William H. O'Brien
Acting • AGE 89
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.
Acting
The Todd Killings
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Old Chess Player (uncredited)
1971
Rio Lobo
Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
1970
Airport
Waiter at Men's Club
1970
Topaz
Butler (uncredited)
1969
The Comic
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
1969
The Trouble with Girls
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
1969
Valley of the Dolls
Bartender (uncredited)
1967
The Graduate
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1967
One of Our Spies Is Missing
The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
1966
Munster, Go Home!
Man at Customs (uncredited)
1966
Gunpoint
1966
Get Smart
Scientist (uncredited)
1965
Laredo
Townsman (uncredited)
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Grandpa
1964
Bewitched
Waiter (uncredited)
1964
The Wheeler Dealers
Waiter (uncredited)
1963
Critic's Choice
Audience Member (uncredited)
1963
To Kill a Mockingbird
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962
Gypsy
Audience Member (uncredited)
1962
Pressure Point
Bund Meeting Spectator
1962
The Children's Hour
Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
1961
Dr. Kildare
Patient (uncredited)
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Waiter (uncredited)
1961
Outlaws
Waiter (uncredited)
1960
Ocean's Eleven
Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
1960
Elmer Gantry
Train Conductor
1960
Who Was That Lady?
Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1960
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Circus Spectator
1960
The Story on Page One
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
1959
Pillow Talk
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Audience Member (uncredited)
1959
Bonanza
Delegate (uncredited)
1959
Cry Tough
1959
Some Like It Hot
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1959
Rawhide
Bartender (uncredited)
1959
The Last Hurrah
Man (uncredited)
1958
Murder by Contract
Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
1958
Home Before Dark
Waiter at Christmas Party
1958
Money, Women and Guns
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Waiter (uncredited)
1958
Witness for the Prosecution
Barrister (uncredited)
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Townsman (uncredited)
1957
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
1957
Bombers B-52
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
1957
Zero Hour!
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
The Joker is Wild
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1957
Perry Mason
Bartender (uncredited)
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
Carnival Rock
Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
1957
Chicago Confidential
Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
1957
Sweet Smell of Success
Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
1957
The Unholy Wife
Juror (uncredited)
1957
Designing Woman
Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
The Tattered Dress
Juror (uncredited)
1957
Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
1956
The Harder They Fall
Ringsider (uncredited)
1956
Anything Goes
Waiter
1956
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
The Square Jungle
1955
Sincerely Yours
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1955
Illegal
Butler (uncredited)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Juror (uncredited)
1955
Cheyenne
Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Townsman (uncredited)
1955
It's Always Fair Weather
Waiter (uncredited)
1955
The Seven Year Itch
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
1955
Daddy Long Legs
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Townsman (uncredited)
1955
New York Confidential
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie Patron (uncredited)
1955
Battle Cry
Bartender (uncredited)
1955
Désirée
Servant (uncredited)
1954
A Star Is Born
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
1954
Woman's World
Servant
1954
The Bounty Hunter
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1954
Sabrina
Bartender (uncredited)
1954
The High and the Mighty
Restaurant Cook
1954
Dial M for Murder
Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
1954
The Far Country
Townsman (uncredited)
1954
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1953
Julius Caesar
Senator (uncredited)
1953
Fort Ti
Bartender
1953
Trouble Along the Way
Bartender Joe
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1952
The Star
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1952
Horizons West
Barfly (uncredited)
1952
Carrie
Waiter (uncredited)
1952
High Noon
Church Member (uncredited)
1952
Hong Kong
Observer at Scene (uncredited)
1952
Something to Live For
Waiter (uncredited)
1952
Superman and the Mole Men
Townsman (uncredited)
1951
The Strange Door
1951
Bannerline
1951
Iron Man
Waiter (uncredited)
1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
1951
Ace in the Hole
Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
1951
He Ran All the Way
Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
1951
A Place in the Sun
Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
1951
Hollywood Story
Café Waiter (uncredited)
1951
On the Riviera
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1951
Frenchie
Townsman (uncredited)
1950
Let's Dance
Waiter (uncredited)
1950
All About Eve
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
1950
Shakedown
Waiter (uncredited)
1950
The Men
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1950
Louisa
Waiter (uncredited)
1950
Father of the Bride
Waiter (uncredited)
1950
The Damned Don't Cry
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1950
Woman in Hiding
Conventioneer (uncredited)
1950
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Waiter (uncredited)
1949
Alias the Champ
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1949
Once More, My Darling
Waiter
1949
It's a Great Feeling
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1949
Special Agent
Barber's Customer (uncredited)
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Bartender (uncredited)
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
1949
Johnny Allegro
1949
Flamingo Road
1949
You Gotta Stay Happy
Waiter (Uncredited)
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
1948
Race Street
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1948
Jungle Goddess
Bartender (uncredited)
1948
I Walk Alone
Waiter (uncredited)
1947
Daisy Kenyon
Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
1947
Road to Rio
Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
1947
Body and Soul
Bartender (uncredited)
1947
The Unsuspected
Servant with Tray (uncredited)
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Card Dealer (uncredited)
1947
Ivy
Barrister (uncredited)
1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Executive (uncredited)
1947
Undercover Maisie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Undercurrent
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Nobody Lives Forever
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Angel on My Shoulder
Court Spectator (uncredited)
1946
The Big Sleep
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
The Time of Their Lives
Danbury Servant (uncredited)
1946
Canyon Passage
Miner (uncredited)
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
1946
Dressed to Kill
Detective at Murder Scene
1946
She-Wolf of London
Constable (uncredited)
1946
Do You Love Me
Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
1946
The Tiger Woman
Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Fallen Angel
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1945
Kitty
Coach Footman (uncredited)
1945
Lady on a Train
1945
The Naughty Nineties
Troupe Member (uncredited)
1945
The Woman in Green
Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Hollywood Scout
Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Footman (uncredited)
1945
A Song to Remember
Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1944
The Climax
Audience Member (Uncredited)
1944
In Society
Party Waiter (uncredited)
1944
Christmas Holiday
Waiter (uncredited)
1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
1944
The Spider Woman
Doorman (uncredited)
1943
Government Girl
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
1943
So Proudly We Hail
Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
1943
The Leopard Man
Bartender (uncredited)
1943
No Time for Love
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1943
Margin for Error
Waiter
1943
Tomorrow We Live
1942
Maisie Gets Her Man
Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
1942
The Falcon Takes Over
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
Waiter (uncredited)
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
Waiter at Party
1942
Lady for a Night
King's Club Worker (uncredited)
1942
Ball of Fire
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
1941
Keep 'Em Flying
Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
1941
Niagara Falls
Waiter (uncredited)
1941
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
The Feminine Touch
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1941
It Started with Eve
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1941
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Citizen Kane
Secretary (uncredited)
1941
Pot o' Gold
Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
1941
Topper Returns
Second Butler (uncredited)
1941
Love Thy Neighbor
Nightclub Waiter
1940
One Night in the Tropics
Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Waiter
1940
Hit Parade of 1941
Waiter
1940
City for Conquest
Waiter (uncredited)
1940
No Time for Comedy
Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
1940
Hired Wife
Waiter
1940
Captain Caution
English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
Waiter
1940
Turnabout
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1940
Edison, the Man
Waiter
1940
Forty Little Mothers
Waiter
1940
Curtain Call
Waiter Bringing Caviar
1940
Rebecca
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1940
The Showdown
Bald Bartender
1940
A Chump at Oxford
Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
1940
City of Chance
Waiter
1940
The Earl of Chicago
Turnkey (uncredited)
1940
Remember?
Waiter (uncredited)
1939
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Legionnaire
1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
1939
Eternally Yours
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1939
Honeymoon in Bali
Doorman (uncredited)
1939
Girl from Rio
Condor Club Headwaiter
1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
Servant
1939
Stronger Than Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Nightclub Waiter
1939
The Rage of Paris
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
1938
Test Pilot
Waiter (uncredited)
1938
In Old Chicago
Senate Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
Butler at Party (uncredited)
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Reporter (uncredited)
1938
Wells Fargo
Headwaiter
1937
The Firefly
Waiter (uncredited)
1937
Dance Charlie Dance
Bored Spectator (uncredited)
1937
North of the Rio Grande
Bald Saloon Waiter
1937
Larceny on the Air
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1937
Sinner Take All
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
Nightclub Waiter
1936
San Francisco
Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
1936
Special Investigator
Nightclub Waiter
1936
Champagne Charlie
Extra as Ship Waiter
1936
The Country Doctor
Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
1936
The Walking Dead
Juror (uncredited)
1936
To Beat the Band
Waiter
1935
A Night at the Opera
Stagehand (uncredited)
1935
The Old Homestead
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
His Family Tree
Man at Mayoral Debate
1935
The Gay Deception
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Diamond Jim
Waiter
1935
The Arizonian
Waiter in Opera House
1935
Vagabond Lady
Waiter (uncredited)
1935
The Misses Stooge
The Butler (uncredited)
1935
Go Into Your Dance
Casino de Paree Waiter
1935
Shadow of Doubt
Waiter
1935
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Banquet Servant
1934
Bachelor Bait
Waiter #2 (uncredited)
1934
Hollywood Mystery
Tony's Butler
1934
The Thin Man
Bartender (uncredited)
1934
Long Lost Father
Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
1934
Big Time Or Bust
Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
1933
Only Yesterday
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1933
Midnight Mary
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Ex-Lady
Butler (uncredited)
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
The Half-Naked Truth
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Faithless
Croupier
1932
Movie Crazy
Waiter (Uncredited)
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
Butler (uncredited)
1932
Red-Headed Woman
Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Scarface
Waiter (uncredited)
1932
The Wet Parade
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Emma
Man (uncredited)
1932
West of Broadway
Waiter (uncredited)
1931
Forgotten Women
Sleek's Butler
1931
The Guilty Generation
Victor - Mike's Butler
1931
The Road to Reno
Waiter
1931
Monkey Business
Waiter
1931
The Phantom of Paris
Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
1931
Five and Ten
Duncan (uncredited)
1931
Smart Money
Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
1931
The Sky Raiders
Henchman Conte
1931
Daybreak
Bartender
1931
Ladies' Man
Elevator starter
1931
Men Call It Love
Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
1931
Dirigible
Sailor (uncredited)
1931
Little Caesar
Waiter (uncredited)
1931
Reaching for the Moon
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
1930
New Moon
Waiter at Ball
1930
Sin Takes a Holiday
Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
1930
Playboy of Paris
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1930
Anybody's Woman
Butler
1930
Let Us Be Gay
Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
1930
Strictly Unconventional
Footman
1930
Children of Pleasure
Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
1930
Anna Christie
Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
1930
Street of Chance
Waiter (uncredited)
1930
The Trespasser
Butler (uncredited)
1929
A Woman of Affairs
Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
1928
Submarine
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1928
The Racket
Detective Frisking Nick
1928
Captain Swagger
Waiter
1928
The Singing Fool
Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
1928
The Mysterious Lady
Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
1928
The Patsy
Waiter (uncredited)
1928
While the City Sleeps
Apartment Tenant
1928
The Mad Whirl
1925
The Blot
College Student (uncredited)
1921
The Delicious Little Devil
Waiter (uncredited)
1919