovieThe Night of Nights
1939
as Actor (uncredited)
MovieThe Roaring Twenties
1939
as Jailer (uncredited)
MovieThe Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Policeman
MovieSmashing the Money Ring
1939
as Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
MovieThe Escape
1939
as Neighbor
MovieDust Be My Destiny
1939
as Bailiff (uncredited)
MovieFrontier Marshal
1939
as Bar Patron
MovieMr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
as Police Guard (uncredited)
MovieStunt Pilot
1939
as Sheehan
MovieFive Came Back
1939
as Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
MovieWolf Call
1939
as RCMP Sergeant
MovieWomen in the Wind
1939
as Cleveland Official (uncredited)
MovieThey Made Her a Spy
1939
as Intelligence Service Man
MovieDodge City
1939
as Conductor (uncredited)
MovieLet Us Live
1939
as Captain (uncredited)
MovieRomance of the Redwoods
1939
as Yerkes
MovieSergeant Madden
1939
as Police Sergeant
MovieSecret Service of the Air
1939
as Guard Cooper
MoviePersons in Hiding
1939
as Deputy Driver (uncredited)
MovieThe Phantom Creeps
1939
as AMI Chief
MovieAlways Goodbye
1938
as Cop (uncredited)
MovieHe Couldn't Say No
1938
as Policeman in Car
MovieLove on a Budget
1938
as Townsman
MovieAlcatraz Island
1937
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
MovieMusic for Madame
1937
as Policeman (Uncredited)
MovieEver Since Eve
1937
as Police Officer (uncredited)
MovieParnell
1937
as Irishman
MovieThe Great Hospital Mystery
1937
as Detective
MovieBeloved Enemy
1936
as Patrick Callahan
MovieWanted: Jane Turner
1936
as Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
MovieHollywood Boulevard
1936
as Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
MovieCrash Donovan
1936
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Movie36 Hours to Kill
1936
as G-Man
MovieHigh Tension
1936
as Ship's Mate
MovieThe Big Noise
1936
as Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
MovieTrouble for Two
1936
as Purser (Uncredited)
MovieChampagne Charlie
1936
as Ship's Officer
MovieExclusive Story
1936
as Third Officer (uncredited)
MoviePaddy O'Day
1936
as Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
MovieWe're Only Human
1935
as Police Officer Jordan
MovieHeir to Trouble
1935
as Mining Engineer
MovieThe Fighting Marines
1935
as Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
MovieHis Family Tree
1935
as Seated Pub Sailor
MovieSpecial Agent
1935
as Roark (uncredited)
MoviePublic Hero Number 1
1935
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
MovieMen of the Hour
1935
as Police Captain
MovieThe Drunkard
1935
as First Drunk
MovieThe Perfect Clue
1935
as Police Officer
MovieGirl in Danger
1934
as Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
MovieThe Crime Doctor
1934
as Detective (uncredited)
Love Past Thirty
1934
as Lon Burt
MoviePirate Treasure
1934
as John Craig
MoviePerils of Pauline
1933
as Tim Sullivan
MovieA Man of Sentiment
1933
as Officer Ryan
MovieMorning Glory
1933
as Actor (uncredited)
MovieBefore Dawn
1933
as Detective Brady (uncredited)
MovieRiot Squad
1933
as Det. Bob Larkin
MovieLaughing at Life
1933
as Detective Agency Official
MovieI Love That Man
1933
as Prison Interne
MovieThe Whirlwind
1933
as Pat Patrick
MovieMystery of the Wax Museum
1933
as Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
MovieParachute Jumper
1933
as Pilot (uncredited)
MovieFrisco Jenny
1933
as Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
MovieSundown Rider
1932
as Lafe Armstrong
MovieThe Penal Code
1932
as Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
MovieCall Her Savage
1932
as Fireman (Uncredited)
MovieThe Fighting Gentleman
1932
as Dot Moran
MovieThose We Love
1932
as Daley
MovieKlondike
1932
as Burke
MovieExposure
1932
as Van Avery - City Editor
MovieAmerican Madness
1932
MovieSpeed Madness
1932
as McCarey
MovieAttorney for the Defense
1932
as Dr. Strong
MovieThe Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as Broadcast Sergeant (uncredited)
MovieHigh Speed
1932
as Paul Whipple
MovieThe Reckoning
1932
as Bob
MovieThe Shadow of the Eagle
1932
as Ames
MovieThe Fighting Marshal
1931
as Deputy Ed Myers
MovieThe Lightning Warrior
1931
as Sheriff A. W. Brown
MovieNight Life in Reno
1931
as District Attorney
MovieAnybody's Blonde
1931
as Reporter
MovieThe Sky Spider
1931
as Jim Morgan
MovieHomicide Squad
1931
as Man
The Costume Falls
1931
MovieMothers Cry
1930
as Frank Williams
MovieThe Fall Guy
1930
as Charles Newton
MovieThe Man I Love
1929
as D.J. McCarthy
MovieAlibi
1929
as Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
The House of Scandal
1928
as Pat Regan
The Slaver
1927
as Dick Farnum
A Bowery Cinderella
1927
as Larry Dugan
Woman’s Law
1927
as Trooper Bucky O'Hare
MoviePleasure Before Business
1927
MoviePerch of the Devil
1927
as Gregory Compton
MovieSpangles
1926
as Dick Hale
MovieMy Old Dutch
1926
as Joe Brown
MovieThe Midnight Sun
1926
as Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
MovieWatch Your Wife
1926
as James Langham
MovieThe Teaser
1925
as James McDonald
The Fighting Cub
1925
MovieProud Flesh
1925
as Patrick O'Malley
Tomorrow's Love
1925
as Robert Stanley
MovieLet Women Alone
1925
as Tom Benham
MovieWorldly Goods
1924
as Fred Hopper
MovieThe Mine with the Iron Door
1924
as Hugh Edwards
MovieBread
1924
as Roy Beardsley
MovieThe Fighting American
1924
as Bill Pendleton
The Beauty Prize
1924
as George Brady
MovieHappiness
1924
as Fermoy MacDonough
MovieFools Highway
1924
as Mike Kildare
MovieThe Man from Brodney's
1923
as Robert Browne
MovieThe Eternal Struggle
1923
as Bucky O'Harra
MovieCause for Divorce
1923
as Howard Metcliffe
MovieThe Virginian
1923
as Steve
MovieSlippy McGee
1923
as Lawrence Mayne
MovieBrass
1923
as Harry Baldwin
MovieThe Last Hour
1923
as Philip Logan
MovieMy Wild Irish Rose
1922
as Conn, The Shaughraun
MovieA Game Chicken
1922
as Rush Thompson
MovieFalse Kisses
1921
MovieThe Ten Dollar Raise
1921
as Jimmy
MovieBob Hampton of Placer
1921
as Lt. Brant
MovieThe Breaking Point
1921
as Phillip Bradley
MovieDinty
1920
as Jack North
MovieThe Breath of the Gods
1920
as T. Caraway Dodge
MovieGo and Get It
1920
as Kirk Connelly
MovieThe Blooming Angel
1920
as Chester Framm
MovieFalse Evidence
1919
as Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
MovieThe Red Glove
1919
as Kern Thodes (early chapters)
MovieThe Heart of Humanity
1918
as Clancy
MovieShe Hired a Husband
1918
as Tom Dunstan
MovieThe Prussian Cur
1918
as Jimmie O'Grady
MovieHit-the-Trail Holliday
1918
as Kent B. Wurst
MovieHer Boy
1918
as Charlie Turner
Your Obedient Servant
1917
MovieThe Love That Lives
1917
as Jimmy
MovieThe Tell-Tale Step
1917
as Hugh Graham
MovieThe Law of the North
1917
as Cpl. John Emerson
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1916
as Sybil Vane
MovieGladiola
1915
MovieOn Dangerous Paths
1915
as Roger Sterritt
MovieAll for Old Ireland
1915
MovieMcQuade of the Traffic Squad
1915
as Pat McQuade
MovieThe Voice of the Violin
1915