Robert E. O'Connor

Highest Rated: 100% Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)

Lowest Rated: 61% Blonde Venus (1932)

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Boasting a colorful show-biz background as a circus and vaudeville performer, Robert Emmet O'Connor entered films in 1926. Blessed with a pudgy Irish mug that could convey both jocularity and menace, O'Connor was most often cast as cops and detectives, some of them honest and lovable, some of them corrupt and pugnacious. His roles ranged from such hefty assignments as the flustered plainclothesman Henderson in Night at the Opera (1935) to such bits as the traffic cop who is confused by Jimmy Cagney's barrage of Yiddish in Taxi! (1932). One of his most famous non-cop roles was warm-hearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in Public Enemy. During the 1940s, O'Connor was a contract player at MGM, showing up in everything from Our Gang comedies to the live-action prologue of the Tex Avery cartoon classic Who Killed Who? (1944). Robert Emmet O'Connor's last film role was Paramount studio-guard Jonesy in Sunset Boulevard (1950). Twelve years later, he died of injuries sustained in a fire.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
98%	Sunset Boulevard	Jonesy	—	1950
91%	Easter Parade	Policeman	—	1948
No Score Yet	High Wall	Joe the gatekeeper	—	1947
No Score Yet	Fiesta	Bus Driver	—	1947
No Score Yet	High Barbaree	Stationmaster	—	1947
No Score Yet	The Hucksters	Doorman	—	1947
100%	Till the Clouds Roll By	Clerk	—	1947
No Score Yet	Undercurrent	Stationmaster	—	1946
No Score Yet	Easy to Wed	Taxi Driver	—	1946
No Score Yet	Courage of Lassie	Deputy	—	1946
No Score Yet	The Hoodlum Saint	Conductor	—	1946
100%	The Harvey Girls	Conductor	—	1946
No Score Yet	Cuban Pete	Cuban Servant	—	1946
No Score Yet	The Show-Off	Motorman	—	1946
91%	They Were Expendable	Bartender at Silver Dollar	—	1945
No Score Yet	Abbott and Costello in Hollywood	Studio Cop	—	1945
71%	The Thin Man Goes Home	Baggage Man	—	1945
No Score Yet	Thrill of a Romance	Mr. Vemmering	—	1945
No Score Yet	Gentle Annie	Childers	—	1945
100%	Meet Me In St. Louis	Conductor	—	1944
No Score Yet	Nothing but Trouble	Mulligan	—	1944
No Score Yet	Meet the People	Attendant	—	1944
No Score Yet	Whistling in Brooklyn	Detective Finnigan	—	1943
No Score Yet	Best Foot Forward	Railroad Conductor	—	1943
No Score Yet	Slightly Dangerous	Reporter	—	1943
83%	The Human Comedy	Bartender	—	1943
No Score Yet	Air Raid Wardens	Charlie Beaugart	—	1943
No Score Yet	Tennessee Johnson	Robinson	—	1942
No Score Yet	No Time for Comedy	Desk Sergeant	—	1940
83%	Dance, Girl, Dance	Actor	—	1940
100%	Road to Singapore	Immigration Officer	—	1940
No Score Yet	Streets of New York	Burke	—	1939
No Score Yet	Made for Each Other	Harry - Elevator Starter	—	1939
No Score Yet	Professor Beware	Cop at estate	—	1938
No Score Yet	Arsene Lupin Returns	Gendarme	—	1938
No Score Yet	Tropic Holiday	Enrique, the Big Peon	—	1938
No Score Yet	Boy of the Streets	Rourke	—	1937
No Score Yet	Super-Sleuth	Casey	—	1937
100%	A Star Is Born	Bartender at Santa Anita	—	1937
No Score Yet	Waikiki Wedding	Actor	—	1937
No Score Yet	Park Avenue Logger	Actor	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Crime Nobody Saw	Burke	—	1937
No Score Yet	When You're in Love	Actor	—	1937
No Score Yet	Girl Overboard	Sgt. Hatton	—	1937
No Score Yet	Wells Fargo	Sea Captain	—	1937
100%	Desire	Customs Official	—	1936
88%	Little Lord Fauntleroy	Policeman	—	1936
97%	A Night at the Opera	Detective Henderson	—	1935
No Score Yet	Let 'em Have It	Police Captain	—	1935
No Score Yet	Star of Midnight	Sgt. Cleary	—	1935
100%	The Whole Town's Talking	Police Lt. Mac	—	1935
No Score Yet	Waterfront Lady	Actor	—	1935
No Score Yet	Stolen Harmony	Warden Clark	—	1935
No Score Yet	Mysterious Mr. Wong	McGillicuddy	—	1934
No Score Yet	The Big Shakedown	Regan, the Bartender	—	1934
100%	Lady for a Day	The Inspector	—	1933
No Score Yet	Penthouse (Crooks in Clover)	Lt. Stevens	—	1933
No Score Yet	Picture Snatcher	Casey Nolan	—	1933
92%	The Mystery of the Wax Museum	Joe the Cop (uncredited)	—	1933
No Score Yet	The Great Jasper	Actor	—	1933
No Score Yet	Frisco Jenny	Jim Sandoval	—	1933
No Score Yet	Midnight Mary	Cop	—	1933
80%	Gabriel over the White House	Inspector	—	1933
No Score Yet	The Kid from Spain	Detective Crawford	—	1932
61%	Blonde Venus	Dan O'Connor	—	1932
No Score Yet	American Madness	The Inspector	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Dark Horse	Sheriff	—	1932
No Score Yet	Night World	Policeman	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Big Timer	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	Taxi!	Cop with Jewish man	—	1932
100%	The Public Enemy	Paddy Ryan	—	1931
No Score Yet	Up the River	Guard	—	1930
No Score Yet	Our Blushing Brides	The Detective	—	1930
75%	The Big House	Sgt. Donlin	—	1930
No Score Yet	Paid	Cassidy	—	1930
No Score Yet	Weary River	Actor	—	1929
No Score Yet	The Singing Fool	Cafe Manager	—	1928
No Score Yet	The Noose	Jim Conley	—	1928
No Score Yet	Four Walls	Sullivan	—	1928

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