Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

167

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-11-10

Deathday

1983-10-15 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

William Joseph Patrick O'Brien
Пэт О’Брайен

Pat O’Brien

Biography

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.

Known For

8.1%

Some Like It Hot

Mar 19, 1959

7.5%

Angels with Dirty Faces

Nov 26, 1938

7.7%

Happy Days

Jan 15, 1974

7.0%

Ragtime

Nov 20, 1981

7.5%

WKRP in Cincinnati

Sep 18, 1978

7.5%

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 1, 1962

6.5%

The Front Page

Apr 4, 1931

5.5%

The End

May 10, 1978

6.2%

The Boy with Green Hair

Nov 26, 1948

7.1%

The Last Hurrah

Dec 31, 1958

6.5%

Bombshell

Oct 13, 1933

7.1%

McCloud

Feb 17, 1970

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Acting

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)

2008

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self (archive footage)

2005

Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? as Self (archive footage)

1999

Dill Scallion as Self

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1981		James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy as Self
1981		Ragtime as Delmas

1980

Scout's Honor as Mr. Caboose

1978		WKRP in Cincinnati
1978		The End as Ben Lawson

1977

Billy Jack Goes to Washington as President of the Senate

1976

Kiss Me, Kill Me as Jimmy, the morgue attendant

1975

The Sky's the Limit as Abner Therman

1974

Happy Days

1973

Amanda Fallon as Emory

1972		Banyon
1972		The Adventures of Nick Carter as Hallelujah Harry
1972		Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Sgt. McGll

1971

Alias Smith and Jones

1970		The Phynx as Pat O’Brien
1970		McCloud

1969

The Over the Hill Gang as Captain Oren Hayes

1965		Town Tamer as Judge Murcott
1965		Branded

1963		Kraft Suspense Theatre as Lt. John Curwood
1963		Kraft Suspense Theatre as Inspector Dan Zarilla
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1962		Going My Way
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		The Virginian as J. Jimerson Jones
1962		The Virginian as Doc Bigelow
1962		The Road to Hong Kong as Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
1962		Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe as Narrator

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1960		The Best of the Post as Mike Breen
1960		Harrigan and Son

1959		I Captured the King of the Leprechauns as Self
1959		Some Like It Hot as Detective Mulligan

1958		The Last Hurrah as John Gorman
1958		Kraft Music Hall as Self

1957

Kill Me Tomorrow as Bart Crosbie

1956		Telephone Time
1956		Inside Detroit as Gus Linden

1955

Science Fiction Theatre

1954		Climax! as Police Lieutenant Moore
1954		Climax! as Ed Talbot
1954		Climax! as Police Lieutenant
1954		Ring of Fear as Frank Wallace
1954		Jubilee Trail as Ernest 'Texas' Conway

1953

General Electric Theater as Major Irish

1952		The Ford Television Theatre as Lt. V. Keever
1952		This Is Your Life as Self
1952		Okinawa as Lt. Cmdr. Hale

1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as John Wentworth
1951		The People Against O'Hara as Det. Vincent Ricks
1951		Criminal Lawyer as James 'Jimmy' Regan

1950		The Fireball as Father O'Hara
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Tim Larkin
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Captain Barnaby
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Joe Crandall
1950		Lux Video Theatre as George Morrell
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Charley Hackett
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Eddie Gorman
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		Johnny One-Eye as Martin Martin
1950		What's My Line? as Self

1949

A Dangerous Profession as Joe Farley

1948		The Boy with Green Hair as Gramp Fry
1948		Studio One as Mike Waterson
1948		Ford Theatre
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		Fighting Father Dunne as Father Peter J. Dunne

1947		Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
1947		Riff-Raff as Dan Hammer

1946		Crack-Up as George Steele
1946		Perilous Holiday as Patrick Nevil

1945		Man Alive as Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
1945		Having Wonderful Crime as Michael J. Malone

1944		Secret Command as Sam Gallagher
1944		Marine Raiders as Maj. Steve Lockhart

1943		His Butler's Sister as Martin Murphy
1943		The Iron Major as Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
1943		Bombardier as Chick Davis

1942		The Navy Comes Through as Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
1942		Flight Lieutenant as Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
1942		Broadway as Dan McCorn
1942		Two Yanks in Trinidad as Tim Reardon

1941

Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940		Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1940		Knute Rockne All American as Knute Rockne
1940		Flowing Gold as Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
1940		Escape to Glory as Mike Farrough
1940		Torrid Zone as Steve Case
1940		'Til We Meet Again as Steve Burke
1940		Castle on the Hudson as Warden Walter Long
1940		The Fighting 69th as Father Duffy

1939		Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
1939		Slightly Honorable as John Webb
1939		The Night of Nights as Dan O'Farrell
1939		Indianapolis Speedway as Joe Greer
1939		The Kid from Kokomo as William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
1939		Off the Record as Thomas "Breezy" Elliott

1938		Breakdowns of 1938 as Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938		Swingtime in the Movies as Himself (uncredited)
1938		Angels with Dirty Faces as Jerry Connolly
1938		Garden of the Moon as John Quinn
1938		Boy Meets Girl as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
1938		Cowboy from Brooklyn as Roy Chadwick
1938		Out Where the Stars Begin as Pat O'Brien
1938		Women Are Like That as Bill Landin

1937		Breakdowns of 1937 as Self
1937		Submarine D-1 as Butch Rogers
1937		Back in Circulation as Bill Morgan
1937		Slim as Red Blayd
1937		San Quentin as Capt. Stephen Jameson
1937		The Great O'Malley as James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley

1936		Breakdowns of 1936 as Self
1936		Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
1936		China Clipper as Dave Logan
1936		Public Enemy's Wife as Lee Laird
1936		I Married a Doctor as Dr. William P. Kennicott
1936		Ceiling Zero as Jake L. Lee

1935		A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)
1935		Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
1935		Stars Over Broadway as Al McGillevray
1935		Page Miss Glory as Click Wiley
1935		The Irish in Us as Pat O'Hara
1935		Oil for the Lamps of China as Stephen Chase
1935		In Caliente as Larry MacArthur
1935		Devil Dogs of the Air as Lieut. Brannigan
1935		A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Himself (uncredited)

1934		Flirtation Walk as "Scrapper" Thornhhill
1934		I Sell Anything as "Spot Cash" Cutler
1934		Studio Highlights as Self (archive footage)
1934		Here Comes the Navy as Biff Martin
1934		The Personality Kid as Ritzy
1934		Twenty Million Sweethearts as Rush Blake
1934		Gambling Lady as Charlie Lang
1934		I've Got Your Number as Terry Riley
1934		Screen Snapshots No. 11 as Himself

1933		College Coach as Coach Gore
1933		Bombshell as Jim Brogan
1933		Bureau of Missing Persons as Detective Butch Saunders
1933		The World Gone Mad as Andy Terrell
1933		Destination Unknown as Matt Brennan
1933		Laughter in Hell as Barney Slaney

1932		Air Mail as Duke Talbot
1932		Virtue as Jimmy Doyle
1932		Flaming Gold as Ben Lear
1932		American Madness as Matt Brown
1932		Hollywood Speaks as Jimmy Reed
1932		The Strange Case of Clara Deane as Frank Deane
1932		Scandal for Sale as Waddell
1932		The Final Edition as Sam Bradshaw
1932		Hell's House as Matt Kelly

1931		Consolation Marriage as Steve Porter
1931		Flying High as Sport Wardell
1931		Personal Maid as Peter Shea
1931		The Front Page as Hildy Johnson
1931		Crimes Square as Marty
1931		Honor Among Lovers as Conroy

1930		Compliments of the Season as Police Detective (uncredited)
1930		My Mistake
1930		The Voice of Hollywood as Self/Host