William H. O'Brien
Born: 1891-07-19 in Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1981-04-18
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1971
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
- Support Your Local Gunfighter as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
- The Todd Killings as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
1969
- Topaz as Butler (uncredited)
- The Trouble with Girls as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
- The Comic as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
1967
- The Graduate as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- Valley of the Dolls as Bartender (uncredited)
1966
- Not With My Wife, You Don't! as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
- Munster, Go Home! as Man at Customs (uncredited)
- One of Our Spies Is Missing as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Gunpoint
1964
- Bewitched as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Grandpa
1963
- The Wheeler Dealers as Waiter (uncredited)
- Critic's Choice as Audience Member (uncredited)
1962
- To Kill a Mockingbird as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Gypsy as Audience Member (uncredited)
- Pressure Point as Bund Meeting Spectator
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Patient (uncredited)
- Judgment at Nuremberg as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
- The Children's Hour as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
- King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein as Waiter (uncredited)
1960
- Outlaws as Waiter (uncredited)
- Ocean's Eleven as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
- Elmer Gantry as Train Conductor
- Who Was That Lady? as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
- Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus as Circus Spectator
1959
- Bonanza as Delegate (uncredited)
- The Twilight Zone as Audience Member (uncredited)
- Rawhide as Bartender (uncredited)
- Some Like It Hot as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- Pillow Talk as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- The Story on Page One as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
- Cry Tough
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Last Hurrah as Man (uncredited)
- Murder by Contract as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
- Money, Women and Guns as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Home Before Dark as Waiter at Christmas Party
1957
- Perry Mason as Bartender (uncredited)
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)
- Witness for the Prosecution as Barrister (uncredited)
- Sweet Smell of Success as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
- Designing Woman as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Bombers B-52 as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
- The Joker is Wild as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- The Helen Morgan Story as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
- I Was a Teenage Frankenstein as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
- The Unholy Wife as Juror (uncredited)
- Zero Hour! as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- The Tattered Dress as Juror (uncredited)
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Townsman (uncredited)
- Chicago Confidential as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
- Carnival Rock as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
1956
- Around the World in 80 Days as Extra (uncredited)
- The Harder They Fall as Ringsider (uncredited)
- There's Always Tomorrow
- Anything Goes as Waiter (uncredited)
1955
- Cheyenne as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Townsman (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Juror (uncredited)
- The Seven Year Itch as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
- Daddy Long Legs as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Townsman (uncredited)
- It's Always Fair Weather as Waiter (uncredited)
- Battle Cry as Bartender (uncredited)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Movie Patron (uncredited)
- New York Confidential
- Illegal as Butler (uncredited)
- The Square Jungle
- Sincerely Yours as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1954
- Dial M for Murder as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
- Sabrina as Bartender (uncredited)
- A Star Is Born as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
- The Far Country as Townsman (uncredited)
- The High and the Mighty as Restaurant Cook
- Désirée as Servant (uncredited)
- The Bounty Hunter as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
- Woman's World as Servant
1953
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- Julius Caesar as Senator (uncredited)
- Trouble Along the Way as Bartender Joe
- Fort Ti as Bartender
1952
- High Noon as Church Member (uncredited)
- The Bad and the Beautiful as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
- Carrie as Waiter (uncredited)
- Horizons West as Barfly (uncredited)
- Hong Kong as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
- Something to Live For as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Star as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1951
- A Streetcar Named Desire as Waiter (uncredited)
- A Place in the Sun as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
- Ace in the Hole as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
- Superman and the Mole Men as Townsman (uncredited)
- He Ran All the Way as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- The Strange Door
- M as Policeman (uncredited)
- On the Riviera as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
- Iron Man as Waiter (uncredited)
- Bannerline
- Hollywood Story as Café Waiter (uncredited)
1950
- All About Eve as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
- Father of the Bride as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Damned Don't Cry as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
- The Men as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Frenchie as Townsman (uncredited)
- Woman in Hiding as Conventioneer (uncredited)
- Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
- Let's Dance as Waiter (uncredited)
- Louisa as Waiter (uncredited)
- Shakedown as Waiter (uncredited)
1949
- Flamingo Road
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
- Special Agent as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
- It's a Great Feeling as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
- The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bartender (uncredited)
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Waiter (uncredited)
- Once More, My Darling as Waiter
- Johnny Allegro
- Alias the Champ as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1948
- Sorry, Wrong Number as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
- You Gotta Stay Happy as Waiter (Uncredited)
- Jungle Goddess as Bartender (uncredited)
- Race Street as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1947
- I Walk Alone as Waiter (uncredited)
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Executive (uncredited)
- Body and Soul as Bartender (uncredited)
- Daisy Kenyon as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
- The Unsuspected as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
- The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap as Card Dealer (uncredited)
- The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
- Undercover Maisie as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Road to Rio as Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
- Ivy as Barrister (uncredited)
1946
- The Big Sleep as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Best Years of Our Lives as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Undercurrent as Waiter (uncredited)
- Canyon Passage as Miner (uncredited)
- Dressed to Kill as Detective at Murder Scene
- She-Wolf of London as Constable (uncredited)
- The Time of Their Lives as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
- Nobody Lives Forever as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Verdict as Constable (uncredited)
- Angel on My Shoulder as Court Spectator (uncredited)
- Two Sisters from Boston as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
- The Hoodlum Saint as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
- Do You Love Me as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
1945
- Fallen Angel as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray as Footman (uncredited)
- The Woman in Green as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
- A Song to Remember as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
- Lady on a Train
- The Naughty Nineties as Troupe Member (uncredited)
- Hollywood Scout as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
- The Tiger Woman as Waiter (uncredited)
- Kitty as Coach Footman (uncredited)
1944
- The Thin Man Goes Home as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- In Society as Party Waiter (uncredited)
- The Climax as Audience Member (Uncredited)
- Christmas Holiday as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
1943
- Action in the North Atlantic as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
- The Leopard Man as Bartender (uncredited)
- So Proudly We Hail as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
- The Spider Woman as Doorman (uncredited)
- No Time for Love as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Government Girl as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- Margin for Error as Waiter
- Swing Shift Maisie as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
1942
- Lady for a Night as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
- Take a Letter, Darling as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Falcon Takes Over as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
- Brooklyn Orchid as Waiter at Party
- Maisie Gets Her Man as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
- Tomorrow We Live
1941
- Citizen Kane as Secretary (uncredited)
- Ball of Fire as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
- It Started with Eve as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Topper Returns as Second Butler (uncredited)
- The Blonde from Singapore
- Keep 'Em Flying as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
- Million Dollar Baby
- Pot o' Gold as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
- The Feminine Touch as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Niagara Falls as Waiter (uncredited)
1940
- Rebecca as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
- Edison, the Man as Waiter
- A Chump at Oxford as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
- One Night in the Tropics as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
- City for Conquest as Waiter (uncredited)
- No Time for Comedy as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
- The Earl of Chicago as Turnkey (uncredited)
- Buck Benny Rides Again as Waiter
- Hit Parade of 1941 as Waiter
- Curtain Call as Waiter Bringing Caviar
- Mexican Spitfire Out West as Waiter
- Forty Little Mothers as Waiter
- Captain Caution as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
- Love Thy Neighbor as Nightclub Waiter
- Turnabout as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Hired Wife as Waiter
- City of Chance as Waiter
- The Showdown as Bald Bartender
1939
- The Man in the Iron Mask as Servant
- That's Right – You're Wrong as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
- The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Nightclub Waiter
- Zorro's Fighting Legion as Legionnaire
- Eternally Yours as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Remember? as Waiter (uncredited)
- Girl from Rio as Condor Club Headwaiter
- Honeymoon in Bali as Doorman (uncredited)
- Stronger Than Desire as Waiter (uncredited)
1938
- In Old Chicago as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
- Gold Is Where You Find It as Butler at Party (uncredited)
- Test Pilot as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Rage of Paris as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
- The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Reporter (uncredited)
1937
- Wells Fargo as Headwaiter
- The Firefly as Waiter (uncredited)
- Larceny on the Air as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- North of the Rio Grande as Bald Saloon Waiter
- Dance Charlie Dance as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
1936
- The Walking Dead as Juror (uncredited)
- San Francisco as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
- Sing, Baby, Sing as Nightclub Waiter
- The Country Doctor as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
- Sinner Take All as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Champagne Charlie as Extra as Ship Waiter
- Special Investigator as Nightclub Waiter
1935
- A Night at the Opera as Stagehand (uncredited)
- The Gay Deception as Waiter (uncredited)
- Go Into Your Dance as Casino de Paree Waiter
- To Beat the Band as Waiter
- The Old Homestead as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Arizonian as Waiter in Opera House
- Diamond Jim as Waiter
- His Family Tree as Man at Mayoral Debate
- Shadow of Doubt as Waiter
- Vagabond Lady as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Misses Stooge as The Butler (uncredited)
1934
- The Thin Man as Bartender (uncredited)
- Bachelor Bait as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Banquet Servant
- Hollywood Mystery as Tony's Butler
- Long Lost Father as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
1933
- Midnight Mary as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as Waiter (uncredited)
- Big Time Or Bust as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
- Only Yesterday as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
- Ex-Lady as Butler (uncredited)
1932
- Scarface as Waiter (uncredited)
- Merrily We Go to Hell as Waiter (uncredited)
- Pack Up Your Troubles as Butler (uncredited)
- The Half-Naked Truth as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
- Red-Headed Woman as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
- The Wet Parade as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
- Emma as Man (uncredited)
- Faithless as Croupier
- Movie Crazy as Waiter (Uncredited)
1931
- Little Caesar as Waiter (uncredited)
- Monkey Business as Waiter
- Dirigible as Sailor (uncredited)
- The Phantom of Paris as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
- Smart Money as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
- The Road to Reno as Waiter
- Five and Ten as Duncan (uncredited)
- Men Call It Love as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
- Ladies' Man as Elevator starter
- The Sky Raiders as Henchman Conte
- West of Broadway as Waiter (uncredited)
- Daybreak as Bartender
- The Guilty Generation as Victor - Mike's Butler
- Forgotten Women as Sleek's Butler
1930
- Reaching for the Moon as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
- Sin Takes a Holiday as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
- Let Us Be Gay as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
- Anna Christie as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
- Playboy of Paris as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
- Anybody's Woman as Butler
- Children of Pleasure as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
- New Moon as Waiter at Ball
- Street of Chance as Waiter (uncredited)
- Strictly Unconventional as Footman
1929
- The Trespasser as Butler (uncredited)
1928
- Captain Swagger as Waiter
- The Mysterious Lady as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
- A Woman of Affairs as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
- While the City Sleeps as Apartment Tenant
- The Racket as Detective Frisking Nick
- The Patsy as Waiter (uncredited)
- The Singing Fool as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
- Submarine as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1925
1921
- The Blot as College Student (uncredited)
1919
- The Delicious Little Devil as Waiter (uncredited)