William H. O'Brien

Known For: Acting
Born: July 19, 1891
Place of Birth: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died: April 18, 1981

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.

Filmography

The Todd Killings

1971 · Mr. Miller (uncredited)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971 · Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

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

1969 · Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls

1967 · Bartender (uncredited)

The Graduate

1967 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)

One of Our Spies Is Missing

1966 · The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966 · Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)

Munster, Go Home!

1966 · Man at Customs (uncredited)

Gunpoint

1966

Get Smart

1965 · Scientist (uncredited)

Laredo

1965 · Townsman (uncredited)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964 · Grandpa, Butler (uncredited)

Bewitched

1964 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Wheeler Dealers

1963 · Waiter (uncredited)

Critic's Choice

1963 · Audience Member (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Gypsy

1962 · Audience Member (uncredited)

Pressure Point

1962 · Bund Meeting Spectator

The Children's Hour

1961 · Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961 · German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare

1961 · Patient (uncredited)

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

1961 · Waiter (uncredited)

Outlaws

1960 · Waiter (uncredited)

Ocean's Eleven

1960 · Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

Elmer Gantry

1960 · Train Conductor

Who Was That Lady?

1960 · Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1960 · Circus Spectator

The Story on Page One

1959 · Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Pillow Talk

1959 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Audience Member (uncredited)

Bonanza

1959 · Delegate (uncredited)

Cry Tough

1959

Some Like It Hot

1959 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Rawhide

1959 · Bartender (uncredited), Waiter (uncredited)

The Last Hurrah

1958 · Man (uncredited)

Murder by Contract

1958 · Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)

Home Before Dark

1958 · Waiter at Christmas Party

Money, Women and Guns

1958 · Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Waiter (uncredited)

Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · Barrister (uncredited)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1957 · Townsman (uncredited)

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

1957 · Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)

The Joker is Wild

1957 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Perry Mason

1957 · Bartender (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957 · Crommer Party Guest (uncredited), Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Carnival Rock

1957 · Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)

Chicago Confidential

1957 · Dixon's Valet (uncredited)

Sweet Smell of Success

1957 · Waiter at 21 (uncredited)

The Unholy Wife

1957 · Juror (uncredited)

Designing Woman

1957 · Party Guest (uncredited)

The Tattered Dress

1957 · Juror (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · Extra (uncredited)

The Harder They Fall

1956 · Ringsider (uncredited)

Anything Goes

1956 · Waiter (uncredited)

There's Always Tomorrow

1956

The Square Jungle

1955

Sincerely Yours

1955 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Illegal

1955 · Butler (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Juror (uncredited), Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)

Cheyenne

1955 · Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955 · Townsman (uncredited)

It's Always Fair Weather

1955 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Seven Year Itch

1955 · Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Daddy Long Legs

1955 · Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955 · Townsman (uncredited)

New York Confidential

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955 · Movie Patron (uncredited)

Battle Cry

1955 · Bartender (uncredited)

Désirée

1954 · Servant (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

1954 · Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Woman's World

1954 · Servant

The Bounty Hunter

1954 · Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Sabrina

1954 · Bartender (uncredited)

The High and the Mighty

1954 · Restaurant Cook

Dial M for Murder

1954 · Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

The Far Country

1954 · Townsman (uncredited)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953 · Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Julius Caesar

1953 · Senator (uncredited)

Fort Ti

1953 · Bartender

Trouble Along the Way

1953 · Bartender Joe

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)

The Star

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

1952 · Waiter (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole Men

1951 · Townsman (uncredited)

The Strange Door

1951

Bannerline

1951

Iron Man

1951 · Waiter (uncredited)

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951 · Waiter (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole

1951 · Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)

He Ran All the Way

1951 · Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun

1951 · Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

Hollywood Story

1951 · Café Waiter (uncredited)

On the Riviera

1951 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)

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

1950 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Damned Don't Cry

1950 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Woman in Hiding

1950 · Conventioneer (uncredited)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949 · Waiter (uncredited)

Alias the Champ

1949 · Audience Spectator (uncredited)

Once More, My Darling

1949 · Waiter

It's a Great Feeling

1949 · Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Special Agent

1949 · Barber's Customer (uncredited)

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949 · Bartender (uncredited)

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

1948 · Waiter (Uncredited)

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 (uncredited)

Body and Soul

1947 · Bartender (uncredited)

The Unsuspected

1947 · Servant with Tray (uncredited)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947 · Card Dealer (uncredited)

Ivy

1947 · Barrister (uncredited)

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947 · Executive (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie

1947 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Undercurrent

1946 · Waiter (uncredited)

Nobody Lives Forever

1946 · Waiter (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder

1946 · Court Spectator (uncredited)

The Big Sleep

1946 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives

1946 · Danbury Servant (uncredited)

Canyon Passage

1946 · Miner (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

1946 · Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill

1946 · Detective at Murder Scene

She-Wolf of London

1946 · Constable (uncredited)

Do You Love Me

1946 · Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)

The Hoodlum Saint

1946 · Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

The Tiger Woman

1945 · Waiter (uncredited)

Fallen Angel

1945 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Kitty

1945 · Coach Footman (uncredited)

Lady on a Train

1945

The Naughty Nineties

1945 · Troupe Member (uncredited)

The Woman in Green

1945 · Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Scout

1945 · Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945 · Footman (uncredited)

A Song to Remember

1945 · Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944 · Train Passenger (uncredited)

The Climax

1944 · Audience Member (Uncredited)

In Society

1944 · Party Waiter (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

1944 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944 · Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)

The Spider Woman

1943 · Doorman (uncredited)

Government Girl

1943 · Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

1943 · Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail

1943 · Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 · Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)

The Leopard Man

1943 · Bartender (uncredited)

No Time for Love

1943 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Margin for Error

1943 · Waiter

Tomorrow We Live

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942 · Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over

1942 · Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Take a Letter, Darling

1942 · Waiter (uncredited)

Brooklyn Orchid

1942 · Waiter at Party

Lady for a Night

1942 · King's Club Worker (uncredited)

Ball of Fire

1941 · Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Flying

1941 · Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)

Niagara Falls

1941 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Blonde from Singapore

1941

The Feminine Touch

1941 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

It Started with Eve

1941 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

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

1940 · Nightclub Waiter

One Night in the Tropics

1940 · Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940 · Waiter

Hit Parade of 1941

1940 · Waiter

City for Conquest

1940 · Waiter (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

1940 · Waiter in Bar (uncredited)

Hired Wife

1940 · Waiter

Captain Caution

1940 · English Sailor Who Pleads for Water

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940 · Waiter

Turnabout

1940 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

1940 · Waiter

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

1940 · Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)

City of Chance

1940 · Waiter

The Earl of Chicago

1940 · Turnkey (uncredited)

Remember?

1939 · Waiter (uncredited)

Zorro's Fighting Legion

1939 · Legionnaire

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939 · Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)

Eternally Yours

1939 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Honeymoon in Bali

1939 · Doorman (uncredited)

Girl from Rio

1939 · Condor Club Headwaiter

The Man in the Iron Mask

1939 · Servant

Stronger Than Desire

1939 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939 · Nightclub Waiter

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

1938 · Butler at Party (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast of 1938

1938 · Reporter (uncredited)

Wells Fargo

1937 · Headwaiter

The Firefly

1937 · Waiter (uncredited)

Dance Charlie Dance

1937 · Bored Spectator (uncredited)

North of the Rio Grande

1937 · Bald Saloon Waiter

Larceny on the Air

1937 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Sinner Take All

1936 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936 · Nightclub Waiter

San Francisco

1936 · Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)

Special Investigator

1936 · Nightclub Waiter

Champagne Charlie

1936 · Extra as Ship Waiter

The Country Doctor

1936 · Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)

The Walking Dead

1936 · Juror (uncredited)

To Beat the Band

1935 · Waiter

A Night at the Opera

1935 · Stagehand (uncredited)

The Old Homestead

1935 · Waiter (uncredited)

His Family Tree

1935 · Man at Mayoral Debate

The Gay Deception

1935 · Waiter (uncredited)

Diamond Jim

1935 · Waiter

The Arizonian

1935 · Waiter in Opera House

Vagabond Lady

1935 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Misses Stooge

1935 · The Butler (uncredited)

Go Into Your Dance

1935 · Casino de Paree Waiter

Shadow of Doubt

1935 · Waiter

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934 · Banquet Servant

Bachelor Bait

1934 · Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Hollywood Mystery

1934 · Tony's Butler

The Thin Man

1934 · Bartender (uncredited)

Long Lost Father

1934 · Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone

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

1933 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Half-Naked Truth

1932 · Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Faithless

1932 · Croupier

Movie Crazy

1932 · Waiter (Uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932 · Butler (uncredited)

Red-Headed Woman

1932 · Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)

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

1931 · Waiter (uncredited)

Forgotten Women

1931 · Sleek's Butler

The Guilty Generation

1931 · Victor - Mike's Butler

The Road to Reno

1931 · Waiter

Monkey Business

1931 · Waiter

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

1931 · Henchman Conte

Daybreak

1931 · Bartender

Ladies' Man

1931 · Elevator starter

Men Call It Love

1931 · Brooks' Butler (uncredited)

Dirigible

1931 · Sailor (uncredited)

Little Caesar

1931 · Waiter (uncredited)

Reaching for the Moon

1930 · Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

New Moon

1930 · Waiter at Ball

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930 · Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)

Playboy of Paris

1930 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Anybody's Woman

1930 · Butler

Let Us Be Gay

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

Strictly Unconventional

1930 · Footman

Children of Pleasure

1930 · Party Butler #2 (uncredited)

Anna Christie

1930 · Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

Street of Chance

1930 · Waiter (uncredited)

The Trespasser

1929 · Butler (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs

1928 · Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)

Submarine

1928 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Racket

1928 · Detective Frisking Nick

Captain Swagger

1928 · Waiter

The Singing Fool

1928 · Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

The Mysterious Lady

1928 · Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)

The Patsy

1928 · Waiter (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps

1928 · Apartment Tenant

The Mad Whirl

1925

The Blot

1921 · College Student (uncredited)

The Delicious Little Devil

1919 · Waiter (uncredited)

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