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.
215 movies · 10 shows
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019·10.0
Days of Wine and Roses
1963·7.5
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956·7.3
A Star Is Born
1954·7.1
The Wild One
1953·6.6
Small Town Girl
1953·5.6
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952·7.3
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952·5.8
The Old West
1952·7.0
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950·6.2
Mule Train
1950·6.0
The Reckless Moment
1949·6.8
All the King's Men
1949·7.0
The Big Steal
1949·6.6
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949·6.0
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949·6.8
Alias Nick Beal
1949·6.8
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949·6.1
The Man from Colorado
1948·6.8
Key Witness
1947·4.8
The Missing Juror
1944·6.3
One Mysterious Night
1944·6.2
The Whistler
1944·6.0
Sailor's Holiday
1944·7.0
The Racket Man
1944·7.7
Double Up
1943·9.0
Destroyer
1943·6.8
Batman
1943·6.2
Redhead from Manhattan
1943·5.3
Mission to Moscow
1943·5.7
Quiet Please, Murder
1943·7.0
Duck Soup
1942·9.0
Gentleman Jim
1942·7.2
Deep in the Heart of Texas
1942·7.5
The Glass Key
1942·6.6
Thru Different Eyes
1942·8.0
This Gun for Hire
1942·7.0
Murder in the Big House
1942·6.8
Gang Busters
1942·6.0
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942·4.0
Over My Dead Body
1942·8.0
Blue, White and Perfect
1942·6.5
Steel Against the Sky
1941·5.4
The Great Man's Lady
1941·6.3
Honky Tonk
1941·6.4
Reg'lar Fellers
1941·4.2
Cracked Nuts
1941·7.0
Law of the Range
1941·6.5
Pals of the Pecos
1941·8.0
Double Date
1941·7.0
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941·6.0
Blonde Inspiration
1941·5.8
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940·6.8
The Bank Dick
1940·6.5
Little Nellie Kelly
1940·6.8
East of the River
1940·6.3
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940·6.3
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940·6.0
A Fugitive from Justice
1940·5.7
Girl in 313
1940·5.6
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940·8.0
Tear Gas Squad
1940·5.3
Shooting High
1940·7.0
The House Across the Bay
1940·5.6
Castle on the Hudson
1940·7.0
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940·6.0
Remember the Night
1940·7.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940·5.3
Emergency Squad
1940·7.0
Invisible Stripes
1939·6.2
The Light That Failed
1939·5.8
The Night of Nights
1939·8.0
The Roaring Twenties
1939·7.5
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939·4.6
Smashing the Money Ring
1939·5.8
The Escape
1939·6.2
Dust Be My Destiny
1939·6.5
Frontier Marshal
1939·6.3
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939·6.6
Stunt Pilot
1939·6.0
Five Came Back
1939·6.3
Wolf Call
1939·4.4
Women in the Wind
1939·6.8
They Made Her a Spy
1939·6.8
Dodge City
1939·6.9
Let Us Live
1939·6.8
Romance of the Redwoods
1939·7.0
Sergeant Madden
1939·7.5
Secret Service of the Air
1939·6.1
Persons in Hiding
1939·3.8
The Phantom Creeps
1939·4.5
Always Goodbye
1938·7.2
He Couldn't Say No
1938·6.5
Love on a Budget
1938·8.0
Alcatraz Island
1937·5.1
Music for Madame
1937·6.3
Ever Since Eve
1937·5.8
Parnell
1937·4.6
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937·5.5
Beloved Enemy
1936·6.3
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936·6.0
Hollywood Boulevard
1936·4.5
Crash Donovan
1936·8.0
36 Hours to Kill
1936·6.1
High Tension
1936·5.8
The Big Noise
1936·7.5
Trouble for Two
1936·6.5
Champagne Charlie
1936·5.4
Exclusive Story
1936·7.2
Paddy O'Day
1936·7.0
We're Only Human
1935·6.5
Heir to Trouble
1935·9.0
The Fighting Marines
1935·6.5
His Family Tree
1935·5.5
Special Agent
1935·6.2
Public Hero Number 1
1935·6.3
Men of the Hour
1935·8.0
The Drunkard
1935·7.0
The Perfect Clue
1935·6.0
Girl in Danger
1934·8.0
The Crime Doctor
1934·3.8
Love Past Thirty
1934·7.0
Pirate Treasure
1934·5.5
Perils of Pauline
1933·6.5
A Man of Sentiment
1933·7.0
Morning Glory
1933·6.2
Before Dawn
1933·5.7
Riot Squad
1933·5.0
Laughing at Life
1933·7.3
I Love That Man
1933·10.0
The Whirlwind
1933·8.0
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933·6.5
Parachute Jumper
1933·5.9
Frisco Jenny
1933·6.7
Sundown Rider
1932·9.0
The Penal Code
1932·6.7
Call Her Savage
1932·5.8
The Fighting Gentleman
1932·8.0
Those We Love
1932·6.5
Klondike
1932·5.3
Exposure
1932·5.5
American Madness
1932·6.9
Speed Madness
1932·9.0
Attorney for the Defense
1932·6.3
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932·9.0
High Speed
1932·5.0
The Reckoning
1932·4.7
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932·5.5
The Fighting Marshal
1931·6.6
The Lightning Warrior
1931·6.3
Night Life in Reno
1931·4.5
Anybody's Blonde
1931·9.0
The Sky Spider
1931·3.5
Homicide Squad
1931·8.0
The Costume Falls
1931·9.0
Mothers Cry
1930·6.0
The Fall Guy
1930·6.3
The Man I Love
1929·5.5
Alibi
1929·6.0
The House of Scandal
1928·7.0
The Slaver
1927·10.0
A Bowery Cinderella
1927·7.0
Woman’s Law
1927·8.0
Pleasure Before Business
1927·8.0
Perch of the Devil
1927·7.0
Spangles
1926·7.0
My Old Dutch
1926·7.0
The Midnight Sun
1926·8.0
Watch Your Wife
1926·7.0
The Teaser
1925·3.0
The Fighting Cub
1925·7.0
Proud Flesh
1925·7.2
Tomorrow's Love
1925·9.0
Let Women Alone
1925·8.0
Worldly Goods
1924·7.0
The Mine with the Iron Door
1924·8.0
Bread
1924·10.0
The Fighting American
1924·6.8
The Beauty Prize
1924·8.0
Happiness
1924·9.0
Fools Highway
1924·9.0
The Man from Brodney's
1923·10.0
The Eternal Struggle
1923·10.0
Cause for Divorce
1923·3.0
The Virginian
1923·6.5
Slippy McGee
1923·10.0
Brass
1923·5.0
The Last Hour
1923·9.0
My Wild Irish Rose
1922·10.0
A Game Chicken
1922·9.0
False Kisses
1921·9.0
The Ten Dollar Raise
1921·8.0
Bob Hampton of Placer
1921·9.0
The Breaking Point
1921·5.0
Dinty
1920·5.5
The Breath of the Gods
1920·7.0
Go and Get It
1920·7.5
The Blooming Angel
1920·7.0
False Evidence
1919·7.0
The Red Glove
1919·0.0
The Heart of Humanity
1918·6.0
She Hired a Husband
1918·0.0
The Prussian Cur
1918·0.0
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
1918·0.0
Her Boy
1918·0.0
Your Obedient Servant
1917·0.0
The Love That Lives
1917·7.0
The Tell-Tale Step
1917·0.0
The Law of the North
1917·6.0
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1916·7.5
Gladiola
1915·0.0
On Dangerous Paths
1915·0.0
All for Old Ireland
1915·7.0
McQuade of the Traffic Squad
1915·0.0
The Voice of the Violin
1915·6.5