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

Pat Flaherty
Pat Flaherty in My Man Godfrey (1936)
Born
Edmund Joseph Flaherty

(1897-03-08)March 8, 1897
DiedDecember 2, 1970(1970-12-02) (aged 73)
Years active1930s–1950s
Spouse(s)Dorothy Fiske
(m. 191?; ? 192?)
Dorothea Xaviera Fugazy
(m. 1929)
Children3

Biography

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Early life

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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.[1] Flaherty had Irish ancestry.[1] 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.

Early athletic career

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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.[2] 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

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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.[3] He returned to the Corps for the Korean War and finished his service as a major.[4]

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

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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.[5]

Flaherty died on December 4, 1970, in New York City of a heart attack.[citation needed]

Filmography

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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 Garnett
Charles 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 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 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 Garnett
James 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 Le Borg 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 Reis
Nicholas 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 Lanfield
Frank 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

References

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  1. ^ a b Pat Flaherty at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Bill Hickman, Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "Pat Flaherty – Society for American Baseball Research".
  3. ^ Marine Corps Chevron, Volume 2, Number 21, May 29, 1943
  4. ^ pg 157 Rowan, Terry World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide. Lulu.com
  5. ^ "Pat Flaherty profile". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
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