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 Family Secret as Donald Muir
- The People Against O'Hara as Judge Keating
1950
- The Second Woman as Ben Sheppard
- No Man of Her Own as Mr. Harkness
- Convicted as Detective Dorn
- The Milkman as Bradley, Sr.
- The Flying Missile as Thomas A. Scott
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)
- Dangerous Partners as Duffy
- Keep Your Powder Dry as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
- This Man's Navy as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
1944
- Two Girls and a Sailor as John Dyckman Brown II
- A Guy Named Joe as Col. Sykes
- Dark Shadows as Dr. Everett Colner
- Barbary Coast Gent as Colonel Watrous
- The Heavenly Body as Professor Stowe
- Main Street Today as Vance Clark
- Nothing But Trouble as Mr. Hawkley
- 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)
- Lost Angel as Professor Josh Pringle
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Warden Kenneson
- 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
- Tortilla Flat as Father Ramon
- This Time for Keeps as Arthur Freeman
- Born to Sing as Frank Eastman
1941
- Honky Tonk as Daniel Wells
- Shadow of the Thin Man as Jason Sculley
- Johnny Eager as Mr. Verne
- Billy the Kid as Tim Ward
- Blossoms in the Dust as Judge
- Whistling in the Dark as Philip Post
- The Trial of Mary Dugan as Galway
- Down in San Diego as Col. Halliday
- Men of Boys Town as Mr. Maitland
- The Get-Away as Warden Alcott
1940
- They Drive by Night as District Attorney (uncredited)
- Santa Fe Trail as Cyrus Brody
- The Fighting 69th as Colonel
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Dr. Lentz
- Castle on the Hudson as District Attorney
- Knute Rockne All American as Doctor
- 'Til We Meet Again as Dr. Cameron
- Service with the Colors as Colonel Nelson
- Money and the Woman as Mr. Mason
- Calling Philo Vance as Markham
- Young America Flies as Dr. Webster
1939
- Dodge City as Colonel Dodge
- Juarez as General Miguel Miramon
- Invisible Stripes as Parole Officer Masters
- Four Wives as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
- Angels Wash Their Faces as A.H. Remson
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Sen. H. Baldwin
- Lucky Night as Calvin Jordan
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Attorney Kellogg
- A Child is Born as Dr. Lee
- Sons of Liberty as Member of Continental Congress
- Wings of the Navy as Prologue Speaker
- 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
- Racket Busters as Governor
- Yellow Jack as Gorgas
- Gold Is Where You Find It as Judge
- The Chaser as Mr. Calhoun
- White Banners as Sam Trimble
- Girls on Probation as Judge
- Brother Rat as Colonel Ramm
1937
- Marked Woman as Arthur Sheldon
- The Singing Marine as Captain Skinner
- The Go-Getter as Commander Tisdale
- The Life of Emile Zola as Colonel Picquart
- Wells Fargo as Henry Wells
- First Lady as George Mason
- Submarine D-1 as Admiral Thomas
- Draegerman Courage as Dr. Thomas Haslett
- The Great O'Malley as Defense Attorney
- Green Light as Dr. Endicott
- Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as D.M. Gateway
1936
- Bullets or Ballots as Ward Bryant
- The Walking Dead as District Attorney Werner
- The Story of Louis Pasteur as Dr. Emile Roux
- Anthony Adverse as Father Xavier
- Boulder Dam as Mr. Agnew
- Road Gang as George Winston
- Freshman Love as President Simpkins
- Rainbow on the River as Father Josef
- The Golden Arrow as Mr. Appleby
- 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)
- Special Agent as District Attorney Roger Quinn
- Dr. Socrates as Greer
- We're in the Money as Stephen Dinsmore
- Living on Velvet as Harold Thornton
- Oil for the Lamps of China as Edward Hartford
- Stranded as Mr. Tuthill
- The Florentine Dagger as Victor Ballau
- Dinky as Col. Barnes
- While the Patient Slept as Elihu Dimuck
- Bordertown as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
- Personal Maid's Secret as Mr. Wilton Palmer
- Black Fury as John W. Hendricks
- Bright Lights as J.C. Anderson
- The Case of the Lucky Legs as District Attorney C. Manchester
- Sweet Music as Louis Trumble
- Alias Mary Dow as Henry Dow
- The Great Hotel Murder as Mr. Claude Harvey
1934
- Midnight as Edgar V. Ingersoll
- Upperworld as Banker Making Toast
- The Secret Bride as Jim Lansdale
- Madame du Barry as Duc de Choiseul
- Midnight Alibi as Ardsley
- Fashions of 1934 as Duryea
- Fog Over Frisco as Oren Porter
- The Man with Two Faces as Inspector Crane
- Now I'll Tell as Tommy Doran
- Gentlemen Are Born as Mr. Harper
- Wonder Bar as Richard
- The Key as Dan
- Side Streets as George Richards
- Flirtation Walk as Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
- The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as Fernand de Marnay
- Big Hearted Herbert as Goodrich Sr.
- Twenty Million Sweethearts as Lemuel Tappan
- The Big Shakedown as Mr. Sheffner
- Massacre as J.R. Dickinson
- Murder in the Clouds as John Brownell
- The Personality Kid as Stephens
- Bedside as Dr. William Chester
- Journal of a Crime as Doctor
- I've Got Your Number as Mr. John P. Schuyler
1933
- Lady Killer as Ramick
- The Kennel Murder Case as Dubois (uncredited)
- The World Changes as Orin Nordholm Sr.
- 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