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Robert Emmett O'Connor
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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
Desire
1936
The Clock
1945
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
Anchors Aweigh
1945
They Were Expendable
1945
Easter Parade
1948
The Public Enemy
1931
The Harvey Girls
1946
A Star Is Born
1937
Blonde Venus
1932
Lady for a Day
1933
A Night at the Opera
1935
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
Made for Each Other
1939
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933
The Big House
1930
Who Killed Who?
1943
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