Henry O'Neill
Born: 1891-08-09 in Orange, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1961-05-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
Henry O'Neill (1891–1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly roles during the 1930s and 1940s. O'Neill began his acting career on the stage, after dropping out of college to join a traveling theatre company. He served in the military in World War I, then returned to the stage. In the early 1930s he began appearing in films, including The Big Shakedown, Santa Fe Trail, Anchors Aweigh, The Green Years, and The Reckless Moment. His last film was The Wings of Eagles. Henry O'Neill died in 1961 at the age of 69.
Filmography
1957
- The Wings of Eagles as Capt. Spear
1955
- Untamed as Squire O'Neill
1953
- The Sun Shines Bright as Joe D. Habersham
1952
- Scandal Sheet as Charlie Barnes
- Scarlet Angel as Morgan Caldwell
1951
- The People Against O'Hara as Judge Keating
- The Family Secret as Donald Muir
1950
- No Man of Her Own as Mr. Harkness
- Convicted as Detective Dorn
- The Second Woman as Ben Sheppard
- The Flying Missile as Thomas A. Scott
- The Milkman as Bradley, Sr.
1949
- Holiday Affair as Mr. Crowley
- Alias Nick Beal as Judge Ben Hobbs
- The Reckless Moment as Tom Harper
- You're My Everything as Prof. Adams
- Strange Bargain as Timothy Hearne
1948
- The Return of October as President Hotchkiss
- Leather Gloves as Dudley
1947
- The Beginning or the End as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
- Little Mister Jim as Chaplain
1946
- The Virginian as Mr. Taylor
- The Hoodlum Saint as Lewis J. Malbery
- The Green Years as Canon Roche
- Three Wise Fools as Prof. Horace Appleby
- Bad Bascomb as Gov. Winton
1945
- Anchors Aweigh as Admiral Hammond
- Between Two Women as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
- This Man's Navy as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
- Dangerous Partners as Duffy
- Keep Your Powder Dry as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
1944
- A Guy Named Joe as Col. Sykes
- Barbary Coast Gent as Colonel Watrous
- Two Girls and a Sailor as John Dyckman Brown II
- The Heavenly Body as Professor Stowe
- Main Street Today as Vance Clark
- Nothing But Trouble as Mr. Hawkley
- Dark Shadows as Dr. Everett Colner
- Rationing as Senator Edward White
1943
- Girl Crazy as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
- The Human Comedy as Charles Steed
- Thousands Cheer as Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Warden Kenneson
- Lost Angel as Professor Josh Pringle
- Air Raid Wardens as Rittenhause
- Best Foot Forward as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
- Whistling in Brooklyn as Inspector Holcomb
- For God and Country as Captain Chaplain
1942
- White Cargo as The Reverend Dr. Roberts
- Stand by for Action as Cmdr. Stone M.C
- The Bugle Sounds as Lt. Col. Harry Seton
- This Time for Keeps as Arthur Freeman
- Tortilla Flat as Father Ramon
- Born to Sing as Frank Eastman
1941
- Honky Tonk as Daniel Wells
- Billy the Kid as Tim Ward
- Shadow of the Thin Man as Jason Sculley
- Johnny Eager as Mr. Verne
- Blossoms in the Dust as Judge
- Whistling in the Dark as Philip Post
- The Trial of Mary Dugan as Galway
- Men of Boys Town as Mr. Maitland
- Down in San Diego as Col. Halliday
- The Get-Away as Warden Alcott
1940
- Santa Fe Trail as Cyrus Brody
- They Drive by Night as District Attorney (uncredited)
- The Fighting 69th as Colonel
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Dr. Lentz
- Knute Rockne All American as Doctor
- Service with the Colors as Colonel Nelson
- 'Til We Meet Again as Dr. Cameron
- Castle on the Hudson as District Attorney
- Money and the Woman as Mr. Mason
- Calling Philo Vance as Markham
- Young America Flies as Dr. Webster
1939
- Dodge City as Colonel Dodge
- Invisible Stripes as Parole Officer Masters
- Juarez as General Miguel Miramon
- Four Wives as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
- Lucky Night as Calvin Jordan
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Attorney Kellogg
- Angels Wash Their Faces as A.H. Remson
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Sen. H. Baldwin
- Sons of Liberty as Member of Continental Congress
- Wings of the Navy as Prologue Speaker
- A Child is Born as Dr. Lee
- Everybody's Hobby as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
- The Man Who Dared as Matthew Carter
- The Right Way as Mr. Martin
1938
- Jezebel as General Theopholus Bogardus
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Judge
- Yellow Jack as Gorgas
- Racket Busters as Governor
- Gold Is Where You Find It as Judge
- White Banners as Sam Trimble
- The Chaser as Mr. Calhoun
- Brother Rat as Colonel Ramm
- Girls on Probation as Judge
1937
- Marked Woman as Arthur Sheldon
- The Singing Marine as Captain Skinner
- The Life of Emile Zola as Colonel Picquart
- Wells Fargo as Henry Wells
- The Go-Getter as Commander Tisdale
- First Lady as George Mason
- Submarine D-1 as Admiral Thomas
- Draegerman Courage as Dr. Thomas Haslett
- The Great O'Malley as Defense Attorney
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as D.M. Gateway
- Green Light as Dr. Endicott
1936
- The Story of Louis Pasteur as Dr. Emile Roux
- Anthony Adverse as Father Xavier
- Bullets or Ballots as Ward Bryant
- The Walking Dead as District Attorney Werner
- Boulder Dam as Mr. Agnew
- Rainbow on the River as Father Josef
- The Golden Arrow as Mr. Appleby
- Freshman Love as President Simpkins
- Road Gang as George Winston
- The White Angel as Dr. Scott
- Two Against the World as Jim Carstairs
- The Big Noise as Charlie Caldwell
1935
- A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Director (uncredited)
- Dr. Socrates as Greer
- Special Agent as District Attorney Roger Quinn
- Living on Velvet as Harold Thornton
- We're in the Money as Stephen Dinsmore
- Dinky as Col. Barnes
- Oil for the Lamps of China as Edward Hartford
- The Florentine Dagger as Victor Ballau
- Stranded as Mr. Tuthill
- While the Patient Slept as Elihu Dimuck
- Bordertown as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
- Sweet Music as Louis Trumble
- Black Fury as John W. Hendricks
- Bright Lights as J.C. Anderson
- Personal Maid's Secret as Mr. Wilton Palmer
- The Case of the Lucky Legs as District Attorney C. Manchester
- Alias Mary Dow as Henry Dow
- The Great Hotel Murder as Mr. Claude Harvey
1934
- Upperworld as Banker Making Toast
- Midnight as Edgar V. Ingersoll
- Fashions of 1934 as Duryea
- Midnight Alibi as Ardsley
- The Secret Bride as Jim Lansdale
- Madame du Barry as Duc de Choiseul
- Fog Over Frisco as Oren Porter
- Now I'll Tell as Tommy Doran
- Gentlemen Are Born as Mr. Harper
- Wonder Bar as Richard
- The Man with Two Faces as Inspector Crane
- Big Hearted Herbert as Goodrich Sr.
- The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as Fernand de Marnay
- The Key as Dan
- Murder in the Clouds as John Brownell
- Massacre as J.R. Dickinson
- The Big Shakedown as Mr. Sheffner
- The Personality Kid as Stephens
- Twenty Million Sweethearts as Lemuel Tappan
- Flirtation Walk as Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
- Journal of a Crime as Doctor
- Side Streets as George Richards
- I've Got Your Number as Mr. John P. Schuyler
- Bedside as Dr. William Chester
1933
- Lady Killer as Ramick
- The World Changes as Orin Nordholm Sr.
- The Kennel Murder Case as Dubois (uncredited)
- The House on 56th Street as Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
- I Loved a Woman as Mr. Farrell
- From Headquarters as Inspector Donnelly
- Son of a Sailor as Naval Officer