# Pat Flaherty (actor)

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. 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

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. 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.

## 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 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 |