Pat O'Brien
Date of birth: 1899-11-10
Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: William Joseph Patrick O'Brien, Пэт О’Брайен
Biography
Pat O'Brien (born William Joseph Patrick O'Brien) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He was a star during the first several years of his film career, the height of his popularity being during the 1930s and 1940s.
Movie Credits
Some Like It Hot
1959-03-19
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city. Their only opportunity c
American Madness
1932-08-15
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbi
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
2005-01-01
Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1
My Mistake
1930-10-01
A hired gunman inadvertently targets an undertaker as his next victim, who talks the killer into lea
Riff-Raff
1947-06-28
A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while
Ragtime
1981-11-20
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the ra
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Crack-Up
1946-09-06
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or th
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938-11-26
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matu
The End
1978-05-10
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waitin
The People Against O'Hara
1951-09-01
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
The Front Page
1931-04-04
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer e
The Iron Major
1943-10-31
William 'Frank' Cavanaugh is a top football coach who gave up his career to enter WWI where he becam
The Boy with Green Hair
1948-11-26
Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing
Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Bombshell
1933-10-13
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Bombardier
1943-05-14
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U
The Phynx
1970-03-06
A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania
Criminal Lawyer
1951-08-23
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.
His Butler's Sister
1943-11-26
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
A Dangerous Profession
1949-12-10
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
Johnny One-Eye
1950-05-05
Johnny One-Eye was adapted from one of Damon Runyon's lesser-known stories. Martin Martin and Dane C
San Quentin
1937-05-24
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlf
Secret Command
1944-07-30
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the sh
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933-09-16
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police wor
The Fighting 69th
1940-01-27
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the
The Over the Hill Gang
1969-07-06
A retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken
The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a yo
Here Comes the Navy
1934-07-21
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
Flirtation Walk
1934-12-01
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a
Ceiling Zero
1936-01-16
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling
Torrid Zone
1940-05-18
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly a
The Fireball
1950-11-09
Johnny Casar runs away from the orphanage to start a successful career as a roller skater and after
China Clipper
1936-08-11
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
Virtue
1932-10-25
Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae decides to go straight. Mae is soon bef
Flight Lieutenant
1942-07-09
A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, a
Kill Me Tomorrow
1957-05-01
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.
Broadway
1942-05-08
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
Laughter in Hell
1933-01-12
In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy
1981-12-01
During the filming of Ragtime, the 81-year old Cagney talks about his career. Cagney tells us about
Air Mail
1932-11-03
A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions
The Navy Comes Through
1942-10-30
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
The Kid from Kokomo
1939-05-23
Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934-05-26
Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornel
Slightly Honorable
1939-12-22
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Boy Meets Girl
1938-08-27
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be
The World Gone Mad
1933-04-15
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fr
The Final Edition
1932-02-12
A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a crim
Gambling Lady
1934-03-08
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's
The Personality Kid
1934-06-06
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
'Til We Meet Again
1940-04-20
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to Ame
Swingtime in the Movies
1938-12-24
In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
Flowing Gold
1940-08-24
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and th
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938-07-09
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Honor Among Lovers
1931-03-21
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who
Consolation Marriage
1931-11-21
A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.
Flying High
1931-11-14
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
Hell's House
1932-01-30
A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.
Scandal for Sale
1932-04-01
A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932-05-06
A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife does
Destination Unknown
1933-04-01
A group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
Submarine D-1
1937-11-27
Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock
College Coach
1933-11-04
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along th
Having Wonderful Crime
1945-04-12
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort
Jubilee Trail
1954-05-15
A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is k
Slim
1937-06-24
Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade
Public Enemy's Wife
1936-07-24
Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, finge
Ring of Fear
1954-07-23
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane tries to help Clyde Beatty deal with a plot to sabotage his circus.
Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant cel
The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972-02-20
Detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's w
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war
Garden of the Moon
1938-09-23
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performin
The Irish in Us
1935-07-31
A boxer and his policeman brother feud over a police captain's daughter.
Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe
1962-01-01
Documentary on the life and career of Babe Ruth.
I Married a Doctor
1936-04-25
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the towns
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935-06-08
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
Marine Raiders
1944-07-11
A Marine major looks out for his captain on Guadalcanal and in Australia.
In Caliente
1935-05-25
At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.
Stars Over Broadway
1935-11-23
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Off the Record
1939-01-21
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go
Man Alive
1945-11-16
A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.
Indianapolis Speedway
1939-08-05
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather
Women Are Like That
1938-04-23
Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries h
I've Got Your Number
1934-02-24
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Scout's Honor
1980-09-30
Gary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster home
I Sell Anything
1934-10-20
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
Fighting Father Dunne
1948-05-12
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
Town Tamer
1965-07-07
A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013-01-29
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers f
Escape to Glory
1940-05-20
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Esca
Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival paper
Out Where the Stars Begin
1938-05-28
When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972-01-30
An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the me
Compliments of the Season
1930-11-27
On Christmas Eve, a former thief, recently released from prison, stops a forlorn, destitute, despair
Inside Detroit
1956-01-01
Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935-02-09
Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.
Personal Maid
1931-09-12
Nora Ryan, a poor Irish girl, living in New York decides to change her life by working as a personal
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942-03-26
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy),
Breakdowns of 1936
1936-12-30
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
Okinawa
1952-02-28
On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised whe
Perilous Holiday
1946-03-20
A tale of an international counterfeiting-ring operating in Mexico starts with Patrick Nevil viewed
Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.
The Voice of Hollywood
1930-08-30
The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Land
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008-05-15
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and
Crimes Square
1931-03-26
When a crook decides to go straight, his jealous cast off moll exposes him to the police.
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935-02-02
This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bro
Flaming Gold
1932-09-28
Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935-12-01
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.
A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
Breakdowns of 1937
1937-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937.
Breakdowns of 1939
1939-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.
Breakdowns of 1940
1940-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
The Road to Hong Kong
1962-03-29
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new
The Night of Nights
1939-12-01
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left hi
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936-09-11
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Fr
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977-04-16
After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power
Kiss Me... Kill Me
1976-05-08
A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murder
Hollywood Speaks
1932-06-25
The darkest side of Tinseltown is depicted in this drama that centers upon a Hollywood columnist det
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934-01-01
Long before the release of the cult film Dracula vs. Frankenstein, the original stars of Dracula and
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959-05-29
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Amanda Fallon
1973-05-04
A dedicated family doctor tries to help a pregnant teen-ager.
The Sky's the Limit
1975-01-19
A family is thrown into turmoil when a grandson convinces his grandfather to teach him to fly.
Studio Highlights
1934-08-01
A short promotional film about Ruby Keeler and her upcoming film "Flirtation Walk." It provides a br
Dill Scallion
1999-12-31
School bus driver Dill Scallion dreams of becoming a famous country music singer. He sings from his
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1957-03-07
A gunfighter is terrorizing a small western town. The townspeople finally pool their money to a hire