8Acting
William H. O'Brien
- Born
- 1891-07-19
- Died
- 1981-04-18
- Birthplace
- Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Known For
Filmography
301 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Movie
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Movie
Old Chess Player (uncredited)
The Todd Killings
1971 · Movie
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Airport
1970 · Movie
Waiter at Men's Club
Rio Lobo
1970 · Movie
Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
The Comic
1969 · Movie
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls
1969 · Movie
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Topaz
1969 · Movie
Butler (uncredited)
The Graduate
1967 · Movie
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Gunpoint
1966 · Movie
Cast
Munster, Go Home!
1966 · Movie
Man at Customs (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966 · Movie
Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
1966 · Movie
The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Get Smart
1965 · TV Show
Scientist (uncredited)
Laredo
1965 · TV Show
Townsman (uncredited)
Bewitched
1964 · TV Show
Waiter (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · TV Show
Grandpa · Butler (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
1963 · Movie
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Gypsy
1962 · Movie
Audience Member (uncredited)
Pressure Point
1962 · Movie
Bund Meeting Spectator
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Movie
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV Show
Patient (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Movie
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Children's Hour
1961 · Movie
Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Movie
Train Conductor
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Movie
Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Outlaws
1960 · TV Show
Waiter (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960 · Movie
Circus Spectator
Who Was That Lady?
1960 · Movie
Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
Delegate (uncredited) · Townsman (uncredited)
Cry Tough
1959 · Movie
Cast
Pillow Talk
1959 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959 · TV Show
Bartender (uncredited) · Waiter (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Movie
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Story on Page One
1959 · Movie
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV Show
Audience Member (uncredited)
Home Before Dark
1958 · Movie
Waiter at Christmas Party
Money, Women and Guns
1958 · Movie
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Murder by Contract
1958 · Movie
Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Movie
Man (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · TV Show
Waiter (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
1957 · Movie
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Carnival Rock
1957 · Movie
Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
1957 · Movie
Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Designing Woman
1957 · Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV Show
Crommer Party Guest (uncredited) · Hotel Guest (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1957 · Movie
Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957 · TV Show
Bartender (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · Movie
Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Movie
Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
1957 · Movie
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 · Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress
1957 · Movie
Juror (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Movie
Juror (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Movie
Barrister (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
1957 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Anything Goes
1956 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Movie
Extra (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Movie
Ringsider (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
1956 · Movie
Cast
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955 · Movie
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV Show
Juror (uncredited) · Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)
Battle Cry
1955 · Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955 · TV Show
Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
1955 · Movie
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Illegal
1955 · Movie
Butler (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
New York Confidential
1955 · Movie
Cast
Sincerely Yours
1955 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · TV Show
Townsman (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Movie
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
The Square Jungle
1955 · Movie
Cast
A Star Is Born
1954 · Movie
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Désirée
1954 · Movie
Servant (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Movie
Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Sabrina
1954 · Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter
1954 · Movie
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
The Far Country
1954 · Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Movie
Restaurant Cook
Woman's World
1954 · Movie
Servant
Fort Ti
1953 · Movie
Bartender
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Movie
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
1953 · Movie
Senator (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Movie
Bartender Joe
Carrie
1952 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
High Noon
1952 · Movie
Church Member (uncredited)
Hong Kong
1952 · Movie
Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Horizons West
1952 · Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Something to Live For
1952 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Movie
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Star
1952 · Movie
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
1951 · Movie
Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
1951 · Movie
Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Bannerline
1951 · Movie
Cast
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Movie
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
He Ran All the Way
1951 · Movie
Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
1951 · Movie
Café Waiter (uncredited)
Iron Man
1951 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
M
1951 · Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
On the Riviera
1951 · Movie
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
1951 · Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
The Strange Door
1951 · Movie
Cast
All About Eve
1950 · Movie
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
1950 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Frenchie
1950 · Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Let's Dance
1950 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Louisa
1950 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Movie
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Shakedown
1950 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Movie
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Men
1950 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
1950 · Movie
Conventioneer (uncredited)
Alias the Champ
1949 · Movie
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 · Movie
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
1949 · Movie
Cast
It's a Great Feeling
1949 · Movie
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Johnny Allegro
1949 · Movie
Cast
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Once More, My Darling
1949 · Movie
Waiter
Special Agent
1949 · Movie
Barber's Customer (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess
1948 · Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Race Street
1948 · Movie
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Movie
Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Movie
Waiter (Uncredited)
Body and Soul
1947 · Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon
1947 · Movie
Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
I Walk Alone
1947 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 · Movie
Executive (uncredited)
Ivy
1947 · Movie
Barrister (uncredited)
Road to Rio
1947 · Movie
Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947 · Movie
Cast
The Unsuspected
1947 · Movie
Servant with Tray (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · Movie
Card Dealer (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
1947 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
1946 · Movie
Court Spectator (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
1946 · Movie
Miner (uncredited)
Do You Love Me
1946 · Movie
Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
1946 · Movie
Detective at Murder Scene
Nobody Lives Forever
1946 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London
1946 · Movie
Constable (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Big Sleep
1946 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Movie
Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
1946 · Movie
Danbury Servant (uncredited)
The Verdict
1946 · Movie
Constable (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Movie
Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Undercurrent
1946 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
A Song to Remember
1945 · Movie
Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
1945 · Movie
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Hollywood Scout
1945 · Movie
Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Kitty
1945 · Movie
Coach Footman (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
1945 · Movie
Cast
The Naughty Nineties
1945 · Movie
Troupe Member (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 · Movie
Footman (uncredited)
The Tiger Woman
1945 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
1945 · Movie
Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
In Society
1944 · Movie
Party Waiter (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · Movie
Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
The Climax
1944 · Movie
Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Movie
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Movie
Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Government Girl
1943 · Movie
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Margin for Error
1943 · Movie
Waiter
No Time for Love
1943 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Movie
Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Movie
Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
The Leopard Man
1943 · Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
1943 · Movie
Doorman (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
1942 · Movie
Waiter at Party
Lady for a Night
1942 · Movie
King's Club Worker (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · Movie
Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Tomorrow We Live
1942 · Movie
Cast
Ball of Fire
1941 · Movie
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
1941 · Movie
Secretary (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
1941 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
1941 · Movie
Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby
1941 · Movie
Cast
Niagara Falls
1941 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
1941 · Movie
Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore
1941 · Movie
Cast
The Feminine Touch
1941 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Topper Returns
1941 · Movie
Second Butler (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
1940 · Movie
Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 · Movie
Waiter
Captain Caution
1940 · Movie
English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
City for Conquest
1940 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
City of Chance
1940 · Movie
Waiter
Curtain Call
1940 · Movie
Waiter Bringing Caviar
Edison, the Man
1940 · Movie
Waiter
Forty Little Mothers
1940 · Movie
Waiter
Hired Wife
1940 · Movie
Waiter
Hit Parade of 1941
1940 · Movie
Waiter
Love Thy Neighbor
1940 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Movie
Waiter
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Movie
Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
1940 · Movie
Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
Rebecca
1940 · Movie
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
1940 · Movie
Turnkey (uncredited)
The Showdown
1940 · Movie
Bald Bartender
Turnabout
1940 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Eternally Yours
1939 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Girl from Rio
1939 · Movie
Condor Club Headwaiter
Honeymoon in Bali
1939 · Movie
Doorman (uncredited)
Remember?
1939 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939 · Movie
Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939 · Movie
Servant
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939 · Movie
Legionnaire
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Movie
Butler at Party (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
1938 · Movie
Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Test Pilot
1938 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 · Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
1938 · Movie
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
1937 · Movie
Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Larceny on the Air
1937 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande
1937 · Movie
Bald Saloon Waiter
The Firefly
1937 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
1937 · Movie
Headwaiter
Champagne Charlie
1936 · Movie
Extra as Ship Waiter
San Francisco
1936 · Movie
Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter
Sinner Take All
1936 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Special Investigator
1936 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter
The Country Doctor
1936 · Movie
Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
1936 · Movie
Juror (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
1935 · Movie
Stagehand (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
1935 · Movie
Waiter
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Movie
Casino de Paree Waiter
His Family Tree
1935 · Movie
Man at Mayoral Debate
Shadow of Doubt
1935 · Movie
Waiter
The Arizonian
1935 · Movie
Waiter in Opera House
The Gay Deception
1935 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge
1935 · Movie
The Butler (uncredited)
The Old Homestead
1935 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
To Beat the Band
1935 · Movie
Waiter
Vagabond Lady
1935 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait
1934 · Movie
Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 · Movie
Banquet Servant
Hollywood Mystery
1934 · Movie
Tony's Butler
Long Lost Father
1934 · Movie
Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
The Thin Man
1934 · Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Big Time Or Bust
1933 · Movie
Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Ex-Lady
1933 · Movie
Butler (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
1933 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Emma
1932 · Movie
Man (uncredited)
Faithless
1932 · Movie
Croupier
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Movie Crazy
1932 · Movie
Waiter (Uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · Movie
Butler (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
1932 · Movie
Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Scarface
1932 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth
1932 · Movie
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
1932 · Movie
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Daybreak
1931 · Movie
Bartender
Dirigible
1931 · Movie
Sailor (uncredited)
Five and Ten
1931 · Movie
Duncan (uncredited)
Forgotten Women
1931 · Movie
Sleek's Butler
Ladies' Man
1931 · Movie
Elevator starter
Little Caesar
1931 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Men Call It Love
1931 · Movie
Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Monkey Business
1931 · Movie
Waiter
Smart Money
1931 · Movie
Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
The Guilty Generation
1931 · Movie
Victor - Mike's Butler
The Phantom of Paris
1931 · Movie
Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
The Road to Reno
1931 · Movie
Waiter
The Sky Raiders
1931 · Movie
Henchman Conte
West of Broadway
1931 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Anna Christie
1930 · Movie
Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman
1930 · Movie
Butler
Children of Pleasure
1930 · Movie
Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay
1930 · Movie
Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
New Moon
1930 · Movie
Waiter at Ball
Playboy of Paris
1930 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Reaching for the Moon
1930 · Movie
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930 · Movie
Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Street of Chance
1930 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Strictly Unconventional
1930 · Movie
Footman
The Trespasser
1929 · Movie
Butler (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs
1928 · Movie
Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
Captain Swagger
1928 · Movie
Waiter
Submarine
1928 · Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady
1928 · Movie
Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
The Patsy
1928 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Racket
1928 · Movie
Detective Frisking Nick
The Singing Fool
1928 · Movie
Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps
1928 · Movie
Apartment Tenant
The Mad Whirl
1925 · Movie
Cast
The Blot
1921 · Movie
College Student (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
1919 · Movie
Waiter (uncredited)