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William H. O'Brien

Actor

Born: July 19, 1891 · Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died: April 18, 1981 (age 89)

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

Citizen Kane
April 17, 1941
Some Like It Hot
March 19, 1959
The Graduate
December 21, 1967
To Kill a Mockingbird
December 20, 1962
Dial M for Murder
May 29, 1954
Rebecca
March 23, 1940
Witness for the Prosecution
December 17, 1957
All About Eve
November 9, 1950
High Noon
June 9, 1952
A Streetcar Named Desire
September 18, 1951
Sabrina
September 1, 1954
The Big Sleep
August 22, 1946

Acting286

1971The Todd Killings as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
1971Support Your Local Gunfighter as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
1970Rio Lobo as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
1970Airport as Waiter at Men's Club
1969Topaz as Butler (uncredited)
1969The Comic as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
1969The Trouble with Girls as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
1967Valley of the Dolls as Bartender (uncredited)
1967

The Graduate as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1966One of Our Spies Is Missing as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966Not With My Wife, You Don't! as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)

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