
William H. O'Brien
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 19, 1891
- Died
- April 18, 1981 (aged 89)
- 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.
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Filmography

Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie · as Old Chess Player (uncredited)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie · as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

The Todd Killings
Movie · as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

Rio Lobo
Movie · as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

Airport
Movie · as Waiter at Men's Club

Topaz
Movie · as Butler (uncredited)

The Trouble with Girls
Movie · as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

The Comic
Movie · as Funeral Guest (uncredited)

The Graduate
Movie · as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Gunpoint
Movie

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

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

One of Our Spies Is Missing
Movie · as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laredo
TV · as Townsman (uncredited) · 1 ep

Get Smart
TV · as Scientist (uncredited) · 1 ep

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Grandpa, Butler (uncredited) · 1 ep

Bewitched
TV · as Waiter (uncredited) · 1 ep

The Wheeler Dealers
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Critic's Choice
Movie · as Audience Member (uncredited)

Gypsy
Movie · as Audience Member (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Pressure Point
Movie · as Bund Meeting Spectator

Judgment at Nuremberg
Movie · as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Children's Hour
Movie · as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Patient (uncredited) · 1 ep

Who Was That Lady?
Movie · as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

Ocean's Eleven
Movie · as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

Elmer Gantry
Movie · as Train Conductor

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Movie · as Circus Spectator

Outlaws
TV · as Waiter (uncredited) · 1 ep

Cry Tough
Movie

The Story on Page One
Movie · as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Pillow Talk
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Some Like It Hot
Movie · as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Audience Member (uncredited) · 1 ep

Rawhide
TV · as Bartender (uncredited), Waiter (uncredited) · 1 ep

Bonanza
TV · as Delegate (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited) · 1 ep

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

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

The Last Hurrah
Movie · as Man (uncredited)

Home Before Dark
Movie · as Waiter at Christmas Party

Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Waiter (uncredited) · 1 ep

The Unholy Wife
Movie · as Juror (uncredited)

Chicago Confidential
Movie · as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

The Tattered Dress
Movie · as Juror (uncredited)

Sweet Smell of Success
Movie · as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)

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

Witness for the Prosecution
Movie · as Barrister (uncredited)

Zero Hour!
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Joker is Wild
Movie · as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bombers B-52
Movie · as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

Designing Woman
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)

Carnival Rock
Movie · as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story
Movie · as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Crommer Party Guest (uncredited), Hotel Guest (uncredited) · 1 ep

Perry Mason
TV · as Bartender (uncredited) · 1 ep

There's Always Tomorrow
Movie

Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)

The Harder They Fall
Movie · as Ringsider (uncredited)

Anything Goes
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

Illegal
Movie · as Butler (uncredited)

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

Battle Cry
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

The Square Jungle
Movie

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

It's Always Fair Weather
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Daddy Long Legs
Movie · as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

New York Confidential
Movie

Sincerely Yours
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Juror (uncredited), Guest At Demonstration (uncredited) · 1 ep

Cheyenne
TV · as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited) · 1 ep

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV · as Townsman (uncredited) · 1 ep

A Star Is Born
Movie · as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

The Far Country
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

Woman's World
Movie · as Servant

Dial M for Murder
Movie · as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

Sabrina
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

The High and the Mighty
Movie · as Restaurant Cook

Désirée
Movie · as Servant (uncredited)

The Bounty Hunter
Movie · as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Fort Ti
Movie · as Bartender

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie · as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Trouble Along the Way
Movie · as Bartender Joe

Julius Caesar
Movie · as Senator (uncredited)

Hong Kong
Movie · as Observer at Scene (uncredited)

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

Carrie
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

High Noon
Movie · as Church Member (uncredited)

The Star
Movie · as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Something to Live For
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Horizons West
Movie · as Barfly (uncredited)

The Raiders
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

He Ran All the Way
Movie · as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Movie · as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

The Strange Door
Movie

Bannerline
Movie

On the Riviera
Movie · as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole
Movie · as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)

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

A Streetcar Named Desire
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Story
Movie · as Café Waiter (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole Men
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

Iron Man
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

M
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

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

Let's Dance
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Frenchie
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

Louisa
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Shakedown
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

All About Eve
Movie · as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

Woman in Hiding
Movie · as Conventioneer (uncredited)

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

Father of the Bride
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Men
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Alias the Champ
Movie · as Audience Spectator (uncredited)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

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

Special Agent
Movie · as Barber's Customer (uncredited)

Once More, My Darling
Movie · as Waiter

Johnny Allegro
Movie

Flamingo Road
Movie

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

The Doolins of Oklahoma
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Race Street
Movie · as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Jungle Goddess
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

You Gotta Stay Happy
Movie · as Waiter (Uncredited)

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

The Unsuspected
Movie · as Servant with Tray (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Movie · as Executive (uncredited)

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Movie

Ivy
Movie · as Barrister (uncredited)

Daisy Kenyon
Movie · as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

Body and Soul
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Movie · as Card Dealer (uncredited)

Road to Rio
Movie · as Ship's Waiter (uncredited)

I Walk Alone
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

She-Wolf of London
Movie · as Constable (uncredited)

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

The Hoodlum Saint
Movie · as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Undercurrent
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder
Movie · as Court Spectator (uncredited)

The Big Sleep
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives
Movie · as Danbury Servant (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill
Movie · as Detective at Murder Scene

Nobody Lives Forever
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston
Movie · as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)

Canyon Passage
Movie · as Miner (uncredited)

The Verdict
Movie · as Constable (uncredited)

Lady on a Train
Movie

Fallen Angel
Movie · as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Tiger Woman
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Woman in Green
Movie · as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Scout
Movie · as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie · as Footman (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties
Movie · as Troupe Member (uncredited)

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

Kitty
Movie · as Coach Footman (uncredited)

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

In Society
Movie · as Party Waiter (uncredited)

The Climax
Movie · as Audience Member (Uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home
Movie · as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Destiny
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Government Girl
Movie · as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

No Time for Love
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

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

Margin for Error
Movie · as Waiter

So Proudly We Hail
Movie · as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

The Spider Woman
Movie · as Doorman (uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie
Movie · as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

The Leopard Man
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

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

Brooklyn Orchid
Movie · as Waiter at Party

Tomorrow We Live
Movie

Take a Letter, Darling
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

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

Ball of Fire
Movie · as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

It Started with Eve
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Topper Returns
Movie · as Second Butler (uncredited)

The Blonde from Singapore
Movie

Niagara Falls
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Citizen Kane
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

The Feminine Touch
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

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

Pot o' Gold
Movie · as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

Million Dollar Baby
Movie

Rebecca
Movie · as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

The Earl of Chicago
Movie · as Turnkey (uncredited)

Edison, the Man
Movie · as Waiter

The Showdown
Movie · as Bald Bartender

Buck Benny Rides Again
Movie · as Waiter

City for Conquest
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy
Movie · as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)

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

Hired Wife
Movie · as Waiter

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

Turnabout
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Captain Caution
Movie · as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water

Love Thy Neighbor
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter

City of Chance
Movie · as Waiter

Curtain Call
Movie · as Waiter Bringing Caviar

Forty Little Mothers
Movie · as Waiter

Mexican Spitfire Out West
Movie · as Waiter

Hit Parade of 1941
Movie · as Waiter

Remember?
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Zorro's Fighting Legion
Movie · as Legionnaire

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter

Girl from Rio
Movie · as Condor Club Headwaiter

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

Honeymoon in Bali
Movie · as Doorman (uncredited)

Eternally Yours
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Servant

The Rage of Paris
Movie · as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

In Old Chicago
Movie · as Senate Waiter (uncredited)

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

Test Pilot
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast of 1938
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

The Firefly
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Wells Fargo
Movie · as Headwaiter

North of the Rio Grande
Movie · as Bald Saloon Waiter

Dance Charlie Dance
Movie · as Bored Spectator (uncredited)

Larceny on the Air
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Special Investigator
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter

Champagne Charlie
Movie · as Extra as Ship Waiter

The Country Doctor
Movie · as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)

Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter

Sinner Take All
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

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

The Walking Dead
Movie · as Juror (uncredited)

Shadow of Doubt
Movie · as Waiter

The Gay Deception
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Misses Stooge
Movie · as The Butler (uncredited)

To Beat the Band
Movie · as Waiter

His Family Tree
Movie · as Man at Mayoral Debate

The Arizonian
Movie · as Waiter in Opera House

Diamond Jim
Movie · as Waiter

Go Into Your Dance
Movie · as Casino de Paree Waiter

The Old Homestead
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera
Movie · as Stagehand (uncredited)

Vagabond Lady
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Thin Man
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Long Lost Father
Movie · as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone

Hollywood Mystery
Movie · as Tony's Butler

Bachelor Bait
Movie · as Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie · as Banquet Servant

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

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

Only Yesterday
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Ex-Lady
Movie · as Butler (uncredited)

Midnight Mary
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Half-Naked Truth
Movie · as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Emma
Movie · as Man (uncredited)

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

Scarface
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie · as Butler (uncredited)

Faithless
Movie · as Croupier

The Wet Parade
Movie · as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Movie Crazy
Movie · as Waiter (Uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Five and Ten
Movie · as Duncan (uncredited)

Ladies' Man
Movie · as Elevator starter

Men Call It Love
Movie · as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)

Daybreak
Movie · as Bartender

Forgotten Women
Movie · as Sleek's Butler

The Road to Reno
Movie · as Waiter

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

Smart Money
Movie · as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)

Monkey Business
Movie · as Waiter

The Guilty Generation
Movie · as Victor - Mike's Butler

West of Broadway
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Dirigible
Movie · as Sailor (uncredited)

The Sky Raiders
Movie · as Henchman Conte

Little Caesar
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

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

New Moon
Movie · as Waiter at Ball

Strictly Unconventional
Movie · as Footman

Playboy of Paris
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Street of Chance
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Anybody's Woman
Movie · as Butler

Children of Pleasure
Movie · as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)

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

Anna Christie
Movie · as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

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

The Trespasser
Movie · as Butler (uncredited)

The Mysterious Lady
Movie · as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps
Movie · as Apartment Tenant

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

The Patsy
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Captain Swagger
Movie · as Waiter

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

The Racket
Movie · as Detective Frisking Nick

Submarine
Movie · as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Mad Whirl
Movie

The Blot
Movie · as College Student (uncredited)

The Delicious Little Devil
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

