Robert Emmett O'Connor

Biography

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).

Birthday

Mar 18, 1885

Place of birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Deathday

Sep 4, 1962

Also known as

  • Robert Emmet O'Connor
  • Robert E. O'Connor
  • Robert E. O'Conner
  • Robert O'Connor
  • Роберт О’Коннор

Credited in

As cast