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