Pat O'Malley

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

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Thriller

Highway Patrol

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Maude

M Squad

All Movies (215)

• The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration2019 · as Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
• Days of Wine and Roses1963 · as Tenant (uncredited)
• Blackjack Ketchum Desperado1956 · as Doc Blaine
• A Star Is Born1954 · as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
• The Wild One1953 · as Sawyer (uncredited)
• Small Town Girl1953 · as Doorman
• The Bad and the Beautiful1952 · as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
• Everything I Have Is Yours1952 · as Conductor (Uncredited)
• The Old West1952 · as Townsman (uncredited)
• The Killer That Stalked New York1950 · as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• Mule Train1950 · as Charley Stewart (uncredited)
• The Reckless Moment1949 · as Bank Guard (uncredited)
• All the King's Men1949 · as Politician (uncredited)
• The Big Steal1949 · as Purser (uncredited)
• The Secret Of St. Ives1949 · as Sergeant (uncredited)
• The Doolins of Oklahoma1949 · as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
• Alias Nick Beal1949 · as Committee Man
• Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture1949 · as Officer Jim
• The Man from Colorado1948 · as Citizen (uncredited)
• Key Witness1947 · as Detective Norris (uncredited)
• The Missing Juror1944 · as Priest (uncredited)
• One Mysterious Night1944 · as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
• The Whistler1944 · as Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
• Sailor's Holiday1944
• The Racket Man1944 · as Postman
• Double Up1943 · as Jim Bowers
• Destroyer1943 · as Postman
• Batman1943 · as Cop
• Redhead from Manhattan1943 · as Cop
• Mission to Moscow1943 · as Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
• Quiet Please, Murder1943 · as Guard Killed in Library
• Duck Soup1942 · as Cop
• Gentleman Jim1942 · as Detective (uncredited)
• Deep in the Heart of Texas1942 · as Jonathan Taylor
• The Glass Key1942 · as Politician (uncredited)
• Thru Different Eyes1942 · as Coroner
• This Gun for Hire1942 · as Conductor (uncredited)
• Murder in the Big House1942 · as Guard (uncredited)
• Gang Busters1942 · as Police Chemist Crandall
• Two Yanks in Trinidad1942 · as Lieutenant (uncredited)
• Over My Dead Body1942 · as Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
• Blue, White and Perfect1942 · as Police Sergeant
• Steel Against the Sky1941 · as Construction Worker (uncredited)
• The Great Man's Lady1941 · as Officer Murphy (uncredited)
• Honky Tonk1941 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Reg'lar Fellers1941 · as Mr. Dugan Sr.
• Cracked Nuts1941 · as Officer #1
• Law of the Range1941 · as Mr. Howard
• Pals of the Pecos1941 · as Dan Burke
• Double Date1941 · as Policeman
• The Great Mr. Nobody1941 · as Policeman
• Blonde Inspiration1941 · as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• A Volta do Besouro Verde1940 · as Editor Gunnigan
• The Bank Dick1940 · as Cop (uncredited)
• Little Nellie Kelly1940 · as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
• East of the River1940 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• A Dispatch from Reuters1940 · as Laborer (uncredited)
• Lucky Cisco Kid1940 · as Minor Role
• A Fugitive from Justice1940 · as Policeman (uncredited)
• Girl in 3131940 · as Bartender
• Rocky Mountain Rangers1940 · as Captain Taylor
• Tear Gas Squad1940 · as Patrolman
• Shooting High1940 · as Lem Pritchard
• The House Across the Bay1940 · as Prison Guard
• Castle on the Hudson1940 · as Guard (uncredited)
• The Saint's Double Trouble1940 · as Express Man (uncredited)
• Remember the Night1940 · as Jury Member (uncredited)
• The Man Who Wouldn't Talk1940 · as Laboratory Technician
• Emergency Squad1940 · as Fire Captain
• Invisible Stripes1939 · as Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
• The Light That Failed1939 · as Bullock
• The Night of Nights1939 · as Actor (uncredited)
• The Roaring Twenties1939 · as Jailer (uncredited)
• The Housekeeper's Daughter1939 · as Policeman
• Smashing the Money Ring1939 · as Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
• The Escape1939 · as Neighbor
• Dust Be My Destiny1939 · as Bailiff (uncredited)
• Frontier Marshal1939 · as Bar Patron
• Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation1939 · as Police Guard (uncredited)
• Stunt Pilot1939 · as Sheehan
• Five Came Back1939 · as Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
• Wolf Call1939 · as RCMP Sergeant
• Women in the Wind1939 · as Cleveland Official (uncredited)
• They Made Her a Spy1939 · as Intelligence Service Man
• Dodge City1939 · as Conductor (uncredited)
• Let Us Live1939 · as Captain (uncredited)
• Romance of the Redwoods1939 · as Yerkes
• Sergeant Madden1939 · as Police Sergeant
• Secret Service of the Air1939 · as Guard Cooper
• Persons in Hiding1939 · as Deputy Driver (uncredited)
• The Phantom Creeps1939 · as AMI Chief
• Always Goodbye1938 · as Cop (uncredited)
• He Couldn't Say No1938 · as Policeman in Car
• Love on a Budget1938 · as Townsman
• Alcatraz Island1937 · as Prison Guard (uncredited)
• Music for Madame1937 · as Policeman (Uncredited)
• Ever Since Eve1937 · as Police Officer (uncredited)
• Parnell1937 · as Irishman
• The Great Hospital Mystery1937 · as Detective
• Beloved Enemy1936 · as Patrick Callahan
• Wanted: Jane Turner1936 · as Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
• Hollywood Boulevard1936 · as Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
• Crash Donovan1936 · as Patrolman (uncredited)
• 36 Hours to Kill1936 · as G-Man
• High Tension1936 · as Ship's Mate
• The Big Noise1936 · as Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
• Trouble for Two1936 · as Purser (Uncredited)
• Champagne Charlie1936 · as Ship's Officer
• Exclusive Story1936 · as Third Officer (uncredited)
• Paddy O'Day1936 · as Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
• We're Only Human1935 · as Police Officer Jordan
• Heir to Trouble1935 · as Mining Engineer
• The Fighting Marines1935 · as Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
• His Family Tree1935 · as Seated Pub Sailor
• Special Agent1935 · as Roark (uncredited)
• Public Hero Number 11935 · as Federal Agent (uncredited)
• Men of the Hour1935 · as Police Captain
• The Drunkard1935 · as First Drunk
• The Perfect Clue1935 · as Police Officer
• Girl in Danger1934 · as Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
• The Crime Doctor1934 · as Detective (uncredited)
• Love Past Thirty1934 · as Lon Burt
• Pirate Treasure1934 · as John Craig
• Perils of Pauline1933 · as Tim Sullivan
• A Man of Sentiment1933 · as Officer Ryan
• Morning Glory1933 · as Actor (uncredited)
• Before Dawn1933 · as Detective Brady (uncredited)
• Riot Squad1933 · as Det. Bob Larkin
• Laughing at Life1933 · as Detective Agency Official
• I Love That Man1933 · as Prison Interne
• The Whirlwind1933 · as Pat Patrick
• Mystery of the Wax Museum1933 · as Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
• Parachute Jumper1933 · as Pilot (uncredited)
• Frisco Jenny1933 · as Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
• Sundown Rider1932 · as Lafe Armstrong
• The Penal Code1932 · as Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
• Call Her Savage1932 · as Fireman (Uncredited)
• The Fighting Gentleman1932 · as Dot Moran
• Those We Love1932 · as Daley
• Klondike1932 · as Burke
• Exposure1932 · as Van Avery - City Editor
• American Madness1932
• Speed Madness1932 · as McCarey
• Attorney for the Defense1932 · as Dr. Strong
• The Trial of Vivienne Ware1932 · as Broadcast Sergeant (uncredited)
• High Speed1932 · as Paul Whipple
• The Reckoning1932 · as Bob
• The Shadow of the Eagle1932 · as Ames
• The Fighting Marshal1931 · as Deputy Ed Myers
• The Lightning Warrior1931 · as Sheriff A. W. Brown
• Night Life in Reno1931 · as District Attorney
• Anybody's Blonde1931 · as Reporter
• The Sky Spider1931 · as Jim Morgan
• Homicide Squad1931 · as Man
• The Costume Falls1931
• Mothers Cry1930 · as Frank Williams
• The Fall Guy1930 · as Charles Newton
• The Man I Love1929 · as D.J. McCarthy
• Alibi1929 · as Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
• The House of Scandal1928 · as Pat Regan
• The Slaver1927 · as Dick Farnum
• A Bowery Cinderella1927 · as Larry Dugan
• Woman’s Law1927 · as Trooper Bucky O'Hare
• Pleasure Before Business1927
• Perch of the Devil1927 · as Gregory Compton
• Spangles1926 · as Dick Hale
• My Old Dutch1926 · as Joe Brown
• The Midnight Sun1926 · as Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
• Watch Your Wife1926 · as James Langham
• The Teaser1925 · as James McDonald
• The Fighting Cub1925
• Proud Flesh1925 · as Patrick O'Malley
• Tomorrow's Love1925 · as Robert Stanley
• Let Women Alone1925 · as Tom Benham
• Worldly Goods1924 · as Fred Hopper
• The Mine with the Iron Door1924 · as Hugh Edwards
• Bread1924 · as Roy Beardsley
• The Fighting American1924 · as Bill Pendleton
• The Beauty Prize1924 · as George Brady
• Happiness1924 · as Fermoy MacDonough
• Fools Highway1924 · as Mike Kildare
• The Man from Brodney's1923 · as Robert Browne
• The Eternal Struggle1923 · as Bucky O'Harra
• Cause for Divorce1923 · as Howard Metcliffe
• The Virginian1923 · as Steve
• Slippy McGee1923 · as Lawrence Mayne
• Brass1923 · as Harry Baldwin
• The Last Hour1923 · as Philip Logan
• My Wild Irish Rose1922 · as Conn, The Shaughraun
• A Game Chicken1922 · as Rush Thompson
• False Kisses1921
• The Ten Dollar Raise1921 · as Jimmy
• Bob Hampton of Placer1921 · as Lt. Brant
• The Breaking Point1921 · as Phillip Bradley
• Dinty1920 · as Jack North
• The Breath of the Gods1920 · as T. Caraway Dodge
• Go and Get It1920 · as Kirk Connelly
• The Blooming Angel1920 · as Chester Framm
• False Evidence1919 · as Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
• The Red Glove1919 · as Kern Thodes (early chapters)
• The Heart of Humanity1918 · as Clancy
• She Hired a Husband1918 · as Tom Dunstan
• The Prussian Cur1918 · as Jimmie O'Grady
• Hit-the-Trail Holliday1918 · as Kent B. Wurst
• Her Boy1918 · as Charlie Turner
• Your Obedient Servant1917
• The Love That Lives1917 · as Jimmy
• The Tell-Tale Step1917 · as Hugh Graham
• The Law of the North1917 · as Cpl. John Emerson
• The Picture of Dorian Gray1916 · as Sybil Vane
• Gladiola1915
• On Dangerous Paths1915 · as Roger Sterritt
• All for Old Ireland1915
• McQuade of the Traffic Squad1915 · as Pat McQuade
• The Voice of the Violin1915

All TV Shows (12)

• Maude1972 · as Bert
• Thriller1960 · as The Butler
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Mr. Llewellyn
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Mr. Wilson
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Attendant
• Law of the Plainsman1959 · as Old Man
• Black Saddle1959 · as Bowen
• Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer1958 · as Neighbor
• M Squad1957 · as Mr. Cleary
• State Trooper1956
• Highway Patrol1955
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Wardrobe Attendant