Robert Emmett O'Connor
Biography
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).
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Sunset Boulevard
1950
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
No Time for Comedy
1940
Shooting Straight
1930
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
A Fugitive from Justice
1940
Slightly Dangerous
1943
Return from Nowhere
1944
Return of the Terror
1934
We Who Are About to Die
1937
Tin Gods
1926
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
The Hucksters
1947
Wells Fargo
1937
Freedom of the Press
1928
Trail Street
1947
Stolen Harmony
1935
Week-End Marriage
1932
Waterfront Lady
1935
Jailbreak
1936
Play Girl
1932
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945
Inflation
1942
Professor Beware
1938
Best Foot Forward
1943
A Gun in His Hand
1945
They Were Expendable
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Picture Snatcher
1933
A Night at the Opera
1935
American Madness
1932
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937
At Sea Ashore
1936
The Harvey Girls
1946
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
A Wicked Woman
1934
Double Alibi
1940
A Star Is Born
1937