William H. O'Brien
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
273
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-07-19 (133 years old)
Place of Birth
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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 Comic as Funeral Guest (uncredited)

1969

The Trouble with Girls as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

1967

The Graduate as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1967

Valley of the Dolls as Bartender (uncredited)

1966

Munster, Go Home! as Man at Customs (uncredited)

1966

Gunpoint as Not available

1966

Not With My Wife, You Don't as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Grandpa

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)

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

The Twilight Zone as Audience Member (uncredited)

1959

Rawhide as Bartender (uncredited)

1959

Some Like It Hot as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

1959

The Story on Page One as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

1959

Pillow Talk as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1959

Cry Tough as Not available

1958

The Last Hurrah as Man (uncredited)

1958

Murder by Contract as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)

1958

Money, Women and Guns as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1958

Home Before Dark as Waiter at Christmas Party

1957

Witness for the Prosecution as Barrister (uncredited)

1957

Sweet Smell of Success as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)

1957

The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Townsman (uncredited)

1957

Designing Woman as Party Guest (uncredited)

1957

Zero Hour! as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1957

Bombers B-52 as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

1957

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)

1957

The Unholy Wife as Juror (uncredited)

1957

The Tattered Dress as Juror (uncredited)

1957

The Joker is Wild as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1957

Carnival Rock as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)

1957

Chicago Confidential as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days as Extra (uncredited)

1956

The Harder They Fall as Ringsider (uncredited)

1956

There's Always Tomorrow as Not available

1956

Anything Goes as Waiter

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Juror (uncredited)

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)

1955

The Seven Year Itch as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

1955

New York Confidential as Not available

1955

Battle Cry as Bartender (uncredited)

1955

Daddy Long Legs as Hotel Waiter

1955

Illegal as Butler (uncredited)

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy as Townsman (uncredited)

1955

It's Always Fair Weather as Waiter (uncredited)

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops as Movie Patron (uncredited)

1955

The Square Jungle as Not available

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 High and the Mighty as Restaurant Cook

1954

The Far Country as Townsman (uncredited)

1954

Woman's World as Servant

1953

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

1953

Trouble Along the Way as Bartender Joe

1953

Fort Ti as Bartender

1952

High Noon as Church Member (uncredited)

1952

The Bad and the Beautiful as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1952

Carrie as Waiter (uncredited)

1952

Horizons West as Barfly (uncredited)

1952

Hong Kong as Observer at Scene (uncredited)

1952

Something to Live For as Waiter (uncredited)

1952

The Star as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1951

A Streetcar Named Desire as Waiter (uncredited)

1951

A Place in the Sun as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

1951

Ace in the Hole as Customer at Minosa's (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

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

The Strange Door as Not available

1951

Bannerline as Not available

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

Louisa as Waiter (uncredited)

1950

Frenchie as Townsman (uncredited)

1950

Woman in Hiding as Conventioneer (uncredited)

1950

Shakedown as Waiter (uncredited)

1950

The Damned Don't Cry as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1950

Let's Dance as Waiter (uncredited)

1950

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

1949

It's a Great Feeling as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

1949

Flamingo Road as Not available

1949

Special Agent as Barber's Customer (uncredited)

1949

Johnny Allegro as Not available

1949

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

1949

Once More, My Darling as Waiter

1949

Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Waiter (uncredited)

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bartender (uncredited)

1949

Alias the Champ as Audience Spectator (uncredited)

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

1948

Race Street as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

1948

Jungle Goddess as Bartender (uncredited)

1948

You Gotta Stay Happy as Waiter (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

Body and Soul as Bartender (uncredited)

1947

Road to Rio as Ship's Waiter

1947

Ivy as Barrister (uncredited)

1947

Daisy Kenyon as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

1947

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami as Not available

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

Angel on My Shoulder as Court Spectator (uncredited)

1946

Dressed to Kill as Detective at Murder Scene

1946

Undercurrent as Waiter (uncredited)

1946

The Time of Their Lives as Danbury Servant (uncredited)

1946

Canyon Passage as Miner (uncredited)

1946

She-Wolf of London as Constable (uncredited)

1946

Nobody Lives Forever as Waiter (uncredited)

1946

Two Sisters from Boston as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)

1946

The Hoodlum Saint as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

1946

Do You Love Me as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)

1945

The Picture of Dorian Gray as Footman (uncredited)

1945

The Woman in Green as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

1945

Fallen Angel as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

1945

Lady on a Train as Not available

1945

A Song to Remember as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

1945

Kitty as Coach Footman (uncredited)

1945

The Naughty Nineties as Troupe Member (uncredited)

1945

The Tiger Woman as Waiter (uncredited)

1945

Hollywood Scout as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

1944

In Society as Party Waiter (uncredited)

1944

The Climax as Audience Member (Uncredited)

1944

The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)

1943

The Spider Woman as Doorman (uncredited)

1943

So Proudly We Hail as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

1943

Action in the North Atlantic as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)

1943

No Time for Love as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1943

The Leopard Man as Bartender (uncredited)

1943

Swing Shift Maisie as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

1943

Government Girl as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

1943

Margin for Error as Waiter

1942

The Falcon Takes Over as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

1942

Brooklyn Orchid as Waiter at Party

1942

Tomorrow We Live as Not available

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)

1942

Take a Letter, Darling as Waiter (uncredited)

1942

Lady for a Night as King's Club Worker (uncredited)

1941

Citizen Kane as Secretary (uncredited)

1941

Topper Returns as Second Butler (uncredited)

1941

Niagara Falls as Waiter (uncredited)

1941

Ball of Fire as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

1941

It Started with Eve as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1941

Keep 'Em Flying as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)

1941

Pot o' Gold as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

1941

The Blonde from Singapore as Not available

1941

The Feminine Touch as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1940

Rebecca as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

1940

City for Conquest as Waiter (uncredited)

1940

A Chump at Oxford as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)

1940

Hired Wife as Waiter

1940

Love Thy Neighbor as Nightclub Waiter

1940

Turnabout as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1940

One Night in the Tropics as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)

1940

The Showdown as Bald Bartender

1940

City of Chance as Waiter

1940

No Time for Comedy as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)

1940

Curtain Call as Waiter Bringing Caviar

1940

Hit Parade of 1941 as Waiter

1940

Buck Benny Rides Again as Waiter

1940

Edison, the Man as Waiter

1940

The Earl of Chicago as Turnkey (uncredited)

1940

Captain Caution as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water

1940

Forty Little Mothers as Waiter

1939

The Man in the Iron Mask as Servant

1939

Eternally Yours as Nightclub Waiter

1939

Zorro's Fighting Legion as Legionnaire

1939

The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Nightclub Waiter

1939

Honeymoon in Bali as Doorman (uncredited)

1939

Remember? as Waiter (uncredited)

1939

That's Right – You're Wrong as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)

1939

Stronger Than Desire as Waiter (uncredited)

1939

Girl from Rio as Condor Club Headwaiter

1938

Test Pilot as Waiter (uncredited)

1938

The Rage of Paris as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

1938

Gold Is Where You Find It as Butler at Party (uncredited)

1938

In Old Chicago as Senate Waiter (uncredited)

1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Reporter (uncredited)

1937

Wells Fargo as Headwaiter

1937

The Firefly as Waiter (uncredited)

1937

North of the Rio Grande as Bald Saloon Waiter

1937

Dance Charlie Dance as Bored Spectator (uncredited)

1936

The Walking Dead as Juror (uncredited)

1936

San Francisco as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)

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

Sing, Baby, Sing as Nightclub Waiter

1936

Special Investigator as Nightclub Waiter

1935

A Night at the Opera as Stagehand (uncredited)

1935

The Gay Deception as Waiter (uncredited)

1935

Vagabond Lady as Waiter (uncredited)

1935

The Arizonian as Waiter in Opera House

1935

Go Into Your Dance as Casino de Paree Waiter

1935

Shadow of Doubt as Waiter

1935

His Family Tree as Man at Mayoral Debate

1935

Diamond Jim as Waiter

1935

To Beat the Band as Waiter

1935

The Old Homestead as Waiter (uncredited)

1935

The Misses Stooge as The Butler (uncredited)

1934

The Thin Man as Bartender (uncredited)

1934

Bachelor Bait as Waiter #2 (uncredited)

1934

Hollywood Mystery as Tony's Butler

1934

Long Lost Father as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone

1934

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Banquet Servant

1933

Only Yesterday as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

1933

Ex-Lady as Butler (uncredited)

1933

Midnight Mary as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1933

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum as Waiter (uncredited)

1933

Big Time Or Bust as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)

1932

Scarface as Waiter (uncredited)

1932

Emma as Man (uncredited)

1932

Red-Headed Woman as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)

1932

The Half-Naked Truth as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

1932

Faithless as Croupier

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell as Waiter (uncredited)

1932

Pack Up Your Troubles as Butler (uncredited)

1932

Movie Crazy as Waiter (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

Five and Ten as Duncan (uncredited)

1931

West of Broadway as Waiter (uncredited)

1931

Daybreak as Bartender

1931

Ladies' Man as Elevator starter

1931

Forgotten Women as Sleek's Butler

1931

The Phantom of Paris as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)

1931

The Guilty Generation as Victor - Mike's Butler

1930

Reaching for the Moon as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

1930

Sin Takes a Holiday as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)

1930

Anna Christie as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

1930

New Moon as Waiter at Ball

1930

Playboy of Paris as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

1930

Let Us Be Gay as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)

1930

Strictly Unconventional as Footman

1930

Children of Pleasure as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)

1930

Anybody's Woman as Butler

1930

Street of Chance as Waiter (uncredited)

1929

The Trespasser as Butler (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

The Patsy as Waiter (uncredited)

1928

A Woman of Affairs as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)

1928

The Singing Fool as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

1928

Captain Swagger as Waiter

1925

The Mad Whirl as Not available

1921

The Blot as College Student (uncredited)

1919

The Delicious Little Devil as Waiter (uncredited)