William H. O'Brien
Acting
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.
Born: July 19, 1891
Place of Birth: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
Witness for the Prosecution
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Some Like It Hot
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
All About Eve
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Judgment at Nuremberg
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
Dial M for Murder
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
The Joker is Wild
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
Undercover Maisie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Filmography
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
as Waiter at Men's Club
as Butler (uncredited)
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Grandpa
as Butler (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Bund Meeting Spectator
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
as Train Conductor
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
as Circus Spectator
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Delegate (uncredited)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
as Waiter at Christmas Party
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Barrister (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Extra (uncredited)
as Ringsider (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Butler (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)
as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
as Hotel Waiter
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Servant (uncredited)
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
as Servant
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Restaurant Cook
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
as Senator (uncredited)
as Bartender
as Bartender Joe
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
as Barfly (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Church Member (uncredited)
as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
as Conventioneer (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (Uncredited)
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Ship's Waiter
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
as Barrister (uncredited)
as Executive (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Court Spectator (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
as Miner (uncredited)
as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
as Detective at Murder Scene
as Constable (uncredited)
as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
as Coach Footman (uncredited)
as Troupe Member (uncredited)
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
as Footman (uncredited)
as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
as Doorman (uncredited)
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter at Party
as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Secretary (uncredited)
as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
as Second Butler (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter
as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Waiter
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
as Waiter
as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
as Waiter
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Waiter
as Waiter Bringing Caviar
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
as Bald Bartender
as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Turnkey (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Legionnaire
as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter
as Doorman (uncredited)
as Condor Club Headwaiter
as Servant
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Headwaiter
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
as Bald Saloon Waiter
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter
as Extra as Ship Waiter
as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
as Juror (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Stagehand (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Man at Mayoral Debate
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Waiter in Opera House
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Casino de Paree Waiter
as The Butler (uncredited)
as Waiter
as Banquet Servant
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
as Tony's Butler
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Butler (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
as Croupier
as Waiter (Uncredited)
as Butler (uncredited)
as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
as Man (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Sleek's Butler
as Victor - Mike's Butler
as Waiter
as Waiter
as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
as Duncan (uncredited)
as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
as Henchman Conte
as Bartender
as Elevator starter
as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
as Waiter at Ball
as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Butler
as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
as Footman
as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Butler (uncredited)
as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Detective Frisking Nick
as Waiter
as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Apartment Tenant
as College Student (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)