Pat O'Malley (Actor)

Reviews of Pat O'Malley Movies

Looking for reviews of Pat O'Malley movies? Cinafilm has a total of 1,886 reviews across 53 movies.

Movies starring Pat O'Malley have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 62%.

The Roaring Twenties - released in 1939 - is Pat O'Malley's highest rated movie, with a score of 81% based on 129 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Pat O'Malley is The Phantom Creeps - released in 1939 - with a score of 39% based on 3 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Pat O'Malley has acted in films with Lee Phelps, Sam Harris, Ethan Laidlaw and Harold Miller.

Pat O'Malley has worked with these film directors: John Farrow, Ford Beebe, Raoul Walsh and Allan Dwan.