| Pat Flaherty | |
| Birth Name: | Edmund Joseph Flaherty |
| Birth Date: | 8 March 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Yearsactive: | 1930s–1950s |
| Spouse: | Dorothy Fiske (191?; ? 192?) |
| Children: | 3 |
Edmund Joseph Flaherty (March 8, 1897 – December 2, 1970) was an American film actor who appeared in about 200 films.
Flaherty was born Edmund Joseph Flaherty in Washington, D.C.; the son of Mary Rose Ella (née Wilson) and Michael Joseph Flaherty. He was the older brother of writer Vincent X. Flaherty. Flaherty had Irish ancestry. Pat attended Eastern High School, and Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts. After playing baseball, he attended Princeton University and graduated on January 26, 1918. Flaherty served in the U.S. Army during the Pancho Villa Expedition and then as an U.S. Army Air Service pilot in World War I.
Flaherty was a popular Washington, D.C., athlete and coach, who went on to become a professional baseball and football player and was in the bullpen for John McGraw's New York Giants during the 1921 World Series, and punted for George Halas' Chicago Bears.[1] After his professional athletic career ended, he went into the music publishing business with the legendary DeSylva, Brown and Henderson during the time of Mayor Jimmy Walker in New York.
Flaherty relocated to Hollywood to take a position as a producer at 20th Century Fox for the owner Joseph P. Kennedy when the Great Depression began. Subsequently, he found work as an actor and technical advisor in over 200 motion pictures. Flaherty can be seen in roles both large and small in films such as Death on the Diamond (1934), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Sergeant York (1941), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), It Happened in Flatbush (1942), and a bit appearance as a bewildered Marine in Stage Door Canteen.
In 1943, he was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps as a captain.[2] He returned to the Corps for the Korean War and finished his service as a major.[3]
He resumed his acting career after the war with The Stratton Story (1949, as the Western All-Stars coach), The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) and The Winning Team (1952, as legendary umpire Bill Klem). He was given the task of making William Bendix look, move and act like Babe Ruth in The Babe Ruth Story, and Gary Cooper to pitch, look, move and act like Lou Gehrig in Pride of the Yankees. Outside the realm of baseball, Flaherty was usually cast in blunt, muscle-bound roles, notably Fredric March's taciturn male nurse "Cuddles" in A Star is Born (1937). One of Flaherty's most unusual roles was in Wheeler & Woolsey's Off Again, On Again (1937), in which his character finds his wife (played by actress Patricia Wilder) in a compromising position with Bert Wheeler; he does not pummel the hapless Wheeler as expected, but instead meekly apologizes for his wife's flirtatiousness.
Flaherty was married twice. His first wife was Dorothy Fiske. The couple had one child, Edmund Flaherty, Jr. who was born in 1919 and died in 1995, by which time his name had been changed to Edmund Graham. On January 19, 1929, Flaherty married Dorothea Xaviera Fugazy, daughter of boxing promoter Jack Fugazy aka Humbert Fugazy. They had two children, Patrick Joseph Flaherty and Frances X. Flaherty Knox.[4]
Flaherty died on December 4, 1970, in New York City of a heart attack.
| Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Come On, Marines! | Peewee | |||
| 1934 | She Made Her Bed | State Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | Twentieth Century | Flannigan | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | The Thin Man | Fighter at Party | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | The Girl from Missouri | Jerry – Photo | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | Million Dollar Ransom | Friend in Nightclub | Murray Roth | uncredited | |
| 1934 | Have a Heart | Silver Dollar Steve, the Thief | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | Death on the Diamond | Pat – Cardinal Coach | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | Cheating Cheaters | Gym Instructor | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | 365 Nights in Hollywood | Dancing Boy | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | Bright Eyes | Aviator in Raincoat | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | Forsaking All Others | Turkish Bath Attendant | uncredited | ||
| 1934 | The Mighty Barnum | Mike | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Mystery Woman | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Under Pressure | Announcer of Winning Team | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Shadow of Doubt | Peters – Taxi Driver | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | After Office Hours | Police Guard at Gate | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Minor Role | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Times Square Lady | Buck Pierson – Hockey Player | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | The Casino Murder Case | Watchman | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | It Happened in New York | Reporter | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Eight Bells | Mike | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | G Men | Cop with Farrell | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Air Hawks | Frank Dunlap – Pilot | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Call of the Wild | Dandy on Street | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | China Seas | Second Officer Kingston | uncredited | ||
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Churchill | |||
| 1935 | Whipsaw | Detective at Dock | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | Modern Times | Jail Guard | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast | Bouncer | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | Sons o' Guns | Apache Dancer | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | Ship's Officer | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | Counterfeit | Carter | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | Hearts in Bondage | Bucko's Friend | Lew Ayres | uncredited | |
| 1936 | Straight from the Shoulder | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | My Man Godfrey | Mike Flaherty | |||
| 1936 | The Luckiest Girl in the World | Finnigan | |||
| 1936 | End of the Trail | Rough Rider | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | The Magnificent Brute | John | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | Pigskin Parade | Referee | uncredited | ||
| 1936 | Flying Hostess | 2nd Detective | |||
| 1937 | Woman-Wise | Duke Fuller | |||
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Cuddles | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | San Quentin | Cop Clearing May | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | Parnell | Parliament Member Parnell Socks | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | A Day at the Races | Detective with Sheriff | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | On Again-Off Again | Mr. Green | |||
| 1937 | She Asked for It | Inspector Bacon | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | Stand-In | Nightclub Bouncer | Tay Garnett Charles Kerr (assistant) | uncredited | |
| 1937 | A Girl with Ideas | Motorcycle Cop | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | That Navy Spirit | Coach Hanley | |||
| 1937 | Fight for Your Lady | Mr. Russell | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | Navy Blue and Gold | Coach of Southern Institute | |||
| 1937 | Submarine D-1 | Louie – Disagreeable Bluejacket at Panama | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | Telephone Operator | Tom Sommers | |||
| 1937 | She Loved a Fireman | Duggan | |||
| 1937 | She's Got Everything | Van Driver | uncredited | ||
| 1937 | The Bad Man of Brimstone | Federal Marshal | uncredited | ||
| 1938 | Hollywood Stadium Mystery | Ace Cummings | |||
| 1938 | Merrily We Live | Pat – Police Officer | uncredited | ||
| 1938 | Joy of Living | Autograph Hound Punched by Dan | uncredited | ||
| 1938 | The Main Event | Moran | |||
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Police Guard at Courtroom Entrance | uncredited | ||
| 1938 | Always in Trouble | Gideon Stubbs | |||
| 1938 | Secrets of a Nurse | Dick Churchill, Burkes' Crooked Handler | uncredited | ||
| 1938 | Newsboys' Home | Mulvaney | uncredited | ||
| 1938 | There's That Woman Again | Husky Gent | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | Convict's Code | Sniffy Johnson | |||
| 1939 | Off the Record | Bartender | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | Dodge City | Cowhand | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | Code of the Streets | Visiting Guest | |||
| 1939 | Boys' Reformatory | Mr. Barnes | |||
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Mike | |||
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Printer | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite | The Crusher's Handler | |||
| 1939 | Sabotage | Minor Role | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Detective | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | Legion of Lost Flyers | Sam Bradford | |||
| 1939 | Kid Nightingale | Soxey – Tavern Owner | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | Man from Montreal | Tom | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | Miracle on Main Street | Detective | |||
| 1939 | The Big Guy | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Worker | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Frank – Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Deputy | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Stretcher Attendant | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | Midnight Limited | Train Conductor | |||
| 1940 | My Son, My Son! | Joe Baxter | |||
| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful | Visitor's Room Guard | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Chief Petty Officer | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | Black Diamonds | Johnson | |||
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Driver in Cafe | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | Boom Town | Man at Dice Table | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Dance Floor Guard | Anatole Litvak Jean Negulesco (uncredited) | uncredited | |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Worker | Lloyd Bacon William K. Howard (uncredited) | scenes deleted | |
| 1940 | The Great Dictator | Friendly Storm Trooper | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | Sandy Gets Her Man | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1940 | Flight Command | 2nd Duty Officer | |||
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle | Police Sergeant | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Mat Hughes – Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | Murder Among Friends | Cop | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Mike | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | Dead Men Tell | Policeman with Checklist | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Mark – Policeman with Pickpocket | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | Affectionately Yours | Harmon | |||
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Sergeant Harry Parsons | |||
| 1941 | Highway West | Eddie – Motorcycle Cop | |||
| 1941 | We Go Fast | Police Sergeant | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | Unexpected Uncle | Mounted Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | Rise and Shine | Pat – Assistant Coach | uncredited | ||
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Deputy | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Fly-by-Night | Taxi Driver at Station | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Pardon My Stripes | Coach | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Drill Sergeant | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Who Is Hope Schuyler? | Nash | |||
| 1942 | Saboteur | George – Elevator Operator | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Private Buckaroo | Drill Sergeant | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Last Recruit Smelling Gas | Tay Garnett James Anderson (assistant) | uncredited | |
| 1942 | It Happened in Flatbush | Pat O'Hara – Pitcher | |||
| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Sgt. Lewis – White House Guard | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Juke Girl | Mike, Timmony Driver | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Yankee Ballplayer | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Just Off Broadway | Detective | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Harry Corbett | uncredited | ||
| 1942 | Two Mugs from Brooklyn | Pat, gym attendant | |||
| 1943 | Hit the Ice | Police Lieutenant | uncredited | ||
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Mulvaney | uncredited | ||
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Dubious Army Sergeant | uncredited | ||
| 1943 | Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Sergeant Moore | uncredited | ||
| 1943 | Adventures of the Flying Cadets | Tanner [Chs. 2–4] | |||
| 1946 | The Madonna's Secret | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Her Kind of Man | Detective | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ | Patrick Burke, Referee | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Dangerous Business | Plainclothesman | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Rendezvous with Annie | MP | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | The Last Crooked Mile | Motorcycle Officer | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | G.I. War Brides | Lt. Cardigan | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Step by Step | Motorcycle Cop #1 | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Home Sweet Homicide | Policeman Murphy | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Decoy | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Shadowed | Cop at Golf Course | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | Nocturne | Flanagan – Cop with Susan | uncredited | ||
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Salvage Foreman | uncredited | ||
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman | Baker Brother | uncredited | ||
| 1947 | The Red House | Motorcycle Cop | uncredited | ||
| 1947 | New Orleans | Moving Man | uncredited | ||
| 1947 | The Long Night | Police Sergeant | uncredited | ||
| 1947 | Something in the Wind | Cop at Desk | uncredited | ||
| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Sunset High Coach | uncredited | ||
| 1947 | The Fabulous Texan | Springern | uncredited | ||
| 1947 | Where There's Life | Joe O'Brien | uncredited | ||
| 1948 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Customer in Bar Who Warns Curtin and Dobbs about Pat McCormick | uncredited | ||
| 1948 | All My Sons | Bartender | uncredited | ||
| 1948 | April Showers | Mike | uncredited | ||
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Tough Driver | uncredited | ||
| 1948 | The Cobra Strikes | Atlas Kilroy | |||
| 1948 | Silver River | Foreman | uncredited | ||
| 1948 | Give My Regards to Broadway | Wallace | uncredited | ||
| 1948 | Key Largo | The Traveler | uncredited | ||
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story | Bill Carrigan, Red Sox Manager | |||
| 1948 | Night Has a Thousand Eyes | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | World Series Umpire | uncredited | ||
| 1949 | The Stratton Story | Western Manager | uncredited | ||
| 1949 | One Last Fling | Taxicab Driver | uncredited | ||
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Charlie, Studio Gate Guard | uncredited | ||
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoy | Joe McCoy | Irving Reis Nicholas Ray (uncredited) | uncredited | |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Policeman in Gambling House Raid | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | Blondie's Hero | Recruiting Sergeant | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | The Good Humor Man | Officer Rhodes | |||
| 1950 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Ed Powers – Bartender | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | George Welch – American League Scout | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | The Jackie Robinson Story | Karpen | |||
| 1950 | The Asphalt Jungle | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Farmer | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | Three Little Words | Coach | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | David Harding, Counterspy | C.P.O. | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | The Petty Girl | Policeman #2 | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | Tea for Two | Terry Clancy – Motorcycle Cop | uncredited | ||
| 1950 | Harvey | Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1951 | Storm Warning | Walker | uncredited | ||
| 1951 | The Lemon Drop Kid | Police Captain Swain | Sidney Lanfield Frank Tashlin (uncredited) | uncredited | |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Boston Braves Manager | uncredited | ||
| 1951 | Detective Story | Desk Sergeant | uncredited | ||
| 1951 | The Racket | Policeman, Car 43 | uncredited | ||
| 1952 | Meet Danny Wilson | 'Mother' Murphy | uncredited | ||
| 1952 | Hoodlum Empire | Mikkelson | |||
| 1952 | The Pride of St. Louis | Umpire | uncredited | ||
| 1952 | Pat and Mike | Golf Course Commentator | uncredited | ||
| 1952 | The Winning Team | Bill Klem – Umpire | uncredited | ||
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down | Pat – Bartender | uncredited | ||
| 1952 | Million Dollar Mermaid | Policeman at Montauk Point | uncredited | ||
| 1952 | Blackbeard the Pirate | Job Maggot | |||
| 1952 | Off Limits | Military Policeman | uncredited | ||
| 1953 | Latin Lovers | Jim Webson – Polo Player | uncredited | ||
| 1954 | The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters | O'Meara | uncredited | ||
| 1954 | Jungle Gents | Police Officer Flaherty | Uncredited | ||
| 1954 | Athena | Contest Judge | Uncredited | ||
| 1955 | The Road to Denver | Green | Uncredited | ||
| 1955 | The Desperate Hours | Dutch | Uncredited |