J. Pat O'Malley

James Patrick O'Malley was an English actor, voice actor, and singer, who appeared in many American films and television programs from the 1940s to 1982. He also appeared on the Broadway stage in (1944), as well as in the crime thriller film (1954).
==History==
O'Malley began his entertainment career in 1925 as a recording artist and then as a principal singer with and his orchestra in the U.K. from 1930 to 1933. Known at that time as "Pat O'Malley", he recorded over 400 popular songs of the day. O'Malley began a solo recording career in 1935 in parallel with his work with Hylton. At the end of 1935, Hylton and O'Malley went to the U.S. to record with a band composed of American musicians, thus emulating and . The venture was short-lived but O'Malley remained in the United States.
Now known as J. Pat O'Malley, he had a long and varied acting career, including the film in 1943 as Hynes, and later in Disney's Spin and Marty hit television serials as Perkins (1955–1957). O'Malley also appeared in the CBS sci-fi horror anthology series episode called "The Fugitive" (1962). In 1960, he guest-starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom and the ABC drama with . In 1961, he guest-starred in ABC's as Marilyn Maxwell, the owner of a diner in a fictitious small Colorado town. In the 1962–1963 season, he guest-starred twice on 's ABC comedy-drama about a Roman Catholic priest in New York City. He and starred in an episode of 's ABC circus drama , which aired in the 1963–1964 season.
In the 1964–1965 season, O'Malley appeared as a handyman in the ABC sitcom with co-stars , , and . He also appeared as Carol Brady's father in the premiere episode of the ABC sitcom . Additionally, he made several appearances in the CBS sitcom as 's beauty (1973–1975).
Walt Disney also engaged O'Malley to provide voices for animated films, such as the cockney co-star in the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" sequence in Mary Poppins. He also served as Dick Van Dyke's dialect coach for the film, and Van Dyke blamed O'Malley for his often criticized poor cockney accent. Additionally, he voiced the roles of Cyril Proudbottom in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum in Alice in Wonderland, the Colonel and Jasper in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Colonel Hathi and Buzzie the vulture in The Jungle Book, Otto in Robin Hood, and did several voice roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, including the original voice of the Pirate Captain dunking the magistrate into the well.
O'Malley died from a heart condition in San Juan Capistrano, California at the age of 80, survived by his wife and two children.
==Filmography==
*The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
*Alice in Wonderland (1951)
*Spin and Marty: The Movie (1955)
*The Mickey Mouse Club (1955–1959)
*One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
*The Saga of Windwagon Smith (1961) (uncredited)
*Son of Flubber (1963) (uncredited)
*Mary Poppins (1964) (uncredited)
*The Jungle Book (1967)
*Robin Hood (1973)
==Gallery​==
BrerFoxHD.jpeg|Br'er Fox(briefly)
Toad+Cyril.jpg|Cyril Proudbottom(The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad)
TD10.jpg|Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum(Alice in Wonderland)
WalrusCarpenter.jpg|The Walrus and the Carpenter(Alice in Wonderland)
CuriousOysters.jpg|Curious Oysters(Alice in Wonderland)
Profile - White Rabbit.jpeg|White Rabbit(Walt Disney's Song Parade from Disneyland)
Tumblr n320wrUDTo1qhcrb0o1 1280.jpg|Jasper(One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
Clipcolonel.gif|Colonel(One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
Mayorcrum.jpg|Mayor Crum(The Saga of Windwagon Smith)
Mary-poppins-disneyscreencaps.com-5823.jpg|Penguin Waiters(Mary Poppins)
Master of the hounds and horse in mary poppins.png|Master of Hounds and Hunting Horse(Mary Poppins)
Pearly drummer mary poppins.png|Pearly Drummer(Mary Poppins)
E1 Hathi.jpg|Colonel Hathi(The Jungle Book)
Buzzie-the-vulture-the-jungle-book-1967-28.2.png|Buzzie(The Jungle Book)
File:Otto thanking Friar Tuck for lending him charitable money.png|Otto(Robin Hood)
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*MMC Serials: J. Pat O'Malley
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