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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1963
The Mike Douglas Show
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
What's My Line?
1953
Happy Days
1980
Climax!
1955
The Virginian
1964
Studio One
1958
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1952
McCloud
1973

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
170
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
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1981
Ragtime
as Delmas
1981
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Self
1981
WKRP in Cincinnati
1980
Scout's Honor
as Mr. Caboose
1980
Happy Days
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
1973
Amanda Fallon
as Emory
1973
McCloud
1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter
as Hallelujah Harry
1972
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
as Sgt. McGll
1972
Banyon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1970
The Phynx
as Pat O’Brien
1969
The Over the Hill Gang
as Captain Oren Hayes
1968
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1967
The Virginian
as Doc Bigelow
1965
Town Tamer
as Judge Murcott
1965
Branded
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Lt. John Curwood
1964
The Virginian
as J. Jimerson Jones
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Inspector Dan Zarilla
1963
Going My Way
1963
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe
as Narrator
1962
The Road to Hong Kong
as Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1960
Harrigan and Son
1960
The Best of the Post
as Mike Breen
1959
Some Like It Hot
as Detective Mulligan
1959
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
as Self
1958
The Last Hurrah
as John Gorman
1958
Studio One
as Mike Waterson
1957
Kill Me Tomorrow
as Bart Crosbie
1957
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Sheriff Kyle Bickford
1957
The Ford Television Theatre
as Lt. V. Keever
1957
Telephone Time
1957
Lux Video Theatre
as Captain Barnaby
1956
Climax!
as Ed Talbot
1955
Inside Detroit
as Gus Linden
1955
Climax!
as Police Lieutenant Moore
1955
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Climax!
as Police Lieutenant
1954
Jubilee Trail
as Ernest 'Texas' Conway
1954
Ring of Fear
as Frank Wallace
1954
Lux Video Theatre
as Eddie Gorman
1953
General Electric Theater
as Major Irish
1953
This Is Your Life
as Self
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as John Wentworth
1953
Lux Video Theatre
as Charley Hackett
1953
What's My Line?
as Self
1952
Okinawa
as Lt. Cmdr. Hale
1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1952
Lux Video Theatre
as George Morrell
1951
The People Against O'Hara
as Det. Vincent Ricks
1951
Criminal Lawyer
as James 'Jimmy' Regan
1951
The Hills of Ireland
as Self - Narrator
1951
Lux Video Theatre
as Tim Larkin
1951
Lux Video Theatre
as Joe Crandall
1950
Johnny One-Eye
as Martin Martin
1950
The Fireball
as Father O'Hara
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1949
A Dangerous Profession
as Joe Farley
1949
Ford Theatre
1948
The Boy with Green Hair
as Gramp Fry
1948
Fighting Father Dunne
as Father Peter J. Dunne
1947
Riff-Raff
as Dan Hammer
1947
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
1946
Crack-Up
as George Steele
1946
Perilous Holiday
as Patrick Nevil
1945
Having Wonderful Crime
as Michael J. Malone
1945
Man Alive
as Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
1944
Secret Command
as Sam Gallagher
1944
Marine Raiders
as Maj. Steve Lockhart
1943
The Iron Major
as Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
1943
Bombardier
as Chick Davis
1943
His Butler's Sister
as Martin Murphy
1942
Flight Lieutenant
as Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
1942
Broadway
as Dan McCorn
1942
The Navy Comes Through
as Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Tim Reardon
1941
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940
Castle on the Hudson
as Warden Walter Long
1940
Knute Rockne All American
as Knute Rockne
1940
The Fighting 69th
as Father Duffy
1940
Torrid Zone
as Steve Case
1940
'Til We Meet Again
as Steve Burke
1940
Flowing Gold
as Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
1940
Escape to Glory
as Mike Farrough
1940
Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
1939
The Kid from Kokomo
as William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
1939
Slightly Honorable
as John Webb
1939
Off the Record
as Thomas "Breezy" Elliott
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
as Joe Greer
1939
Breakdowns of 1939
as Self
1939
The Night of Nights
as Dan O'Farrell
1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
as Jerry Connolly
1938
Boy Meets Girl
as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
1938
Swingtime in the Movies
as Himself (uncredited)
1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Roy Chadwick
1938
Garden of the Moon
as John Quinn
1938
Women Are Like That
as Bill Landin
1938
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Pat O'Brien
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Pat O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
San Quentin
as Capt. Stephen Jameson
1937
The Great O'Malley
as James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley
1937
Submarine D-1
as Butch Rogers
1937
Slim
as Red Blayd
1937
Back in Circulation
as Bill Morgan
1937
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
1936
Ceiling Zero
as Jake L. Lee
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
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
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
Stars Over Broadway
as Al McGillevray
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)
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
1935
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
1934
Flirtation Walk
as "Scrapper" Thornhhill
1934
Here Comes the Navy
as Biff Martin
1934
Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Rush Blake
1934
Gambling Lady
as Charlie Lang
1934
The Personality Kid
as Ritzy
1934
I've Got Your Number
as Terry Riley
1934
I Sell Anything
as "Spot Cash" Cutler
1934
Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Himself
1934
Studio Highlights
as Self (archive footage)
1933
Bombshell
as Jim Brogan
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Detective Butch Saunders
1933
Laughter in Hell
as Barney Slaney
1933
The World Gone Mad
as Andy Terrell
1933
Destination Unknown
as Matt Brennan
1933
College Coach
as Coach Gore
1932
American Madness
as Matt Brown
1932
Virtue
as Jimmy Doyle
1932
Air Mail
as Duke Talbot
1932
The Final Edition
as Sam Bradshaw
1932
Scandal for Sale
as Waddell
1932
Hell's House
as Matt Kelly
1932
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Frank Deane
1932
Flaming Gold
as Ben Lear
1932
Hollywood Speaks
as Jimmy Reed
1931
The Front Page
as Hildy Johnson
1931
Honor Among Lovers
as Conroy (uncredited)
1931
Flying High
as Sport Wardell
1931
Consolation Marriage
as Steve Porter
1931
Personal Maid
as Peter Shea
1931
Crimes Square
as Marty
1930
My Mistake
1930
Compliments of the Season
as Police Detective (uncredited)
1930
The Voice of Hollywood
as Self/Host