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$1.5 Million

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William Joseph Patrick “Pat” O’Brien was born on 11 November 1899, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA, inTO a Roman Catholic family with Irish ancestry. He was an actor most recognized for movies such as ‘’Some Like it Hot’’ and ‘’Angels With Dirty Faces’’.

So, just how rich was Pat O’Brien? Authoritative sources estimate that O’Brien’s net worth was as high as $1.5 million, accumulated from his six decades long acting career in Hollywood, as well as on the silver screen. He also wrote a couple of books.

Pat O’Brien Net Worth $1.5 million

Pat grew up near 13th and Clybourn streets in Milwaukee. He attended Marquette Academy and went on to join the US Navy in World War I. Having returned from war, O’Brien decided to continue his education and enrolled into Marquette University shortly after. During his college days, O’Brien found an acting job, and went on to appear in several Broadway plays and spent a decade there. Pat made his silver screen debut in Paramount’s film ‘’Honor Among Lovers’’ which was well received by the critics. He continuously played significant roles during the early ‘30s, appearing in several MGM musicals. In the upcoming years, he played in a variety of Warner Bros movies which resulted in a long term contract, making a name for himself and gaining attention and reputation. His appearances, either supporting or lead roles, were often critically acclaimed. During this era of his career, he played lead parts in ‘’I Married a Doctor’’ and ‘’Public Enemy’s Wife’’ among many others. However, the highlight of this period was his role in ‘’Angels with Dirty Faces’’ in which he played a Catholic priest with a problematic past, Fr. Jerry Connolly. The movie was nominated for several awards and earned a total of $1.7 million at the box office, considerable in those days. O’Brien’s performance is said to have added significantly to the movie.

Pat eventually left Warner Bros and signed a contract with 20th Century Fox, but never appeared in any of their movies, and went on to sign a contract with RKO, eventually appearing in several of their movies usually playing a certain type of military or authority characters. In the mid ‘40s, he established his own production company with his manager, and signed a contract with Columbia to make several movies together. One of the most noted appearances he made during this period was his role of Father Peter J. Dunne, in ‘’Fighting Father Dunne’’, a 1948 biographical film. The number of roles Pat would get was slowly decreasing in the 1950s and his friend Spencer Tracy persuaded MGM studio to give O’Brien parts in a couple of their films, and in the following year, he had several big roles, the highlight being the role of Detective Mulligan in ‘’Some like it Hot’’, a 1959 comedy in which he played alongside Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis.

He continued to appear in movies, but eventually returned to theatre, and remained a theatre actor throughout the ‘60s until the ‘80s. During his long career, he appeared in over 80 movies and had plenty of television appearances.

In his personal life, Pat married Eloise in 1931 and they had four kids together – three of them adopted. O’Brien is said to have been passionate about storytelling and jokes, and a regular guest at many Hollywood parties. He died on 15 October 1983 from a heart attack – even President Ronald Regan expressed his sadness at Pat’s death.

Net Worth	$1.5 Million
Date Of Birth	November 11, 1899
Died	October 15, 1983, Santa Monica, California, United States
Place Of Birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Height	1.8 m
Profession	Actor
Education	University of South Dakota, Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Nationality	American
Spouse	Eloise Taylor (m. 1931–1983)
Children	Brigid O’Brien, Mavourneen O’Brien, Sean O’Brien, Terry O’Brien
Parents	Margaret O'Brien, William O'Brien
Partner	Betsy Hoyt Stephens
IMDB
Awards	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor In A Daytime Drama Special
Music Groups	Cannibal Corpse, Nevermore, Monstrosity, Chastain, Evisceration Plague, Kill Or Become, Priests of Sodom
Movies	Angels with Dirty Faces, Some Like It Hot, Knute Rockne, All American, The Fighting 69th, Ragtime, The People Against O'Hara, The Front Page, Torrid Zone, The Boy with Green Hair, The Last Hurrah, Ceiling Zero, Flirtation Walk, Here Comes the Navy, American Madness, Having Wonderful Crime, The Fireb...
TV Shows	Harrigan and Son

#	Quote
1	John Ford, the old master, is the orderly type. Working for him is like being part of a ballet. He hardly ever moves the camera, but composes his shots like a master painter, a Rembrandt or Degas. The actor becomes part of the scene. Ford lets the action swirl past his lens. But the reality of his seamen, miners, dust-bowlers, horse soldiers, or Wesrern heroes, when he is at his best, is a literature that the screen rarely gets. Working for him one feels a special pride. Lewis Milestone is a bouncing camera mover. For him the seeing eye is all. He stands the camera on its head, rolls it, rushes it, brings it in on the run. The actors are part of the scenery, and they must fight to survive, come alive while he catches them on the run. Neither men are static directors. They don't care for too much talk in their script, or stage business over meaningless chatter.
2	I am not a loner, not a solitary. I liked people, crowds, activities, so I didn't stay in dark corners. I made friends
3	Women''s pictures (so-called) are talky pictures. Their use of the cigarette and the telephone break the talk, talk, talk of soap-opera storytelling.
4	[interviewed in 1982]: I despise the Method, as do Helen Hayes, Laurence Olivier, and as Jack Barrymore surely would have. I think the Method has ruined an awful lot of potentially fine actors. Look, the theatre is nothing but a mystique. It's nebulous. You get the part, you study your lines, you see what you can do with it and, finally, you evolve yourself into the part. But the Method - be a window, be a door... what's that got to do with anything?
5	[on Knute Rockne] He was not only a great coach but also an extraordinary human being, and I felt privileged, humble, trying to convey the glory and the humanness that was 'Rock'. And there were frightening moments when I briefly felt as if I were Knute Rockne.

#	Fact
1	Met his wife Eloise while appearing at the Selwyn Theatre in Chicago in 1927.
2	Attended Marquette Academy and Marquette University in Milwaukee.
3	He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1531 Vine Street; and for Television at 6240 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
4	Had appeared with Henry O'Neill in eleven films: Flirtation Walk (1934), Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934), I've Got Your Number (1934), Oil for the Lamps of China (1935), The Great O'Malley (1937), Submarine D-1 (1937), Knute Rockne All American (1940), Castle on the Hudson (1940), The Fighting 69th (1940), 'Til We Meet Again (1940) and The People Against O'Hara (1951).
5	Had appeared with James Cagney in nine films: Here Comes the Navy (1934), Devil Dogs of the Air (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), Ceiling Zero (1936) Boy Meets Girl (1938), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Fighting 69th (1940), Torrid Zone (1940) and Ragtime (1981).
6	O'Brien first met his lifelong friend Spencer Tracy when Tracy enrolled at Milwaukee's Marquette Academy in 1917.
7	O'Brien formed his own production company in 1944 which made only one motion picture, Secret Command (1944).
8	Pat was a great personal friend of fellow Irish-American actor James Cagney, from the early days of their career right up to Pat's death in 1983. They also starred in seven films together, Pat often playing the role of a Catholic priest.
9	He wore a toupee.
10	Patrick O'Brien passed away on October 15, 1983, one month away from what would have been his 84th birthday on November 11.
11	His final acting role was as a guest star in an episode of Happy Days (1974). The series was set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which was O'Brien's hometown.
12	Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 607-608. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
13	Had been playing Walter Burns in "The Front Page" on Broadway before being tapped to appear in the 1931 film (The Front Page (1931)). The studio, confusing Burns with the other lead role, Hildy Johnson, offered O'Brien the latter role, assuming it was the one he had played onstage. He took the job, not informing them of their mistake.
14	Politically, he was extremely right-wing, so much so that he was termed "a near-fascist", mainly because of his strong support of Generalissimo Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War.
15	He and his wife had one biological child and three adopted children: Sean O'Brien, Terry O'Brien, Brigid O'Brien and Mavourneen O'Brien.
16	Following his death, he was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Happy Days	1980-1982	TV Series	Uncle Joe
WKRP in Cincinnati	1981	TV Series	Col. Buchanan
Ragtime	1981	Delphin
Scout's Honor	1980	TV Movie	Mr. Caboose
The End	1978	Ben Lawson
Billy Jack Goes to Washington	1977	Vice President
Kiss Me, Kill Me	1976	TV Movie	Jimmy, morgue attendant
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1975	TV Series	Abner Therman
The Sky's the Limit	1975	Abner Therman
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak	1973	TV Series	Dr. Miller
McCloud	1973	TV Series	Mac Ferguson
Tenafly	1973	TV Series	Avery
Amanda Fallon	1973	TV Movie	Emory
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	1973	TV Series	Emory
Banyon	1972	TV Series	Big Jim Rawlins
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law	1972	TV Series	Attorney
Adventures of Nick Carter	1972	TV Movie	Hallelujah Harry
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol	1972	TV Movie	Sgt. McGll
Alias Smith and Jones	1971	TV Series	Hayfoot Stockton
The Phynx	1970	Pat O'Brien
The Over-the-Hill Gang	1969	TV Movie	Capt. Oren Hayes
My Friend Tony	1969	TV Series
The Virginian	1964-1967	TV Series	Doc Bigelow / J. Jimerson Jones
Hazel	1966	TV Series	Uncle Jerome Van Meter
Branded	1965	TV Series	Phineas T. Barnum
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	1964-1965	TV Series	District Attorney Hightower / Otto Mead
Town Tamer	1965	Judge Murcott
Slattery's People	1965	TV Series	Assemblyman Raymond J. O'Riordan
Kraft Suspense Theatre	1964	TV Series	Inspector Dan Zarilla / Lt. John Curwood
Going My Way	1963	TV Series	Frank McCaffey
The Dick Powell Theatre	1963	TV Series	Clerk
The Road to Hong Kong	1962	Chinese Restaurateur (uncredited)
Harrigan and Son	1960-1961	TV Series	James Harrigan Sr.
Joyful Hour	1960	TV Movie	Host
The Best of the Post	1960	TV Series	Mike
Some Like It Hot	1959	Detective Mulligan
The Last Hurrah	1958	John Gorman
Target	1958	TV Series	Daniels
Kraft Theatre	1958	TV Series
Studio One in Hollywood	1958	TV Series	Mike Waterson
Studio 57	1956-1957	TV Series	Capt. Frank Brodie / Al Richards / Jay Breen
The Ford Television Theatre	1953-1957	TV Series	Lt. V. Keever / Richard Brown / Spud Malone
The Red Skelton Hour	1957	TV Series	the Sheriff
Kill Me Tomorrow	1957	Bart Crosbie
Crossroads	1956-1957	TV Series	Father Patrick O'Neil / Father Edward Sullivan / Father Jim / ...
Playhouse 90	1957	TV Series	Sheriff Kyle Bickford
Lux Video Theatre	1951-1957	TV Series	Captain Barnaby / Eddie Gorman / Charley Hackett / ...
Sneak Preview	1956	TV Series
The United States Steel Hour	1956	TV Series	Jim
Climax!	1955-1956	TV Series	Ed Talbot / Police Lieutenant / Police Lieutenant Moore
Inside Detroit	1956	Gus Linden
Science Fiction Theatre	1955	TV Series	Dr. Walter Arnold
The Christophers	1955	TV Series
Celebrity Playhouse	1955	TV Series
Front Row Center	1955	TV Series	Dan Packard
The Star and the Story	1955	TV Series	Larry Johnson
Stage 7	1955	TV Series	Dan Jennings
Ring of Fear	1954	Frank Wallace
Jubilee Trail	1954	Ernest 'Texas' Conway
Schlitz Playhouse	1952-1953	TV Series
General Electric Theater	1953	TV Series
Okinawa	1952	Lt. Cmdr. Hale
The People Against O'Hara	1951	Det. Vincent Ricks
Criminal Lawyer	1951	James Edward Reagan
The Fireball	1950	Father O'Hara
Johnny One-Eye	1950	Martin Martin
A Dangerous Profession	1949	Joe Farley
The Boy with Green Hair	1948	Gramp
Fighting Father Dunne	1948	Father Peter J. Dunne
Riff-Raff	1947	Dan
Crack-Up	1946	George Steele
Perilous Holiday	1946	Patrick Nevil
Man Alive	1945	Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride
Having Wonderful Crime	1945	Michael J. Malone
Secret Command	1944	Sam Gallagher
Marine Raiders	1944	Maj. Steve Lockhart
His Butler's Sister	1943	Martin Murphy
The Iron Major	1943	Francis William 'Frank' / 'Cav' Cavanaugh
Bombardier	1943	Maj. Chick Davis
The Navy Comes Through	1942	Chief Michael 'Mike' Mallory
Flight Lieutenant	1942	Samuel J. 'Sam' Doyle
Broadway	1942	Dan McCorn
Two Yanks in Trinidad	1942	Tim Reardon
Knute Rockne All American	1940	Knute Rockne
Flowing Gold	1940	Ian 'Hap' O'Connor
Escape to Glory	1940	Mike Farrough
Torrid Zone	1940	Steve Case
'Til We Meet Again	1940	Steve Burke
Castle on the Hudson	1940	Warden Long
The Fighting 69th	1940	Father Duffy
Slightly Honorable	1939	John Webb
The Night of Nights	1939	Dan O'Farrell
Indianapolis Speedway	1939	Joe Greer
The Kid from Kokomo	1939	William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy
Off the Record	1939	Thomas 'Breezy' Elliott
Swingtime in the Movies	1938	Short	Pat O'Brien (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces	1938	Jerry Connolly
Garden of the Moon	1938	John Quinn
Boy Meets Girl	1938	J.C. Benson
Cowboy from Brooklyn	1938	Roy Chadwick
Out Where the Stars Begin	1938	Short	Pat O'Brien (uncredited)
Women Are Like That	1938	Bill Landin
Submarine D-1	1937	'Butch' Rogers
Back in Circulation	1937	Bill Morgan
Slim	1937	Red Blayd
San Quentin	1937	Capt. Stephen Jameson
The Great O'Malley	1937	James Aloysius O'Malley
China Clipper	1936	Dave Logan
Public Enemy's Wife	1936	Lee Laird
I Married a Doctor	1936	Dr. William P. Kennicott
Ceiling Zero	1936	Jake L. Lee
Stars Over Broadway	1935	Al McGillevray
Page Miss Glory	1935	Click Wiley
The Irish in Us	1935	Pat O'Hara
Oil for the Lamps of China	1935	Stephen Chase
In Caliente	1935	Larry MacArthur
Devil Dogs of the Air	1935	Lieut. Brannigan
Flirtation Walk	1934	'Scrapper' Thornhhill
I Sell Anything	1934	'Spot Cash' Cutler
Here Comes the Navy	1934	Biff
The Personality Kid	1934	Ritzy McCarty
Twenty Million Sweethearts	1934	Rush Blake
Gambling Lady	1934	Charlie Lang
I've Got Your Number	1934	Terry Riley
College Coach	1933	Coach Gore
Bombshell	1933	Jim Brogan
Bureau of Missing Persons	1933	Butch Saunders
The World Gone Mad	1933	Andy Terrell
Destination Unknown	1933	Matt Brennan
Laughter in Hell	1933	Barney Slaney
Air Mail	1932	Duke Talbot
Virtue	1932	Jimmy
Flaming Gold	1932	Ben Lear
American Madness	1932	Matt
Hollywood Speaks	1932	Jimmy Reed
The Strange Case of Clara Deane	1932	Frank Deane
Scandal for Sale	1932	Waddell
The Final Edition	1932	Sam Bradshaw
Hell's House	1932	Matt Kelly
Flying High	1931	Sport
Consolation Marriage	1931	Steve Porter
Personal Maid	1931	Peter Shea
Crimes Square	1931	Short	Marty
The Front Page	1931	Hildy Johnson
Honor Among Lovers	1931	Conroy
The Nightingale	1931	Short	The Sweetheart
Compliments of the Season	1930	Short	Police Detective (uncredited)
My Mistake	1930	Short

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	1957	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Boy with Green Hair	1948	performer: "Tread on the Tail of Me Coat", "How Many Miles to Dublin Town?" - uncredited
The Iron Major	1943	"Billy Boy Can She Bake a Cherry Pie", uncredited / performer: "As the Backs Go Tearing By Dartmouth Fight Song", "Billy Boy Can She Bake a Cherry Pie", "In the Town of Donegal" - uncredited
Knute Rockne All American	1940	performer: "Happy Land" - uncredited
Angels with Dirty Faces	1938	performer: "In My Merry Oldsmobile" 1905 - uncredited
Garden of the Moon	1938	performer: "I'll String Along With You" 1934 - uncredited
Women Are Like That	1938	performer: "I've Been Working on the Railroad" - uncredited
Oil for the Lamps of China	1935	"Chinatown, My Chinatown" 1910, uncredited / performer: "Don't Send My Boy to Harvard" - uncredited
In Caliente	1935	"To Call You My Own" 1935, uncredited / performer: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited
The Personality Kid	1934	performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money" 1933 - uncredited
Crimes Square	1931	Short performer: "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" - uncredited

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Secret Command	1944	executive producer - uncredited

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
All Star Revue	1952	TV Series	Himself - Cameo
Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land	1951	Documentary short	Himself
The Fred Waring Show	1951	TV Series	Himself
The Hills of Ireland	1951	Documentary	Narrator (voice)
Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc.	1949	Short	Himself - Master of Ceremonies
Texaco Star Theatre	1949	TV Series	Himself - Actor
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Happy Homes	1949	Documentary short	Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 10: Famous Fathers and Sons	1946	Documentary short	Himself
Breakdowns of 1938	1938	Documentary short	Pat O'Brien (Back in Circulation / Women Are Like That / Cowboy from Brooklyn outtakes) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7	1937	Documentary short	Himself
Breakdowns of 1937	1937	Short	Himself
Breakdowns of 1936	1936	Short	Himself
A Dream Comes True	1935	Documentary short	Himself (uncredited)
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio	1935	Short documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen	1935	Short	Himself
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds	1984	TV Movie	Himself
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy	1981	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Parkinson	1981	TV Series	Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	1980	TV Special	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1962-1979	TV Series	Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Actor
The Merv Griffin Show	1962-1979	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest
Over Easy	1977	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood Greats	1977	TV Series documentary	Himself
The David Frost Show	1969-1971	TV Series	Himself
The Movie Crazy Years	1971	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Virginia Graham Show	1971	TV Series	Himself
Bracken's World	1970	TV Series	Himself
Della	1969	TV Series	Himself
Allen Ludden's Gallery	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1967-1969	TV Series	Himself
The Woody Woodbury Show	1968	TV Series	Himself
Gypsy	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Match Game	1964-1965	TV Series	Himself - Team Captain
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1963-1965	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show	1950-1965	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Actor / Himself - Comedian
That Regis Philbin Show	1964	TV Series	Himself
To Tell the Truth	1964	TV Series	Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	1960-1962	TV Series	Himself
Here's Hollywood	1961	TV Series	Himself
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1959	TV Series	Himself
What's My Line?	1953-1957	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest
Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party	1957	Short	Himself
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show	1957	TV Series	Himself - Actor
Hollywood Mothers and Fathers	1955	Documentary short	Himself
Shower of Stars	1955	TV Series	Himself - Cameo
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Beauty	1955	Documentary short	Himself
A Star Is Born World Premiere	1954	TV Short	Himself
Place the Face	1954	TV Series	Himself
This Is Your Life	1953	TV Series	Himself
The 25th Annual Academy Awards	1953	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member (New York)
I've Got a Secret	1952	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson	1952	Documentary short	Himself
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball	1952	Short	Himself
The Colgate Comedy Hour	1952	TV Series	Himself - Actor

Archive Footage

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1974	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Best Actor in Daytime Drama - For a Special Program	The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972)
1974	Daytime Emmy	Daytime Emmy Awards	Daytime Actor of the Year	The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972)
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 8 February 1960. At 1531 Vine Street.
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television	On 8 February 1960. At 6240 Hollywood Blvd.