

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
Attendant
1959
Mr. Wilson
1959

The Butler
1960
Mr. Cleary
1957
Bert
1972
Wardrobe Attendant
1955
Neighbor
1958
Bowen
1959
Old Man
1959
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Politician (uncredited)
1949
Sawyer (uncredited)
1953
Tenant (uncredited)
1963
Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
1952
Conductor (uncredited)
1942
Plainclothesman (Uncredited)
1933
Jailer (uncredited)
1939
Conductor (uncredited)
1939
Cop
1943
Citizen (uncredited)
1948
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1949
Editor Gunnigan
1940
Jury Member (uncredited)
1940
Jailhouse Lieutenant with Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
1939
Detective (uncredited)
1942
Detective Brady (uncredited)
1933

Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1950
Postman
1943
Committee Man
1949
Party Guest (uncredited)
1941
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
1949
Politician (uncredited)
1942
Conductor (Uncredited)
1952
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Wilson (archive footage)
2019
Policeman
1939
Guard (uncredited)
1940
Second Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
1939
Captain (uncredited)
1939
Police Detective in Alley (Uncredited)
1944
Bar Patron
1939
Prison Guard
1940
Policeman
1941
Irishman
1937
Bailiff (uncredited)
1939
Officer Murphy (uncredited)
1941
Roark (uncredited)
1935
Laborer (uncredited)
1940
Intelligence Service Man
1939
Construction Worker (uncredited)
1941
Irish-American in Montage (uncredited)
1943
Bullock
1939
Doorman
1953
Lieutenant (uncredited)
1942
Police Guard (uncredited)
1939
Police Sergeant
1942
Lafe Armstrong
1932
Police Captain
1935
Tom Dunstan
1918
Guard (uncredited)
1942
Prison Interne
1933
Guard Cooper
1939
Fireman (Uncredited)
1932
Broadcast Sergeant (uncredited)
1932
Police Officer Jordan
1935Dick Farnum
1927
Laboratory Technician
1940
Detective
1937
Actor (uncredited)
1933
AMI Chief
1939
Lt. Brant
1921
Purser (uncredited)
1949
Express Man (uncredited)
1940
Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Priest (uncredited)
1944Sergeant (uncredited)
1949
Cleveland Official (uncredited)
1939
Petie Stuyvesant (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
1942
Patrick O'Malley
1925
Mr. Howard
1941
Cpl. John Emerson
1917
Patrick Callahan
1936
Jimmy
1921
D.J. McCarthy
1929
Federal Agent (uncredited)
1935
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1937
Ames
1932
Patrolman
1940
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1941
Policeman
1941
Policeman (Uncredited)
1937
Yerkes
1939
Jonathan Taylor
1942
Mike Mulvaney (uncredited)
1939
Dr. Strong
1932
Clancy
1918
T. Caraway Dodge
1920
Jimmy
1917
Officer Jim
1949
Dan Burke
1941

Third Officer (uncredited)
1936
Purser (Uncredited)
1936
Detective Agency Official
1933
Police Sgt. Rollins (uncredited)
1934
Detective Norris (uncredited)
1947
Tim Sullivan
1933
Pat O'Malley - Pago Pago Patron
1936
Robert Browne
1923
G-Man
1936
Policeman in Car
1938Cop
1942
Doc Blaine
1956
Officer Ryan
1933
Immigration Officer Tom Wilson
1936
Police Sergeant
1939
Hugh Edwards
1924
Detective (uncredited)
1934
Patrolman (uncredited)
1936Pat Regan
1928
Jim Bowers
1943
Gregory Compton
1927
Joe - Lansing's Assistant (uncredited)
1936
Bucky O'Harra
1923
Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
1940
Police Officer (uncredited)
1937George Brady
1924
Bill Pendleton
1924
Roy Beardsley
1924
Boyle, Policeman with Kerrigan (uncredited)
1936
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
1944Sybil Vane
1916
Mr. Dugan Sr.
1941
Cop (uncredited)
1938
Conn, The Shaughraun
1922
Charles Newton
1930
Bartender
1940

Deputy Driver (uncredited)
1939Larry Dugan
1927
Townsman
1938
Kirk Connelly
1920

Pilot (uncredited)
1933
Police Chemist Crandall
1942
Jimmie O'Grady
1918
James Langham
1926

Coroner
1942
District Attorney
1931
Policeman Pat O'Hoolihan
1933
Neighbor
1939
Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
1929
Lem Pritchard
1940
Minor Role
1940
Rush Thompson
1922
Charley Stewart (uncredited)
1950
Cop
1943Lon Burt
1934
Actor (uncredited)
1939
Seated Pub Sailor
1935
RCMP Sergeant
1939
Paul Whipple
1932
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
1932
Phillip Bradley
1921
Guard Killed in Library
1943
Pat McQuade
1915
Daley
1932
Fermoy MacDonough
1924Robert Stanley
1925
Ship's Mate
1936
Ship's Officer
1936
Kent B. Wurst
1918
Fire Captain
1940
Dot Moran
1932
Reporter
1931
Capt. Grayson [Ch. 1]
1935
Sheriff A. W. Brown
1931
Roger Sterritt
1915
Chester Framm
1920
Van Avery - City Editor
1932
Hugh Graham
1917
Sheehan
1939
Captain Taylor
1940
Officer #1
1941
Postman
1944
Man
1931
Kern Thodes (early chapters)
1919
Grand Duke Sergius of Russia
1926Trooper Bucky O'Hare
1927

First Drunk
1935
Philip Logan
1923
Harry Baldwin
1923
Joe Brown
1926
Det. Bob Larkin
1933
Tom Benham
1925
Lawrence Mayne
1923
John Craig
1934

Deputy Ed Myers
1931
Steve
1923
Jim Morgan
1931
James McDonald
1925
Jack North
1920
Frank Williams
1930
Howard Metcliffe
1923
Pat Patrick
1933
Police Officer
1935
Mike Kildare
1924
Dick Hale
1926
Bob
1932
McCarey
1932
Burke
1932
Mining Engineer
1935
Fred Hopper
1924
Richard MacTavish (as Patrick O'Malley)
1919
Charlie Turner
1918