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.
224 acting credits
Acting · 224
The Twilight Zone
1959
Thriller
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
M Squad
1957
Highway Patrol
1955
Black Saddle
1959
Maude
1972
State Trooper
1956
Law of the Plainsman
1959
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
The Glass Key
1942
All the King's Men
1949
Batman
1943
A Star Is Born
1954
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
The Roaring Twenties
1939
The Wild One
1953
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
Dodge City
1939
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
The Man from Colorado
1948
This Gun for Hire
1942
Mission to Moscow
1943
Five Came Back
1939
Quiet Please, Murder
1943
Honky Tonk
1941
Alias Nick Beal
1949
Gentleman Jim
1942
The Bank Dick
1940
Beloved Enemy
1936
Morning Glory
1933
Remember the Night
1940
The Reckless Moment
1949
Destroyer
1943
Let Us Live
1939
Alibi
1929
American Madness
1932
The House Across the Bay
1940
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Special Agent
1935
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Paddy O'Day
1936
Invisible Stripes
1939
Call Her Savage
1932
Girl in 313
1940
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Proud Flesh
1925
Law of the Range
1941
The Big Steal
1949
Emergency Squad
1940
Frontier Marshal
1939
Exclusive Story
1936
Alcatraz Island
1937
Before Dawn
1933
Public Hero Number 1
1935
Ever Since Eve
1937
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
The Fall Guy
1930
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
The Phantom Creeps
1939
The Whistler
1944
Castle on the Hudson
1940
The Man I Love
1929
Frisco Jenny
1933
Parachute Jumper
1933
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
Smashing the Money Ring
1939
Steel Against the Sky
1941
Sergeant Madden
1939
Music for Madame
1937
The Escape
1939
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932
Champagne Charlie
1936
His Family Tree
1935
Parnell
1937
Tear Gas Squad
1940
The Missing Juror
1944
Laughing at Life
1933
The Whirlwind
1933
A Fugitive from Justice
1940
Mule Train
1950
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
I Love That Man
1933
Exposure
1932
The Light That Failed
1939
36 Hours to Kill
1936
We're Only Human
1935
Stunt Pilot
1939
The Lightning Warrior
1931
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952
High Tension
1936
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
Secret Service of the Air
1939
My Old Dutch
1926
The Big Noise
1936
He Couldn't Say No
1938
The Penal Code
1932
Small Town Girl
1953
The Racket Man
1944
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
The Virginian
1923
Fools Highway
1924
Cracked Nuts
1941
Wolf Call
1939
Anybody's Blonde
1931
Heir to Trouble
1935
Sailor's Holiday
1944
The Fighting Marines
1935
Dinty
1920
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
Women in the Wind
1939
Attorney for the Defense
1932
One Mysterious Night
1944
Always Goodbye
1938
Gang Busters
1942
Crash Donovan
1936
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940
Night Life in Reno
1931
Those We Love
1932
The Last Hour
1923
Homicide Squad
1931
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956
Blonde Inspiration
1941
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
Spangles
1926
Klondike
1932
Romance of the Redwoods
1939
Men of the Hour
1935
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1916
Persons in Hiding
1939
Riot Squad
1933
Reg'lar Fellers
1941
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
The Old West
1952
Speed Madness
1932
The Red Glove
1919
Murder in the Big House
1942
The Prussian Cur
1918
Trouble for Two
1936
The Mine with the Iron Door
1924
Pleasure Before Business
1927
Go and Get It
1920
Perch of the Devil
1927
The Teaser
1925
Slippy McGee
1923
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
Brass
1923
Love Past Thirty
1934
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942
The Night of Nights
1939
The Reckoning
1932
They Made Her a Spy
1939
Pals of the Pecos
1941
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
Pirate Treasure
1934
Love on a Budget
1938
The Crime Doctor
1934
A Man of Sentiment
1933
East of the River
1940
The Breath of the Gods
1920
Key Witness
1947
Over My Dead Body
1942
Redhead from Manhattan
1943
The Costume Falls
1931
The Fighting American
1924
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
Let Women Alone
1925
Mothers Cry
1930
Bob Hampton of Placer
1921
High Speed
1932
Girl in Danger
1934
The Ten Dollar Raise
1921
Shooting High
1940
The Perfect Clue
1935
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
1918
The Tell-Tale Step
1917
A Bowery Cinderella
1927
The Heart of Humanity
1918
Watch Your Wife
1926
Duck Soup
1942
Sundown Rider
1932
Cause for Divorce
1923
The Fighting Cub
1925
False Kisses
1921
Perils of Pauline
1933
The Blooming Angel
1920
The Law of the North
1917
The Eternal Struggle
1923
Thru Different Eyes
1942
False Evidence
1919
The Fighting Marshal
1931
Her Boy
1918
The Voice of the Violin
1915
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
Tomorrow's Love
1925
Worldly Goods
1924
Bread
1924
The Drunkard
1935
The Fighting Gentleman
1932
Happiness
1924
The Love That Lives
1917
The Midnight Sun
1926
The Breaking Point
1921
A Game Chicken
1922
Gladiola
1915
My Wild Irish Rose
1922
All for Old Ireland
1915
She Hired a Husband
1918
Double Up
1943
The Slaver
1927
Double Date
1941
The Sky Spider
1931
On Dangerous Paths
1915
The Man from Brodney's
1923
The Beauty Prize
1924
The House of Scandal
1928
Woman’s Law
1927
McQuade of the Traffic Squad
1915