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Acting

Pat O'Brien

Career: Active from 1930 to 1981, busiest in 1932 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles: 88
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Some Like It Hot
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Pat O'Brien Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.7, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Scare
1.4, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 10
Historical Drama 10
Social Commentary 9
Character-Driven 5
Redemption Story 4
Moral Conflict 3
Lighthearted 3
1940s Setting 3
Nostalgic Tone 3
Historical Setting 3
Intrigue 3
Pre-Code Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

127

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

2 titles · average score 70

Ragtime

70

as Delmas

Scout's Honor

as Mr. Caboose

1970s

13 titles · average score 51

WKRP in Cincinnati

52

TV show

The End

56

as Ben Lawson

Billy Jack Goes to Washington

24

as President of the Senate

The Sky's the Limit

as Abner Therman

Happy Days

78

TV show

Amanda Fallon

as Emory

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol

as Sgt. McGll

The Adventures of Nick Carter

as Hallelujah Harry

Banyon

TV show

Alias Smith and Jones

48

TV show

McCloud

71

TV show

The Phynx

34

as Pat O’Brien

1960s

11 titles · average score 65

The Over the Hill Gang

59

as Captain Oren Hayes

Town Tamer

63

as Judge Murcott

Branded

71

TV show

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show

Kraft Suspense Theatre

70

TV show · as Inspector Dan Zarilla / Lt. John Curwood

Babe Ruth Story: That Ever Livin' Babe

as Narrator

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Doc Bigelow / J. Jimerson Jones

Going My Way

TV show

The Road to Hong Kong

56

as Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)

Harrigan and Son

TV show

The Best of the Post

TV show · as Mike Breen

1950s

19 titles · average score 64

Some Like It Hot

90

as Detective Mulligan

The Last Hurrah

79

as John Gorman

Invitation to a Gunfighter

83

as Sheriff Kyle Bickford

Kill Me Tomorrow

54

as Bart Crosbie

Inside Detroit

as Gus Linden

Ring of Fear

49

as Frank Wallace

Climax!

51

TV show · as Police Lieutenant Moore / Ed Talbot

Okinawa

54

as Lt. Cmdr. Hale

The People Against O'Hara

54

as Det. Vincent Ricks

Criminal Lawyer

69

as James 'Jimmy' Regan

Johnny One-Eye

as Martin Martin

The Fireball

43

as Father O'Hara

1940s

26 titles · average score 61

A Dangerous Profession

47

as Joe Farley

The Boy with Green Hair

71

as Gramp Fry

Riff-Raff

55

as Dan Hammer

Crack-Up

57

as George Steele

The Iron Major

56

as Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh

Bombardier

54

as Chick Davis

His Butler's Sister

67

as Martin Murphy

Knute Rockne All American

70

as Knute Rockne

Castle on the Hudson

68

as Warden Walter Long

'Til We Meet Again

62

as Steve Burke

The Fighting 69th

65

as Father Duffy

Torrid Zone

68

as Steve Case

1930s

56 titles · average score 61

Angels with Dirty Faces

90

as Jerry Connolly

Slim

59

as Red Blayd

San Quentin

66

as Capt. Stephen Jameson

The Great O'Malley

68

as James Aloysius 'Jim' / 'Jimmy' O'Malley

In Caliente

51

as Larry MacArthur

The Irish in Us

53

as Pat O'Hara

Here Comes the Navy

67

as Biff Martin

Flirtation Walk

57

as "Scrapper" Thornhhill

Bureau of Missing Persons

55

as Detective Butch Saunders

The World Gone Mad

48

as Andy Terrell

American Madness

74

as Matt Brown

The Front Page

70

as Hildy Johnson