James Patrick O'Malley (March 15, 1904 - February 27, 1985) was a British singer and character actor, who appeared in many American films and television shows during the 1940s-1970s. He went by his stage name J. Pat O'Malley. and he was born on March 15, 1904 (although some sources state 1901).

O'Malley began his recording career in 1925 and was principal singer with Jack Hylton and his Orchestra 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 US 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.

Now known as J. Pat O'Malley he had a long and varied acting career including the film Lassie Come Home in 1943, as "Perkins" in Walt Disney's Spin and Marty hit television serials (1955-1957), and a role in the television series Maude, as Hermione Baddeley's beau, from 1973 to 1975. He appeared in a cameo on the show Emergency! in its third season .

Walt Disney also engaged O'Malley to provide voices for animated films such as the Cockney coster in the "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" sequence in Mary Poppins 1964 and the role of Colonel Hathi and the vulture Buzzie in The Jungle Book in 1967. His voice can also be heard in Alice in Wonderland (1951), in which he performs all character voices in the "Walrus and Carpenter" segment, and the role of the Colonel and Jasper in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) and in the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in several roles including the original voice of the Pirate Captain dunking the magistrate into the well.

In 1982, O'Malley made his final television appearance on Taxi. A DVD version of the from the 1955 season was released in 2005 as part of the Walt Disney Treasures series.

J.Pat O'Malley died from cardiovascular disease in San Juan Capistrano, California at the age of 80.

J. Pat had a warm smile, twinkling eyes, and an Irish name. He was born in Burnley, England, and began his acting career in British musical halls. J. Pat came to the USA at the outbreak of World War II, and his film debut was "Lassie Come Home" (1943). He also worked on the Broadway stage during the 1940s and 1950s. J. Pat was a very familiar face on TV sitcoms and dramas for 3 decades, where he played mostly uncle and grandfather types. He made over 100 TV guest appearances, and was in groundbreaking series such as the "Twilight Zone" and "The Untouchables." J. Pat performed a lot in radio with his versatile voice work, and he later used his talent in animated cartoons, providing many vocal characterizations. And the children always loved J. Pat the most. Many baby boomers have fond childhood memories of his portrayals in the TV series "Spin and Marty" and "The New Adventures of Spin and Marty" and of course he played Mr. Harry Burns in "My Favorite Martian" (1963). J. Pat was a kind and gentle man, who made this world a better place for having been here, and he left his legacy on film.