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Pat O'Malley

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.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

215

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-09-02

Place of Birth

Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Patrick Henry O'Malley Jr.

Known For

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