William H. O'Brien
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-07-19
Day of Death
1981-04-18 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
William H. O'Brien
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
Acting
(1971)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
(1971)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
(1971)
The Todd Killings
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
(1970)
Rio Lobo
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
(1970)
Airport
as Waiter at Men's Club
(1969)
Topaz
as Butler (uncredited)
(1969)
The Trouble with Girls
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
(1969)
The Comic
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
(1967)
The Graduate
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
(1967)
Valley of the Dolls
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1966)
(1966)
Munster, Go Home!
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
(1966)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
(1963)
The Wheeler Dealers
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1962)
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1962)
Gypsy
as Audience Member (uncredited)
(1962)
Pressure Point
as Bund Meeting Spectator
(1961)
Judgment at Nuremberg
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
(1961)
The Children's Hour
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
(1961)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1960)
Ocean's Eleven
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
(1960)
Elmer Gantry
as Train Conductor
(1960)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Circus Spectator
(1960)
Who Was That Lady?
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
(1959)
Some Like It Hot
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
(1959)
Pillow Talk
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1959)
The Story on Page One
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
(1959)
(1958)
The Last Hurrah
as Man (uncredited)
(1958)
Money, Women and Guns
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(1958)
Home Before Dark
as Waiter at Christmas Party
(1958)
Murder by Contract
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
(1957)
Witness for the Prosecution
as Barrister (uncredited)
(1957)
Sweet Smell of Success
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
(1957)
Designing Woman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1957)
Zero Hour!
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1957)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1957)
Bombers B-52
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
(1957)
The Tattered Dress
as Juror (uncredited)
(1957)
The Unholy Wife
as Juror (uncredited)
(1957)
The Joker is Wild
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
(1957)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
(1957)
Chicago Confidential
as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
(1957)
Carnival Rock
as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Extra (uncredited)
(1956)
The Harder They Fall
as Ringsider (uncredited)
(1956)
(1956)
Anything Goes
as Waiter
(1955)
The Seven Year Itch
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
(1955)
(1955)
Daddy Long Legs
as Hotel Waiter
(1955)
It's Always Fair Weather
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1955)
Illegal
as Butler (uncredited)
(1955)
Battle Cry
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1955)
(1954)
Sabrina
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1954)
Dial M for Murder
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
(1954)
A Star Is Born
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
(1954)
The Far Country
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1954)
The High and the Mighty
as Restaurant Cook
(1954)
Désirée
as Servant (uncredited)
(1954)
Woman's World
as Servant
(1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
(1953)
Fort Ti
as Bartender
(1953)
Trouble Along the Way
as Bartender Joe
(1952)
High Noon
as Church Member (uncredited)
(1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
(1952)
Horizons West
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1952)
Something to Live For
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1952)
Carrie
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1952)
The Star
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
(1952)
Hong Kong
as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
(1951)
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1951)
Ace in the Hole
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
(1951)
A Place in the Sun
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
(1951)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
(1951)
Superman and the Mole Men
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1951)
(1951)
On the Riviera
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
(1951)
He Ran All the Way
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
(1951)
Hollywood Story
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
(1951)
(1950)
All About Eve
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
(1950)
Father of the Bride
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1950)
The Men
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1950)
Let's Dance
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1950)
The Damned Don't Cry
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
(1950)
Louisa
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1950)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
(1950)
Frenchie
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1950)
Shakedown
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1950)
Woman in Hiding
as Conventioneer (uncredited)
(1949)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1949)
(1949)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
(1949)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1949)
It's a Great Feeling
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
(1949)
(1949)
Special Agent
as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
(1949)
Alias the Champ
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
(1949)
Once More, My Darling
as Waiter
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
(1948)
Jungle Goddess
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
(1948)
Race Street
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
(1947)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Executive (uncredited)
(1947)
The Unsuspected
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
(1947)
I Walk Alone
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1947)
(1947)
Body and Soul
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1947)
Ivy
as Barrister (uncredited)
(1947)
Daisy Kenyon
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
(1947)
Road to Rio
as Ship's Waiter
(1947)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
(1947)
Undercover Maisie
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1946)
The Big Sleep
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1946)
Dressed to Kill
as Detective at Murder Scene
(1946)
Angel on My Shoulder
as Court Spectator (uncredited)
(1946)
Canyon Passage
as Miner (uncredited)
(1946)
She-Wolf of London
as Constable (uncredited)
(1946)
Two Sisters from Boston
as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
(1946)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
(1946)
Nobody Lives Forever
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1946)
The Time of Their Lives
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
(1946)
Undercurrent
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1946)
Do You Love Me
as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
(1945)
The Woman in Green
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
(1945)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Footman (uncredited)
(1945)
Fallen Angel
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
(1945)
(1945)
A Song to Remember
as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
(1945)
The Naughty Nineties
as Troupe Member (uncredited)
(1945)
Kitty
as Coach Footman (uncredited)
(1945)
The Tiger Woman
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1945)
Hollywood Scout
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
(1944)
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
(1944)
The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
(1944)
In Society
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
(1944)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
(1943)
The Spider Woman
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1943)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
(1943)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
(1943)
The Leopard Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1943)
Government Girl
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
(1943)
No Time for Love
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1943)
Margin for Error
as Waiter
(1942)
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
(1942)
Lady for a Night
as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
(1942)
The Falcon Takes Over
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
(1942)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Waiter at Party
(1942)
Take a Letter, Darling
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1942)
(1941)
Citizen Kane
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1941)
Ball of Fire
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
(1941)
Topper Returns
as Second Butler (uncredited)
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
(1941)
It Started with Eve
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1941)
The Feminine Touch
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1941)
(1941)
Keep 'Em Flying
as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
(1941)
Niagara Falls
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1940)
Rebecca
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
(1940)
One Night in the Tropics
as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
(1940)
A Chump at Oxford
as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1940)
Forty Little Mothers
as Waiter
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Nightclub Waiter
(1940)
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Waiter
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Waiter
(1940)
The Showdown
as Bald Bartender
(1940)
Curtain Call
as Waiter Bringing Caviar
(1940)
City of Chance
as Waiter
(1940)
Hit Parade of 1941
as Waiter
(1940)
Turnabout
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1940)
The Earl of Chicago
as Turnkey (uncredited)
(1940)
No Time for Comedy
as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
(1940)
Captain Caution
as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
(1940)
Hired Wife
as Waiter
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Waiter
(1939)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Legionnaire
(1939)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Servant
(1939)
Eternally Yours
as Nightclub Waiter
(1939)
Honeymoon in Bali
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1939)
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
(1939)
Remember?
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1939)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Nightclub Waiter
(1939)
Girl from Rio
as Condor Club Headwaiter
(1939)
Stronger Than Desire
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1938)
The Rage of Paris
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
(1938)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1938)
In Old Chicago
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
(1937)
Wells Fargo
as Headwaiter
(1937)
Larceny on the Air
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1937)
Dance Charlie Dance
as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
(1937)
North of the Rio Grande
as Bald Saloon Waiter
(1937)
The Firefly
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1936)
San Francisco
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
(1936)
The Walking Dead
as Juror (uncredited)
(1936)
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Nightclub Waiter
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
(1936)
Sinner Take All
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1936)
Champagne Charlie
as Extra as Ship Waiter
(1936)
Special Investigator
as Nightclub Waiter
(1935)
A Night at the Opera
as Stagehand (uncredited)
(1935)
The Gay Deception
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1935)
The Arizonian
as Waiter in Opera House
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Waiter
(1935)
Vagabond Lady
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1935)
The Old Homestead
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as Casino de Paree Waiter
(1935)
The Misses Stooge
as The Butler (uncredited)
(1935)
His Family Tree
as Man at Mayoral Debate
(1935)
To Beat the Band
as Waiter
(1935)
Shadow of Doubt
as Waiter
(1934)
The Thin Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Banquet Servant
(1934)
Hollywood Mystery
as Tony's Butler
(1934)
Long Lost Father
as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
(1934)
Bachelor Bait
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
(1933)
Ex-Lady
as Butler (uncredited)
(1933)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1933)
Big Time Or Bust
as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
(1932)
Scarface
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1932)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Butler (uncredited)
(1932)
Red-Headed Woman
as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
(1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1932)
The Half-Naked Truth
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
(1932)
Faithless
as Croupier
(1932)
Movie Crazy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
(1932)
Emma
as Man (uncredited)
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
(1931)
Monkey Business
as Waiter
(1931)
Smart Money
as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
(1931)
The Road to Reno
as Waiter
(1931)
Men Call It Love
as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
(1931)
The Phantom of Paris
as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
(1931)
Daybreak
as Bartender
(1931)
West of Broadway
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1931)
Five and Ten
as Duncan (uncredited)
(1931)
Forgotten Women
as Sleek's Butler
(1931)
Ladies' Man
as Elevator starter
(1931)
The Guilty Generation
as Victor - Mike's Butler
(1930)
Reaching for the Moon
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
(1930)
Street of Chance
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1930)
Playboy of Paris
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
(1930)
Anna Christie
as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
(1930)
Let Us Be Gay
as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
(1930)
Sin Takes a Holiday
as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
(1930)
Children of Pleasure
as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
(1930)
Strictly Unconventional
as Footman
(1930)
Anybody's Woman
as Butler
(1930)
New Moon
as Waiter at Ball
(1929)
The Trespasser
as Butler (uncredited)
(1928)
A Woman of Affairs
as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
(1928)
The Singing Fool
as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
(1928)
The Patsy
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1928)
The Mysterious Lady
as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
(1928)
The Racket
as Detective Frisking Nick
(1928)
While the City Sleeps
as Apartment Tenant
(1928)
Captain Swagger
as Waiter
(1925)
(1921)
The Blot
as College Student (uncredited)
(1919)
The Delicious Little Devil
as Waiter (uncredited)