Robert Emmett O'Connor

40 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K24 in HD11 in SD4 with no official release

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).

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The Big Timer (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Edward Buzzell

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: filmforum.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

There's a "new" 35mm restoration see Film Forum

Picture Snatcher (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Lloyd Bacon

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV HD Streaming

3.5

Blonde Venus (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Josef von Sternberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray > Criterion Blu-ray > Elephant Films France Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps

3.6

American Madness (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Blu-ray

3.6

Bed of Roses (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab) · cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial Spain DVD

Video Notes:

MoMA has 35mm and UCLA has 16mm print

3.3

The Kid from Spain (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Leo McCarey

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV HD Streaming

3.2

Paid (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

3.3

Bottoms Up (1934)

Supporting role · Director: David Butler

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

35mm print is available

The Public Enemy (1931)

Supporting role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Supporting role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

WB 4k transfer

3.9

Week-End Marriage (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Thornton Freeland

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Frisco Jenny (1933)

Supporting role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 3 DVD

3.6

The Dark Horse (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Alfred E. Green

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.3

The Big Shakedown (1934)

Supporting role · Director: John Francis Dillon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Penthouse (1933)

Supporting role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

3.3

Desire (1936)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

While Indicator Blu-ray used a newer 4K restoration from 2022 instead of the older 2K restoration, Kino Lorber has the original aspect ratio, and the Indicator Blu-ray looks very soft in comparison see comparison