William H. O'Brien

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 266

Gender Male

Birthday July 19, 1891

Day of Death April 18, 1981 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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William O'Brien
Bill O'Brien

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William H. O'Brien

Biography

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

Acting

1971		Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
1971		Support Your Local Gunfighter as Old Chess Player (uncredited)

1970		Rio Lobo as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
1970		Airport as Waiter at Men's Club

1969		Topaz as Butler (uncredited)
1969		The Trouble with Girls as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

1967		Valley of the Dolls as Bartender (uncredited)
1967		The Graduate as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1966		Not With My Wife, You Don't as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
1966		Munster, Go Home! as Man at Customs (uncredited)
1966		Gunpoint

1964		Mary Poppins as Gentleman in Bank (uncredited)
1964		The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1 episode) as Grandpa

1963

as Waiter (uncredited)

1962		To Kill a Mockingbird as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962		Gypsy as Audience Member (uncredited)
1962		Pressure Point as Bund Meeting Spectator

1961		The Children's Hour as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
1961		Judgment at Nuremberg as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
1961		King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein as Waiter (uncredited)

1960		Ocean's Eleven as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
1960		Elmer Gantry as Train Conductor
1960		Who Was That Lady? as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1960		Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus as Circus Spectator

1959		The Story on Page One as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
1959		Pillow Talk as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1959		The Twilight Zone (1 episode) as Audience Member (uncredited)
1959		Cry Tough
1959		Some Like It Hot as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1959		Rawhide (1 episode) as Bartender (uncredited)

1958		The Last Hurrah as Man (uncredited)
1958		Murder by Contract as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
1958		Home Before Dark as Waiter at Christmas Party
1958		Money, Women and Guns as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1957		Witness for the Prosecution as Barrister (uncredited)
1957		The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Townsman (uncredited)
1957		I Was a Teenage Frankenstein as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
1957		Bombers B-52 as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
1957		Zero Hour! as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1957		The Joker is Wild as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1957		Carnival Rock as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
1957		Chicago Confidential as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
1957		Sweet Smell of Success as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
1957		The Unholy Wife as Juror (uncredited)
1957		Designing Woman as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957		The Tattered Dress as Juror (uncredited)

1956		Around the World in Eighty Days as Extra (uncredited)
1956		The Harder They Fall as Ringsider (uncredited)
1956		Anything Goes as Waiter
1956		There's Always Tomorrow

1955		The Square Jungle
1955		Illegal as Butler (uncredited)
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode) as Guest At Demonstration (uncredited) (1 episode) as Juror (uncredited)
1955		It's Always Fair Weather as Waiter (uncredited)
1955		Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Townsman (uncredited)
1955		The Seven Year Itch as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
1955		Daddy Long Legs as Hotel Waiter
1955		New York Confidential
1955		Battle Cry as Bartender (uncredited)
1955		Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Movie Patron (uncredited)

1954		A Star Is Born as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
1954		Woman's World as Servant
1954		Sabrina as Bartender (uncredited)
1954		The High and the Mighty as Restaurant Cook
1954		Dial M for Murder as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
1954		The Lone Wolf (1 episode) as Crew Member (uncredited)
1954		The Far Country as Townsman (uncredited)

1953		Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1953		Fort Ti as Bartender
1953		Trouble Along the Way as Bartender Joe

1952		The Bad and the Beautiful as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1952		The Star as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1952		Horizons West as Barfly (uncredited)
1952		Carrie as Waiter (uncredited)
1952		High Noon as Church Member (uncredited)
1952		Hong Kong as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
1952		Something to Live For as Waiter (uncredited)

1951		Superman and the Mole-Men as Townsman (uncredited)
1951		Bannerline
1951		A Streetcar Named Desire as Waiter (uncredited)
1951		Ace in the Hole as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
1951		The Strange Door
1951		He Ran All the Way as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
1951		A Place in the Sun as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
1951		Hollywood Story as Café Waiter (uncredited)
1951		On the Riviera as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1951		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

1950		Frenchie as Townsman (uncredited)
1950		Let's Dance as Waiter (uncredited)
1950		All About Eve as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
1950		Shakedown as Waiter (uncredited)
1950		The Men as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1950		Louisa as Waiter (uncredited)
1950		Father of the Bride as Waiter (uncredited)
1950		The Damned Don't Cry as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1950		Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1950		Woman in Hiding as Conventioneer (uncredited)

1949		Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Waiter (uncredited)
1949		Alias the Champ as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1949		Once More, My Darling as Waiter
1949		It's a Great Feeling as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1949		Special Agent as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
1949		The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bartender (uncredited)
1949		Johnny Allegro
1949		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
1949		Flamingo Road

1948		You Gotta Stay Happy as Waiter (Uncredited)
1948		Sorry, Wrong Number as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
1948		Race Street as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1948		Jungle Goddess as Bartender (uncredited)

1947		I Walk Alone as Waiter (uncredited)
1947		Road to Rio as Ship's Waiter
1947		Daisy Kenyon as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
1947		Body and Soul as Bartender (uncredited)
1947		The Unsuspected as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
1947		The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Card Dealer (uncredited)
1947		Ivy as Barrister (uncredited)
1947		The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947		It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Executive (uncredited)
1947		Undercover Maisie as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

1946		The Best Years of Our Lives as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1946		Undercurrent as Waiter (uncredited)
1946		Nobody Lives Forever as Waiter (uncredited)
1946		Angel on My Shoulder as Court Spectator (uncredited)
1946		The Big Sleep as Waiter (uncredited)
1946		The Time of Their Lives as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
1946		Canyon Passage as Miner (uncredited)
1946		Two Sisters from Boston as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
1946		Dressed to Kill as Detective at Murder Scene
1946		Do You Love Me as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
1946		She-Wolf of London as Constable (uncredited)
1946		The Hoodlum Saint as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

1945		The Tiger Woman as Waiter (uncredited)
1945		Fallen Angel as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1945		Kitty as Coach Footman (uncredited)
1945		Lady on a Train
1945		The Naughty Nineties as Troupe Member (uncredited)
1945		The Woman in Green as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
1945		Hollywood Scout as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
1945		The Picture of Dorian Gray as Footman (uncredited)
1945		A Song to Remember as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

1944		The Climax as Audience Member (Uncredited)
1944		In Society as Party Waiter (uncredited)
1944		The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)

1943		The Spider Woman as Doorman (uncredited)
1943		Government Girl as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1943		Swing Shift Maisie as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
1943		So Proudly We Hail as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
1943		Action in the North Atlantic as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
1943		No Time for Love
1943		Margin for Error as Waiter

1942		Tomorrow We Live
1942		Maisie Gets Her Man as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
1942		The Falcon Takes Over as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1942		Take a Letter, Darling as Waiter (uncredited)
1942		Brooklyn Orchid as Waiter at Party
1942		Lady for a Night as King's Club Worker (uncredited)

1941		Ball of Fire as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
1941		Keep 'Em Flying as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
1941		Niagara Falls as Waiter (uncredited)
1941		The Blonde from Singapore
1941		The Feminine Touch as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1941		It Started with Eve as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1941		Citizen Kane as Secretary (uncredited)
1941		Pot o' Gold as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
1941		Topper Returns as Second Butler (uncredited)

1940		Love Thy Neighbor as Nightclub Waiter
1940		One Night in the Tropics as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
1940		Mexican Spitfire Out West as Waiter
1940		Hit Parade of 1941 as Waiter
1940		City for Conquest as Waiter (uncredited)
1940		No Time for Comedy as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
1940		Hired Wife as Waiter
1940		Captain Caution as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
1940		Buck Benny Rides Again as Waiter
1940		Turnabout as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1940		Edison, the Man as Waiter
1940		Forty Little Mothers as Waiter
1940		Curtain Call as Waiter Bringing Caviar
1940		Rebecca as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1940		The Showdown as Bald Bartender
1940		A Chump at Oxford as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
1940		City of Chance as Waiter
1940		The Earl of Chicago as Turnkey (uncredited)

1939		Remember? as Waiter (uncredited)
1939		Zorro's Fighting Legion as Legionnaire
1939		That's Right – You're Wrong as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
1939		Eternally Yours as Nightclub Waiter
1939		Honeymoon in Bali as Doorman (uncredited)
1939		Girl from Rio as Condor Club Headwaiter
1939		The Man in the Iron Mask as Servant
1939		Stronger Than Desire as Waiter (uncredited)
1939		The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Nightclub Waiter

1938		The Rage of Paris as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
1938		Test Pilot as Waiter (uncredited)
1938		In Old Chicago as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
1938		Gold Is Where You Find It as Butler at Party (uncredited)
1938		The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Reporter (uncredited)

1937		Wells Fargo as Headwaiter
1937		The Firefly as Waiter (uncredited)
1937		Dance Charlie Dance as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
1937		North of the Rio Grande as Bald Saloon Waiter

1936		Sinner Take All as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1936		Sing, Baby, Sing as Nightclub Waiter
1936		San Francisco as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
1936		Special Investigator as Nightclub Waiter
1936		Champagne Charlie as Extra as Ship Waiter
1936		The Country Doctor as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
1936		The Walking Dead as Juror (uncredited)

1935		To Beat the Band as Waiter
1935		A Night at the Opera as Stagehand (uncredited)
1935		The Old Homestead as Waiter (uncredited)
1935		His Family Tree as Man at Mayoral Debate
1935		The Gay Deception as Waiter (uncredited)
1935		Diamond Jim as Waiter
1935		The Arizonian as Waiter in Opera House
1935		Go Into Your Dance as Casino de Paree Waiter
1935		The Misses Stooge as The Butler (uncredited)
1935		Shadow of Doubt as Waiter

1934		Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Banquet Servant
1934		Bachelor Bait as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
1934		Hollywood Mystery as Tony's Butler
1934		The Thin Man as Bartender (uncredited)
1934		Long Lost Father as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone

1933		Big Time Or Bust as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
1933		Only Yesterday as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1933		Ex-Lady as Butler (uncredited)
1933		Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as Waiter (uncredited)

1932		The Half-Naked Truth as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1932		Faithless as Croupier
1932		Movie Crazy as Waiter (Uncredited)
1932		Pack Up Your Troubles as Butler (uncredited)
1932		Red-Headed Woman as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
1932		Merrily We Go to Hell as Waiter (uncredited)
1932		Scarface as Waiter (uncredited)
1932		The Wet Parade as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1932		Emma as Man (uncredited)

1931		Forgotten Women as Sleek's Butler
1931		The Guilty Generation as Victor - Mike's Butler
1931		The Road to Reno as Waiter
1931		Monkey Business as Waiter
1931		The Phantom of Paris as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
1931		Five and Ten as Duncan (uncredited)
1931		Smart Money as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
1931		Daybreak as Bartender
1931		Ladies' Man as Elevator starter
1931		Men Call It Love as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)

1930		Reaching for the Moon as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
1930		New Moon as Waiter at Ball
1930		Sin Takes a Holiday as Waiter at Royal Club
1930		Playboy of Paris as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1930		Anybody's Woman as Butler
1930		Let Us Be Gay as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
1930		Strictly Unconventional as Footman
1930		Children of Pleasure as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
1930		Anna Christie as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
1930		Street of Chance as Waiter (uncredited)

1929

as Butler (uncredited)

1928		A Woman of Affairs as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
1928		The Racket as Detective Frisking Nick
1928		Captain Swagger as Waiter
1928		The Singing Fool as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
1928		The Mysterious Lady as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
1928		The Patsy as Waiter (uncredited)
1928		While the City Sleeps as Apartment Tenant

1921

as College Student (uncredited)

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