William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

19/07/1891

Day of Death

18/04/1981
(90) years old

Place of Birth

Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Filmography

Cast

1971

The Todd Killings

as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

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 Comic

as Funeral Guest (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)

1963

The Wheeler Dealers

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...

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)

1959

The Story on Page One

as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

1959

Pillow Talk

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1959

Some Like It Hot

as Hotel Guest (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

1955

Illegal

as Butler (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

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Ko...

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

1955

Battle Cry

as Bartender (uncredited)

1954

Désirée

as Servant (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 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

A Streetcar Named Desire

as Waiter (uncredited)

1951

Ace in the Hole

as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)

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 Inv...

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

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

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Kil...

as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

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

Daisy Kenyon

as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

1947

Road to Rio

as Ship's Waiter

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

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

She-Wolf of London

as Constable (uncredited)

1946

Do You Love Me

as Waiter at Mindy's (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

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 Thin Man Goes Home

as Train Passenger (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 (uncredi...

1943

The Leopard Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

1943

No Time for Love

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1943

Margin for Error

as Waiter

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 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

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

Turnabout

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1940

Edison, the Man

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

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

1937

Larceny on the Air

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

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

Vagabond Lady

as Waiter (uncredited)

1935

The Misses Stooge

as The Butler (uncredited)

1935

Go Into Your Dance

as Casino de Paree Waiter

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

Midnight Mary

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

West of Broadway

as Waiter (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 ...

1930

New Moon

as Waiter at Ball

1930

Sin Takes a Holiday

as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)

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'Bri...

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

The Trespasser

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

The Blot

as College Student (uncredited)

1919

The Delicious Little Devil

as Waiter (uncredited)