Birth Day: 1890-09-02
Place of birth: Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA
Often confused with the British-born comic actor J. Pat O'Malley, who is the better remembered, silent dramatic film star Pat O'Malley 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 Edison's 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 O'Malley 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.
Credits
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As Mr. Wilson (archive footage) -
As Tenant (uncredited) -
As Doc Blaine -
As Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) -
As Doorman -
As Sawyer (uncredited) -
As Conductor (Uncredited) -
As Townsman (uncredited) -
As Man Outside the Club (uncredited) -
As Police Sergeant (uncredited) -
As Charley Stewart (uncredited) -
As Committee Man -
As Officer Jim -
As Politician (uncredited) -
As Deputy Marshal (uncredited) -
As Purser (uncredited) -
As Bank Guard (uncredited) -
As Sergeant (uncredited)
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As Citizen (uncredited) -
As Detective Norris (uncredited) -
As 2nd Cop (uncredited) -
As Postman -
As Police Sergeant (Uncredited) -
As Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited) -
As Priest (uncredited) -
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As Jim Bowers -
As Cop -
As Postman -
As Guard Killed in Library -
As Irish-American in Montage (uncredited) -
As Cop -
As Conductor (uncredited) -
As Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley) -
As Guard (uncredited) -
As Detective (uncredited) -
As Politician (uncredited) -
As Police Chemist Crandall -
As Jonathan Taylor -
As Police Sergeant -
As Cop
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As Lieutenant (uncredited) -
As Coroner -
As Policeman -
As Mr. Howard -
As Construction Worker (uncredited) -
As Policeman -
As Dan Burke -
As Mr. Dugan Sr. -
As Police Sergeant (uncredited) -
As Officer Murphy (uncredited) -
As Party Guest (uncredited) -
As Officer #1 -
As Express Man (uncredited) -
As Editor Gunnigan -
As Laboratory Technician -
As Minor Role -
As Jury Member (uncredited) -
As Cop (uncredited) -
As Fire Captain -
As Prison Guard -
As Mounted Policeman (uncredited) -
As Policeman (uncredited) -
As Guard (uncredited) -
As Captain Taylor -
As Bartender -
As Patrolman -
As Laborer (uncredited) -
As Policeman (uncredited) -
As Lem Pritchard -
As Policeman -
As Bailiff (uncredited) -
As Actor (uncredited) -
As Bullock -
As Deputy Driver (uncredited) -
As Yerkes -
As AMI Chief -
As RCMP Sergeant -
As Guard Cooper -
As Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited) -
As Jailer (uncredited) -
As Neighbor -
As Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited) -
As Police Sergeant -
As Conductor (uncredited) -
As Police Guard (uncredited) -
As Bar Patron -
As Sheehan -
As Captain (uncredited) -
As Cleveland Official (uncredited) -
As Mike Mulvaney (uncredited) -
As Intelligence Service Man -
As Townsman -
As Policeman in Car -
As Cop (uncredited) -
As Detective -
As Policeman (Uncredited) -
As Irishman -
As Prison Guard (uncredited) -
As Police Officer (uncredited) -
As Third Officer (uncredited) -
As Immigration Officer Tom Wilson -
As Purser (Uncredited) -
As Patrolman (uncredited) -
As Ship's Officer -
As Ship's Mate -
As Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited) -
As Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron -
As Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited) -
As Patrick Callahan -
As G-Man -
As Police Officer Jordan -
As Federal Agent (uncredited) -
As Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1] -
As Seated Pub Sailor -
As Roark (uncredited) -
As Mining Engineer -
As First Drunk -
As Police Captain -
As Police Officer -
As Lon Burt
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As Detective (uncredited) -
As Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited) -
As John Craig -
As Actor (uncredited) -
As Prison Interne -
As Pat Patrick -
As Det. Bob Larkin -
As Detective Agency Official -
As Officer Ryan -
As Tim Sullivan -
As Detective Brady (uncredited) -
As Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan -
As Pilot (uncredited) -
As Plainclothesman (Uncredited) -
As Lafe Armstrong -
As Paul Whipple -
As Van Avery - City Editor -
As McCarey -
As Fireman (Uncredited) -
As Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender -
As Ames -
As Burke -
As Dr. Strong -
As Bob -
As Dot Moran -
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As Daley -
As Broadcast Sergeant (uncredited) -
As Jim Morgan -
As Deputy Ed Myers -
As Man -
As Reporter -
As Sheriff A. W. Brown -
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As District Attorney -
As Frank Williams -
As Charles Newton -
As D.J. McCarthy -
As Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon -
As Pat Regan
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As Trooper Bucky O'Hare
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As Dick Farnum
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As Larry Dugan
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As Gregory Compton -
As Dick Hale -
As Grand Duke Sergius of Russia -
As James Langham -
As Joe Brown -
As Patrick O'Malley -
As Robert Stanley
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As Tom Benham -
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As James McDonald -
As Roy Beardsley -
As George Brady
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As Fermoy MacDonough -
As Mike Kildare -
As Bill Pendleton -
As Fred Hopper -
As Hugh Edwards -
As Bucky O'Harra -
As Lawrence Mayne -
As Philip Logan -
As Robert Browne -
As Howard Metcliffe -
As Harry Baldwin -
As Steve -
As Conn, The Shaughraun -
As Rush Thompson -
As Lt. Brant -
As Jimmy -
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As Phillip Bradley -
As Chester Framm -
As Jack North -
As Kirk Connelly -
As T. Caraway Dodge -
As Kern Thodes (early chapters) -
As Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley) -
As Charlie Turner -
As Clancy -
As Tom Dunstan -
As Kent B. Wurst -
As Jimmie O'Grady -
As Cpl. John Emerson -
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As Hugh Graham -
As Jimmy -
As Sybil Vane
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As Roger Sterritt -
As Pat McQuade -
