 His trademark role was that of the exasperated business tycoon or newspaperman, often as the father of the female lead character, as in "It Happened One Night" (1934) with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert; "Broadway Bill" (1934), supporting Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy; and "Libeled Lady" (1936) with William Powell and Loy again.Other notable roles included the worthless uncle of Paul Muni's character in "The Good Earth" (1937) and one of the two con men encountered by Mickey Rooney's Huckleberry Finn in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1939).Connolly starred as General Yen's American advisor in "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933).