The O'Malley clan

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Cardinal Sean O'Malley

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The O'Malleys are also well-represented in the arts. Tony O'Malley (1913-2003), is widely considered to be one of Ireland's leading painters. Born in Callan, County Kilkenny, he taught himself the skills of the brush while waging a long battle with tuberculosis.

American actor, comedian and playwright Mike O'Malley, one of the stars of the CBS series "Yes, Dear" (he briefly had his own sitcom "The Mike O'Malley Show"), has appeared in the movies "Deep Impact," "Pushing Tin" and "28 Days."

Bryn Lee O'Malley, a Canadian cartoonist who also writes graphic novels, was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist in Humor.

The O'Malleys also have a fair share of animated and fictional characters to their name. "Mr. O'Malley" serves as the fairy godfather to young Barnaby in the "Barnaby" comic strip created by Crockett Johnson.

Mickey O'Malley, a retired police officer and Irish immigrant, played a supporting character in the short-lived animated series "C.O.P.S."

And let's not forget an all-time favorite, Thomas O'Malley, the worldly alley cat in Disney's "Aristocrats."

Meanwhile, the fictional Father Chuck O'Malley, whose portrayal by Bing Crosby in both "Going My Way" and "The Bells of St. Mary's" won him Oscar nominations, is a reminder of a more innocent time, while in real life, His Eminence Sean P. O'Malley, who was hired to do damage control in Boston after the Catholic Church was rocked by sex scandals, is probably the only cardinal to have his own blog (www.cardinalseansblog.org). O'Malley was born in Lakewood, Ohio in 1944, and is the only Capuchin (a missionary order) in the College of Cardinals.

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