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William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Australian born William H. O'Brien began his screen acting career in Australia in 1918, then resumed in Hollywood in 1921. He continued acting in films and television series to 1971.

Known for

The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings

1971 • Mr. Miller (uncredited)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971 • Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971 • Old Chess Player (uncredited)

Rio Lobo

1970 • Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

Airport

1970 • Waiter at Men's Club

Topaz

1969 • Butler (uncredited)

The Comic

1969 • Funeral Guest (uncredited)

The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

1969 • Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

Full filmography

The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings

1971 • Mr. Miller (uncredited)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971 • Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971 • Old Chess Player (uncredited)

Rio Lobo

1970 • Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

Airport

1970 • Waiter at Men's Club

Topaz

1969 • Butler (uncredited)

The Comic

1969 • Funeral Guest (uncredited)

The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

1969 • Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

1967 • Bartender (uncredited)

The Graduate

1967 • Hotel Guest (uncredited)

One of Our Spies Is Missing

One of Our Spies Is Missing

1966 • The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966 • Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)

Munster, Go Home!

Munster, Go Home!

1966 • Man at Customs (uncredited)

Gunpoint

1966

The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers

1963 • Waiter (uncredited)

Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice

1963 • Audience Member (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 • Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Gypsy

1962 • Audience Member (uncredited)

Pressure Point

1962 • Bund Meeting Spectator

The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

1961 • Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961 • German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

1961 • Waiter (uncredited)

Ocean's Eleven

1960 • Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

Elmer Gantry

1960 • Train Conductor

Who Was That Lady?

Who Was That Lady?

1960 • Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1960 • Circus Spectator

The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One

1959 • Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Pillow Talk

1959 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Cry Tough

1959

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959 • Hotel Guest (uncredited)

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

1958 • Man (uncredited)

Murder by Contract

Murder by Contract

1958 • Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)

Home Before Dark

Home Before Dark

1958 • Waiter at Christmas Party

Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns

1958 • Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957 • Barrister (uncredited)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1957 • Townsman (uncredited)

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

1957 • Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)

Bombers B-52

1957 • Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

Zero Hour!

1957 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story

1957 • Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)

The Joker is Wild

The Joker is Wild

1957 • Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Carnival Rock

1957 • Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)

Chicago Confidential

Chicago Confidential

1957 • Dixon's Valet (uncredited)

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957 • Waiter at 21 (uncredited)

The Unholy Wife

The Unholy Wife

1957 • Juror (uncredited)

Designing Woman

Designing Woman

1957 • Party Guest (uncredited)

The Tattered Dress

The Tattered Dress

1957 • Juror (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 • Extra (uncredited)

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

1956 • Ringsider (uncredited)

Anything Goes

1956 • Waiter

There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

1956

The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle

1955

Illegal

1955 • Butler (uncredited)

It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather

1955 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

1955 • Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

1955 • Hotel Waiter

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955 • Townsman (uncredited)

New York Confidential

New York Confidential

1955

Battle Cry

1955 • Bartender (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955 • Movie Patron (uncredited)

Désirée

1954 • Servant (uncredited)

1954 • Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Woman's World

1954 • Servant

The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter

1954 • Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Sabrina

1954 • Bartender (uncredited)

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954 • Restaurant Cook

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

1954 • Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

The Far Country

The Far Country

1954 • Townsman (uncredited)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953 • Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Julius Caesar

1953 • Senator (uncredited)

Fort Ti

1953 • Bartender

Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way

1953 • Bartender Joe

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952 • Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1952 • Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Horizons West

1952 • Barfly (uncredited)

Carrie

1952 • Waiter (uncredited)

High Noon

1952 • Church Member (uncredited)

Hong Kong

1952 • Observer at Scene (uncredited)

Something to Live For

Something to Live For

1952 • Waiter (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole Men

Superman and the Mole Men

1951 • Townsman (uncredited)

The Strange Door

The Strange Door

1951

Bannerline

1951

Iron Man

1951 • Waiter (uncredited)

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951 • Waiter (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

1951 • Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)

He Ran All the Way

He Ran All the Way

1951 • Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

1951 • Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story

1951 • Café Waiter (uncredited)

On the Riviera

1951 • Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951 • Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Frenchie

1950 • Townsman (uncredited)

Let's Dance

1950 • Waiter (uncredited)

All About Eve

1950 • Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

Shakedown

1950 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Men

1950 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Louisa

1950 • Waiter (uncredited)

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1950 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950 • Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950 • Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Woman in Hiding

Woman in Hiding

1950 • Conventioneer (uncredited)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949 • Waiter (uncredited)

Alias the Champ

Alias the Champ

1949 • Audience Spectator (uncredited)

Once More, My Darling

Once More, My Darling

1949 • Waiter

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

1949 • Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Special Agent

1949 • Barber's Customer (uncredited)

The Doolins of Oklahoma

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949 • Bartender (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949 • Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

Johnny Allegro

1949

Flamingo Road

1949

You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948 • Waiter (Uncredited)

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948 • Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

Race Street

1948 • Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Jungle Goddess

1948 • Bartender (uncredited)

I Walk Alone

1947 • Waiter (uncredited)

Daisy Kenyon

1947 • Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

Road to Rio

1947 • Ship's Waiter

Body and Soul

1947 • Bartender (uncredited)

The Unsuspected

The Unsuspected

1947 • Servant with Tray (uncredited)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947 • Card Dealer (uncredited)

Ivy

1947 • Barrister (uncredited)

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947 • Executive (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie

Undercover Maisie

1947 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Undercurrent

1946 • Waiter (uncredited)

Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever

1946 • Waiter (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1946 • Court Spectator (uncredited)

The Big Sleep

1946 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

1946 • Danbury Servant (uncredited)

Canyon Passage

1946 • Miner (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston

1946 • Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1946 • Detective at Murder Scene

Do You Love Me

1946 • Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)

She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London

1946 • Constable (uncredited)

The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

1946 • Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

The Tiger Woman

The Tiger Woman

1945 • Waiter (uncredited)

Fallen Angel

1945 • Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Kitty

1945 • Coach Footman (uncredited)

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

1945

The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

1945 • Troupe Member (uncredited)

The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green

1945 • Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Scout

Hollywood Scout

1945 • Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945 • Footman (uncredited)

A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember

1945 • Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944 • Train Passenger (uncredited)

The Climax

1944 • Audience Member (Uncredited)

In Society

1944 • Party Waiter (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday

1944 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944 • Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)

The Spider Woman

The Spider Woman

1943 • Doorman (uncredited)

Government Girl

Government Girl

1943 • Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

1943 • Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail

So Proudly We Hail

1943 • Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 • Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)

The Leopard Man

The Leopard Man

1943 • Bartender (uncredited)

No Time for Love

No Time for Love

1943 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Margin for Error

Margin for Error

1943 • Waiter

Tomorrow We Live

Tomorrow We Live

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942 • Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over

1942 • Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Take a Letter, Darling

Take a Letter, Darling

1942 • Waiter (uncredited)

Brooklyn Orchid

Brooklyn Orchid

1942 • Waiter at Party

Lady for a Night

Lady for a Night

1942 • King's Club Worker (uncredited)

Ball of Fire

1941 • Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Flying

Keep 'Em Flying

1941 • Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)

Niagara Falls

1941 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Blonde from Singapore

The Blonde from Singapore

1941

The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch

1941 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

1941 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby

1941

Citizen Kane

1941 • Secretary (uncredited)

Pot o' Gold

1941 • Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

Topper Returns

1941 • Second Butler (uncredited)

Love Thy Neighbor

Love Thy Neighbor

1940 • Nightclub Waiter

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940 • Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940 • Waiter

Hit Parade of 1941

Hit Parade of 1941

1940 • Waiter

City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940 • Waiter (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940 • Waiter in Bar (uncredited)

Hired Wife

1940 • Waiter

Captain Caution

Captain Caution

1940 • English Sailor Who Pleads for Water

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940 • Waiter

Turnabout

1940 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

1940 • Waiter

Forty Little Mothers

Forty Little Mothers

1940 • Waiter

Curtain Call

1940 • Waiter Bringing Caviar

Rebecca

1940 • Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

The Showdown

1940 • Bald Bartender

A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

1940 • Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)

City of Chance

1940 • Waiter

The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago

1940 • Turnkey (uncredited)

Remember?

1939 • Waiter (uncredited)

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Zorro's Fighting Legion

1939 • Legionnaire

That's Right – You're Wrong

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939 • Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)

Eternally Yours

Eternally Yours

1939 • Nightclub Waiter

Honeymoon in Bali

Honeymoon in Bali

1939 • Doorman (uncredited)

Girl from Rio

1939 • Condor Club Headwaiter

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1939 • Servant

Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire

1939 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939 • Nightclub Waiter

The Rage of Paris

The Rage of Paris

1938 • Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

Test Pilot

1938 • Waiter (uncredited)

In Old Chicago

1938 • Senate Waiter (uncredited)

Gold Is Where You Find It

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938 • Butler at Party (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

1938 • Reporter (uncredited)

Wells Fargo

1937 • Headwaiter

The Firefly

1937 • Waiter (uncredited)

Dance Charlie Dance

Dance Charlie Dance

1937 • Bored Spectator (uncredited)

North of the Rio Grande

North of the Rio Grande

1937 • Bald Saloon Waiter

Larceny on the Air

Larceny on the Air

1937 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Sinner Take All

Sinner Take All

1936 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Sing, Baby, Sing

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936 • Nightclub Waiter

San Francisco

1936 • Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)

Special Investigator

Special Investigator

1936 • Nightclub Waiter

Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

1936 • Extra as Ship Waiter

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936 • Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

1936 • Juror (uncredited)

To Beat the Band

To Beat the Band

1935 • Waiter

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935 • Stagehand (uncredited)

The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

1935 • Waiter (uncredited)

His Family Tree

His Family Tree

1935 • Man at Mayoral Debate

The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception

1935 • Waiter (uncredited)

Diamond Jim

1935 • Waiter

The Arizonian

1935 • Waiter in Opera House

Vagabond Lady

1935 • Waiter (uncredited)

Go Into Your Dance

Go Into Your Dance

1935 • Casino de Paree Waiter

The Misses Stooge

The Misses Stooge

1935 • The Butler (uncredited)

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

1935 • Waiter

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934 • Banquet Servant

Bachelor Bait

1934 • Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Hollywood Mystery

Hollywood Mystery

1934 • Tony's Butler

The Thin Man

1934 • Bartender (uncredited)

Long Lost Father

Long Lost Father

1934 • Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone

Big Time Or Bust

Big Time Or Bust

1933 • Hammond's Butler (uncredited)

Only Yesterday

1933 • Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Midnight Mary

1933 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Ex-Lady

1933 • Butler (uncredited)

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

1933 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Half-Naked Truth

The Half-Naked Truth

1932 • Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Faithless

1932 • Croupier

Movie Crazy

1932 • Waiter (Uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932 • Butler (uncredited)

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman

1932 • Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932 • Waiter (uncredited)

Scarface

1932 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Wet Parade

1932 • Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Emma

1932 • Man (uncredited)

West of Broadway

West of Broadway

1931 • Waiter (uncredited)

Forgotten Women

Forgotten Women

1931 • Sleek's Butler

The Guilty Generation

The Guilty Generation

1931 • Victor - Mike's Butler

The Road to Reno

The Road to Reno

1931 • Waiter

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1931 • Waiter

The Phantom of Paris

The Phantom of Paris

1931 • Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)

Five and Ten

1931 • Duncan (uncredited)

Smart Money

1931 • Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)

The Sky Raiders

The Sky Raiders

1931 • Henchman Conte

Daybreak

1931 • Bartender

Ladies' Man

1931 • Elevator starter

Men Call It Love

Men Call It Love

1931 • Brooks' Butler (uncredited)

Dirigible

1931 • Sailor (uncredited)

Little Caesar

1931 • Waiter (uncredited)

Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon

1930 • Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

New Moon

1930 • Waiter at Ball

Sin Takes a Holiday

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930 • Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)

Playboy of Paris

Playboy of Paris

1930 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Anybody's Woman

Anybody's Woman

1930 • Butler

Let Us Be Gay

1930 • Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)

Strictly Unconventional

Strictly Unconventional

1930 • Footman

Children of Pleasure

Children of Pleasure

1930 • Party Butler #2 (uncredited)

Anna Christie

1930 • Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

Street of Chance

Street of Chance

1930 • Waiter (uncredited)

The Trespasser

1929 • Butler (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs

A Woman of Affairs

1928 • Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)

Submarine

1928 • Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Racket

1928 • Detective Frisking Nick

Captain Swagger

Captain Swagger

1928 • Waiter

The Singing Fool

The Singing Fool

1928 • Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

The Mysterious Lady

The Mysterious Lady

1928 • Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)

The Patsy

1928 • Waiter (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1928 • Apartment Tenant

The Mad Whirl

1925

The Blot

1921 • College Student (uncredited)

The Delicious Little Devil

The Delicious Little Devil

1919 • Waiter (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien – Biography, Known For & Filmography