
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

Juarez (1939)
as General Miguel Miramon

Jezebel (1938)
as General Theopholus Bogardus

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Admiral Hammond

Road Gang (1936)
as George Winston

Marked Woman (1937)
as Arthur Sheldon

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

Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Doctor

The Wings of Eagles (1957)
as Capt. Spear

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
as Jason Sculley

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
as Colonel Picquart

The Green Years (1946)
as Canon Roche

A Guy Named Joe (1944)
as Col. Sykes

Three Wise Fools (1946)
as Prof. Horace Appleby

Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Cyrus Brody

Special Agent (1935)
as District Attorney Roger Quinn

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
as Judge

Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Judge

Wonder Bar (1934)
as Richard

Dodge City (1939)
as Colonel Dodge

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

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Judge

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

Midnight (1934)
as Edgar V. Ingersoll

Bullets or Ballots (1936)
as Ward Bryant

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as Attorney Kellogg

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

Honky Tonk (1941)
as Daniel Wells

The Human Comedy (1943)
as Charles Steed

Holiday Affair (1949)
as Mr. Crowley

Johnny Eager (1941)
as Mr. Verne

The World Changes (1933)
as Orin Nordholm Sr.

For God and Country (1943)
as Captain Chaplain

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

The Virginian (1946)
as Mr. Taylor

Tortilla Flat (1942)
as Father Ramon

The Walking Dead (1936)
as District Attorney Werner

Untamed (1955)
as Squire O'Neill

The Singing Marine (1937)
as Captain Skinner

The Go-Getter (1937)
as Commander Tisdale

Air Raid Wardens (1943)
as Rittenhause

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

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

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

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

The Reckless Moment (1949)
as Tom Harper

Billy the Kid (1941)
as Tim Ward

Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Father Xavier

Service with the Colors (1940)
as Colonel Nelson

Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
as Mr. Harper

Lucky Night (1939)
as Calvin Jordan

White Cargo (1942)
as The Reverend Dr. Roberts

The Second Woman (1950)
as Ben Sheppard

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

Men of Boys Town (1941)
as Mr. Maitland

Castle on the Hudson (1940)
as District Attorney

Submarine D-1 (1937)
as Admiral Thomas

The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Colonel

Fashions of 1934 (1934)
as Duryea

Wells Fargo (1937)
as Henry Wells

Born to Sing (1942)
as Frank Eastman

Scandal Sheet (1952)
as Charlie Barnes

Convicted (1950)
as Detective Dorn

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

Lady Killer (1933)
as Ramick

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

Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Parole Officer Masters

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

Calling Philo Vance (1940)
as Markham

Madame du Barry (1934)
as Duc de Choiseul

Black Fury (1935)
as John W. Hendricks

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

Son of a Sailor (1933)
as Naval Officer

The Flying Missile (1950)
as Thomas A. Scott

The Great O'Malley (1937)
as Defense Attorney

The Heavenly Body (1944)
as Professor Stowe

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

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

The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Lewis J. Malbery

Thousands Cheer (1943)
as Captain (uncredited)

Racket Busters (1938)
as Governor

Two Against the World (1936)
as Jim Carstairs

Little Mister Jim (1947)
as Chaplain

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

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

Journal of a Crime (1934)
as Doctor

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

Alias Nick Beal (1949)
as Judge Ben Hobbs

The Secret Bride (1934)
as Jim Lansdale

While the Patient Slept (1935)
as Elihu Dimuck

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

Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
as Inspector Holcomb

The Big Noise (1936)
as Charlie Caldwell

Brother Rat (1938)
as Colonel Ramm

Now I'll Tell (1934)
as Tommy Doran

I Loved a Woman (1933)
as Mr. Farrell
The Right Way (1939)
as Mr. Martin

Green Light (1937)
as Dr. Endicott

The Family Secret (1951)
as Donald Muir

Murder in the Clouds (1934)
as Brownell

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

Wings of the Navy (1939)
as Prologue Speaker

Sons of Liberty (1939)
as Member of Continental Congress

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

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

Money and the Woman (1940)
as Mr. Mason

Bad Bascomb (1946)
as Gov. Winton

First Lady (1937)
as George Mason

The Florentine Dagger (1935)
as Victor Ballau

The Get-Away (1941)
as Warden Alcott

Down in San Diego (1941)
as Col. Halliday

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

Nothing But Trouble (1944)
as Mr. Hawkley

Living on Velvet (1935)
as Harold Thornton

The Key (1934)
as Dan

Whistling in the Dark (1941)
as Philip Post

This Time for Keeps (1942)
as Arthur Freeman

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

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

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

Dinky (1935)
as Col. Barnes

Rainbow on the River (1936)
as Father Josef

The Man with Two Faces (1934)
as Inspector Crane

Side Streets (1934)
as George Richards

Fog Over Frisco (1934)
as Oren Porter

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

The White Angel (1936)
as Dr. Scott

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

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

Freshman Love (1936)
as President Simpkins

Dangerous Partners (1945)
as Duffy

A Child is Born (1939)
as Dr. Lee

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

The Milkman (1950)
as Bradley, Sr.

Boulder Dam (1936)
as Mr. Agnew

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

Dr. Socrates (1935)
as Greer

The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)
as Galway

Scarlet Angel (1952)
as Morgan Caldwell

Sweet Music (1935)
as Louis Trumble

The Return of October (1948)
as President Hotchkiss

Dark Shadows (1944)
as Dr. Everett Colner

The Big Shakedown (1934)
as Mr. Sheffner

Stranded (1935)
as Mr. Tuthill

Girls on Probation (1938)
as Judge

Draegerman Courage (1937)
as Dr. Thomas Haslett

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

The Man Who Dared (1939)
as Matthew Carter

The Golden Arrow (1936)
as Mr. Appleby

The Chaser (1938)
as Mr. Calhoun

Upperworld (1934)
as Banker Making Toast

Rationing (1944)
as Senator Edward White

From Headquarters (1933)
as Inspector Donnelly

Lost Angel (1943)
as Professor Josh Pringle

Leather Gloves (1948)
as Dudley

Massacre (1934)
as J.R. Dickinson

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

Strange Bargain (1949)
as Timothy Hearne

Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
as Colonel Watrous

Alias Mary Dow (1935)
as Henry Dow

The Personality Kid (1934)
as Stephens

Bright Lights (1935)
as J.C. Anderson

Main Street Today (1944)
as Vance Clark

Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
as Lemuel Tappan

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

Bedside (1934)
as Dr. William Chester

White Banners (1938)
as Sam Trimble

Midnight Alibi (1934)
as Ardsley

Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
as Goodrich Sr.

Young America Flies (1940)
as Dr. Webster

Yellow Jack (1938)
as Gorgas





