Pat O'Malley
Acting
- Born:
- 1890-09-02
- Died:
- 1966-05-21
- Place of birth:
- Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Maude
Days of Wine and Roses
Thriller
The Twilight Zone
Law of the Plainsman
Black Saddle
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
M Squad
State Trooper
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
Highway Patrol
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A Star Is Born
The Wild One
Small Town Girl
The Bad and the Beautiful
Everything I Have Is Yours
The Old West
The Killer That Stalked New York
Mule Train
The Reckless Moment
All the King's Men
The Big Steal
The Secret Of St. Ives
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Alias Nick Beal
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
The Man from Colorado
Key Witness
The Missing Juror
One Mysterious Night
The Whistler
Sailor's Holiday
The Racket Man
Double Up
Destroyer
Batman
Redhead from Manhattan
Mission to Moscow
Quiet Please, Murder
Duck Soup
Gentleman Jim
Deep in the Heart of Texas
The Glass Key
Thru Different Eyes
This Gun for Hire
Murder in the Big House
Gang Busters
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Over My Dead Body
Blue, White and Perfect
Steel Against the Sky
The Great Man's Lady
Honky Tonk
Reg'lar Fellers
Cracked Nuts
Law of the Range
Pals of the Pecos
Double Date
The Great Mr. Nobody
Blonde Inspiration
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
The Bank Dick
Little Nellie Kelly
East of the River
A Dispatch from Reuters
Lucky Cisco Kid
A Fugitive from Justice
Girl in 313
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Tear Gas Squad
Shooting High
The House Across the Bay
Castle on the Hudson
The Saint's Double Trouble
Remember the Night
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Emergency Squad
Invisible Stripes
The Light That Failed
The Night of Nights
The Roaring Twenties
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Smashing the Money Ring
The Escape
Dust Be My Destiny
Frontier Marshal
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Stunt Pilot
Five Came Back
Wolf Call
Women in the Wind
They Made Her a Spy
Dodge City
Let Us Live
Romance of the Redwoods
Sergeant Madden
Secret Service of the Air
Persons in Hiding
The Phantom Creeps
Always Goodbye
He Couldn't Say No
Love on a Budget
Alcatraz Island
Music for Madame
Ever Since Eve
Parnell
The Great Hospital Mystery
Beloved Enemy
Wanted: Jane Turner
Hollywood Boulevard
Crash Donovan
36 Hours to Kill
High Tension
The Big Noise
Trouble for Two
Champagne Charlie
Exclusive Story
Paddy O'Day
We're Only Human
Heir to Trouble
The Fighting Marines
His Family Tree
Special Agent
Public Hero Number 1
Men of the Hour
The Drunkard
The Perfect Clue
Girl in Danger
The Crime Doctor
Love Past Thirty
Pirate Treasure
Perils of Pauline
A Man of Sentiment
Morning Glory
Before Dawn
Riot Squad
Laughing at Life
I Love That Man
The Whirlwind
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Parachute Jumper
Frisco Jenny
Sundown Rider
The Penal Code
Call Her Savage
The Fighting Gentleman
Those We Love
Klondike
Exposure
American Madness
Speed Madness
Attorney for the Defense
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
High Speed
The Reckoning
The Shadow of the Eagle
The Fighting Marshal
The Lightning Warrior
Night Life in Reno
Anybody's Blonde
The Sky Spider
Homicide Squad
The Costume Falls
Mothers Cry
The Fall Guy
The Man I Love
Alibi
The House of Scandal
The Slaver
A Bowery Cinderella
Woman’s Law
Pleasure Before Business
Perch of the Devil
Spangles
My Old Dutch
The Midnight Sun
Watch Your Wife
The Teaser
The Fighting Cub
Proud Flesh
Tomorrow's Love
Let Women Alone
Worldly Goods
The Mine with the Iron Door
Bread
The Fighting American
The Beauty Prize
Happiness
Fools Highway
The Man from Brodney's
The Eternal Struggle
Cause for Divorce
The Virginian
Slippy McGee
Brass
The Last Hour
My Wild Irish Rose
A Game Chicken
False Kisses
The Ten Dollar Raise
Bob Hampton of Placer
The Breaking Point
Dinty
The Breath of the Gods
Go and Get It
The Blooming Angel
False Evidence
The Red Glove
The Heart of Humanity
She Hired a Husband
The Prussian Cur
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Her Boy
Your Obedient Servant
The Love That Lives
The Tell-Tale Step
The Law of the North
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Gladiola
On Dangerous Paths
All for Old Ireland
McQuade of the Traffic Squad
The Voice of the Violin