
Henry O'Neill
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Henry O'Neill (1891–1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly roles during the 1930s and 1940s. O'Neill began his acting career on the stage, after dropping out of college to join a traveling theatre company. He served in the military in World War I, then returned to the stage. In the early 1930s he began appearing in films, including The Big Shakedown, Santa Fe Trail, Anchors Aweigh, The Green Years, and The Reckless Moment. His last film was The Wings of Eagles. Henry O'Neill died in 1961 at the age of 69.
Known for
Credits

Honky Tonk (1941)
as Daniel Wells

Marked Woman (1937)
as Arthur Sheldon

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Admiral Hammond

Dodge City (1939)
as Colonel Dodge

White Cargo (1942)
as The Reverend Dr. Roberts

Convicted (1950)
as Detective Dorn

Jezebel (1938)
as General Theopholus Bogardus

They Drive by Night (1940)
as District Attorney (uncredited)

The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
as Dr. Emile Roux

Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Cyrus Brody

Special Agent (1935)
as District Attorney Roger Quinn

Juarez (1939)
as General Miguel Miramon

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
as Judge

The Virginian (1946)
as Mr. Taylor

Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Parole Officer Masters

Untamed (1955)
as Squire O'Neill

Lost Angel (1943)
as Professor Josh Pringle

Girl Crazy (1943)
as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.

The Walking Dead (1936)
as District Attorney Werner

Road Gang (1936)
as George Winston

The People Against O'Hara (1951)
as Judge Keating

The White Angel (1936)
as Dr. Scott

The Wings of Eagles (1957)
as Capt. Spear

Wonder Bar (1934)
as Richard

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
as Jason Sculley

Johnny Eager (1941)
as Mr. Verne

The Reckless Moment (1949)
as Tom Harper

The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
as Joe D. Habersham

The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Colonel

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Judge

Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Doctor

Bullets or Ballots (1936)
as Ward Bryant

Alias Nick Beal (1949)
as Judge Ben Hobbs

Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Judge

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
as Colonel Picquart

A Guy Named Joe (1944)
as Col. Sykes

Air Raid Wardens (1943)
as Rittenhause

The Singing Marine (1937)
as Captain Skinner

The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Lewis J. Malbery

Scandal Sheet (1952)
as Charlie Barnes

Holiday Affair (1949)
as Mr. Crowley

Four Wives (1939)
as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.

The Milkman (1950)
as Bradley, Sr.

Lady Killer (1933)
as Ramick

Billy the Kid (1941)
as Tim Ward

Yellow Jack (1938)
as Gorgas

No Man of Her Own (1950)
as Mr. Harkness

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as Attorney Kellogg

Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Philip Post

Stand by for Action (1942)
as Cmdr. Stone M.C

The Second Woman (1950)
as Ben Sheppard

The Green Years (1946)
as Canon Roche

Stranded (1935)
as Mr. Tuthill

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
as Dr. Lentz

The Great O'Malley (1937)
as Defense Attorney

The Human Comedy (1943)
as Charles Steed

Wings of the Navy (1939)
as Prologue Speaker

Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
as John Dyckman Brown II

Midnight (1934)
as Edgar V. Ingersoll

Black Fury (1935)
as John W. Hendricks

Bright Lights (1935)
as J.C. Anderson

The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
as Dubois (uncredited)

Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
as Mr. Harper

Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Father Xavier

Submarine D-1 (1937)
as Admiral Thomas

White Banners (1938)
as Sam Trimble

Green Light (1937)
as Dr. Endicott

Men of Boys Town (1941)
as Mr. Maitland

While the Patient Slept (1935)
as Elihu Dimuck

Thousands Cheer (1943)
as Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)

Rainbow on the River (1936)
as Father Josef

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
as D.M. Gateway

Tortilla Flat (1942)
as Father Ramon

The Heavenly Body (1944)
as Professor Stowe

The Go-Getter (1937)
as Commander Tisdale

The Bugle Sounds (1942)
as Lt. Col. Harry Seton

'Til We Meet Again (1940)
as Dr. Cameron

The Flying Missile (1950)
as Thomas A. Scott

I Loved a Woman (1933)
as Mr. Farrell

You're My Everything (1949)
as Prof. Adams

The Key (1934)
as Dan

The World Changes (1933)
as Orin Nordholm Sr.

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
as A.H. Remson

Wells Fargo (1937)
as Henry Wells

First Lady (1937)
as George Mason

Castle on the Hudson (1940)
as District Attorney

Bordertown (1935)
as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)

Scarlet Angel (1952)
as Morgan Caldwell

Rationing (1944)
as Senator Edward White

The Family Secret (1951)
as Donald Muir

Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand

Best Foot Forward (1943)
as Maj. Roger W. Reeber

The Return of October (1948)
as President Hotchkiss

The Beginning or the End (1947)
as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell

Money and the Woman (1940)
as Mr. Mason

Everybody's Hobby (1939)
as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie

The House on 56th Street (1933)
as Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)

Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
as Edward Hartford

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
as Warden Kenneson

Service with the Colors (1940)
as Colonel Nelson

The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)
as Galway

Lucky Night (1939)
as Calvin Jordan

I've Got Your Number (1934)
as Mr. John P. Schuyler

We're in the Money (1935)
as Stephen Dinsmore

Born to Sing (1942)
as Frank Eastman

Dr. Socrates (1935)
as Greer

Flirtation Walk (1934)
as Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts

Two Against the World (1936)
as Jim Carstairs

Freshman Love (1936)
as President Simpkins

Fashions of 1934 (1934)
as Duryea

The Big Shakedown (1934)
as Mr. Sheffner

Fog Over Frisco (1934)
as Oren Porter

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
as District Attorney C. Manchester

Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
as Lemuel Tappan

From Headquarters (1933)
as Inspector Donnelly

Between Two Women (1945)
as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)

Midnight Alibi (1934)
as Ardsley

Murder in the Clouds (1934)
as John Brownell

Madame du Barry (1934)
as Duc de Choiseul

Racket Busters (1938)
as Governor

The Chaser (1938)
as Mr. Calhoun

The Man with Two Faces (1934)
as Inspector Crane

The Secret Bride (1934)
as Jim Lansdale

Leather Gloves (1948)
as Dudley

Bad Bascomb (1946)
as Gov. Winton
The Right Way (1939)
as Mr. Martin

Journal of a Crime (1934)
as Doctor

Bedside (1934)
as Dr. William Chester

Upperworld (1934)
as Banker Making Toast

Living on Velvet (1935)
as Harold Thornton

Boulder Dam (1936)
as Mr. Agnew

Now I'll Tell (1934)
as Tommy Doran

Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
as Colonel Watrous

Personal Maid's Secret (1935)
as Mr. Wilton Palmer

A Child is Born (1939)
as Dr. Lee

Side Streets (1934)
as George Richards

Sweet Music (1935)
as Louis Trumble

Alias Mary Dow (1935)
as Henry Dow

Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
as Sen. H. Baldwin

Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
as Goodrich Sr.

Three Wise Fools (1946)
as Prof. Horace Appleby

Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
as Inspector Holcomb

Strange Bargain (1949)
as Timothy Hearne

Main Street Today (1944)
as Vance Clark

Draegerman Courage (1937)
as Dr. Thomas Haslett

Dangerous Partners (1945)
as Duffy

The Golden Arrow (1936)
as Mr. Appleby

The Personality Kid (1934)
as Stephens

For God and Country (1943)
as Captain Chaplain

The Florentine Dagger (1935)
as Victor Ballau

Brother Rat (1938)
as Colonel Ramm

This Time for Keeps (1942)
as Arthur Freeman

Sons of Liberty (1939)
as Member of Continental Congress

The Man Who Dared (1939)
as Matthew Carter

The Big Noise (1936)
as Charlie Caldwell

Down in San Diego (1941)
as Col. Halliday

Calling Philo Vance (1940)
as Markham

Massacre (1934)
as J.R. Dickinson

Little Mister Jim (1947)
as Chaplain

This Man's Navy (1945)
as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone

Son of a Sailor (1933)
as Naval Officer

Nothing But Trouble (1944)
as Mr. Hawkley

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
as Fernand de Marnay

Dinky (1935)
as Col. Barnes
Young America Flies (1940)
as Dr. Webster

Girls on Probation (1938)
as Judge

The Great Hotel Murder (1935)
as Mr. Claude Harvey

The Get-Away (1941)
as Warden Alcott

Dark Shadows (1944)
as Dr. Everett Colner

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (1935)
as Director (uncredited)





