Robert Emmett O'Connor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 204 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best known as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in The Public Enemy (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy (the older Paramount gate guard) in Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, as well as made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
Known for
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- A Star Is Born (1937)
- Easter Parade (1948)
- A Night at the Opera (1935)
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
- Made for Each Other (1939)
- Anchors Aweigh (1945)
- The Clock (1945)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- They Were Expendable (1945)
- Desire (1936)
- Courage of Lassie (1946)
- Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
- The Harvey Girls (1946)
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
- Lady for a Day (1933)
- Adventure (1945)
- Blonde Venus (1932)