

Cast & creator
Best known for The Twilight Zone, The Twilight Zone, The Twilight Zone
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.
Also known as: Patrick H. O'Malley Jr., Patrick Henry O'Malley Jr.
215
film credits
12
television credits
227
1915–2019 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 227 of 227 credits

Mr. Llewellyn
1959
Mr. Wilson
1959
Attendant
1959
The Butler
1960
Wardrobe Attendant
1955

Mr. Cleary
1957
Bert
1972
Bowen
1959
Neighbor
1958
Old Man
1959
Politician (uncredited)
1949
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Conductor (uncredited)
1942
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
1952
Sawyer (uncredited)
1953
Jailer (uncredited)
1939
Tenant (uncredited)
1963
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
1933
Conductor (uncredited)
1939
Guard Cooper
1939
Editor Gunnigan
1940
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1949
Citizen (uncredited)
1948
Jury Member (uncredited)
1940
Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
2019
Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
1939
Detective Brady (uncredited)
1933
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1950
Irishman
1937
Conductor (Uncredited)
1952
Detective (uncredited)
1942
Cop
1943
Construction Worker (uncredited)
1941
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
1949
Guard (uncredited)
1942
Party Guest (uncredited)
1941

Policeman
1941
Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
1943
Prison Interne
1933
Politician (uncredited)
1942
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Prison Guard
1940
Fireman (Uncredited)
1932
Bailiff (uncredited)
1939
Policeman
1939
Bar Patron
1939
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Laborer (uncredited)
1940
Police Officer Jordan
1935
Police Captain
1935
Laboratory Technician
1940
Committee Man
1949
Police Sergeant
1942
Guard (uncredited)
1940
Intelligence Service Man
1939
Police Guard (uncredited)
1939
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
1942
Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935
Doorman
1953
Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
1944
Bullock
1939
Patrick Callahan
1936
Postman
1943
Cleveland Official (uncredited)
1939
Lieutenant (uncredited)
1942
Roark (uncredited)
1935
Policeman in Car
1938
Dr. Strong
1932
Lt. Brant
1921
Patrolman
1940
AMI Chief
1939
Detective
1937
Actor (uncredited)
1933
G-Man
1936
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1937
Broadcast Sergeant (uncredited)
1932Dick Farnum
1927
Purser (uncredited)
1949
D.J. McCarthy
1929
Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
1936
Yerkes
1939
Cpl. John Emerson
1917
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1941
Tom Dunstan
1918
Express Man (uncredited)
1940
Police Officer (uncredited)
1937
Pilot (uncredited)
1933
Mr. Howard
1941
Officer Murphy (uncredited)
1941
Jimmy
1921
Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
1936
Jim Bowers
1943
Officer Ryan
1933
Third Officer (uncredited)
1936
Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
1934
Jonathan Taylor
1942
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
1939Sergeant (uncredited)
1949
Ames
1932
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Dan Burke
1941
Jimmy
1917
Captain (uncredited)
1939
Priest (uncredited)
1944
Police Sergeant
1939
Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
1936
Officer Jim
1949
Detective (uncredited)
1934
Lafe Armstrong
1932
Robert Browne
1923

Tim Sullivan
1933
Purser (Uncredited)
1936
Detective Agency Official
1933
Patrolman (uncredited)
1936
Policeman
1941
Roy Beardsley
1924
Cop
1943Pat Regan
1928
Bartender
1940
Clancy
1918
Deputy Driver (uncredited)
1939
Doc Blaine
1956
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1944
Policeman (Uncredited)
1937
Actor (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Dugan Sr.
1941
District Attorney
1931
Townsman
1938
Kirk Connelly
1920
Captain Taylor
1940
Charley Stewart (uncredited)
1950Sybil Vane
1916
Hugh Edwards
1924
Coroner
1942
Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
1933
T. Caraway Dodge
1920
Gregory Compton
1927Cop
1942
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Bill Pendleton
1924
Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
1936

Guard Killed in Library
1943
Detective Norris (uncredited)
1947
Seated Pub Sailor
1935
Ship's Officer
1936
RCMP Sergeant
1939
Ship's Mate
1936
Charles Newton
1930
Police Chemist Crandall
1942
Neighbor
1939
Postman
1944
John Craig
1934
Mining Engineer
1935
Reporter
1931
Daley
1932
Minor Role
1940George Brady
1924
Lem Pritchard
1940
Cop (uncredited)
1938

Fire Captain
1940
Patrick O'Malley
1925
Pat McQuade
1915
Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
1929
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Kern Thodes (early chapters)
1919
Hugh Graham
1917Lon Burt
1934
Kent B. Wurst
1918
Officer #1
1941
Phillip Bradley
1921
James Langham
1926
Sheehan
1939
Jimmie O'Grady
1918
Fred Hopper
1924
Bucky O'Harra
1923

Chester Framm
1920
Dot Moran
1932
Paul Whipple
1932
Sheriff A. W. Brown
1931Larry Dugan
1927
Steve
1923
Jack North
1920
Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
1935
Van Avery - City Editor
1932
Howard Metcliffe
1923
Fermoy MacDonough
1924
Joe Brown
1926
Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
1926
Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
1932
Rush Thompson
1922
Conn, The Shaughraun
1922
Jim Morgan
1931Robert Stanley
1925
Police Officer
1935
Det. Bob Larkin
1933
Man
1931
Burke
1932
Harry Baldwin
1923
Frank Williams
1930
Dick Hale
1926
Lawrence Mayne
1923
James McDonald
1925

Tom Benham
1925
First Drunk
1935
Roger Sterritt
1915Trooper Bucky O'Hare
1927
McCarey
1932
Charlie Turner
1918
Mike Kildare
1924
Bob
1932
Pat Patrick
1933
Deputy Ed Myers
1931
Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
1919
Philip Logan
1923