o'brien Pat O'BRIEN | William Joseph [Patrick] O'Brien
* 11.11.1899, Milwaukee, USA † 15.10.1983, Santa Monica, California, USA

Schauspieler * Jurastudium an [der] Marquette University in Milwaukee - tritt zwischendurch als Tänzer am Broadway auf (Adrienne) * geht nach New York und nimmt dort Schauspielunterricht * 1923 schließt sich einer Wanderbühne an * arbeitet kurzzeitig als Versicherungskaufmann in Milwaukee * kehrt nach New York zurück und setzt seine Theaterarbeit fort * 1931 erfolgreiches Filmdebüt als Hildy Johnson in The Front Page * unterschreibt Langzeitvertrag bei Warner Bros. * 1934 erster gemeinsamer Film mit James Cagney (Here Comes the Navy) * 1940 verkörpert den Titelhelden in Knute Rockne - All American (seine wohl beste Rolle) * ab 1940 freelance actor (Arbeit für verschiedene Studios) * während des Krieges absolviert mehrere Auftritte im Rahmen der Truppenbetreuung * ab Anfang der 50er Jahre tritt als Gaststar in einzelnen Folgen verschiedener Fernsehsendungen auf * 1951 spielt erstmals an der Seite seines langjährigen Freundes Spencer Tracy in The People against O'Hara * Mitte der 50er Jahre bekommt kaum noch Kinoparts angeboten und ist in folgenden Jahren auf der Leinwand nur in Neben- bzw. Gastrollen zu sehen * 1960/61 Star der TV-Sitcom Harrigan and Son * tritt mit seiner Frau weiterhin am Theater und in Nightclubs auf * 1964 Veröffentlichung seiner Autobiografie The Wind at My Back
FILMS

# The Front Page (1931-USA * Lewis Milestone ... Hildy Johnson) (3103)
# Personal Maid (1931-USA * Monta Bell ... Peter Shea) (3109)
# Consolation Marriage (1931-USA * Paul Sloane ... Pat O'Brien) (?-08; 3110)
# Flying High (1931-USA * Charles F. Reisner ... Sport Wardell) (08-09; 3111)
# Hell's House (1931-USA * Howard Higgin ... Kelly) (09; 3202)
# [The] Final Edition (1931-USA * Howard Higgin ... Sam Bradshaw) (11; 3202)
# Scandal for Sale (1932-USA * Russell Mack ... Waddell) (3204)
# The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932-USA * Louis J. Gasnier, Max Marcin ... Frank Deane) (3205)
# American Madness (Der Tag, an dem die Bank gestürmt wurde, 1932-USA * Frank Capra ... Matt Brown) (04; 3208)
# Hollywood Speaks (1932-USA * Edward Buzzell ... Jimmy Reed) (05; 3206)
# Air Mail (1932-USA * John Ford ... Duke Talbot) (Frühling; 3211)
# Virtue (Unbescholten, 1932-USA * Edward Buzzell ... Jimmy Doyle) (08-09; 3210)
# Laughter in Hell (1932-USA * Edward L. Cahn ... Barney Slaney) (09-?; 3301)
# Destination Unknown (1932-USA * Tay Garnett ... Matt Brennan) (11-12; 3303)
# The World Gone Mad (1933-USA * Christy Cabanne ... Andy Terrell)** (3304)
# Flaming Gold (1933-USA * Ralph Ince ... Ben Lear) (05-?; 3309)
# Bureau of Missing Persons (Verschollen in New York, 1933-USA * Roy Del Ruth ... Butch Saunders)* (3309)
# Bombshell (Sexbombe, 1933-USA * Victor Fleming ... Jim Brogan) (08-09; 3310)
# College Coach (1933-USA * William A. Wellman ... Coach Gore) (3311)
# I've Got Your Number (1933-USA * Ray Enright ... Terry Riley) (11-?; 3402)
# Gambling Lady (Die Spielerin, 1933-USA * Archie L. Mayo ... Charlie Lang) (11-?; 3403)
# Twenty Million Sweethearts (1933/34-USA * Ray Enright ... Rush Blake) (12-?; 3405)
# The Personality Kid (1934-USA * Alan Crosland ... Ritzy McCarty) (02-03; 3407)
# Here Comes the Navy (1934-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... Biff Martin) (?-05; 3407)
# I Sell Anything (1934-USA * Robert Florey ... Spot Cash Cutler) (07-?; 3410)
# Flirtation Walk (1934-USA * Frank Borzage ... Scrapper Thornhill) (3412)
# Devil Dogs of the Air (1934-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... Lieutenant Bill Brannigan) (10-?; 3502)
# In Caliente (1934/35-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... Lawrence [Larry] MacArthur) (12-03; 3505)
# Oil for the Lamps of China (Öl für die Lampen Chinas, 1935-USA * Mervyn LeRoy ... Stephen Chase) (01-03; 3506)
# Page Miss Glory (1935-USA * Mervyn LeRoy ... Dan [Click] Wiley) (04-05; 3509)
# The Irish in Us (1935-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... Pat O'Hara) (05-?; 3508)
# Stars over Broadway (1935-USA * William Keighley ... Al McGillevray) (08-?; 3511)
# Ceiling Zero (Höhe Null, 1935-USA * Howard Hawks ... Jake Lee) (10-11; 3601)
# I Married a Doctor (Kleine Stadt mit Tradition, 1936-USA * Archie L. Mayo ... Dr. William P. Kennicott) (01-?; 3604)
# Public Enemy's Wife (1936-USA * Nick Grinde ... Lee Laird) (3607)
# China Clipper (1936-USA * Ray Enright ... Dave Logan) (05-?; 3608)
# The Great O'Malley (Ordnung ist das halbe Leben, 1936-USA * William Dieterle ... James Aloysius O'Malley) (07-?; 3702)
# San Quentin (1936-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... Captain Stephen Jameson) (10-11/ND: 01&03; 3708)
# Slim (Slim, 1936/37-USA * Ray Enright ... Red Blayd) (11-01; 3706)
# Back in Circulation (1937-USA * Ray Enright ... Bill Morgan) (04-?; 3709)
# Submarine D-1 (1937-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... "Butch" Rogers) (?-08; 3711)
# Women Are Like That (1937-USA * Stanley Logan ... Bill Landin) (08-?; 3804)
# Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... Roy Chadwick) (01-02; 3807)
# Boy Meets Girl (Der kleine Star, 1938-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... J. Carlyle Benson) (03-04; 3808)
# Garden of the Moon (Im Garten des Mondes, 1938-USA * Busby Berkeley ... John Quinn) (04-05; 3810)
# Angels with Dirty Faces (Chicago, 1938-USA * Michael Curtiz ... Jerry Connolly) (06-08)
# Off the Record (1938-USA * James Flood ... Thomas [Breezy] Elliott) (08-10; 3901)
# The Kid from Kokomo (1938/39-USA * Lewis Seiler ... Billy Murphy) (12-01; 3905)
# Indianapolis Speedway (1939-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... Joe Greer) (01-02; 3908)
# The Night of Nights (1939-USA * Lewis Milestone ... Dan O'Farrell) (04-?; 3912)
# Slightly Honorable (1939-USA * Tay Garnett ... John Webb) (3912)
# Castle on the Hudson (1939-USA * Anatole Litvak ... Walter Long) (07-?; 4002)
# The Fighting 69th (1939-USA * William Keighley ... Pater Francis Duffy) (09-10; 4001)
# 'Til We Meet Again (1939/40-USA * Edmund Goulding ... Steve Burke) (12-?; 4004)
# Torrid Zone (Tropische Zone, 1940-USA * William Keighley ... Steve Case) (02-?; 4005)
# Knute Rockne - All American (1940-USA * Lloyd Bacon ... Knute Rockne) (04-?; 4010)
# Flowing Gold (Ultimatum für Bohrturm L 9, 1940-USA * Alfred E. Green ... Hap O'Connor) (06-?; 4008)
# Escape to Glory (1940-USA * John Brahm ... Mike Farrough) (08-09; 4011)
# Two Yanks in Trinidad (1941-USA * Gregory Ratoff ... Tim Reardon) (11-12; 4203)
# Broadway (1942-USA * William A. Seiter ... Dan McCorn) (02-03; 4205)
# Flight Lieutenant (1942-USA * Sidney Salkow ... Sam Doyle) (03-04; 4207)
# The Navy Comes Through (1942-USA * A. Edward Sutherland ... Michael Mallory) (06-07; 4210)
# Bombardier (Ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste, 1942-USA * Richard Wallace ... Major Chick Davis) (10-12; 4305)
# The Iron Major (1943-USA * Ray Enright ... Frank Cavanaugh) (04-07; 4310)
# His Butler's Sister (Die Stubenfee, 1943-USA * Frank Borzage ... Martin Murphy) (06-09; 4311)
# Marine Raiders (Ledernacken, 1943/44-USA * Harold Schuster ... Major Steve Lockhard) (11-01; 4406)
# Secret Command (1944-USA * A. Edward Sutherland ... Sam Gallagher) (01-03; 4406)
# Having Wonderful Crime (1944-USA * A. Edward Sutherland ... Michael J. Malone) (04-07; 4504)
# Man Alive (1945-USA * Ray Enright ... Michael O'Flaherty [Speed] McBride) (01-04; 4511)
# Perilous Holiday (1945-USA * Edward H. Griffith ... Patrick Nevil) (10-12; 4603)
# Crack-Up (1945/46-USA * Irving Reis ... George Steele) (12-02; 4609)
# Riffraff (1946-USA * Ted Tetzlaff ... Dan Hammer) (06-07; 4706)
# Fighting Father Dunne (1947-USA * Ted Tetzlaff ... Pater Peter J. Dunne) (03-05; 4806)
# The Boy with Green Hair (Der Junge mit den grünen Haaren, 1948-USA * Joseph Losey ... Gramp Frye) (02-03; 4812)
# A Dangerous Profession (1949-USA * Ted Tetzlaff ... Joe Farley) (04-05; 4911)
# Johnny One-Eye (1949-USA * Robert Florey ... Martin Martin) (07-08; 5005)
# The Fireball (Rollschuh-Fieber, 1950-USA * Tay Garnett ... Pater O'Hara) (01; 5010)
# Criminal Lawyer (1950-USA * Seymour Friedman ... James [Jimmy] Reagan) (11-12; 5108)
# The People against O'Hara (Der Mordprozeß O'Hara, 1951-USA; R: John Sturges, B: John Monks, Jr, K: John Alton, M: Carmen Dragon, D: Spencer Tracy, PO-Vince[nt] Ricks, Diana Lynn) 102m-Krimidrama (Roman von Eleazar Lipsky)
# Okinawa (1951-USA * Leigh Jason ... Lt. Commander Hale) (10; 5203)
# Jubilee Trail (Kalifornische Sinfonie, 1953-USA * Joseph Kane ... Ernest [Texas] Conway) (08; 5401)
# Ring of Fear (Gala-Premiere, 1953-USA * James Edward Grant ... Frank Wallace) (11-12/ND: 03; 5407)
# Inside Detroit (1955-USA * Fred F. Sears ... Gus Linden) (06-07; 5601)
# Kill Me Tomorrow (Morgen wirst Du mich töten, 1956-GB * Terence Fisher ... Bart Crosbie) (10-?)
# The Last Hurrah (Das letzte Hurra, 1958-USA * John Ford ... John Gorman) (02-04/ND: 05; 5810)
# Some Like It Hot (Manche mögen's heiß, 1958-USA; R: Billy Wilder, B: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, K: Charles Lang, M: Adolph Deutsch, D: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, PO-Mulligan) 119m-Komödie
# Town Tamer (Revolver diskutieren nicht, 1964-USA * Lesley Selander ... Richter Murcott)
# The Phynx (1969/70-USA * Lee H. Katzin ... er selbst) (7005)
# Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1976-USA * T.C. Frank [=Tom Laughlin] ... Vizepräsident)
# The End (Nobody Is Perfect, 1977/78-USA * Burt Reynolds ... Ben Lawson)
# Ragtime (Ragtime, 1980-USA * Miloš Forman ... Delmas) (Roman von E.L. Doctorow) (08-20 Wochen; 8111)

BOOK
» Pat O'Brien: The Wind at My Back; The Life and Times of Pat O'Brien. Garden City: Doubleday, 1964
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