J. Pat O'Malley
Biography
J. Pat O'Malley was an English singer who became a character actor in American film and television from the 1940s to 1982. Born in Burnley, Lancashire, he sang with Jack Hylton's orchestra in Britain from 1930 to 1935, then moved to the United States, where he was known professionally as J. Pat O'Malley. On Broadway he appeared in Ten Little Indians (1944) and Dial M for Murder (1954), and the New York Times critic Theodore Goldsmith praised his comedy in the first. For Disney he supplied voices: he played Cyril Proudbottom in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), voiced everyone except Alice in the Walrus and the Carpenter sequence of Alice in Wonderland (1951), was the vulture Buzzie and Colonel Hathi in The Jungle Book (1967), and played a Cockney costermonger in Mary Poppins (1964). He also appeared as Hynes in Lassie Come Home (1943) and guest-starred in series such as Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone and Batman.
80years old at death
- Born Burnley
- Died San Juan Capistrano
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- James Patrick Francis O'Malley (birth name)Also credited as Pat O'Malley, James Patrick O'Malley and James Rudolph O'Malley
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 37 years1943 to 1980
Genres
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A first
O'Malley voiced every character except Alice in the "The Walrus and the Carpenter" segment of Disney's Alice in Wonderland, including Tweedledum, Tweedledee, the Walrus, the Carpenter and Mother Oyster.
About the name
O'Malley stayed in the US and was known professionally as J. Pat O'Malley, a name he used so people would not confuse him with another film actor called Pat O'Malley.
J. Pat O'Malley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Colonel / Jaspervoice
IMDb rating 7.3199K votes
- The Jungle Book1967 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Col. Hathi the Elephant / Buzzievoice
IMDb rating 7.6216K votes
Most often with
Clyde Geronimi directed three of these films, Hamilton Luske two and Wolfgang Reitherman two. Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Clyde GeronimiDirector, 3 films, 1949 to 1961
All films by Clyde Geronimi
Hamilton LuskeDirector, 2 films, 1951 to 1961
All films by Hamilton Luske
Wolfgang ReithermanDirector, 2 films, 1967 to 1973
All films by Wolfgang Reitherman
Also two films together6 more actors
- Richard CollierThe Cheyenne Social Club (1970) and Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- Harvey JasonThe Gumball Rally (1976) and Star! (1968)
- Michael DanteWillard (1971) and Apache Rifles (1964)
- Verna FeltonThe Jungle Book (1967) and Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Phil HarrisRobin Hood (1973) and The Jungle Book (1967)
- Bill LeeThe Jungle Book (1967) and Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What J. Pat O'Malley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$834 million
10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 3 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$378M45.3% of the total
- 2$303M36.3% of the total
- 3$57M6.9% of the total
- 4$33M4.0% of the total
- 5$33M4.0% of the total
- 6$14M1.7% of the total
- 7$4.5M0.5% of the total
- 8$4.5M0.5% of the total
$6.8 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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