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