Pat O'Malley
Pat O'Malley
Genres: swing, jazz, Big Band, oldies, 1930s
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About Pat O'Malley
James Patrick O'Malley (15 March 1904 – 27 February 1985) born in Burnley, Lancashire, England was an English singer and character actor, who appeared in many American films and television programmes during the 1940s–1970s, using the stage name J. Pat O'Malley. He also appeared on the Broadway stage in Ten Little Indians (1944) and Dial M for Murder. O'Malley began his career in entertainment in 1925 as a recording artist and then as principal singer with Jack Hylton and his orchestra in the United Kingdom from 1930 to 1933. Known at that time as Pat O'Malley, he recorded more than four hundred 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 came to the United States to record with a band composed of American musicians, thus emulating Ray Noble and Al Bowlly. The venture was short-lived but O'Malley remained in the United States. After more than thirty years of television acting, O'Malley died of cardiovascular disease in San Juan Capistrano in Orange County, California, shortly before what would have been his 81st birthday.
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