Pat O'Malley
Acting
Born September 2, 1890 ยท Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Films (208)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956
A Star Is Born
1954
The Wild One
1953
Small Town Girl
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952
The Old West
1952
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Mule Train
1950
The Reckless Moment
1949
All the King's Men
1949
The Big Steal
1949
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Alias Nick Beal
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
The Man from Colorado
1948
Key Witness
1947
The Missing Juror
1944
One Mysterious Night
1944
The Whistler
1944
Sailor's Holiday
1944
The Racket Man
1944
Double Up
1943
Destroyer
1943
Batman
1943
Redhead from Manhattan
1943
Mission to Moscow
1943
Quiet Please, Murder
1943
Duck Soup
1942
Gentleman Jim
1942
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
The Glass Key
1942
Thru Different Eyes
1942
This Gun for Hire
1942
Murder in the Big House
1942
Gang Busters
1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
Over My Dead Body
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
1942
Steel Against the Sky
1941
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Honky Tonk
1941
Reg'lar Fellers
1941
Cracked Nuts
1941
Law of the Range
1941
Pals of the Pecos
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
Blonde Inspiration
1941
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
The Bank Dick
1940
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
East of the River
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
A Fugitive from Justice
1940
Girl in 313
1940
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940
Tear Gas Squad
1940
Shooting High
1940
The House Across the Bay
1940
Castle on the Hudson
1940
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
Remember the Night
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
Emergency Squad
1940
Invisible Stripes
1939
The Light That Failed
1939
The Night of Nights
1939
The Roaring Twenties
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
Smashing the Money Ring
1939
The Escape
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Frontier Marshal
1939
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
Stunt Pilot
1939
Five Came Back
1939
Wolf Call
1939
Women in the Wind
1939
They Made Her a Spy
1939
Dodge City
1939
Let Us Live
1939
Romance of the Redwoods
1939
Sergeant Madden
1939
Secret Service of the Air
1939
Persons in Hiding
1939
The Phantom Creeps
1939
Always Goodbye
1938
He Couldn't Say No
1938
Love on a Budget
1938
Alcatraz Island
1937
Music for Madame
1937
Ever Since Eve
1937
Parnell
1937
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
Beloved Enemy
1936
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Crash Donovan
1936
36 Hours to Kill
1936
High Tension
1936
The Big Noise
1936
Trouble for Two
1936
Champagne Charlie
1936
Exclusive Story
1936
Paddy O'Day
1936
We're Only Human
1935
Heir to Trouble
1935
The Fighting Marines
1935
His Family Tree
1935
Special Agent
1935
Public Hero Number 1
1935
Men of the Hour
1935
The Drunkard
1935
The Perfect Clue
1935
Girl in Danger
1934
The Crime Doctor
1934
Love Past Thirty
1934
Pirate Treasure
1934
Perils of Pauline
1933
A Man of Sentiment
1933
Morning Glory
1933
Before Dawn
1933
Riot Squad
1933
Laughing at Life
1933
I Love That Man
1933
The Whirlwind
1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
Parachute Jumper
1933
Frisco Jenny
1933
Sundown Rider
1932
The Penal Code
1932
Call Her Savage
1932
The Fighting Gentleman
1932
Those We Love
1932
Klondike
1932
Exposure
1932
American Madness
1932
Speed Madness
1932
Attorney for the Defense
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
High Speed
1932
The Reckoning
1932
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
The Fighting Marshal
1931
The Lightning Warrior
1931
Night Life in Reno
1931
Anybody's Blonde
1931
The Sky Spider
1931
Homicide Squad
1931
The Costume Falls
1931
Mothers Cry
1930
The Fall Guy
1930
The Man I Love
1929
Alibi
1929
Pleasure Before Business
1927
Perch of the Devil
1927
Spangles
1926
My Old Dutch
1926
The Midnight Sun
1926
Watch Your Wife
1926
The Teaser
1925
The Fighting Cub
1925
Proud Flesh
1925
Let Women Alone
1925
Worldly Goods
1924
The Mine with the Iron Door
1924
Bread
1924
The Fighting American
1924
The Beauty Prize
1924
Happiness
1924
Fools Highway
1924
The Man from Brodney's
1923
The Eternal Struggle
1923
Cause for Divorce
1923
The Virginian
1923
Slippy McGee
1923
Brass
1923
The Last Hour
1923
My Wild Irish Rose
1922
A Game Chicken
1922
False Kisses
1921
The Ten Dollar Raise
1921
Bob Hampton of Placer
1921
The Breaking Point
1921
Dinty
1920
The Breath of the Gods
1920
Go and Get It
1920
The Blooming Angel
1920
False Evidence
1919
The Red Glove
1919
The Heart of Humanity
1918
She Hired a Husband
1918
The Prussian Cur
1918
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
1918
Her Boy
1918
The Love That Lives
1917
The Tell-Tale Step
1917
The Law of the North
1917
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1916
Gladiola
1915
On Dangerous Paths
1915
All for Old Ireland
1915
McQuade of the Traffic Squad
1915
The Voice of the Violin
1915