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Pat O'Brien

Highest Rated: 100% Ceiling Zero (1935)

Lowest Rated: 71% The Fighting 69th (1940)

Birthday: Nov 11, 1899

Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

A veteran Irish-American lead and character player, Pat O'Brien is best known as one of the cynical reporters in the sterling first screen version of the Broadway play, "The Front Page" (1931), the title role (opposite Ronald Reagan) in "Knute Rockne--All American" (1940) and as Jimmy Cagney's clerical confidante in "Angels With Dirty Faces" (1938).

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100% 67% Ceiling Zero
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100% 92% Angels With Dirty Faces
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100% 24% Flirtation Walk
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95% 94% Some Like It Hot
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90% 76% Bombshell
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88% 60% Knute Rockne, All American
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88% 60% The Front Page
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84% 77% Ragtime
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83% 36% Here Comes the Navy
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83% 81% The Last Hurrah
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Filmography

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Credit
84% 77% Ragtime Mr. Delphin Delmas (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scout's Honor Mr. Caboose (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 47% Kiss Me... Kill Me Jimmy (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sky's the Limit Abner Therman (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Nick Carter Hallelujah Harry (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol Sgt. McGll (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 25% The Over-the-Hill Gang Capt. Oren Hayes (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Town Tamer Judge Murcott (Character) - 1965
95% 94% Some Like It Hot Mulligan (Character) - 1959
83% 81% The Last Hurrah John Gorman, Skeffington Crony (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kill Me Tomorrow Bart Crosbie (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inside Detroit Gus Linden (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 43% Ring of Fear Frank Wallace (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jubilee Trail Ernest "Texas" Conway' (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Okinawa Lt. Cmdr. Hale (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 37% The People Against O'Hara Det. Vincent Ricks (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Criminal Lawyer James Edward Reagan (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 17% The Fireball Father O'Hara (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny One Eye Martin Martin (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 25% A Dangerous Profession Joe Farley (Character) - 1949
80% 57% The Boy With Green Hair Gramp (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fighting Father Dunne Father Peter J. Dunne (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 33% Riff-Raff Dan Hammer (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 43% Crack-Up George Steele (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perilous Holiday Patrick Nevil (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man Alive Michael O'Flaherty `'Speed'` McBride (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 29% Having Wonderful Crime Michael J. Malone (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marine Raiders Maj. Steve Lockhart (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Command Sam Gallagher (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 55% Bombardier Maj. Chick Davis (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Iron Major Francis William 'Frank' 'Cav' Cavanaugh (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 60% His Butler's Sister Martin Murphy (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Yanks in Trinidad Tim Reardon (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broadway Dan McCorn (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 20% The Navy Comes Through Chief Michael "Mike" Mallory (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flight Lieutenant Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 38% Flowing Gold Ian `'Hap'` O'Connor (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 75% Castle on the Hudson Warden Walter Long (Character) - 1940
71% 57% The Fighting 69th Father Duffy (Character) - 1940
88% 60% Knute Rockne, All American Knute Rockne (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 60% Torrid Zone Mr. Steve Case (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 56% 'Til We Meet Again Police Lt. Steve Burke (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night of Nights Dan O'Farrell (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Escape to Glory Mike Farrough (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Indianapolis Speedway Joe Greer (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 71% Slightly Honorable John Webb (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Off the Record Thomas 'Breezy' Elliott (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kid From Kokomo William Jennings/"Square Shooting Murph" Murphy (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Women Are Like That William "Bill" "Willie" Landin (Character) - 1938
78% 45% Boy Meets Girl J.C. Benson (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cowboy From Brooklyn Roy Chadwick (Character) - 1938
100% 92% Angels With Dirty Faces Rev. Jerry Connolly (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Garden of the Moon John Quinn (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 67% The Great O'Malley James Aloysius `'Jim'`/`'Jimmy'` O'Malley (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 50% Slim Red Blayd (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 26% San Quentin Capt. Stephen Jameson (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Back in Circulation Bill Morgan (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Submarine D-1 `'Butch'` Rogers (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stars on Parade Self - 1936
No Score Yet 12% China Clipper Dave Logan (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Public Enemy's Wife Lee Laird (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Married a Doctor Dr. William P. Kennicott (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 18% The Irish in Us Pat O'Hara (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 17% In Caliente Larry MacArthur (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oil for the Lamps of China Stephen Chase (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 92% Devil Dogs of the Air Lt. William R. "Bill" Brannigan (Character) - 1935
100% 67% Ceiling Zero Jake L. Lee (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stars Over Broadway Al McGillevray (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 33% Page Miss Glory Daniel 'Click' / 'Dan' Wiley (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 54% Gambling Lady Charlie Lang (Character) - 1934
83% 36% Here Comes the Navy Biff Martin (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got Your Number Terry Riley (Character) - 1934
100% 24% Flirtation Walk Sgt. "Scrapper" Thornhhill (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Personality Kid Ritzy (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twenty Million Sweethearts Rush (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Sell Anything "Spot Cash" Cutler (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The World Gone Mad Andy Terrell (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet College Coach Coach James Gore (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 27% Bureau of Missing Persons Detective Butch Saunders (Character) - 1933
90% 76% Bombshell Jim Brogan (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laughter in Hell Barney Slaney (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Destination Unknown Matt Brennan (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flaming Gold Ben Lear (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 44% Virtue Jimmy Doyle (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 81% American Madness Matt Brown (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 22% Hell's House Matt Kelly (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Final Edition Sam Bradshaw (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Air Mail Duke Talbot (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 15% Consolation Marriage Steve Porter (Character) - 1931
88% 60% The Front Page Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flying High Sport (Character) - 1931

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Days Uncle Joe (Guest Star) 1980 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Mac Ferguson (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Smith and Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hazel Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Branded Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian J. Jimerson Jones (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Showcase 39 Unknown (Character) 1954 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Unknown (Character) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The United States Steel Hour Jim (Character) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1955-1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Star and the Story Unknown (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1952