Pat O'Malley (September 3, 1890 – May 21, 1966) was an American vaudeville and stage performer prior to starting a prolific film career at the age of sixteen. He later had a career in television.Who Was Who on Screen p.353 2nd Edition c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt ISBN 0-8352-0914-8
Career O'Malley was born as Patrick Henry O'Malley Jr. in Forest City, Pennsylvania. He had circus experience by the time he discovered an interest in motion pictures. His screen career dates from the days of Kalem and Edison Studios.Pat O'Malley, AllMovie.com From 1918 to 1927 he appeared in scores of silent films as both a leading man and a character actor i.e.: The Heart of Humanity, My Wild Irish Rose, The Virginian and in the adaptation of bestseller Brothers Under the Skin.
O'Malley saw his career decline with the advent of sound. He was quickly relegated to supporting parts, and appeared in some four-hundred films in bit parts and supporting roles. He guest-starred in the early musical series Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town on CBS. O'Malley remained on call into the early 1960s for such TV shows as The Twilight Zone and such films as Days of Wine and Roses.
Family In 1915, O'Malley married actress Lillian Wilkes (died December 15, 1976). The couple had three children: Sheila, Eileen, and Kathleen, an actress. O'Malley had a brother, Charles O'Malley (1897-1958), who was an actor and assistant director.Silent Film Necrology p.403 2ndEdition c.2001 Eugene M. Vazzana; ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
Death O'Malley died of a heart attack in 1966 at the age of 75; his interment was at San Fernando Mission Cemetery.
Partial filmography
The Love That Lives (1916) as Jimmy Hit-The-Trail Holliday (1918) as Kent B. Wurst The Prussian Cur (1918) as Jimmie O'Grady The Red Glove (1919) as Kern Thodes Go and Get It (1920) as Kirk Connelly Dinty (1920) as Jack North The Prospector's Vengeance (Short) (1920) as Joe The Breath of the Gods (1920) as T. Caraway Dodge Brothers Under the Skin (1922) as Newton Craddock A Game Chicken (1922) as Rush Thompson The Virginian (1923) as Steve Brass (1923) as Harry Baldwin The Mine with the Iron Door (1924) as Hugh Edwards The Beauty Prize (1924) as George Brady Happiness (1924) as Fermoy MacDonough Bread (1924) as Roy Beardsley The Fighting American (1924) as Bill Pendleton Proud Flesh (1925) as Pat O'Malley The White Desert (1925) as Barry The Teaser (1925) as James McDonald Spangles (1926) as Dick Hale aka Dick Radley Pleasure Before Business (1927) as Dr. Burke The Man I Love (1929) as D.J. McCarthy The Fall Guy (1930) as Charles Newton The Fighting Marshal (1931) as Deputy Ed Myers High Speed (1932) as Paul Whipple The Shadow of the Eagle (1932) as Ames Those We Love (1932) as Daley Frisco Jenny (1932) as O'Hoolihan The Whirlwind (1933) as Pat Patrick The Fighting Marines (1935) as Captain Grayson Men of the Hour (1935) as Police Captain Hollywood Boulevard (1936) as Pago Pago Patron The Roaring Twenties (1939) as Jailer (uncredited) Law of the Range (1941) as Mr. Howard The Wild One (1953) as Sawyer (uncredited) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) (Season 4 Episode 28: "The Impossible Dream") as Wardrobe Attendant
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