William H. O'Brien
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.
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- Born:
- Jul 19, 1891 In Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 267
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Blot 1921-09-04
- Latest Project:
- Movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971-10-07
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited) | 1971-10-07 |
| Movie | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Old Chess Player (uncredited) | 1971-05-26 |
| Movie | Airport | Waiter at Men's Club | 1970-03-25 |
| Movie | Rio Lobo | Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited) | 1970-04-01 |
| Movie | The Trouble with Girls | Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited) | 1969-06-24 |
| Movie | Topaz | Butler (uncredited) | 1969-12-17 |
| Movie | Valley of the Dolls | Bartender (uncredited) | 1967-12-27 |
| Movie | The Graduate | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 1967-12-21 |
| Movie | Gunpoint | 1966-04-25 | |
| Movie | Not With My Wife, You Don't | Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited) | 1966-11-02 |
| Movie | Munster, Go Home! | Man at Customs (uncredited) | 1966-06-15 |
| Movie | Mary Poppins | Gentleman in Bank (uncredited) | 1964-12-17 |
| Movie | The Wheeler Dealers | Waiter (uncredited) | 1963-11-14 |
| Movie | Pressure Point | Bund Meeting Spectator | 1962-10-10 |
| Movie | To Kill a Mockingbird | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1962-12-20 |
| Movie | Gypsy | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1962-11-01 |
| Movie | Judgment at Nuremberg | German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited) | 1961-12-18 |
| Movie | King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Waiter (uncredited) | 1961-06-11 |
| Movie | The Children's Hour | Funeral Assistant (uncredited) | 1961-12-19 |
| Movie | Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus | Circus Spectator | 1960-01-21 |
| Movie | Who Was That Lady? | Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited) | 1960-04-08 |
| Movie | Ocean's Eleven | Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited) | 1960-08-10 |
| Movie | Elmer Gantry | Train Conductor | 1960-07-07 |
| Movie | Some Like It Hot | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 1959-03-19 |
| Movie | Cry Tough | 1959-08-01 | |
| Movie | The Story on Page One | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) | 1959-12-01 |
| Movie | Pillow Talk | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1959-10-07 |
| Movie | Money, Women and Guns | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | 1958-10-01 |
| Movie | Home Before Dark | Waiter at Christmas Party | 1958-11-16 |
| Movie | The Last Hurrah | Man (uncredited) | 1958-12-31 |
| Movie | Murder by Contract | Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited) | 1958-12-18 |
| Movie | Sweet Smell of Success | Waiter at 21 (uncredited) | 1957-07-04 |
| Movie | Chicago Confidential | Dixon's Valet (uncredited) | 1957-08-30 |
| Movie | The Unholy Wife | Juror (uncredited) | 1957-06-24 |
| Movie | Designing Woman | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1957-05-16 |
| Movie | Carnival Rock | Onlooker at Fire (uncredited) | 1957-09-01 |
| Movie | The Tattered Dress | Juror (uncredited) | 1957-03-14 |
| Movie | Witness for the Prosecution | Barrister (uncredited) | 1957-12-17 |
| Movie | The Joker is Wild | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1957-09-26 |
| Movie | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Townsman (uncredited) | 1957-11-26 |
| Movie | I Was a Teenage Frankenstein | Rooming House Boarder (uncredited) | 1957-11-23 |
| Movie | Zero Hour! | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1957-11-13 |
| Movie | Bombers B-52 | Nightclub Bartender (uncredited) | 1957-11-22 |
| Movie | There's Always Tomorrow | 1956-01-08 | |
| Movie | Anything Goes | Waiter | 1956-04-27 |
| Movie | The Harder They Fall | Ringsider (uncredited) | 1956-05-08 |
| Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | Extra (uncredited) | 1956-10-17 |
| Movie | New York Confidential | 1955-02-15 | |
| Movie | Battle Cry | Bartender (uncredited) | 1955-02-02 |
| Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1955-02-02 |
| Movie | Daddy Long Legs | Hotel Waiter | 1955-05-05 |
| Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Townsman (uncredited) | 1955-06-23 |
| Movie | The Seven Year Itch | Man at Train Station (uncredited) | 1955-06-03 |
| Movie | Illegal | Butler (uncredited) | 1955-10-09 |
| Movie | The Square Jungle | 1955-12-30 | |
| Movie | It's Always Fair Weather | Waiter (uncredited) | 1955-08-30 |
| Movie | Dial M for Murder | Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited) | 1954-05-29 |
| Movie | The Far Country | Townsman (uncredited) | 1954-02-12 |
| Movie | The High and the Mighty | Restaurant Cook | 1954-07-03 |
| Movie | Woman's World | Servant | 1954-09-30 |
| Movie | Sabrina | Bartender (uncredited) | 1954-09-10 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | Trouble Along the Way | Bartender Joe | 1953-04-04 |
| Movie | Fort Ti | Bartender | 1953-04-30 |
| Movie | The Redhead from Wyoming | Bartender | 1953-01-08 |
| Movie | Julius Caesar | Senator (uncredited) | 1953-06-04 |
| Movie | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | 1953-07-14 |
| Movie | All I Desire | 1953-07-03 | |
| Movie | Hong Kong | Observer at Scene (uncredited) | 1952-04-18 |
| Movie | Something to Live For | Waiter (uncredited) | 1952-03-07 |
| Movie | Carrie | Waiter (uncredited) | 1952-07-17 |
| Movie | High Noon | Church Member (uncredited) | 1952-06-09 |
| Movie | The Star | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1952-12-11 |
| Movie | The Bad and the Beautiful | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1952-12-25 |
| Movie | Horizons West | Barfly (uncredited) | 1952-10-11 |
| Movie | He Ran All the Way | Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited) | 1951-06-20 |
| Movie | Hollywood Story | Café Waiter (uncredited) | 1951-06-01 |
| Movie | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Fight Spectator (uncredited) | 1951-04-12 |
| Movie | The Strange Door | 1951-06-21 | |
| Movie | On the Riviera | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1951-04-20 |
| Movie | A Place in the Sun | Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited) | 1951-06-12 |
| Movie | Ace in the Hole | Customer at Minosa's (uncredited) | 1951-06-29 |
| Movie | Bannerline | 1951-10-12 | |
| Movie | Cave of Outlaws | 1951-11-01 | |
| Movie | A Streetcar Named Desire | Waiter (uncredited) | 1951-09-19 |
| Movie | Superman and the Mole-Men | Townsman (uncredited) | 1951-11-23 |
| Movie | The Damned Don't Cry | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |
| Movie | Father of the Bride | Waiter (uncredited) | 1950-05-18 |
| Movie | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1950-04-01 |
| Movie | Louisa | Waiter (uncredited) | 1950-05-31 |
| Movie | Woman in Hiding | Conventioneer (uncredited) | 1950-01-06 |
| Movie | The Men | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1950-08-25 |
| Movie | Shakedown | Waiter (uncredited) | 1950-09-01 |
| Movie | Frenchie | Townsman (uncredited) | 1950-12-25 |
| Movie | Let's Dance | Waiter (uncredited) | 1950-11-29 |
| Movie | All About Eve | Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited) | 1950-11-09 |
| Movie | Special Agent | Barber's Customer (uncredited) | 1949-07-22 |
| Movie | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Bartender (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | Flamingo Road | 1949-04-30 | |
| Movie | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Room Service Waiter (uncredited) | 1949-05-26 |
| Movie | Johnny Allegro | 1949-05-26 | |
| Movie | It's a Great Feeling | Saloon Waiter (uncredited) | 1949-08-01 |
| Movie | Once More, My Darling | Waiter | 1949-09-10 |
| Movie | Undertow | Gambler | 1949-12-03 |
| Movie | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Waiter (uncredited) | 1949-10-20 |
| Movie | Alias the Champ | Audience Spectator (uncredited) | 1949-10-15 |
| Movie | Jungle Goddess | Bartender (uncredited) | 1948-08-13 |
| Movie | Race Street | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 1948-09-11 |
| Movie | Sorry, Wrong Number | Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited) | 1948-09-24 |
| Movie | You Gotta Stay Happy | Waiter (Uncredited) | 1948-10-28 |
| Movie | Ivy | Barrister (uncredited) | 1947-06-26 |
| Movie | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | 1947-04-25 | |
| Movie | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Card Dealer (uncredited) | 1947-10-08 |
| Movie | Undercover Maisie | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 1947-03-01 |
| Movie | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Executive (uncredited) | 1947-04-17 |
| Movie | The Unsuspected | Servant with Tray (uncredited) | 1947-10-11 |
| Movie | I Walk Alone | Waiter (uncredited) | 1947-12-31 |
| Movie | Daisy Kenyon | Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited) | 1947-12-25 |
| Movie | Body and Soul | Bartender (uncredited) | 1947-11-11 |
| Movie | Road to Rio | Ship's Waiter | 1947-12-25 |
| Movie | Two Sisters from Boston | Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited) | 1946-06-06 |
| Movie | Dressed to Kill | Detective at Murder Scene | 1946-05-24 |
| Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited) | 1946-04-04 |
| Movie | Canyon Passage | Miner (uncredited) | 1946-07-17 |
| Movie | She-Wolf of London | Constable (uncredited) | 1946-05-17 |
| Movie | Do You Love Me | Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited) | 1946-05-17 |
| Movie | The Time of Their Lives | Danbury Servant (uncredited) | 1946-08-13 |
| Movie | The Big Sleep | Waiter (uncredited) | 1946-08-23 |
| Movie | Undercurrent | Waiter (uncredited) | 1946-11-11 |
| Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1946-12-25 |
| Movie | Nobody Lives Forever | Waiter (uncredited) | 1946-11-01 |
| Movie | Angel on My Shoulder | Court Spectator (uncredited) | 1946-09-20 |
| Movie | Hollywood Scout | Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited) | 1945-04-14 |
| Movie | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Footman (uncredited) | 1945-03-03 |
| Movie | A Song to Remember | Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited) | 1945-01-19 |
| Movie | The Woman in Green | Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited) | 1945-06-15 |
| Movie | Fallen Angel | Bus Passenger (uncredited) | 1945-11-15 |
| Movie | The Naughty Nineties | Troupe Member (uncredited) | 1945-06-20 |
| Movie | The Tiger Woman | Waiter (uncredited) | 1945-11-16 |
| Movie | Kitty | Coach Footman (uncredited) | 1945-10-16 |
| Movie | Lady on a Train | 1945-08-03 | |
| Movie | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited) | 1944-02-11 |
| Movie | Christmas Holiday | Waiter (uncredited) | 1944-07-31 |
| Movie | In Society | Party Waiter (uncredited) | 1944-08-16 |
| Movie | The Climax | Audience Member (Uncredited) | 1944-10-20 |
| Movie | No Time for Love | 1943-04-09 | |
| Movie | Margin for Error | Waiter | 1943-02-10 |
| Movie | Action in the North Atlantic | Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited) | 1943-06-12 |
| Movie | The Spider Woman | Doorman (uncredited) | 1943-12-24 |
| Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited) | 1943-09-09 |
| Movie | Government Girl | Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) | 1943-11-05 |
| Movie | Swing Shift Maisie | Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited) | 1943-10-01 |
| Movie | Lady for a Night | King's Club Worker (uncredited) | 1942-01-05 |
| Movie | Take a Letter, Darling | Waiter (uncredited) | 1942-05-06 |
| Movie | Brooklyn Orchid | Waiter at Party | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | The Falcon Takes Over | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 1942-05-29 |
| Movie | Maisie Gets Her Man | Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited) | 1942-06-01 |
| Movie | Tomorrow We Live | 1942-09-23 | |
| Movie | It Started with Eve | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1941-09-26 |
| Movie | Citizen Kane | Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-04-17 |
| Movie | Topper Returns | Second Butler (uncredited) | 1941-03-21 |
| Movie | The Feminine Touch | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | Pot o' Gold | Country Club Waiter (uncredited) | 1941-04-03 |
| Movie | The Blonde from Singapore | 1941-10-15 | |
| Movie | Keep 'Em Flying | Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited) | 1941-11-27 |
| Movie | Ball of Fire | Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) | 1941-12-02 |
| Movie | Niagara Falls | Waiter (uncredited) | 1941-10-17 |
| Movie | Curtain Call | Waiter Bringing Caviar | 1940-04-18 |
| Movie | Forty Little Mothers | Waiter | 1940-04-26 |
| Movie | Edison, the Man | Waiter | 1940-05-10 |
| Movie | Rebecca | Hotel Waiter (uncredited) | 1940-03-23 |
| Movie | City of Chance | Waiter | 1940-01-13 |
| Movie | The Earl of Chicago | Turnkey (uncredited) | 1940-01-05 |
| Movie | Turnabout | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1940-05-17 |
| Movie | A Chump at Oxford | Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited) | 1940-01-25 |
| Movie | The Showdown | Bald Bartender | 1940-03-08 |
| Movie | One Night in the Tropics | Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited) | 1940-11-15 |
| Movie | Mexican Spitfire Out West | Waiter | 1940-10-29 |
| Movie | Love Thy Neighbor | Nightclub Waiter | 1940-12-27 |
| Movie | Buck Benny Rides Again | Waiter | 1940-05-31 |
| Movie | City for Conquest | Waiter (uncredited) | 1940-09-21 |
| Movie | Hit Parade of 1941 | Waiter | 1940-10-14 |
| Movie | Captain Caution | English Sailor Who Pleads for Water | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | Hired Wife | Waiter | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | No Time for Comedy | Waiter in Bar (uncredited) | 1940-09-14 |
| Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | Servant | 1939-07-13 |
| Movie | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Nightclub Waiter | 1939-06-02 |
| Movie | Girl from Rio | Condor Club Headwaiter | 1939-08-07 |
| Movie | Stronger Than Desire | Waiter (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | Eternally Yours | Nightclub Waiter | 1939-10-07 |
| Movie | Honeymoon in Bali | Doorman (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | Remember? | Waiter (uncredited) | 1939-12-19 |
| Movie | Zorro's Fighting Legion | Legionnaire | 1939-12-16 |
| Movie | That's Right – You're Wrong | Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited) | 1939-11-24 |
| Movie | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Reporter (uncredited) | 1938-02-11 |
| Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Butler at Party (uncredited) | 1938-02-12 |
| Movie | The Rage of Paris | Nightclub Bartender (uncredited) | 1938-06-09 |
| Movie | In Old Chicago | Senate Waiter (uncredited) | 1938-04-15 |
| Movie | Test Pilot | Waiter (uncredited) | 1938-04-16 |
| Movie | North of the Rio Grande | Bald Saloon Waiter | 1937-06-28 |
| Movie | Dance Charlie Dance | Bored Spectator (uncredited) | 1937-07-06 |
| Movie | Wells Fargo | Headwaiter | 1937-12-31 |
| Movie | The Firefly | Waiter (uncredited) | 1937-11-05 |
| Movie | The Country Doctor | Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited) | 1936-03-12 |
| Movie | The Walking Dead | Juror (uncredited) | 1936-03-01 |
| Movie | Special Investigator | Nightclub Waiter | 1936-05-08 |
| Movie | Champagne Charlie | Extra as Ship Waiter | 1936-05-06 |
| Movie | Sinner Take All | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1936-12-18 |
| Movie | Sing, Baby, Sing | Nightclub Waiter | 1936-08-21 |
| Movie | San Francisco | Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited) | 1936-06-26 |
| Movie | The Misses Stooge | The Butler (uncredited) | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | Shadow of Doubt | Waiter | 1935-02-15 |
| Movie | Diamond Jim | Waiter | 1935-09-01 |
| Movie | Go Into Your Dance | Casino de Paree Waiter | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | The Arizonian | Waiter in Opera House | 1935-06-27 |
| Movie | The Gay Deception | Waiter (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
| Movie | To Beat the Band | Waiter | 1935-11-23 |
| Movie | A Night at the Opera | Stagehand (uncredited) | 1935-11-15 |
| Movie | His Family Tree | Man at Mayoral Debate | 1935-09-29 |
| Movie | The Old Homestead | Waiter (uncredited) | 1935-10-05 |
| Movie | Hollywood Mystery | Tony's Butler | 1934-06-20 |
| Movie | Long Lost Father | Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone | 1934-01-19 |
| Movie | The Thin Man | Bartender (uncredited) | 1934-05-25 |
| Movie | Bachelor Bait | Waiter #2 (uncredited) | 1934-07-27 |
| Movie | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Banquet Servant | 1934-08-15 |
| Movie | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Waiter (uncredited) | 1933-02-03 |
| Movie | Ex-Lady | Butler (uncredited) | 1933-05-15 |
| Movie | Only Yesterday | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 1933-11-01 |
| Movie | Big Time Or Bust | Hammond's Butler (uncredited) | 1933-11-10 |
| Movie | Merrily We Go to Hell | Waiter (uncredited) | 1932-06-10 |
| Movie | Scarface | Waiter (uncredited) | 1932-04-09 |
| Movie | Emma | Man (uncredited) | 1932-01-02 |
| Movie | The Wet Parade | Saloon Waiter (uncredited) | 1932-03-26 |
| Movie | Red-Headed Woman | Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited) | 1932-06-25 |
| Movie | Pack Up Your Troubles | Butler (uncredited) | 1932-09-16 |
| Movie | Faithless | Croupier | 1932-10-15 |
| Movie | The Half-Naked Truth | Hotel Waiter (uncredited) | 1932-12-16 |
| Movie | Movie Crazy | Waiter (Uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
| Movie | Daybreak | Bartender | 1931-05-02 |
| Movie | Ladies' Man | Elevator starter | 1931-04-16 |
| Movie | Men Call It Love | Brooks' Butler (uncredited) | 1931-03-14 |
| Movie | Smart Money | Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited) | 1931-06-11 |
| Movie | Five and Ten | Duncan (uncredited) | 1931-06-13 |
| Movie | Forgotten Women | Sleek's Butler | 1931-11-25 |
| Movie | The Road to Reno | Waiter | 1931-09-25 |
| Movie | The Guilty Generation | Victor - Mike's Butler | 1931-11-19 |
| Movie | The Phantom of Paris | Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited) | 1931-09-12 |
| Movie | Monkey Business | Waiter | 1931-09-19 |
| Movie | Strictly Unconventional | Footman | 1930-05-03 |
| Movie | Children of Pleasure | Party Butler #2 (uncredited) | 1930-04-26 |
| Movie | Anna Christie | Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited) | 1930-02-21 |
| Movie | Let Us Be Gay | Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien) | 1930-07-11 |
| Movie | Street of Chance | Waiter (uncredited) | 1930-02-08 |
| Movie | Sin Takes a Holiday | Waiter at Royal Club | 1930-11-10 |
| Movie | Anybody's Woman | Butler | 1930-08-15 |
| Movie | New Moon | Waiter at Ball | 1930-12-23 |
| Movie | Reaching for the Moon | Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited) | 1930-12-29 |
| Movie | Playboy of Paris | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1930-10-18 |
| Movie | The Trespasser | Butler (uncredited) | 1929-11-11 |
| Movie | The Patsy | Waiter (uncredited) | 1928-04-22 |
| Movie | While the City Sleeps | Apartment Tenant | 1928-02-15 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Lady | Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited) | 1928-08-04 |
| Movie | The Racket | Detective Frisking Nick | 1928-11-01 |
| Movie | A Woman of Affairs | Man Peering Into Room (uncredited) | 1928-12-15 |
| Movie | Captain Swagger | Waiter | 1928-10-13 |
| Movie | The Singing Fool | Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) | 1928-09-29 |
| Movie | The Blot | College Student (uncredited) | 1921-09-04 |