Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob O'Connor (actor)

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The result was delete. We have unanimity that the subject fails WP:NACTOR. Just Chilling (talk) 20:38, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bob O'Connor (actor)

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Interesting case here, while the films he has been in are very notable, not a single role he has been is a notable film. He does not come across as a character actor either given how only a couple of his roles are even credited. Unless if someone can find some sort of notability for this guy, it looks like delete for him. Wgolf (talk) 00:29, 6 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - he was a run of the mill|studio actor with many small roles; fails WP:NACTOR. Bearian (talk) 19:18, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as does not pass WP:NACTOR as unfortunately he did not get a big break, with his roles uncredited or very minor, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 22:20, 8 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a non-notable actor. Only one of these cases does he appear in the cast list and that case it is clearly a non-notable roll. A good example of roles he had were the unnamed, and non-descript "bar patron" in It's a Wonderful Life.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:21, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I find this rather confusing. The article Bob O'Connor (actor) states that he was born Robert Emmett O'Connor. There is also an article about an actor called Robert Emmett O'Connor. They have different dates of birth and death, so perhaps they are different people. Robert Emmett O'Connor was sometimes referred to as "Bob O'Connor", however - contemporary newspaper reviews of The Noose (film), in which Robert Emmett O'Connor played Jim Conley, say things like "Bob O'Connor portrays a gangster", "the support was cast was excellent, including ... Bob O'Connor". The IMDB bio of Robert Emmett O'Connor says that "He made his bones performing in circuses and in vaudeville", and there are many mentions in Variety, etc, of "Bob O'Connor and Co" appearing in vaudeville in the 1910s .... So, it does seem clear that Robert Emmett O'Connor was also known as Bob O'Connor. Was there another one? Quite possibly, it's a very common name - but when Bob O'Connor (actor) was mostly uncredited, and Robert Emmett O'Connor was sometimes uncredited, it seems a bit of a mess. It also makes it hard sorting out whether Bob O'Connor (actor) received any contemporary coverage that might contribute to notability! RebeccaGreen (talk) 15:37, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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