Pat O'Malley
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
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Llewellyn
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Wilson
The Twilight Zone
Attendant
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Neighbor
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Wardrobe Attendant
M Squad
Mr. Cleary
Thriller
The Butler
Highway Patrol
State Trooper
Law of the Plainsman
Old Man
Black Saddle
Bowen
Music for Madame
Policeman (Uncredited)
Days of Wine and Roses
Tenant (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
The Wild One
Sawyer (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
Jailer (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Dodge City
Conductor (uncredited)
Remember the Night
Jury Member (uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
Committee Man
Let Us Live
Captain (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Detective (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
Five Came Back
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
Morning Glory
Actor (uncredited)
Destroyer
Postman
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Editor Gunnigan
Frontier Marshal
Bar Patron
Castle on the Hudson
Guard (uncredited)
The Reckless Moment
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Wanted: Jane Turner
Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill
G-Man
The Whistler
Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
Emergency Squad
Fire Captain
The Big Steal
Purser (uncredited)
Tear Gas Squad
Patrolman
The Big Noise
Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
The Man from Colorado
Citizen (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
Police Sergeant
His Family Tree
Seated Pub Sailor
Hollywood Boulevard
Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
Little Nellie Kelly
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Girl in 313
Bartender
Key Witness
Detective Norris (uncredited)
The Glass Key
Politician (uncredited)
Special Agent
Roark (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
Guard (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
Bailiff (uncredited)
Small Town Girl
Doorman
A Star Is Born
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Parachute Jumper
Pilot (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
Honky Tonk
Party Guest
The Missing Juror
Priest (Uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Laboratory Technician
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
Doc Blaine
The Great Man's Lady
Officer Murphy (uncredited)
Beloved Enemy
Patrick Callahan
Quiet Please, Murder
Guard Killed in Library
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Policeman
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Police Guard (uncredited)
The Old West
Townsman (uncredited)
Alcatraz Island
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Steel Against the Sky
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Mule Train
Charley Stewart (uncredited)
Parnell
Irishman
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Jonathan Taylor
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
The Bank Dick
Cop (uncredited)
Persons in Hiding
Deputy Driver (uncredited)
The Racket Man
Postman
Over My Dead Body
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Cracked Nuts
Officer #1
Public Hero Number 1
Federal Agent (uncredited)
Batman
Cop
Romance of the Redwoods
Yerkes
Everything I Have Is Yours
Conductor (Uncredited)
The Fall Guy
Charles Newton
Blue, White, and Perfect
Police Sergeant
One Mysterious Night
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
The Crime Doctor
Detective (uncredited)
The Escape
Neighbor
The Saint's Double Trouble
Express Man (uncredited)
Redhead from Manhattan
Cop
The House Across the Bay
Prison Guard
Wolf Call
RCMP Sergeant
A Fugitive from Justice
Policeman (uncredited)
East of the River
Policeman (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
Laborer (uncredited)
Trouble for Two
Purser (Uncredited)
The Shadow of the Eagle
Ames
Frisco Jenny
Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
Girl in Danger
Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
The Secret Of St. Ives
Sergeant (uncredited)
Proud Flesh
Patrick O'Malley
The Phantom Creeps
AMI Chief
The Great Mr. Nobody
Policeman
Call Her Savage
Fireman (Uncredited)
The Night of Nights
Actor (uncredited)
Exclusive Story
Third Officer (uncredited)
Lucky Cisco Kid
Minor Role
They Made Her a Spy
Intelligence Service Man
Women in the Wind
Cleveland Official (uncredited)
Shooting High
Lem Pritchard
Champagne Charlie
Ship's Officer
Sailor's Holiday
The Whirlwind
Pat Patrick
Attorney for the Defense
Dr. Strong
Smashing the Money Ring
Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
The Eternal Struggle
Bucky O'Harra
Happiness
Fermoy MacDonough
Ever Since Eve
Police Officer (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
Conductor (uncredited)
Secret Service of the Air
Guard Cooper
My Old Dutch
Joe Brown
The Fighting Marshal
Deputy Ed Myers
All the King's Men
Politician (uncredited)
Reg'lar Fellers
Mr. Dugan Sr.
Thru Different Eyes
Coroner
Crash Donovan
Patrolman (uncredited)
The Fighting Marines
Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
High Tension
Ship's Mate
We're Only Human
Police Officer Jordan
Always Goodbye
Cop (uncredited)
The Light That Failed
Bullock
He Couldn't Say No
Policeman in Car
Before Dawn
Detective Brady (uncredited)
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Officer Jim
Dinty
Jack North
The Blooming Angel
Chester Framm
Klondike
Burke
Perils of Pauline
Tim Sullivan
Paddy O'Day
Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
Pirate Treasure
John Craig
Stunt Pilot
Sheehan
Alibi
Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
Pals of the Pecos
Dan Burke
Speed Madness
McCarey
A Man of Sentiment
Officer Ryan
Blonde Inspiration
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Gang Busters
Police Chemist Crandall
Law of the Range
Mr. Howard
Mothers Cry
Frank Williams
The Mine with the Iron Door
Hugh Edwards
The Costume Falls
American Madness
I Love That Man
Prison Interne
Go and Get It
Kirk Connelly
Anybody's Blonde
Reporter
The Virginian
Steve
Duck Soup
Cop
Laughing at Life
Detective Agency Official
Love on a Budget
Townsman
The Drunkard
First Drunk
Night Life in Reno
District Attorney
Homicide Squad
Man
The Penal Code
Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Captain Taylor
The Lightning Warrior
Sheriff A. W. Brown
High Speed
Paul Whipple
The Great Hospital Mystery
Detective
The Man I Love
D.J. McCarthy
The Red Glove
Kern Thodes (early chapters)
Sundown Rider
Lafe Armstrong
The Prussian Cur
Jimmie O'Grady
Fools Highway
Mike Kildare
The Fighting Cub
Riot Squad
Det. Bob Larkin
Those We Love
Daley
Exposure
Van Avery - City Editor
The Fighting American
Bill Pendleton
The Reckoning
Bob
A Game Chicken
Rush Thompson
My Wild Irish Rose
Conn, The Shaughraun
Love Past Thirty
Lon Burt
Spangles
Dick Hale
Cause for Divorce
Howard Metcliffe
The Breath of the Gods
T. Caraway Dodge
Slippy McGee
Lawrence Mayne
Brass
Harry Baldwin
Perch of the Devil
Gregory Compton
Bob Hampton of Placer
Lt. Brant
The Fighting Gentleman
Dot Moran
The Sky Spider
Jim Morgan
The Tell-Tale Step
Hugh Graham
Let Women Alone
Tom Benham
Heir to Trouble
Mining Engineer
The Last Hour
Philip Logan
False Evidence
Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sybil Vane
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Kent B. Wurst
The Teaser
James McDonald
The Midnight Sun
Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
False Kisses
The Law of the North
Cpl. John Emerson
The Love That Lives
Jimmy
The Man from Brodney's
Robert Browne
The Perfect Clue
Police Officer
Double Up
Jim Bowers
All for Old Ireland
On Dangerous Paths
Roger Sterritt
The Beauty Prize
George Brady
Gladiola
The Heart of Humanity
Clancy
Her Boy
Charlie Turner
The Voice of the Violin
Bread
Roy Beardsley
McQuade of the Traffic Squad
Pat McQuade