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