Often confused with the British-born comic actor J. Pat OMalley, who is the better remembered, silent dramatic film star Pat OMalley 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 Edisons 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 OMalley 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.

All movies available from Pat O'Malley

Poster movie High Speed

High Speed

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Poster movie Frontier Marshal

Frontier Marshal

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Poster movie Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Boston Blackie's Chinese

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Poster movie Cracked Nuts

Cracked Nuts

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Poster movie Deep in the Heart of Texas

Deep in the Heart of Texa

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Poster movie Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

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Poster movie Blue, White, and Perfect

Blue, White, and Perfect

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Poster movie The Great Mr. Nobody

The Great Mr. Nobody

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Poster movie Brass

Brass

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Poster movie Alias Nick Beal

Alias Nick Beal

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Poster movie Batman

Batman

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Poster movie Destroyer

Destroyer

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Poster movie The Great Hospital Mystery

The Great Hospital Myster

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Poster movie The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

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Poster movie M Squad

M Squad

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Poster movie Law of the Plainsman

Law of the Plainsman

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Poster movie The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

Tv series
Poster movie The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

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Poster movie Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Mickey Spillane's Mike Ha

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Poster movie Thriller

Thriller

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Movies unavailable from Pat O'Malley

The Secret Of St. Ives

Sergeant (uncredited)

Movie 1949

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Mr. Wilson (archive footage)

Movie 2019

The Whirlwind

Pat Patrick

Movie 1933

On Dangerous Paths

Roger Sterritt

Movie 1915

The Last Hour

Philip Logan

Movie 1923

Cause for Divorce

Howard Metcliffe

Movie 1923

The Perfect Clue

Police Officer

Movie 1935

Those We Love

Daley

Movie 1932

Let Women Alone

Tom Benham

Movie 1925

Slippy McGee

Lawrence Mayne

Movie 1923

The Lightning Warrior

Sheriff A. W. Brown

Movie 1931

The Fighting Marines

Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]

Movie 1935

The Crime Doctor

Detective (uncredited)

Movie 1934

Sundown Rider

Lafe Armstrong

Movie 1932

The Great Man's Lady

Officer Murphy (uncredited)

Movie 1941

The Tell-Tale Step

Hugh Graham

Movie 1917

Exclusive Story

Third Officer (uncredited)

Movie 1936

Love Past Thirty

Lon Burt

Movie 1934

Perch of the Devil

Gregory Compton

Movie 1927

The Old West

Townsman (uncredited)

Movie 1952

Homicide Squad

Man

Movie 1931

Persons in Hiding

Deputy Driver (uncredited)

Movie 1939

The Night of Nights

Actor (uncredited)

Movie 1939

The Man I Love

D.J. McCarthy

Movie 1929

Alcatraz Island

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Movie 1937

Exposure

Van Avery - City Editor

Movie 1932

The Wild One

Sawyer (uncredited)

Movie 1953

The Drunkard

First Drunk

Movie 1935

The Penal Code

Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender

Movie 1932

Klondike

Burke

Movie 1932

Riot Squad

Det. Bob Larkin

Movie 1933

Proud Flesh

Patrick O'Malley

Movie 1925

The Reckless Moment

Bank Guard (uncredited)

Movie 1949

McQuade of the Traffic Squad

Pat McQuade

Movie 1915

The Light That Failed

Bullock

Movie 1939

The Heart of Humanity

Clancy

Movie 1918

The Reckoning

Bob

Movie 1932

Pirate Treasure

John Craig

Movie 1934

The Law of the North

Cpl. John Emerson

Movie 1917

The Man from Brodney's

Robert Browne

Movie 1923

Laughing at Life

Detective Agency Official

Movie 1933

Always Goodbye

Cop (uncredited)

Movie 1938

Blackjack Ketchum Desperado

Doc Blaine

Movie 1956

The Fall Guy

Charles Newton

Movie 1930

Shooting High

Lem Pritchard

Movie 1940

Bob Hampton of Placer

Lt. Brant

Movie 1921

Frisco Jenny

Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan

Movie 1933

A Man of Sentiment

Officer Ryan

Movie 1933

Go and Get It

Kirk Connelly

Movie 1920

Heir to Trouble

Mining Engineer

Movie 1935

The Prussian Cur

Jimmie O'Grady

Movie 1918

The Beauty Prize

George Brady

Movie 1924

Bread

Roy Beardsley

Movie 1924

Law of the Range

Mr. Howard

Movie 1941

The Bad and the Beautiful

Man Outside the Club (uncredited)

Movie 1952

Alibi

Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon

Movie 1929

Ever Since Eve

Police Officer (uncredited)

Movie 1937

We're Only Human

Police Officer Jordan

Movie 1935

Wanted: Jane Turner

Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)

Movie 1936

36 Hours to Kill

G-Man

Movie 1936

The Phantom Creeps

AMI Chief

Movie 1939

Beloved Enemy

Patrick Callahan

Movie 1936

His Family Tree

Seated Pub Sailor

Movie 1935

Secret Service of the Air

Guard Cooper

Movie 1939

Key Witness

Detective Norris (uncredited)

Movie 1947

Smashing the Money Ring

Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)

Movie 1939

The Big Noise

Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)

Movie 1936

Paddy O'Day

Immigration Officer Tom Wilson

Movie 1936

Champagne Charlie

Ship's Officer

Movie 1936

He Couldn't Say No

Policeman in Car

Movie 1938

A Star Is Born

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Movie 1954

Let Us Live

Captain (uncredited)

Movie 1939

They Made Her a Spy

Intelligence Service Man

Movie 1939

Dodge City

Conductor (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Mothers Cry

Frank Williams

Movie 1930

Women in the Wind

Cleveland Official (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Five Came Back

Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Stunt Pilot

Sheehan

Movie 1939

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Police Guard (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Sailor's Holiday

Movie 1944

Sergeant Madden

Police Sergeant

Movie 1939

Dust Be My Destiny

Bailiff (uncredited)

Movie 1939

The Escape

Neighbor

Movie 1939

The Roaring Twenties

Jailer (uncredited)

Movie 1939

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Policeman

Movie 1939

Lucky Cisco Kid

Minor Role

Movie 1940

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Laboratory Technician

Movie 1940

All the King's Men

Politician (uncredited)

Movie 1949

Girl in Danger

Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)

Movie 1934

Hollywood Boulevard

Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron

Movie 1936

The Glass Key

Politician (uncredited)

Movie 1942

American Madness

Movie 1932

Reg'lar Fellers

Mr. Dugan Sr.

Movie 1941

Days of Wine and Roses

Tenant (uncredited)

Movie 1963

Wolf Call

RCMP Sergeant

Movie 1939

Parachute Jumper

Pilot (uncredited)

Movie 1933

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Editor Gunnigan

Movie 1940

Remember the Night

Jury Member (uncredited)

Movie 1940

The Saint's Double Trouble

Express Man (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Speed Madness

McCarey

Movie 1932

Love on a Budget

Townsman

Movie 1938

My Old Dutch

Joe Brown

Movie 1926

High Tension

Ship's Mate

Movie 1936

Emergency Squad

Fire Captain

Movie 1940

Night Life in Reno

District Attorney

Movie 1931

Anybody's Blonde

Reporter

Movie 1931

Pals of the Pecos

Dan Burke

Movie 1941

This Gun for Hire

Conductor (uncredited)

Movie 1942

Over My Dead Body

Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)

Movie 1942

The Whistler

Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)

Movie 1944

Romance of the Redwoods

Yerkes

Movie 1939

Murder in the Big House

Guard (uncredited)

Movie 1942

My Wild Irish Rose

Conn, The Shaughraun

Movie 1922

Gentleman Jim

Detective (uncredited)

Movie 1942

The House Across the Bay

Prison Guard

Movie 1940

The Bank Dick

Cop (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Little Nellie Kelly

Mounted Policeman (uncredited)

Movie 1940

East of the River

Policeman (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Castle on the Hudson

Guard (uncredited)

Movie 1940

A Dispatch from Reuters

Laborer (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Rocky Mountain Rangers

Captain Taylor

Movie 1940

Girl in 313

Bartender

Movie 1940

The Virginian

Steve

Movie 1923

The Teaser

James McDonald

Movie 1925

Music for Madame

Policeman (Uncredited)

Movie 1937

Redhead from Manhattan

Cop

Movie 1943

The Shadow of the Eagle

Ames

Movie 1932

Attorney for the Defense

Dr. Strong

Movie 1932

Gang Busters

Police Chemist Crandall

Movie 1942

The Racket Man

Postman

Movie 1944

Happiness

Fermoy MacDonough

Movie 1924

Dinty

Jack North

Movie 1920

Blonde Inspiration

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Movie 1941

The Costume Falls

Movie 1931

Thru Different Eyes

Coroner

Movie 1942

Steel Against the Sky

Construction Worker (uncredited)

Movie 1941

Tear Gas Squad

Patrolman

Movie 1940

Quiet Please, Murder

Guard Killed in Library

Movie 1943

I Love That Man

Prison Interne

Movie 1933

The Eternal Struggle

Bucky O'Harra

Movie 1923

Duck Soup

Cop

Movie 1942

A Fugitive from Justice

Policeman (uncredited)

Movie 1940

Double Up

Jim Bowers

Movie 1943

Mission to Moscow

Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)

Movie 1943

The Sky Spider

Jim Morgan

Movie 1931

Gladiola

Movie 1915

The Love That Lives

Jimmy

Movie 1917

Crash Donovan

Patrolman (uncredited)

Movie 1936

The Midnight Sun

Grand Duke Sergius of Russia

Movie 1926

The Breath of the Gods

T. Caraway Dodge

Movie 1920

Spangles

Dick Hale

Movie 1926

False Kisses

Movie 1921

The Fighting Cub

Movie 1925

The Fighting American

Bill Pendleton

Movie 1924

The Red Glove

Kern Thodes (early chapters)

Movie 1919

The Mine with the Iron Door

Hugh Edwards

Movie 1924

The Killer That Stalked New York

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Movie 1950

Public Hero Number 1

Federal Agent (uncredited)

Movie 1935

Special Agent

Roark (uncredited)

Movie 1935

The Man from Colorado

Citizen (uncredited)

Movie 1948

The Voice of the Violin

Movie 1915

Small Town Girl

Doorman

Movie 1953

False Evidence

Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)

Movie 1919

The Fighting Marshal

Deputy Ed Myers

Movie 1931

Trouble for Two

Purser (Uncredited)

Movie 1936

Fools Highway

Mike Kildare

Movie 1924

All for Old Ireland

Movie 1915

Invisible Stripes

Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)

Movie 1939

Everything I Have Is Yours

Conductor (Uncredited)

Movie 1952

One Mysterious Night

Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

Movie 1944

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Sybil Vane

Movie 1916

Call Her Savage

Fireman (Uncredited)

Movie 1932

A Game Chicken

Rush Thompson

Movie 1922

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Plainclothesman (Uncredited)

Movie 1933

The Blooming Angel

Chester Framm

Movie 1920

The Missing Juror

Priest (Uncredited)

Movie 1944

Perils of Pauline

Tim Sullivan

Movie 1933

Before Dawn

Detective Brady (uncredited)

Movie 1933

Mule Train

Charley Stewart (uncredited)

Movie 1950

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Deputy Marshal (uncredited)

Movie 1949

The Fighting Gentleman

Dot Moran

Movie 1932

The Big Steal

Purser (uncredited)

Movie 1949

Her Boy

Charlie Turner

Movie 1918

Hit-the-Trail Holliday

Kent B. Wurst

Movie 1918

Parnell

Irishman

Movie 1937

Tv series unavailable from Pat O'Malley

Highway Patrol

Tv 1955

Black Saddle

Bowen

Tv 1959

State Trooper

Tv 1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Wardrobe Attendant

Tv 1955