
Robert Emmett O'Connor
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).
138 acting credits
Acting · 138

Sunset Boulevard
1950

The Public Enemy
1931

They Were Expendable
1945

Meet Me in St. Louis
1944

Anchors Aweigh
1945

A Star Is Born
1937

Easter Parade
1948

Lady for a Day
1933

A Night at the Opera
1935

Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944

Undercurrent
1946

Midnight Mary
1933

Blonde Venus
1932

The Harvey Girls
1946

Taxi!
1932

Adventure
1945

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936

You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945

Made for Each Other
1939

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946

The Hucksters
1947

High Wall
1947

Desire
1936

The Hoodlum Saint
1946

The Kid from Spain
1932

Courage of Lassie
1946

Wells Fargo
1937

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939

Penthouse
1933

The Last Train from Madrid
1937

Dance, Girl, Dance
1940

Weary River
1929

Trail Street
1947

Gabriel Over the White House
1933

American Madness
1932

The Clock
1945

Tenth Avenue Angel
1948

The Beast of the City
1932

Super-Sleuth
1937

Professor Beware
1938

Best Foot Forward
1943

The Big House
1930

The Human Comedy
1943

Maisie Gets Her Man
1942

We Who Are About to Die
1937

Double Alibi
1940

The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940

Slightly Dangerous
1943

Streets of New York
1939

The Big Fight
1930

Blessed Event
1932

The Big Shakedown
1934

Picture Snatcher
1933

Bottoms Up
1934

The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947

Diamond Jim
1935

Night World
1932

No Time for Comedy
1940

Sergeant Madden
1939

A Fugitive from Justice
1940

Waterfront Lady
1935

Inflation
1942

The Dark Horse
1932

New Faces of 1937
1937

Barbary Coast Gent
1944

Up Goes Maisie
1946

The Lone Wolf Returns
1935

High Barbaree
1947

The Singing Fool
1928

Our Blushing Brides
1930

The Greatest Gift
1942

Main Street After Dark
1945

A Wicked Woman
1934

Rationing
1944

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943

Stolen Harmony
1935

Gentle Annie
1944

Framed
1930

Don't Bet on Love
1933

White Lies
1935

Boys' Ranch
1946

The Public Defender
1931

A Gun in His Hand
1945

Paid
1930

Up the River
1930

Air Raid Wardens
1943

Waikiki Wedding
1937

The Big Brain
1933

Return of the Terror
1934

Jailbreak
1936

Frisco Jenny
1933

Who Killed Who?
1943

Hot Steel
1940

Bed of Roses
1933

Star of Midnight
1935

Alias French Gertie
1930

Jackass Mail
1942

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935

I Take This Oath
1940

The Omaha Trail
1942

Shoe Shine Boy
1943

The Noose
1928

The Isle of Lost Ships
1929

Week-End Marriage
1932

The Arm of the Law
1932

The Big Timer
1932

His Royal Slyness
1920

Boy of the Streets
1938

Dressed to Kill
1928

Sinner Take All
1936

Park Avenue Logger
1937

Swing Shift Maisie
1943

Tin Gods
1926

Merton of the Movies
1947

Two Kinds of Women
1932

Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
Reckless Living
1931

Man to Man
1930

The Booster
1928

Three Who Loved
1931

The Crime Nobody Saw
1937

At Sea Ashore
1936

The Single Sin
1931

Shooting Straight
1930

The Frame-Up
1937

Trapped by G-Men
1937

Fanny Foley Herself
1931

Girl Overboard
1937

Freedom of the Press
1928

Play Girl
1932

The Great American Mug
1945

In the Next Room
1930

Smiling Irish Eyes
1929

Return from Nowhere
1944
Drink Hearty
1920

Four Walls
1928