Pat O'Malley

Often confused with the British-born comic actor J. Pat O'Malley, who is the better remembered, silent dramatic film star Pat O'Malley had an enduring career that stands on its own. He was of solid Irish-American stock, born in Forest City, Pennsylvania, in 1890. A one-time railroad switchman, he also had circus experience by the time he discovered an interest in movie making. He began with the Kalem Studio in 1913 and appeared in a few Irish films before signing on with Thomas Edison's company in 1914. The following year, he married actress Lillian Wilkes, and three of their children, Eileen, Mary Katherine, and Sheila, would become actors as well. His brother Charles O'Malley was a sometime actor, appearing in westerns on occasion. His first identifiable film is The Alien (1913). He began freelancing in 1916 and from then on, appeared in scores of silents as both a rugged and romantic lead, some classic films being The Heart of Humanity (1918), My Wild Irish Rose (1922), and The Virginian (1923). He did not age well come sound pictures, and he was quickly relegated to supporting parts. He appeared in hundreds upon hundreds of bits (mostly unbilled) until 1956, when he retired. He died a decade later.

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8.4

A Star Is Born

7.1

The Wild One

6.6

The Bad and the Beautiful

7.3

The Roaring Twenties

7.5

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

All the King's Men

7.0

Days of Wine and Roses

7.5

This Gun for Hire

6.9

Mystery of the Wax Museum

6.5

The Reckless Moment

6.8

The Glass Key

6.6

The Bank Dick

6.5

Remember the Night

7.3

Batman

6.4

Dodge City

6.9

The Big Steal

6.5

Gentleman Jim

7.2

Morning Glory

6.1

The Man from Colorado

6.8

American Madness

7.1

Five Came Back

6.2

Alias Nick Beal

6.9

Frontier Marshal

6.1

The Killer That Stalked New York

6.1

The Whistler

5.9

Invisible Stripes

6.3

The Phantom Creeps

4.3

Alibi

5.9

Frisco Jenny

6.3

Parachute Jumper

6.1

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

6.6

Dust Be My Destiny

6.2

Mission to Moscow

5.2

Thriller

6.3

Call Her Savage

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Destroyer

6.6

The House Across the Bay

5.3

Key Witness

4.6

Let Us Live

6.8

The Saint's Double Trouble

5.6

Castle on the Hudson

6.8

Honky Tonk

6.4

The Great Man's Lady

6.3

Alcatraz Island

4.9

Ever Since Eve

5.8

A Dispatch from Reuters

5.7

The Shadow of the Eagle

5.1

Special Agent

6.3

One Mysterious Night

6.0

The Doolins of Oklahoma

6.8

Blue, White, and Perfect

6.3

Small Town Girl

5.7

Before Dawn

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Highway Patrol

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Beloved Enemy

6.1

Quiet Please, Murder

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Public Hero Number 1

6.2

The Missing Juror

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The Reckoning

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Reg'lar Fellers

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Night Life in Reno

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East of the River

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Parnell

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Klondike

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The Light That Failed

6.0

Always Goodbye

6.8

Girl in 313

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Blonde Inspiration

5.4

Tear Gas Squad

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M Squad

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State Trooper

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36 Hours to Kill

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Lucky Cisco Kid

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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

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High Tension

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Little Nellie Kelly

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Dinty

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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

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The Perfect Clue

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Exclusive Story

6.5

The Heart of Humanity

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Champagne Charlie

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Women in the Wind

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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

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Murder in the Big House

6.5

Gang Busters

5.2

Steel Against the Sky

5.0

The Fighting Marshal

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Trouble for Two

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Everything I Have Is Yours

5.8

Black Saddle

6.0

Pirate Treasure

4.0

Wanted: Jane Turner

5.3

Secret Service of the Air

5.8

Smashing the Money Ring

5.0

Redhead from Manhattan

4.7

Attorney for the Defense

6.0

The Great Mr. Nobody

5.3

The Fighting American

5.7

The Great Hospital Mystery

4.0

Perils of Pauline

5.7

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

10.0

The Lightning Warrior

5.0

The Crime Doctor

3.5

Persons in Hiding

3.5

The Man I Love

4.5

The Penal Code

6.0

Riot Squad

4.5

Proud Flesh

6.0

Blackjack Ketchum Desperado

6.5

The Fall Guy

5.5

Shooting High

8.0

We're Only Human

6.5

His Family Tree

4.5

They Made Her a Spy

6.0

The Housekeeper's Daughter

3.5

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

4.0

Hollywood Boulevard

2.5

Wolf Call

4.5

Music for Madame

5.0

The Racket Man

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A Fugitive from Justice

3.5

The Sky Spider

2.5

Mule Train

5.0

Two Yanks in Trinidad

2.0

Law of the Plainsman

6.0

The Secret Of St. Ives

6.0

Cause for Divorce

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High Speed

2.0

Those We Love

6.0

The Fighting Marines

6.0

The Old West

5.0

Exposure

2.0

The Law of the North

6.0

Laughing at Life

6.0

Go and Get It

6.0

Law of the Range

5.0

The Big Noise

5.0

Paddy O'Day

7.0

He Couldn't Say No

5.5

Sergeant Madden

6.0

The Escape

5.5

Emergency Squad

5.0

Romance of the Redwoods

6.0

The Virginian

5.0

The Teaser

1.0

Deep in the Heart of Texas

5.0

Brass

3.0

The Voice of the Violin

5.0

The Picture of Dorian Gray

6.0

The Whirlwind

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On Dangerous Paths

0.0

The Last Hour

0.0

Let Women Alone

0.0

Slippy McGee

0.0

Sundown Rider

0.0

The Tell-Tale Step

0.0

Love Past Thirty

0.0

Perch of the Devil

0.0

Homicide Squad

0.0

The Night of Nights

0.0

The Drunkard

0.0

McQuade of the Traffic Squad

0.0

The Man from Brodney's

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Bob Hampton of Placer

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A Man of Sentiment

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Heir to Trouble

0.0

The Prussian Cur

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The Beauty Prize

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Bread

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Mothers Cry

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Stunt Pilot

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Sailor's Holiday

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Girl in Danger

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Love on a Budget

0.0

Speed Madness

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My Old Dutch

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Anybody's Blonde

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Pals of the Pecos

0.0

Over My Dead Body

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My Wild Irish Rose

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Rocky Mountain Rangers

0.0

Cracked Nuts

0.0

Happiness

0.0

The Costume Falls

0.0

Thru Different Eyes

0.0

I Love That Man

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The Eternal Struggle

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Duck Soup

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Double Up

0.0

Gladiola

0.0

The Love That Lives

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Crash Donovan

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The Midnight Sun

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The Breath of the Gods

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Spangles

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False Kisses

0.0

The Fighting Cub

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The Red Glove

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The Mine with the Iron Door

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False Evidence

0.0

Fools Highway

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All for Old Ireland

0.0

A Game Chicken

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The Blooming Angel

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The Fighting Gentleman

0.0

Her Boy

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Hit-the-Trail Holliday

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