Portrait of William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: July 19, 1891

Place of Birth: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Filmography

1971
The Todd Killings

as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Old Chess Player (uncredited)

1970
Rio Lobo

as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

1970
Airport

as Waiter at Men's Club

1969
Topaz

as Butler (uncredited)

1969
The Comic

as Funeral Guest (uncredited)

1969
The Trouble with Girls

as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

1967
Valley of the Dolls

as Bartender (uncredited)

1967
The Graduate

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1966
One of Our Spies Is Missing

as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)

1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't!

as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)

1966
Munster, Go Home!

as Man at Customs (uncredited)

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Butler (uncredited)

1964
Bewitched

as Waiter (uncredited)

1963
The Wheeler Dealers

as Waiter (uncredited)

1963
Critic's Choice

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1962
To Kill a Mockingbird

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1962
Gypsy

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1962
Pressure Point

as Bund Meeting Spectator

1961
The Children's Hour

as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

1961
Judgment at Nuremberg

as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

1960
Ocean's Eleven

as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

1960
Elmer Gantry

as Train Conductor

1960
Who Was That Lady?

as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

1959
The Story on Page One

as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

1959
Pillow Talk

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1959
Bonanza

as Delegate (uncredited)

1959
Some Like It Hot

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1959
Rawhide

as Bartender (uncredited)

1959
Rawhide

as Waiter (uncredited)

1958
The Last Hurrah

as Man (uncredited)

1958
Murder by Contract

as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)

1958
Home Before Dark

as Waiter at Christmas Party

1958
Money, Women and Guns

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Waiter (uncredited)

1957
Witness for the Prosecution

as Barrister (uncredited)

1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Townsman (uncredited)

1957
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)

1957
Bombers B-52

as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

1957
Zero Hour!

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1957
The Helen Morgan Story

as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)

1957
The Joker is Wild

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1957
Perry Mason

as Bartender (uncredited)

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1957
Carnival Rock

as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)

1957
Chicago Confidential

as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)

1957
Sweet Smell of Success

as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)

1957
The Unholy Wife

as Juror (uncredited)

1957
Designing Woman

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1957
The Tattered Dress

as Juror (uncredited)

1956
Around the World in Eighty Days

as Extra (uncredited)

1956
The Harder They Fall

as Ringsider (uncredited)

1956
Anything Goes

as Waiter

1955
Illegal

as Butler (uncredited)

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Juror (uncredited)

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)

1955
Cheyenne

as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)

1955
It's Always Fair Weather

as Waiter (uncredited)

1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

as Townsman (uncredited)

1955
The Seven Year Itch

as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

1955
Daddy Long Legs

as Hotel Waiter

1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

1955
Battle Cry

as Bartender (uncredited)

1954
Désirée

as Servant (uncredited)

1954
A Star Is Born

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

1954
Woman's World

as Servant

1954
The Bounty Hunter

as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

1954
Sabrina

as Bartender (uncredited)

1954
The High and the Mighty

as Restaurant Cook

1954
Dial M for Murder

as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

1954
The Far Country

as Townsman (uncredited)

1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

1953
Julius Caesar

as Senator (uncredited)

1953
Fort Ti

as Bartender

1953
Trouble Along the Way

as Bartender Joe

1952
The Bad and the Beautiful

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1952
The Star

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1952
Horizons West

as Barfly (uncredited)

1952
Carrie

as Waiter (uncredited)

1952
High Noon

as Church Member (uncredited)

1952
Hong Kong

as Observer at Scene (uncredited)

1952
Something to Live For

as Waiter (uncredited)

1951
Superman and the Mole Men

as Townsman (uncredited)

1951
A Streetcar Named Desire

as Waiter (uncredited)

1951
Ace in the Hole

as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)

1951
He Ran All the Way

as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)

1951
A Place in the Sun

as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

1951
Hollywood Story

as Café Waiter (uncredited)

1951
On the Riviera

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1951
1950
Frenchie

as Townsman (uncredited)

1950
Let's Dance

as Waiter (uncredited)

1950
All About Eve

as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

1950
Shakedown

as Waiter (uncredited)

1950
The Men

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1950
Louisa

as Waiter (uncredited)

1950
Father of the Bride

as Waiter (uncredited)

1950
The Damned Don't Cry

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1950
Woman in Hiding

as Conventioneer (uncredited)

1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Waiter (uncredited)

1949
Alias the Champ

as Audience Spectator (uncredited)

1949
It's a Great Feeling

as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

1949
Special Agent

as Barber's Customer (uncredited)

1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Bartender (uncredited)

1949
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy

as Waiter (Uncredited)

1948
Sorry, Wrong Number

as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

1948
Race Street

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

1948
Jungle Goddess

as Bartender (uncredited)

1947
I Walk Alone

as Waiter (uncredited)

1947
Road to Rio

as Ship's Waiter

1947
Daisy Kenyon

as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

1947
Body and Soul

as Bartender (uncredited)

1947
The Unsuspected

as Servant with Tray (uncredited)

1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

as Card Dealer (uncredited)

1947
Ivy

as Barrister (uncredited)

1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Executive (uncredited)

1947
Undercover Maisie

as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

1946
The Best Years of Our Lives

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1946
Undercurrent

as Waiter (uncredited)

1946
Nobody Lives Forever

as Waiter (uncredited)

1946
Angel on My Shoulder

as Court Spectator (uncredited)

1946
The Big Sleep

as Waiter (uncredited)

1946
The Time of Their Lives

as Danbury Servant (uncredited)

1946
Canyon Passage

as Miner (uncredited)

1946
Two Sisters from Boston

as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)

1946
Dressed to Kill

as Detective at Murder Scene

1946
She-Wolf of London

as Constable (uncredited)

1946
Do You Love Me

as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)

1946
The Hoodlum Saint

as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

1945
The Tiger Woman

as Waiter (uncredited)

1945
Fallen Angel

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

1945
Kitty

as Coach Footman (uncredited)

1945
The Naughty Nineties

as Troupe Member (uncredited)

1945
The Woman in Green

as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

1945
Hollywood Scout

as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Footman (uncredited)

1945
A Song to Remember

as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

1944
The Thin Man Goes Home

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1944
The Climax

as Audience Member (Uncredited)

1944
In Society

as Party Waiter (uncredited)

1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)

1943
The Spider Woman

as Doorman (uncredited)

1943
Government Girl

as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

1943
Swing Shift Maisie

as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

1943
So Proudly We Hail

as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

1943
Action in the North Atlantic

as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)

1943
The Leopard Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

1943
No Time for Love

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1943
1942
Maisie Gets Her Man

as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)

1942
The Falcon Takes Over

as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

1942
Take a Letter, Darling

as Waiter (uncredited)

1942
Brooklyn Orchid

as Waiter at Party

1942
Lady for a Night

as King's Club Worker (uncredited)

1941
Ball of Fire

as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

1941
Keep 'Em Flying

as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)

1941
Niagara Falls

as Waiter (uncredited)

1941
The Feminine Touch

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1941
It Started with Eve

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1941
Citizen Kane

as Secretary (uncredited)

1941
Pot o' Gold

as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

1941
Topper Returns

as Second Butler (uncredited)

1940
Love Thy Neighbor

as Nightclub Waiter

1940
One Night in the Tropics

as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)

1940
1940
City for Conquest

as Waiter (uncredited)

1940
No Time for Comedy

as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)

1940
Hired Wife

as Waiter

1940
Captain Caution

as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water

1940
Turnabout

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1940
1940
Curtain Call

as Waiter Bringing Caviar

1940
Rebecca

as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

1940
The Showdown

as Bald Bartender

1940
A Chump at Oxford

as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)

1940
1940
The Earl of Chicago

as Turnkey (uncredited)

1939
Remember?

as Waiter (uncredited)

1939
1939
That's Right – You're Wrong

as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)

1939
Eternally Yours

as Nightclub Waiter

1939
Honeymoon in Bali

as Doorman (uncredited)

1939
Girl from Rio

as Condor Club Headwaiter

1939
Stronger Than Desire

as Waiter (uncredited)

1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case

as Nightclub Waiter

1938
The Rage of Paris

as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

1938
Test Pilot

as Waiter (uncredited)

1938
In Old Chicago

as Senate Waiter (uncredited)

1938
Gold Is Where You Find It

as Butler at Party (uncredited)

1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938

as Reporter (uncredited)

1937
Wells Fargo

as Headwaiter

1937
The Firefly

as Waiter (uncredited)

1937
Dance Charlie Dance

as Bored Spectator (uncredited)

1937
North of the Rio Grande

as Bald Saloon Waiter

1937
Larceny on the Air

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1936
Sinner Take All

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1936
Sing, Baby, Sing

as Nightclub Waiter

1936
San Francisco

as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)

1936
Special Investigator

as Nightclub Waiter

1936
Champagne Charlie

as Extra as Ship Waiter

1936
The Country Doctor

as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)

1936
The Walking Dead

as Juror (uncredited)

1935
1935
A Night at the Opera

as Stagehand (uncredited)

1935
The Old Homestead

as Waiter (uncredited)

1935
His Family Tree

as Man at Mayoral Debate

1935
The Gay Deception

as Waiter (uncredited)

1935
Diamond Jim

as Waiter

1935
The Arizonian

as Waiter in Opera House

1935
Vagabond Lady

as Waiter (uncredited)

1935
Go Into Your Dance

as Casino de Paree Waiter

1935
The Misses Stooge

as The Butler (uncredited)

1935
1934
1934
Bachelor Bait

as Waiter #2 (uncredited)

1934
Hollywood Mystery

as Tony's Butler

1934
The Thin Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

1934
Long Lost Father

as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone

1933
Big Time Or Bust

as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)

1933
Only Yesterday

as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

1933
Midnight Mary

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1933
Ex-Lady

as Butler (uncredited)

1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

as Waiter (uncredited)

1932
The Half-Naked Truth

as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

1932
Faithless

as Croupier

1932
Movie Crazy

as Waiter (Uncredited)

1932
Pack Up Your Troubles

as Butler (uncredited)

1932
Red-Headed Woman

as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)

1932
Merrily We Go to Hell

as Waiter (uncredited)

1932
Scarface

as Waiter (uncredited)

1932
The Wet Parade

as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

1932
Emma

as Man (uncredited)

1931
West of Broadway

as Waiter (uncredited)

1931
Forgotten Women

as Sleek's Butler

1931
The Guilty Generation

as Victor - Mike's Butler

1931
1931
1931
The Phantom of Paris

as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)

1931
Five and Ten

as Duncan (uncredited)

1931
Smart Money

as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)

1931
Daybreak

as Bartender

1931
Ladies' Man

as Elevator starter

1931
Men Call It Love

as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)

1931
Dirigible

as Sailor (uncredited)

1930
Reaching for the Moon

as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

1930
New Moon

as Waiter at Ball

1930
Sin Takes a Holiday

as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)

1930
Playboy of Paris

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1930
1930
Let Us Be Gay

as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)

1930
Children of Pleasure

as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)

1930
Anna Christie

as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

1930
Street of Chance

as Waiter (uncredited)

1929
The Trespasser

as Butler (uncredited)

1928
A Woman of Affairs

as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)

1928
The Racket

as Detective Frisking Nick

1928
1928
The Singing Fool

as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

1928
The Mysterious Lady

as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)

1928
The Patsy

as Waiter (uncredited)

1928
While the City Sleeps

as Apartment Tenant

1921
The Blot

as College Student (uncredited)

1919
The Delicious Little Devil

as Waiter (uncredited)