Talk:Pat O'Brien (actor)

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If the writer of this article can confirm this, I would like to add that Pat was active in visiting the troops during WWII. I know this because my father talked about flying with him in cargo planes over the hump in the China Burma India theater of the war. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.21.237.112 (talk) 09:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Pat O'Brien did a special with Walt Disney on Irish Culture while promoting Darby O'Gill and the Little People. He even sings a song in the special.66.223.140.160 (talk) 07:39, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

High Importance-- Call for contributions

As a professor who teaches American culture and film I assure you that this article will be of high importance when written correctly-- no offense to the well meaning people who began it. For most of his life O'Brien was one of the best known faces and voices in America, like Clint Eastwood now. No, bigger. O'Brien was an movie star at a time when Hollywood ruled the culture, and he was also, with Cagney, a public figure, an emblem of Irish America, and even of the American Catholic church, when both were still controversial. As late as 1960 JFK had to explain to the public that he would not take orders from the Pope. O'Brien was so fully typecast as Cagney's tough priest adversary that he never made the transition to the small screen later. Compare Mary Tyler Moore, who has done nothing for 35 years because she succeeded so well for fifteen years to personify an era of American womanhood. The article seems unaware that O'Brien was only playing cameos of his beloved persona in films like Ragtime. Anyone with an interest in American immigration, Irish American culture, Warner Brothers, or film history in general will find piles of material to use for this potentially important article. Profhum (talk) 05:01, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

I do hope to do some work on this eventually, but I need to get Cagney to featured article first, and then I've got Margaret Rutherford to work on. GedUK  07:02, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

O'Brien responsible for Jack Benny's career?

According to Jack Benny's autobiography, he and Pat O'Brien served together in the Navy during World War I. He said he was playing his violin at a show one evening, and the sailors started booing and heckling him. He said Pat O'Brien walked out on stage and whispered in his ear, "For heaven's sake, put down the fiddle and talk to them." Benny stopped playing his violin, and made a comment that got a laugh from the audience. He made more comments and got more laughs, and this put him on the road to a career in comedy.97.73.64.145 (talk) 14:35, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh, that's quite interesting! Do you have some more information about the source, ie title, ISBN etc? GedUK  13:25, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Support for Franco

Why ids there no mention of his support for Franco in the Spanish Civil War? (81.154.38.241 (talk) 21:38, 9 November 2018 (UTC))