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Pat O'Brien
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Pat O'Brien

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1899 – 1983 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA · Active 1930–2013

Pat O'Brien, born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien, was a prominent American actor whose career flourished in the 1930s and 1940s. He is well-remembered for his role in Knute Rockne All American (1940), where he embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and determination. O'Brien's versatility is further highlighted in The Boy with Green Hair (1948), a poignant tale that explores themes of identity and acceptance. His contributions to cinema during this era resonate within the cult film landscape, making his performances essential viewing for fans of classic cinema.

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The Over the Hill Gang

The Over the Hill Gang

1969 ★ 5.6
as Captain Oren Hayes

A retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge and a trigger-happy sheriff.

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Knute Rockne All American (1940) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Knute Rockne All American
1940 · ★5.8
The Boy with Green Hair (1948) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Boy with Green Hair
1948 · ★6.3
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot
1959
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Happy Days (1974)
Happy Days
1974
Ragtime (1981)
Ragtime
1981
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978

Filmography

169 credits
2010s 1 credit
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.5
2000s 2 credits
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.5
2005
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.5
1990s 1 credit
1999
Dill Scallion as Self
Movie ★ 6.2
1980s 4 credits
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1981
Ragtime as Delmas
Movie ★ 7.0
1981
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy as Self
Movie ★ 10.0
1980
Scout's Honor as Mr. Caboose
Movie ★ 7.5
1970s 13 credits
1978
The End as Ben Lawson
Movie ★ 5.6
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV ★ 7.6
1977
Billy Jack Goes to Washington as President of the Senate
Movie ★ 6.5
1976
Kiss Me... Kill Me as Jimmy, the morgue attendant
Movie ★ 6.8
1975
The Sky's the Limit as Abner Therman
Movie ★ 10.0
1974
Happy Days
TV ★ 7.6
1973
Amanda Fallon as Emory
Movie ★ 8.0
1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter as Hallelujah Harry
Movie ★ 3.8
1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol as Sgt. McGll
Movie ★ 8.0
1972
Banyon
TV ★ 8.0
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
TV ★ 7.0
1970
The Phynx as Pat O’Brien
Movie ★ 3.7
1970
McCloud
TV ★ 7.2
1960s 17 credits
1969
The Over the Hill Gang● as Captain Oren Hayes
Movie ★ 5.8
1965
Town Tamer as Judge Murcott
Movie ★ 6.8
1965
Branded
TV ★ 6.8
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Lt. John Curwood
TV ★ 6.5
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV ★ 5.9
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Inspector Dan Zarilla
TV ★ 6.5
1962
Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe as Narrator
Movie
1962
The Road to Hong Kong as Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
TV ★ 6.6
1962
Going My Way
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as J. Jimerson Jones
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Virginian as Doc Bigelow
TV ★ 6.5
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
TV ★ 7.5
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
TV ★ 5.8
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
TV ★ 5.8
1960
Harrigan and Son
TV ★ 10.0
1960
The Best of the Post as Mike Breen
TV
1950s 33 credits
1959
Some Like It Hot as Detective Mulligan
Movie ★ 8.1
1959
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns as Self
Movie ★ 9.0
1958
The Last Hurrah as John Gorman
Movie ★ 7.2
1958
Kraft Music Hall as Self
TV ★ 5.4
1957
Kill Me Tomorrow as Bart Crosbie
Movie ★ 5.5
1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter as Sheriff Kyle Bickford
Movie
1956
Telephone Time
TV ★ 6.5
1955
Inside Detroit as Gus Linden
Movie ★ 6.5
1955
Science Fiction Theatre
TV ★ 6.3
1954
Jubilee Trail as Ernest 'Texas' Conway
Movie ★ 5.2
1954
Ring of Fear as Frank Wallace
Movie ★ 5.8
1954
Climax! as Police Lieutenant Moore
TV ★ 3.8
1954
Climax! as Ed Talbot
TV ★ 3.8
1954
Climax! as Police Lieutenant
TV ★ 3.8
1953
General Electric Theater as Major Irish
TV ★ 6.8
1952
Okinawa as Lt. Cmdr. Hale
Movie ★ 5.6
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Lt. V. Keever
TV ★ 7.8
1952
This Is Your Life as Self
TV ★ 6.5
1951
The People Against O'Hara as Det. Vincent Ricks
Movie ★ 5.7
1951
Criminal Lawyer as James 'Jimmy' Regan
Movie ★ 7.4
1951
The Hills of Ireland as Self - Narrator
Movie
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV ★ 7.2
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as John Wentworth
TV ★ 7.2
1950
Johnny One-Eye as Martin Martin
Movie ★ 5.1
1950
The Fireball as Father O'Hara
Movie ★ 6.0
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
TV ★ 6.9
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Tim Larkin
TV ★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Captain Barnaby
TV ★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Joe Crandall
TV ★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video Theatre as George Morrell
TV ★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Charley Hackett
TV ★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Eddie Gorman
TV ★ 6.7
1950
What's My Line? as Self
TV ★ 7.0
1940s 30 credits
1949
A Dangerous Profession as Joe Farley
Movie ★ 5.7
1948
The Boy with Green Hair● as Gramp Fry
Movie ★ 6.2
1948
Fighting Father Dunne as Father Peter J. Dunne
Movie ★ 7.5
1948
Ford Theatre
TV ★ 8.0
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
TV ★ 6.8
1948
Studio One as Mike Waterson
TV ★ 5.4
1947
Riff-Raff as Dan Hammer
Movie ★ 6.2
1947
Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
Movie ★ 6.3
1946
Crack-Up as George Steele
Movie ★ 5.7
1946
Perilous Holiday as Patrick Nevil
Movie ★ 8.0
1945
Having Wonderful Crime as Michael J. Malone
Movie ★ 6.6
1945
Man Alive as Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
Movie ★ 5.6
1944
Secret Command as Sam Gallagher
Movie ★ 6.6
1944
Marine Raiders as Maj. Steve Lockhart
Movie ★ 6.8
1943
The Iron Major as Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
Movie ★ 5.7
1943
Bombardier as Chick Davis
Movie ★ 5.7
1943
His Butler's Sister as Martin Murphy
Movie ★ 7.2
1942
Flight Lieutenant as Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
Movie ★ 6.3
1942
Broadway as Dan McCorn
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
The Navy Comes Through as Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad as Tim Reardon
Movie ★ 4.0
1941
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Castle on the Hudson as Warden Walter Long
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Knute Rockne All American● as Knute Rockne
Movie ★ 6.2
1940
The Fighting 69th as Father Duffy
Movie ★ 5.8
1940
Torrid Zone as Steve Case
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
'Til We Meet Again as Steve Burke
Movie ★ 6.4
1940
Flowing Gold as Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
Movie ★ 6.8
1940
Escape to Glory as Mike Farrough
Movie ★ 7.5
1940
Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
Movie ★ 4.0
1930s 68 credits
1939
The Kid from Kokomo as William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
Movie ★ 6.5
1939
Slightly Honorable as John Webb
Movie ★ 5.1
1939
Off the Record as Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
Movie ★ 6.4
1939
Indianapolis Speedway as Joe Greer
Movie ★ 5.6
1939
Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
The Night of Nights as Dan O'Farrell
Movie ★ 8.0
1938
Angels with Dirty Faces as Jerry Connolly
Movie ★ 7.5
1938
Boy Meets Girl as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
Movie ★ 6.9
1938
Swingtime in the Movies as Himself (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn as Roy Chadwick
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Garden of the Moon as John Quinn
Movie ★ 6.8
1938
Women Are Like That as Bill Landin
Movie ★ 6.8
1938
Out Where the Stars Begin as Pat O'Brien
Movie ★ 7.1
1938
Breakdowns of 1938 as Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1937
San Quentin as Capt. Stephen Jameson
Movie ★ 6.6
1937
The Great O'Malley as James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Submarine D-1 as Butch Rogers
Movie ★ 5.0
1937
Slim as Red Blayd
Movie ★ 6.5
1937
Back in Circulation as Bill Morgan
Movie ★ 6.5
1937
Breakdowns of 1937 as Self
Movie ★ 6.0
1936
Ceiling Zero as Jake L. Lee
Movie ★ 5.9
1936
China Clipper as Dave Logan
Movie ★ 5.9
1936
Public Enemy's Wife as Lee Laird
Movie ★ 6.4
1936
I Married a Doctor as Dr. William P. Kennicott
Movie ★ 5.3
1936
Breakdowns of 1936 as Self
Movie
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
Movie ★ 6.0
1935
Page Miss Glory as Click Wiley
Movie ★ 6.7
1935
The Irish in Us as Pat O'Hara
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
Oil for the Lamps of China as Stephen Chase
Movie ★ 7.2
1935
Stars Over Broadway as Al McGillevray
Movie ★ 5.6
1935
In Caliente as Larry MacArthur
Movie ★ 6.7
1935
Devil Dogs of the Air as Lieut. Brannigan
Movie ★ 6.8
1935
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Himself (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
Movie ★ 5.0
1935
A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1934
Flirtation Walk as "Scrapper" Thornhhill
Movie ★ 5.7
1934
Here Comes the Navy as Biff Martin
Movie ★ 6.0
1934
Twenty Million Sweethearts as Rush Blake
Movie ★ 6.6
1934
Gambling Lady as Charlie Lang
Movie ★ 6.2
1934
The Personality Kid as Ritzy
Movie ★ 4.4
1934
I've Got Your Number as Terry Riley
Movie ★ 6.8
1934
I Sell Anything as "Spot Cash" Cutler
Movie ★ 5.0
1934
Screen Snapshots No. 11 as Himself
Movie
1934
Studio Highlights as Self (archive footage)
Movie
1933
Bombshell as Jim Brogan
Movie ★ 6.5
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons as Detective Butch Saunders
Movie ★ 5.7
1933
Laughter in Hell as Barney Slaney
Movie ★ 3.7
1933
The World Gone Mad as Andy Terrell
Movie ★ 4.8
1933
Destination Unknown as Matt Brennan
Movie ★ 7.0
1933
College Coach as Coach Gore
Movie ★ 4.6
1932
American Madness as Matt Brown
Movie ★ 6.9
1932
Virtue as Jimmy Doyle
Movie ★ 6.6
1932
Air Mail as Duke Talbot
Movie ★ 5.5
1932
The Final Edition as Sam Bradshaw
Movie ★ 6.5
1932
Scandal for Sale as Waddell
Movie ★ 8.5
1932
Hell's House as Matt Kelly
Movie ★ 5.3
1932
The Strange Case of Clara Deane as Frank Deane
Movie ★ 6.5
1932
Flaming Gold as Ben Lear
Movie ★ 6.4
1932
Hollywood Speaks as Jimmy Reed
Movie ★ 10.0
1931
The Front Page as Hildy Johnson
Movie ★ 6.5
1931
Honor Among Lovers as Conroy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1931
Consolation Marriage as Steve Porter
Movie ★ 6.4
1931
Flying High as Sport Wardell
Movie ★ 5.8
1931
Personal Maid as Peter Shea
Movie ★ 6.5
1931
Crimes Square as Marty
Movie
1930
My Mistake
Movie
1930
Compliments of the Season as Police Detective (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1930
The Voice of Hollywood as Self/Host
Movie