J. Pat O'Malley

Infobox actor
name = J. Pat O'Malley
location =March 15, 1904
Burnley, England.
occupation = Singer, composer, songwriter, and actor, music director
years active = 1929-1985
spouse = Irene Simpleton (1924-1986)

deathdate = February 27, 1985 (age 80)
deathplace = San Juan Capistrano, California

James Patrick O'Malley (March 15, 1904 – February 27, 1985) was a British singer and character actor, who appeared in many American films and television shows during the 1940s–1970s. He went by his stage name J. Pat O'Malley. and he was born on March 15, 1904 (although some sources state 1901).

O'Malley began his recording career in 1925 and was principal singer with Jack Hylton and his Orchestra from 1930 to 1933. Known at that time as "Pat O'Malley", he recorded over 400 popular songs of the day.

O'Malley began a solo recording career in 1935 in parallel with his work with Hylton. At the end of 1935 Hylton and O'Malley went to the US to record with a band composed of American musicians, thus emulating Ray Noble and Al Bowlly. The venture was short-lived but O'Malley remained in the United States.

Now known as "J. Pat O'Malley" he had a long and varied acting career including the film "Lassie Come Home" in 1943 as "Hynes" and later in Walt Disney's "Spin and Marty" hit television serials as "Perkins" (1955–1957). O'Malley also appeared in the television series "Twilight Zone" episode called (The Fugitive) (1962). In the 1964–1965 season, he appeared as a handyman on the series "Wendy and Me" with costars George Burns, Connie Stevens, and Ron Harper. He appeared as Carol Brady's father in the premier episode of ABC's "The Brady Bunch". He made several appearances in the television series "Maude", as Hermione Baddeley's beau, from 1973 to 1975. He appeared in a cameo on the show "Emergency!" in its third season [screen credits, "Emergency!", Season three DVD, disk 4] . He also guest starred in 1966 in Jack Sheldon's short-lived CBS series "Run, Buddy, Run". [ [http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/US/Comedy/RunBuddyRun.htm CTVA Comedy - "Run, Buddy, Run" (Talent Associates/CBS) (fall 1966) starring Jack Sheldon ] ]

Walt Disney also engaged O'Malley to provide voices for animated films such as the Cockney coster in the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" sequence in "Mary Poppins" 1964 and the role of Colonel Hathi and the vulture Buzzie in "The Jungle Book" in 1967. His voice can also be heard in "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), in which he performs all character voices in the "Walrus and Carpenter" segment, and the role of the Colonel and Jasper in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (1961) and in the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in several roles including the original voice of the Pirate Captain dunking the magistrate into the well.

In 1982, O'Malley made his final television appearance on "Taxi". A DVD version of the from the 1955 season was released in 2005 as part of the "Walt Disney Treasures" series.

J.Pat O'Malley died from cardiovascular disease in San Juan Capistrano, California at the age of 80.

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External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641729/ J. Patrick O'Malley at the IMDB]
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* [http://www.originalmmc.com/omalley.html J. Pat O'Malley] profile