Pat Flaherty

Edmund Joseph Flaherty (March 8, 1897 – December 2, 1970) was an American film actor who appeared in about 200 films.

Biography

Early life 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. 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.

Acting career 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. He returned to the Corps for the Korean War and finished his service as a major.

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.

Personal life 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.

Flaherty died on December 4, 1970, in New York City of a heart attack. He was interred at Long Island National Cemetery on December 7.

Filmography Year Film Role Director Notes 1934 Come On, Marines! Peewee Henry Hathaway 1934 She Made Her Bed State Policeman Ralph Murphy uncredited 1934 Twentieth Century Flannigan Howard Hawks uncredited 1934 The Thin Man Fighter at Party W. S. Van Dyke uncredited 1934 The Girl from Missouri Jerry – Photo Jack Conway uncredited 1934 Million Dollar Ransom Friend in Nightclub Murray Roth uncredited 1934 Have a Heart Silver Dollar Steve, the Thief David Butler uncredited 1934 Death on the Diamond Pat – Cardinal Coach Edward Sedgwick uncredited 1934 Cheating Cheaters Gym Instructor Richard Thorpe uncredited 1934 365 Nights in Hollywood Dancing Boy George Marshall uncredited 1934 Bright Eyes Aviator in Raincoat David Butler uncredited 1934 Forsaking All Others Turkish Bath Attendant W.S. Van Dyke uncredited 1934 The Mighty Barnum Mike Walter Lang uncredited 1935 Mystery Woman Policeman Eugene Forde uncredited 1935 Under Pressure Announcer of Winning Team Raoul Walsh uncredited 1935 Shadow of Doubt Peters – Taxi Driver George B. Seitz uncredited 1935 After Office Hours Police Guard at Gate Robert Z. Leonard uncredited 1935 Naughty Marietta Minor Role uncredited 1935 Times Square Lady Buck Pierson – Hockey Player George B. Seitz uncredited 1935 The Casino Murder Case Watchman Edwin L. Marin uncredited 1935 It Happened in New York Reporter Alan Crosland uncredited 1935 Eight Bells Mike uncredited 1935 G Men Cop with Farrell William Keighley uncredited 1935 Air Hawks Frank Dunlap – Pilot Albert Rogell uncredited 1935 Call of the Wild Dandy on Street William A. Wellman uncredited 1935 China Seas Second Officer Kingston Tay Garnett uncredited 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Churchill Frank Lloyd 1935 Whipsaw Detective at Dock Sam Wood uncredited 1936 Modern Times Jail Guard Charlie Chaplin uncredited 1936 Love Before Breakfast Bouncer Walter Lang uncredited 1936 Sons o' Guns Apache Dancer Lloyd Bacon uncredited 1936 Trouble for Two Ship's Officer J. Walter Ruben uncredited 1936 Counterfeit Carter uncredited 1936 Hearts in Bondage Bucko's Friend Lew Ayres uncredited 1936 Straight from the Shoulder Policeman Stuart Heisler uncredited 1936 My Man Godfrey Mike Flaherty Gregory La Cava 1936 The Luckiest Girl in the World Finnigan Edward Buzzell 1936 End of the Trail Rough Rider Erle C. Kenton uncredited 1936 The Magnificent Brute John John G. Blystone uncredited 1936 Pigskin Parade Referee David Butler uncredited 1936 Flying Hostess 2nd Detective Murray Roth 1937 Woman-Wise Duke Fuller Allan Dwan 1937 A Star Is Born Cuddles William A. Wellman uncredited 1937 San Quentin Cop Clearing May Lloyd Bacon uncredited 1937 Parnell Parliament Member Parnell Socks John M. Stahl uncredited 1937 A Day at the Races Detective with Sheriff Sam Wood uncredited 1937 On Again-Off Again Mr. Green Edward Cline 1937 She Asked for It Inspector Bacon Erle C. Kenton uncredited 1937 Stand-In Nightclub Bouncer Tay GarnettCharles Kerr (assistant) uncredited 1937 A Girl with Ideas Motorcycle Cop S. Sylvan Simon uncredited 1937 That Navy Spirit Coach Hanley Kurt Neumann 1937 Fight for Your Lady Mr. Russell Benjamin Stoloff uncredited 1937 Navy Blue and Gold Coach of Southern Institute Sam Wood 1937 Submarine D-1 Louie – Disagreeable Bluejacket at Panama Lloyd Bacon uncredited 1937 Telephone Operator Tom Sommers Scott Pembroke 1937 She Loved a Fireman Duggan John Farrow 1937 She's Got Everything Van Driver Joseph Santley uncredited 1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone Federal Marshal J. Walter Ruben uncredited 1938 Hollywood Stadium Mystery Ace Cummings David Howard 1938 Merrily We Live Pat – Police Officer Norman Z. McLeod uncredited 1938 Joy of Living Autograph Hound Punched by Dan Tay Garnett uncredited 1938 The Main Event Moran Danny Dare 1938 You Can't Take It with You Police Guard at Courtroom Entrance Frank Capra uncredited 1938 Always in Trouble Gideon Stubbs Joseph Santley 1938 Secrets of a Nurse Dick Churchill, Burkes' Crooked Handler Arthur Lubin uncredited 1938 Newsboys' Home Mulvaney Harold Young uncredited 1938 There's That Woman Again Husky Gent Alexander Hall uncredited 1939 Convict's Code Sniffy Johnson Lambert Hillyer 1939 Off the Record Bartender James Flood uncredited 1939 Dodge City Cowhand Michael Curtiz uncredited 1939 Code of the Streets Visiting Guest Harold Young 1939 Boys' Reformatory Mr. Barnes Howard Bretherton 1939 Only Angels Have Wings Mike Howard Hawks 1939 Tell No Tales Printer Leslie Fenton uncredited 1939 Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite The Crusher's Handler Noel M. Smith 1939 Sabotage Minor Role Harold Young uncredited 1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter Detective Hal Roach uncredited 1939 Legion of Lost Flyers Sam Bradford Christy Cabanne 1939 Kid Nightingale Soxey – Tavern Owner George Amy uncredited 1939 Man from Montreal Tom Christy Cabanne uncredited 1939 Miracle on Main Street Detective 1939 The Big Guy Policeman Arthur Lubin uncredited 1939 Invisible Stripes Worker Lloyd Bacon uncredited 1940 His Girl Friday Frank – Policeman Howard Hawks uncredited 1940 The Grapes of Wrath Deputy John Ford uncredited 1940 Castle on the Hudson Stretcher Attendant Anatole Litvak uncredited 1940 Midnight Limited Train Conductor 1940 My Son, My Son! Joe Baxter Charles Vidor 1940 And One Was Beautiful Visitor's Room Guard Robert B. Sinclair uncredited 1940 Sailor's Lady Chief Petty Officer Allan Dwan uncredited 1940 Black Diamonds Johnson Christy Cabanne 1940 They Drive by Night Driver in Cafe Raoul Walsh uncredited 1940 Boom Town Man at Dice Table Jack Conway uncredited 1940 City for Conquest Dance Floor Guard Anatole LitvakJean Negulesco (uncredited) uncredited 1940 Knute Rockne All American Worker Lloyd BaconWilliam K. Howard (uncredited) scenes deleted 1940 The Great Dictator Friendly Storm Trooper Charlie Chaplin uncredited 1940 Sandy Gets Her Man Policeman uncredited 1940 Flight Command 2nd Duty Officer Frank Borzage 1940 Kitty Foyle Police Sergeant Sam Wood uncredited 1941 The Strawberry Blonde Mat Hughes – Policeman Raoul Walsh uncredited 1941 Murder Among Friends Cop Ray McCarey uncredited 1941 Meet John Doe Mike Frank Capra uncredited 1941 Dead Men Tell Policeman with Checklist Harry Lachman uncredited 1941 The Devil and Miss Jones Mark – Policeman with Pickpocket Sam Wood uncredited 1941 Affectionately Yours Harmon Lloyd Bacon 1941 Sergeant York Sergeant Harry Parsons Howard Hawks 1941 Highway West Eddie – Motorcycle Cop William C. McGann 1941 We Go Fast Police Sergeant William C. McGann uncredited 1941 Unexpected Uncle Mounted Policeman Peter Godfrey uncredited 1941 Rise and Shine Pat – Assistant Coach Allan Dwan uncredited 1941 Ball of Fire Deputy Howard Hawks uncredited 1942 Fly-by-Night Taxi Driver at Station Robert Siodmak uncredited 1942 Pardon My Stripes Coach John H. Auer uncredited 1942 Captains of the Clouds Drill Sergeant Michael Curtiz uncredited 1942 Who Is Hope Schuyler? Nash 1942 Saboteur George – Elevator Operator Alfred Hitchcock uncredited 1942 Private Buckaroo Drill Sergeant Edward F. Cline uncredited 1942 My Favorite Spy Last Recruit Smelling Gas Tay GarnettJames Anderson (assistant) uncredited 1942 It Happened in Flatbush Pat O'Hara – Pitcher Ray McCarey 1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy Sgt. Lewis – White House Guard Michael Curtiz uncredited 1942 Juke Girl Mike, Timmony Driver Curtis Bernhardt uncredited 1942 The Pride of the Yankees Yankee Ballplayer Sam Wood uncredited 1942 Just Off Broadway Detective Herbert I. Leeds uncredited 1942 Gentleman Jim Harry Corbett Raoul Walsh uncredited 1942 Two Mugs from Brooklyn Pat, gym attendant Kurt Neumann 1943 Hit the Ice Police Lieutenant Charles Lamont uncredited 1943 Two Tickets to London Mulvaney Edwin L. Marin uncredited 1943 Stage Door Canteen Dubious Army Sergeant Frank Borzage uncredited 1943 Good Luck, Mr. Yates Sergeant Moore uncredited 1943 Adventures of the Flying Cadets Tanner [Chs. 2–4] Ray Taylor 1946 The Madonna's Secret Policeman Wilhelm Thiele uncredited 1946 Her Kind of Man Detective Frederick De Cordova uncredited 1946 Joe Palooka, Champ Patrick Burke, Referee Reginald LeBorg uncredited 1946 Dangerous Business Plainclothesman D. Ross Lederman uncredited 1946 Rendezvous with Annie MP Allan Dwan uncredited 1946 It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog Policeman Herbert I. Leeds uncredited 1946 The Last Crooked Mile Motorcycle Officer Philip Ford uncredited 1946 G.I. War Brides Lt. Cardigan George Blair uncredited 1946 Step by Step Motorcycle Cop #1 Phil Rosen uncredited 1946 Home Sweet Homicide Policeman Murphy Lloyd Bacon uncredited 1946 Decoy Policeman Jack Bernhard uncredited 1946 Shadowed Cop at Golf Course John Sturges uncredited 1946 Nocturne Flanagan – Cop with Susan Edwin L. Marin uncredited 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Salvage Foreman William Wyler uncredited 1947 Angel and the Badman Baker Brother James Edward Grant uncredited 1947 The Red House Motorcycle Cop Delmer Daves uncredited 1947 New Orleans Moving Man Arthur Lubin uncredited 1947 The Long Night Police Sergeant Anatole Litvak uncredited 1947 Something in the Wind Cop at Desk Irving Pichel uncredited 1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Sunset High Coach Irving Reis uncredited 1947 The Fabulous Texan Springern Edward Ludwig uncredited 1947 Where There's Life Joe O'Brien Sidney Lanfield uncredited 1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Customer in Bar Who Warns Curtin and Dobbs about Pat McCormick John Huston uncredited 1948 All My Sons Bartender Irving Reis uncredited 1948 April Showers Mike James V. Kern uncredited 1948 The Noose Hangs High Tough Driver Charles Barton uncredited 1948 The Cobra Strikes Atlas Kilroy Charles Reisner 1948 Silver River Foreman Raoul Walsh uncredited 1948 Give My Regards to Broadway Wallace Lloyd Bacon uncredited 1948 Key Largo The Traveler John Huston uncredited 1948 The Babe Ruth Story Bill Carrigan, Red Sox Manager Roy Del Ruth 1948 Night Has a Thousand Eyes Policeman John Farrow uncredited 1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game World Series Umpire Busby Berkeley uncredited 1949 The Stratton Story Western Manager Sam Wood uncredited 1949 One Last Fling Taxicab Driver Peter Godfrey uncredited 1949 It's a Great Feeling Charlie, Studio Gate Guard David Butler uncredited 1949 Roseanna McCoy Joe McCoy Irving ReisNicholas Ray (uncredited) uncredited 1949 Tell It to the Judge Policeman in Gambling House Raid Norman Foster uncredited 1950 Blondie's Hero Recruiting Sergeant Edward Bernds uncredited 1950 The Good Humor Man Officer Rhodes Lloyd Bacon 1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Ed Powers – Bartender David Butler uncredited 1950 Kill the Umpire George Welch – American League Scout Lloyd Bacon uncredited 1950 The Jackie Robinson Story Karpen Alfred E. Green 1950 The Asphalt Jungle Policeman John Huston uncredited 1950 Bright Leaf Farmer Michael Curtiz uncredited 1950 Three Little Words Coach Richard Thorpe uncredited 1950 David Harding, Counterspy C.P.O. uncredited 1950 The Petty Girl Policeman #2 Henry Levin uncredited 1950 Tea for Two Terry Clancy – Motorcycle Cop David Butler uncredited 1950 Harvey Policeman Henry Koster uncredited 1951 Storm Warning Walker Stuart Heisler uncredited 1951 The Lemon Drop Kid Police Captain Swain Sidney LanfieldFrank Tashlin (uncredited) uncredited 1951 Angels in the Outfield Boston Braves Manager Clarence Brown uncredited 1951 Detective Story Desk Sergeant William Wyler uncredited 1951 The Racket Policeman, Car 43 Mel Ferrer uncredited 1952 Meet Danny Wilson 'Mother' Murphy Joseph Pevney uncredited 1952 Hoodlum Empire Mikkelson Joseph Kane 1952 The Pride of St. Louis Umpire Harmon Jones uncredited 1952 Pat and Mike Golf Course Commentator George Cukor uncredited 1952 The Winning Team Bill Klem – Umpire Lewis Seiler uncredited 1952 Ride the Man Down Pat – Bartender Joseph Kane uncredited 1952 Million Dollar Mermaid Policeman at Montauk Point Mervyn LeRoy uncredited 1952 Blackbeard the Pirate Job Maggot Raoul Walsh 1952 Off Limits Military Policeman George Marshall uncredited 1953 Latin Lovers Jim Webson – Polo Player Mervyn LeRoy uncredited 1954 The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters O'Meara Edward Bernds uncredited 1954 Jungle Gents Police Officer Flaherty Edward Bernds Uncredited 1954 Athena Contest Judge Richard Thorpe Uncredited 1955 The Road to Denver Green Joseph Kane Uncredited 1955 The Desperate Hours Dutch William Wyler Uncredited