William H. O'Brien
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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
Credits
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Secretary (uncredited)
The Graduate (1967)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
as Barrister (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
High Noon (1952)
as Church Member (uncredited)
All About Eve (1950)
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Sabrina (1954)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Rebecca (1940)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Extra (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
as Restaurant Cook
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
The Big Sleep (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Scarface (1932)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery (1934)
as Tony's Butler
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Julius Caesar (1953)
as Senator (uncredited)
Airport (1970)
as Waiter at Men's Club
The Children's Hour (1961)
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Fallen Angel (1945)
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
as Ringsider (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
as Butler (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Footman (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Pillow Talk (1959)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Father of the Bride (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Thin Man (1934)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Little Caesar (1931)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Far Country (1954)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Ball of Fire (1941)
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Train Conductor
Canyon Passage (1946)
as Miner (uncredited)
The Woman in Green (1945)
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Gypsy (1962)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Detective at Murder Scene
The Men (1950)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Désirée (1954)
as Servant (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Troupe Member (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
as Constable (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
Murder by Contract (1958)
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Actor
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
as Servant
Body and Soul (1947)
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie (1947)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
as Man (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
The Unsuspected (1947)
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Undercurrent (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
San Francisco (1936)
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Test Pilot (1938)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Carrie (1952)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Designing Woman (1957)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
I Walk Alone (1947)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
as Bartender Joe
Government Girl (1943)
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as Butler (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Battle Cry (1955)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men (1951)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Topper Returns (1941)
as Second Butler (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait (1934)
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls (1969)
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Bannerline (1951)
Actor
In Old Chicago (1938)
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess (1948)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Fort Ti (1953)
as Bartender
Special Agent (1949)
as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
Dirigible (1931)
as Sailor (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Girl from Rio (1939)
as Condor Club Headwaiter
Bombers B-52 (1957)
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
The Walking Dead (1936)
as Juror (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild (1957)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Monkey Business (1931)
as Waiter
He Ran All the Way (1951)
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Horizons West (1952)
as Barfly (uncredited)
Iron Man (1951)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Waiter
Road to Rio (1947)
as Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Hollywood Scout (1945)
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Illegal (1955)
as Butler (uncredited)
The Verdict (1946)
as Constable (uncredited)
Captain Swagger (1928)
as Waiter
The Leopard Man (1943)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Frenchie (1950)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Doorman (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
as Executive (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
Flamingo Road (1949)
Actor
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns (1958)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Gunpoint (1966)
Actor
Five and Ten (1931)
as Duncan (uncredited)
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Headwaiter
The Racket (1928)
as Detective Frisking Nick
Munster, Go Home! (1966)
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
as Juror (uncredited)
Smart Money (1931)
as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Let's Dance (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Critic's Choice (1963)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Lady on a Train (1945)
Actor
The Climax (1944)
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Home Before Dark (1958)
as Waiter at Christmas Party
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
City for Conquest (1940)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Actor
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
Woman's World (1954)
as Servant
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Actor
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Court Spectator (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
as Juror (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
On the Riviera (1951)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
A Song to Remember (1945)
as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Hong Kong (1952)
as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
The Comic (1969)
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Captain Caution (1940)
as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Pressure Point (1962)
as Bund Meeting Spectator
Anything Goes (1956)
as Waiter (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
The Star (1952)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Hired Wife (1940)
as Waiter
Zero Hour! (1957)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Blot (1921)
as College Student (uncredited)
Anna Christie (1930)
as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
The Strange Door (1951)
Actor
The Todd Killings (1971)
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding (1950)
as Conventioneer (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Firefly (1937)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Lady for a Night (1942)
as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
In Society (1944)
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
Sincerely Yours (1955)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
No Time for Love (1943)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Wet Parade (1932)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Something to Live For (1952)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris (1938)
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Johnny Allegro (1949)
Actor
Men Call It Love (1931)
as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
as Waiter (uncredited)
It Started with Eve (1941)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
New York Confidential (1955)
Actor
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Midnight Mary (1933)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Louisa (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
as Circus Spectator
Once More, My Darling (1949)
as Waiter
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
Movie Crazy (1932)
as Waiter (Uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
as Townsman (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
The Story on Page One (1959)
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Eternally Yours (1939)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Race Street (1948)
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
The Patsy (1928)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
as Nightclub Waiter
Ivy (1947)
as Barrister (uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Emma (1932)
as Man (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Sky Raiders (1931)
as Henchman Conte
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Waiter
Hollywood Story (1951)
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
Margin for Error (1943)
as Waiter
The Trespasser (1929)
as Butler (uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Actor
West of Broadway (1931)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
as Waiter
Kitty (1945)
as Coach Footman (uncredited)
The Feminine Touch (1941)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman (1930)
as Butler
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Waiter
Shakedown (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Street of Chance (1930)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Square Jungle (1955)
Actor
Ex-Lady (1933)
as Butler (uncredited)
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
City of Chance (1940)
as Waiter
Cry Tough (1959)
Actor
Sinner Take All (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Larceny on the Air (1937)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Singing Fool (1928)
as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
as Waiter
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
as Doorman (uncredited)
Turnabout (1940)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Big Time Or Bust (1933)
as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Do You Love Me (1946)
as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
as Footman
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
as Waiter
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
as Legionnaire
Carnival Rock (1957)
as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Special Investigator (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter
The Country Doctor (1936)
as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Nightclub Waiter
Niagara Falls (1941)
as Waiter (uncredited)
To Beat the Band (1935)
as Waiter
Ladies' Man (1931)
as Elevator starter
Children of Pleasure (1930)
as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
The Arizonian (1935)
as Waiter in Opera House
Daybreak (1931)
as Bartender
Alias the Champ (1949)
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
The Mad Whirl (1925)
Actor
North of the Rio Grande (1937)
as Bald Saloon Waiter
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
as Waiter at Party
The Tiger Woman (1945)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
as Banquet Servant
Remember? (1939)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Casino de Paree Waiter
Tomorrow We Live (1942)
Actor
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
The Guilty Generation (1931)
as Victor - Mike's Butler
Faithless (1932)
as Croupier
Submarine (1928)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Old Homestead (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Road to Reno (1931)
as Waiter
Curtain Call (1940)
as Waiter Bringing Caviar
The Showdown (1940)
as Bald Bartender
Champagne Charlie (1936)
as Extra as Ship Waiter
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
Forgotten Women (1931)
as Sleek's Butler
Long Lost Father (1934)
as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
New Moon (1930)
as Waiter at Ball
While the City Sleeps (1928)
as Apartment Tenant
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
as Waiter
Playboy of Paris (1930)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
His Family Tree (1935)
as Man at Mayoral Debate
The Misses Stooge (1935)
as The Butler (uncredited)