
Robert Emmett O'Connor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 204 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best known as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in The Public Enemy (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy (the older Paramount gate guard) in Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, as well as made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
Known for

Sunset Boulevard
1950

They Were Expendable
1945

The Harvey Girls
1946

Meet Me in St. Louis
1944

Anchors Aweigh
1945

The Public Enemy
1931

Undercurrent
1946

A Star Is Born
1937

Desire
1936

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946

Blonde Venus
1932

A Night at the Opera
1935

Picture Snatcher
1933

Midnight Mary
1933

Dance, Girl, Dance
1940

The Clock
1945

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936

Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933

Penthouse
1933

Lady for a Day
1933

Courage of Lassie
1946

Air Raid Wardens
1943

Easter Parade
1948

Sergeant Madden
1939