Robert Emmett O'Connor
Robert Emmett O'Connor was born on Mar 18, 1885 in USA. Robert Emmett O'Connor's big-screen debut came with Pay Your Dues directed by Vincent Bryan in 1919, strarring . Robert Emmett O'Connor is known for Sunset Blvd. directed by Billy Wilder, William Holden stars as Joe Gillis and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond. The upcoming new movie Robert Emmett O'Connor plays is Watch the Birdie which will be released on Jan 12, 1951.
Stalwart Irish-American character actor Robert Emmett O'Connor was born on March 18, 1885, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He made his bones performing in circuses and in vaudeville. He made his Broadway debut in the musical "Fritz in Tammany Hall" at the Herald Square Theatre on October 16, 1905, ultimately appearing in 13 musical comedies and operettas on the Great White Way through 1930 (he also appeared in four straight plays during that period, mostly comedies such as "The Old Soak" during the 1922-23 season). After 1930, he never appeared on Broadway again, focusing instead on his movie career.He made his movie debut in 1920 in the Harold Lloyd comedy short Le royaume de Tulipatan (1920), directed by Hal Roach. He made six comedies for the Hal Roach Studios in the years 1920-21, including one more Harold Lloyd vehicle, Un voyage au paradis (1921), before taking a five-year hiatus from films. He returned in the Thomas Meighan drama Les dieux de bronze (1926), directed by Allan Dwan, then spent the next 24 years acting in movies.In 1930, he went back to the Roach Studios to support Laurel and Hardy in two Spanish language shorts, then moved over to Warner Bros. as a bit player. He played the Irish bootlegger Paddy Ryan in the classic L'ennemi public (1931) in support of fellow Irish-American James Cagney and appeared in another classic, Masques de cire (1933). He then settled into being typecast as Irish cops. After he moved on to MGM, the typecasting led to one of his most famous roles: the plainclothes detective in pursuit of the Marx Brothers in Une nuit à l'opéra (1935).During the 1940s, still under contract to MGM, he was kept busy, appearing in every genre, including the "Our Gang" comedies. His last film role was as the Paramount Studios guard who remembers Norma Desmond in Boulevard du Crépuscule (1950). He virtually retired from acting at the age of 65, though he made some television appearances in the 1950s.Robert Emmett O'Connor died on September 4, 1962, of injuries sustained in a fire. He was 77 years old.
Birthday
Mar 18, 1885Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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