Pat O'Brien

Recorded June 22nd, 1971 - 74 min

Popular character actor in films in a long screen career that took off in the 1930s with The Front Page (1931). He was born November 11, 1899 and was 70 when we met him in the Star Suite at the Drury Lane Evergreen Park theatre in suburban Chicago. We talked extensively with him about a career that included such films as Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); Knute Rockne, All-American (1941); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); The Last Hurrah (1958) and Some Like It Hot (1959). He died October 15, 1983 at age 83.

  
  
Cavalcade Of America - 9/13/43 - Iron Camels

Did you enjoy the interview? Listen to Pat O'Brien star in the drama "Iron Camels" on the Cavalcade Of America from September 13th, 1943.