Robert Emmett O'Connor
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as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited) Sunset Boulevard 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).
Filmography
Sunset Boulevard
as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
as Henderson
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Motorman (uncredited)
The Public Enemy
as Paddy Ryan
A Star Is Born
as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
as Cop (uncredited)
Easter Parade
as Policeman (uncredited)
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Police Sergeant by Christmas Tre
Blonde Venus
as Dan O'Connor
They Were Expendable
as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Baggage Attendant on Train (uncredited)
Lady for a Day
as Inspector MacCreary
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Policeman
Made for Each Other
as Harry (Elevator Starter) (uncredited)
The Harvey Girls
as Conductor (uncredited)
The Big House
as Donlin
Desire
as Customs Official
Who Killed Who?
as Host (uncredited)
The Clock
as Policeman (uncredited)