Pat O'Brien

Known for: Acting

Born: 1899-11-10 – 1983-10-15 (aged 83)

From: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Pat O'Brien (born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He was a star during the first several years of his film career, the height of his popularity being during the 1930s and 1940s.

Filmography (159)

MOVIE★ 5.5
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.5
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.5
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Dill Scallion
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
1981
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ragtime
1981
as Delmas
MOVIE★ 7.5
Scout's Honor
1980
as Mr. Caboose
TV★ 7.6
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
MOVIE★ 5.6
The End
1978
as Ben Lawson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977
as President of the Senate
MOVIE★ 6.8
Kiss Me... Kill Me
1976
as Jimmy, the morgue attendant
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Sky's the Limit
1975
as Abner Therman
TV★ 7.6
Happy Days
1974
MOVIE★ 8.0
Amanda Fallon
1973
as Emory
TV★ 8.0
Banyon
1972
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972
as Hallelujah Harry
MOVIE★ 8.0
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972
as Sgt. McGll
TV★ 7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
MOVIE★ 3.7
The Phynx
1970
as Pat O’Brien
TV★ 7.2
McCloud
1970
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
as Captain Oren Hayes
MOVIE★ 6.8
Town Tamer
1965
as Judge Murcott
TV★ 6.8
Branded
1965
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Lt. John Curwood
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TV★ 6.5
Going My Way
1962
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as J. Jimerson Jones
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Road to Hong Kong
1962
as Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
MOVIE
Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe
1962
as Narrator
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
TV
The Best of the Post
1960
as Mike Breen
TV★ 10.0
Harrigan and Son
1960
MOVIE★ 9.0
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959
as Detective Mulligan
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
as John Gorman
TV★ 5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Kill Me Tomorrow
1957
as Bart Crosbie
MOVIE
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957
as Sheriff Kyle Bickford
TV★ 6.5
Telephone Time
1956
MOVIE★ 6.5
Inside Detroit
1955
as Gus Linden
TV★ 6.3
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Police Lieutenant Moore
MOVIE★ 5.8
Ring of Fear
1954
as Frank Wallace
MOVIE★ 5.2
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Ernest 'Texas' Conway
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Major Irish
TV★ 7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Lt. V. Keever
TV★ 6.5
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Okinawa
1952
as Lt. Cmdr. Hale
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MOVIE★ 5.8
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Det. Vincent Ricks
MOVIE★ 7.4
Criminal Lawyer
1951
as James 'Jimmy' Regan
MOVIE
The Hills of Ireland
1951
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Fireball
1950
as Father O'Hara
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Tim Larkin
TV★ 6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.1
Johnny One-Eye
1950
as Martin Martin
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Dangerous Profession
1949
as Joe Farley
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Gramp Fry
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Mike Waterson
TV★ 8.0
Ford Theatre
1948
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Fighting Father Dunne
1948
as Father Peter J. Dunne
MOVIE★ 6.3
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Riff-Raff
1947
as Dan Hammer
MOVIE★ 5.8
Crack-Up
1946
as George Steele
MOVIE★ 8.0
Perilous Holiday
1946
as Patrick Nevil
MOVIE★ 5.6
Man Alive
1945
as Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
MOVIE★ 6.5
Having Wonderful Crime
1945
as Michael J. Malone
MOVIE★ 6.6
Secret Command
1944
as Sam Gallagher
MOVIE★ 6.8
Marine Raiders
1944
as Maj. Steve Lockhart
MOVIE★ 7.2
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Martin Murphy
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Iron Major
1943
as Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
MOVIE★ 5.7
Bombardier
1943
as Chick Davis
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Navy Comes Through
1942
as Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
MOVIE★ 6.3
Flight Lieutenant
1942
as Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
MOVIE★ 6.4
Broadway
1942
as Dan McCorn
MOVIE★ 4.0
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
as Tim Reardon
MOVIE★ 7.0
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Knute Rockne
MOVIE★ 6.7
Flowing Gold
1940
as Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
MOVIE★ 7.5
Escape to Glory
1940
as Mike Farrough
MOVIE★ 7.0
Torrid Zone
1940
as Steve Case
MOVIE★ 6.4
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Steve Burke
MOVIE★ 7.0
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Warden Walter Long
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Father Duffy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.1
Slightly Honorable
1939
as John Webb
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Night of Nights
1939
as Dan O'Farrell
MOVIE★ 5.6
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
as Joe Greer
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
as William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
MOVIE★ 6.4
Off the Record
1939
as Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
MOVIE★ 5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Swingtime in the Movies
1938
as Himself (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
as Jerry Connolly
MOVIE★ 6.8
Garden of the Moon
1938
as John Quinn
MOVIE★ 6.9
Boy Meets Girl
1938
as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Roy Chadwick
MOVIE★ 6.8
Out Where the Stars Begin
1938
as Pat O'Brien
MOVIE★ 6.8
Women Are Like That
1938
as Bill Landin
MOVIE★ 6.0
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Submarine D-1
1937
as Butch Rogers
MOVIE★ 6.5
Back in Circulation
1937
as Bill Morgan
MOVIE★ 6.5
Slim
1937
as Red Blayd
MOVIE★ 6.6
San Quentin
1937
as Capt. Stephen Jameson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Great O'Malley
1937
as James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley
MOVIE
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
China Clipper
1936
as Dave Logan
MOVIE★ 6.4
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
as Lee Laird
MOVIE★ 5.3
I Married a Doctor
1936
as Dr. William P. Kennicott
MOVIE★ 5.9
Ceiling Zero
1936
as Jake L. Lee
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Stars Over Broadway
1935
as Al McGillevray
MOVIE★ 6.7
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Click Wiley
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Irish in Us
1935
as Pat O'Hara
MOVIE★ 7.2
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
as Stephen Chase
MOVIE★ 6.7
In Caliente
1935
as Larry MacArthur
MOVIE★ 6.8
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
as Lieut. Brannigan
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Flirtation Walk
1934
as "Scrapper" Thornhhill
MOVIE★ 5.0
I Sell Anything
1934
as "Spot Cash" Cutler
MOVIE
Studio Highlights
1934
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Here Comes the Navy
1934
as Biff Martin
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Personality Kid
1934
as Ritzy
MOVIE★ 6.6
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Rush Blake
MOVIE★ 6.2
Gambling Lady
1934
as Charlie Lang
MOVIE★ 6.8
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Terry Riley
MOVIE
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934
as Himself
MOVIE★ 4.6
College Coach
1933
as Coach Gore
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bombshell
1933
as Jim Brogan
MOVIE★ 5.7
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Detective Butch Saunders
MOVIE★ 4.8
The World Gone Mad
1933
as Andy Terrell
MOVIE★ 7.0
Destination Unknown
1933
as Matt Brennan
MOVIE★ 3.7
Laughter in Hell
1933
as Barney Slaney
MOVIE★ 5.5
Air Mail
1932
as Duke Talbot
MOVIE★ 6.6
Virtue
1932
as Jimmy Doyle
MOVIE★ 6.2
Flaming Gold
1932
as Ben Lear
MOVIE★ 6.9
American Madness
1932
as Matt Brown
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hollywood Speaks
1932
as Jimmy Reed
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932
as Frank Deane
MOVIE★ 8.5
Scandal for Sale
1932
as Waddell
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Final Edition
1932
as Sam Bradshaw
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hell's House
1932
as Matt Kelly
MOVIE★ 6.4
Consolation Marriage
1931
as Steve Porter
MOVIE★ 5.8
Flying High
1931
as Sport Wardell
MOVIE★ 6.5
Personal Maid
1931
as Peter Shea
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Front Page
1931
as Hildy Johnson
MOVIE
Crimes Square
1931
as Marty
MOVIE★ 5.9
Honor Among Lovers
1931
as Conroy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Compliments of the Season
1930
as Police Detective (uncredited)
MOVIE
My Mistake
1930
MOVIE
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
as Self/Host