Actor

William H. O'Brien

Birthday: July 19, 1891

Born in: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Movie Credits

The Todd Killings (1971) as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Age: 80
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Age: 80
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Age: 79
Rio Lobo (1970) as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Age: 78
Airport (1970) as Waiter at Men's Club
Age: 78
Topaz (1969) as Butler (uncredited)
Age: 78
The Comic (1969) as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Age: 78
The Trouble with Girls (1969) as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Age: 77
Valley of the Dolls (1967) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 76
The Graduate (1967) as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Age: 76
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966) as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 75
Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966) as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
Age: 75
Munster, Go Home! (1966) as Man at Customs (uncredited)
Age: 74
Gunpoint (1966)
Age: 74
The Wheeler Dealers (1963) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 72
Critic's Choice (1963) as Audience Member (uncredited)
Age: 71
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Age: 71
Gypsy (1962) as Audience Member (uncredited)
Age: 71
Pressure Point (1962) as Bund Meeting Spectator
Age: 71
The Children's Hour (1961) as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Age: 70
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Age: 70
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 69
Ocean's Eleven (1960) as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Age: 69
Elmer Gantry (1960) as Train Conductor
Age: 68
Who Was That Lady? (1960) as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Age: 68
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960) as Circus Spectator
Age: 68
The Story on Page One (1959) as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Age: 68
Pillow Talk (1959) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 68
Cry Tough (1959)
Age: 68
Some Like It Hot (1959) as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Age: 67
The Last Hurrah (1958) as Man (uncredited)
Age: 67
Murder by Contract (1958) as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
Age: 67
Home Before Dark (1958) as Waiter at Christmas Party
Age: 67
Money, Women and Guns (1958) as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Age: 67
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) as Barrister (uncredited)
Age: 66
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 66
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957) as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
Age: 66
Bombers B-52 (1957) as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 66
Zero Hour! (1957) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 66
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Age: 66
The Joker is Wild (1957) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Age: 66
Carnival Rock (1957) as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Age: 66
Chicago Confidential (1957) as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Age: 66
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Age: 65
The Unholy Wife (1957) as Juror (uncredited)
Age: 65
Designing Woman (1957) as Party Guest (uncredited)
Age: 65
The Tattered Dress (1957) as Juror (uncredited)
Age: 65
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Extra (uncredited)
Age: 65
The Harder They Fall (1956) as Ringsider (uncredited)
Age: 64
Anything Goes (1956) as Waiter
Age: 64
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Age: 64
The Square Jungle (1955)
Age: 64
Illegal (1955) as Butler (uncredited)
Age: 64
It's Always Fair Weather (1955) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 64
The Seven Year Itch (1955) as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Age: 63
Daddy Long Legs (1955) as Hotel Waiter
Age: 63
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 63
New York Confidential (1955)
Age: 63
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Age: 63
Battle Cry (1955) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 63
Désirée (1954) as Servant (uncredited)
Age: 63
A Star Is Born (1954) as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Age: 63
Woman's World (1954) as Servant
Age: 63
The Bounty Hunter (1954) as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 63
Sabrina (1954) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 63
The High and the Mighty (1954) as Restaurant Cook
Age: 62
Dial M for Murder (1954) as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Age: 62
The Far Country (1954) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 62
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Age: 61
Julius Caesar (1953) as Senator (uncredited)
Age: 61
Fort Ti (1953) as Bartender
Age: 61
Trouble Along the Way (1953) as Bartender Joe
Age: 61
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Age: 61
The Star (1952) as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Age: 61
Horizons West (1952) as Barfly (uncredited)
Age: 61
Carrie (1952) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 60
High Noon (1952) as Church Member (uncredited)
Age: 60
Hong Kong (1952) as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Age: 60
Something to Live For (1952) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 60
Superman and the Mole Men (1951) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 60
The Strange Door (1951)
Age: 60
Bannerline (1951)
Age: 60
Iron Man (1951) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 60
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 60
Ace in the Hole (1951) as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Age: 59
He Ran All the Way (1951) as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Age: 59
A Place in the Sun (1951) as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
Age: 59
Hollywood Story (1951) as Café Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 59
On the Riviera (1951) as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Age: 59
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Age: 59
Frenchie (1950) as Townsman (uncredited)
Age: 59
Let's Dance (1950) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 59
All About Eve (1950) as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Age: 59
Shakedown (1950) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 59
The Men (1950) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 59
Louisa (1950) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 58
Father of the Bride (1950) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 58
The Damned Don't Cry (1950) as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Age: 58
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Age: 58
Woman in Hiding (1950) as Conventioneer (uncredited)
Age: 58
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 58
Alias the Champ (1949) as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Age: 58
Once More, My Darling (1949) as Waiter
Age: 58
It's a Great Feeling (1949) as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 58
Special Agent (1949) as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
Age: 58
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 57
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 57
Johnny Allegro (1949)
Age: 57
Flamingo Road (1949)
Age: 57
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) as Waiter (Uncredited)
Age: 57
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Age: 57
Race Street (1948) as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Age: 57
Jungle Goddess (1948) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 57
I Walk Alone (1947) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 56
Daisy Kenyon (1947) as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Age: 56
Road to Rio (1947) as Ship's Waiter
Age: 56
Body and Soul (1947) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 56
The Unsuspected (1947) as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
Age: 56
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) as Card Dealer (uncredited)
Age: 56
Ivy (1947) as Barrister (uncredited)
Age: 55
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Age: 55
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) as Executive (uncredited)
Age: 55
Undercover Maisie (1947) as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Age: 55
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 55
Undercurrent (1946) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 55
Nobody Lives Forever (1946) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 55
Angel on My Shoulder (1946) as Court Spectator (uncredited)
Age: 55
The Big Sleep (1946) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 55
The Time of Their Lives (1946) as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Age: 55
Canyon Passage (1946) as Miner (uncredited)
Age: 54
Two Sisters from Boston (1946) as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Age: 54
Dressed to Kill (1946) as Detective at Murder Scene
Age: 54
She-Wolf of London (1946) as Constable (uncredited)
Age: 54
Do You Love Me (1946) as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Age: 54
The Hoodlum Saint (1946) as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
Age: 54
The Tiger Woman (1945) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 54
Fallen Angel (1945) as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Age: 54
Kitty (1945) as Coach Footman (uncredited)
Age: 54
Lady on a Train (1945)
Age: 54
The Naughty Nineties (1945) as Troupe Member (uncredited)
Age: 53
The Woman in Green (1945) as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 53
Hollywood Scout (1945) as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Age: 53
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) as Footman (uncredited)
Age: 53
A Song to Remember (1945) as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Age: 53
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944) as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Age: 53
The Climax (1944) as Audience Member (Uncredited)
Age: 53
In Society (1944) as Party Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 53
Christmas Holiday (1944) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 52
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
Age: 52
The Spider Woman (1943) as Doorman (uncredited)
Age: 52
Government Girl (1943) as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Age: 52
Swing Shift Maisie (1943) as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
Age: 52
So Proudly We Hail (1943) as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
Age: 52
Action in the North Atlantic (1943) as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Age: 51
The Leopard Man (1943) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 51
No Time for Love (1943) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 51
Margin for Error (1943) as Waiter
Age: 51
Tomorrow We Live (1942)
Age: 51
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Age: 50
The Falcon Takes Over (1942) as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Age: 50
Take a Letter, Darling (1942) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 50
Brooklyn Orchid (1942) as Waiter at Party
Age: 50
Lady for a Night (1942) as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
Age: 50
Ball of Fire (1941) as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Age: 50
Keep 'Em Flying (1941) as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Age: 50
Niagara Falls (1941) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 50
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Age: 50
The Feminine Touch (1941) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 50
It Started with Eve (1941) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 50
Citizen Kane (1941) as Secretary (uncredited)
Age: 49
Pot o' Gold (1941) as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 49
Topper Returns (1941) as Second Butler (uncredited)
Age: 49
Love Thy Neighbor (1940) as Nightclub Waiter
Age: 49
One Night in the Tropics (1940) as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 49
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940) as Waiter
Age: 49
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) as Waiter
Age: 49
City for Conquest (1940) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 49
No Time for Comedy (1940) as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Age: 49
Hired Wife (1940) as Waiter
Age: 49
Captain Caution (1940) as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Age: 49
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) as Waiter
Age: 48
Turnabout (1940) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 48
Edison, the Man (1940) as Waiter
Age: 48
Forty Little Mothers (1940) as Waiter
Age: 48
Curtain Call (1940) as Waiter Bringing Caviar
Age: 48
Rebecca (1940) as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 48
The Showdown (1940) as Bald Bartender
Age: 48
A Chump at Oxford (1940) as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
Age: 48
City of Chance (1940) as Waiter
Age: 48
The Earl of Chicago (1940) as Turnkey (uncredited)
Age: 48
Remember? (1939) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 48
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) as Legionnaire
Age: 48
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939) as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Age: 48
Eternally Yours (1939) as Nightclub Waiter
Age: 48
Honeymoon in Bali (1939) as Doorman (uncredited)
Age: 48
Girl from Rio (1939) as Condor Club Headwaiter
Age: 48
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) as Servant
Age: 47
Stronger Than Desire (1939) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 47
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) as Nightclub Waiter
Age: 47
The Rage of Paris (1938) as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 46
Test Pilot (1938) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 46
In Old Chicago (1938) as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 46
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) as Butler at Party (uncredited)
Age: 46
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) as Reporter (uncredited)
Age: 46
Wells Fargo (1937) as Headwaiter
Age: 46
The Firefly (1937) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 46
Dance Charlie Dance (1937) as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Age: 45
North of the Rio Grande (1937) as Bald Saloon Waiter
Age: 45
Larceny on the Air (1937) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 45
Sinner Take All (1936) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 45
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) as Nightclub Waiter
Age: 45
San Francisco (1936) as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Age: 44
Special Investigator (1936) as Nightclub Waiter
Age: 44
Champagne Charlie (1936) as Extra as Ship Waiter
Age: 44
The Country Doctor (1936) as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Age: 44
The Walking Dead (1936) as Juror (uncredited)
Age: 44
To Beat the Band (1935) as Waiter
Age: 44
A Night at the Opera (1935) as Stagehand (uncredited)
Age: 44
The Old Homestead (1935) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 44
His Family Tree (1935) as Man at Mayoral Debate
Age: 44
The Gay Deception (1935) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 44
Diamond Jim (1935) as Waiter
Age: 44
The Arizonian (1935) as Waiter in Opera House
Age: 43
Vagabond Lady (1935) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 43
The Misses Stooge (1935) as The Butler (uncredited)
Age: 43
Go Into Your Dance (1935) as Casino de Paree Waiter
Age: 43
Shadow of Doubt (1935) as Waiter
Age: 43
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) as Banquet Servant
Age: 43
Bachelor Bait (1934) as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Age: 43
Hollywood Mystery (1934) as Tony's Butler
Age: 42
The Thin Man (1934) as Bartender (uncredited)
Age: 42
Long Lost Father (1934) as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
Age: 42
Big Time Or Bust (1933) as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Age: 42
Only Yesterday (1933) as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Age: 42
Midnight Mary (1933) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 41
Ex-Lady (1933) as Butler (uncredited)
Age: 41
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 41
The Half-Naked Truth (1932) as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 41
Faithless (1932) as Croupier
Age: 41
Movie Crazy (1932) as Waiter (Uncredited)
Age: 41
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) as Butler (uncredited)
Age: 41
Red-Headed Woman (1932) as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Age: 40
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 40
Scarface (1932) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 40
The Wet Parade (1932) as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 40
Emma (1932) as Man (uncredited)
Age: 40
West of Broadway (1931) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 40
Forgotten Women (1931) as Sleek's Butler
Age: 40
The Guilty Generation (1931) as Victor - Mike's Butler
Age: 40
The Road to Reno (1931) as Waiter
Age: 40
Monkey Business (1931) as Waiter
Age: 40
The Phantom of Paris (1931) as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
Age: 40
Five and Ten (1931) as Duncan (uncredited)
Age: 39
Smart Money (1931) as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
Age: 39
The Sky Raiders (1931) as Henchman Conte
Age: 39
Daybreak (1931) as Bartender
Age: 39
Ladies' Man (1931) as Elevator starter
Age: 39
Men Call It Love (1931) as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Age: 39
Dirigible (1931) as Sailor (uncredited)
Age: 39
Reaching for the Moon (1930) as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Age: 39
New Moon (1930) as Waiter at Ball
Age: 39
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Age: 39
Playboy of Paris (1930) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 39
Anybody's Woman (1930) as Butler
Age: 39
Let Us Be Gay (1930) as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Age: 38
Strictly Unconventional (1930) as Footman
Age: 38
Children of Pleasure (1930) as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Age: 38
Anna Christie (1930) as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Age: 38
Street of Chance (1930) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 38
The Trespasser (1929) as Butler (uncredited)
Age: 38
A Woman of Affairs (1928) as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
Age: 37
Submarine (1928) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 37
The Racket (1928) as Detective Frisking Nick
Age: 37
Captain Swagger (1928) as Waiter
Age: 37
The Singing Fool (1928) as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
Age: 37
The Mysterious Lady (1928) as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
Age: 37
The Patsy (1928) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 36
While the City Sleeps (1928) as Apartment Tenant
Age: 36
The Mad Whirl (1925)
Age: 33
The Blot (1921) as College Student (uncredited)
Age: 30
The Delicious Little Devil (1919) as Waiter (uncredited)
Age: 27