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Pat Flaherty (March 8, 1897 – December 2, 1970) was an American actor who primarily played uncredited roles as forces of the law. 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 the Eastern High School, and the Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, after the baseball, he attended the Princeton University and graduated on January 26, 1918. Flaherty was a popular Washington D.C. athlete and coach, who went on... MORE

Pat Flaherty (March 8, 1897 – December 2, 1970) was an American actor who primarily played uncredited roles as forces of the law. 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 the Eastern High School, and the Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, after the baseball, he attended the Princeton University and graduated on January 26, 1918. Flaherty was a popular Washington D.C. athlete and coach, who went on to become a professional baseball and football player who pitched for John McGraw's New York Giants, and punted for George Halas' Chicago Bears. After his professional athletic career ended, he went into the music publishing business with the legendary Da Silva, Brown and Henderson during the time of Mayor Jimmy Walker in New York. 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 300 motion pictures. Flaherty can be seen in roles LESS