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William H. O'Brien

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

Born: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1891-07-19

Died: 1981-04-18

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1919	The Delicious Little Devil	Waiter (uncredited)	56
2	1921	The Blot	College Student (uncredited)	64
3	1925	The Mad Whirl		62
4	1928	While the City Sleeps	Apartment Tenant	59
5	1928	The Patsy	Waiter (uncredited)	68
6	1928	The Mysterious Lady	Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)	74
7	1928	The Singing Fool	Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)	50
8	1928	Captain Swagger	Waiter	0
9	1928	The Racket	Detective Frisking Nick	66
10	1928	A Woman of Affairs	Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)	67
11	1929	The Trespasser	Butler (uncredited)	66
12	1930	Street of Chance	Waiter (uncredited)	66
13	1930	Anna Christie	Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)	60
14	1930	Children of Pleasure	Party Butler #2 (uncredited)	47
15	1930	Strictly Unconventional	Footman	35
16	1930	Let Us Be Gay	Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)	40
17	1930	Anybody's Woman	Butler	59
18	1930	Playboy of Paris	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	70
19	1930	Sin Takes a Holiday	Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)	55
20	1930	New Moon	Waiter at Ball	43
21	1930	Reaching for the Moon	Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)	54
22	1931	Men Call It Love	Brooks' Butler (uncredited)	45
23	1931	Ladies' Man	Elevator starter	43
24	1931	Daybreak	Bartender	40
25	1931	Smart Money	Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)	69
26	1931	Five and Ten	Duncan (uncredited)	62
27	1931	The Phantom of Paris	Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)	59
28	1931	Monkey Business	Waiter	70
29	1931	The Road to Reno	Waiter	40
30	1931	The Guilty Generation	Victor - Mike's Butler	61
31	1931	Forgotten Women	Sleek's Butler	0
32	1931	West of Broadway	Waiter (uncredited)	63
33	1932	Emma	Man (uncredited)	64
34	1932	The Wet Parade	Saloon Waiter (uncredited)	58
35	1932	Scarface	Waiter (uncredited)	74
36	1932	Merrily We Go to Hell	Waiter (uncredited)	64
37	1932	Red-Headed Woman	Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)	67
38	1932	Pack Up Your Troubles	Butler (uncredited)	67
39	1932	Movie Crazy	Waiter (Uncredited)	62
40	1932	Faithless	Croupier	65
41	1932	The Half-Naked Truth	Hotel Waiter (uncredited)	52
42	1933	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum	Waiter (uncredited)	74
43	1933	Ex-Lady	Butler (uncredited)	63
44	1933	Midnight Mary	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	68
45	1933	Only Yesterday	Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)	68
46	1933	Big Time Or Bust	Hammond's Butler (uncredited)	35
47	1934	Long Lost Father	Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone	57
48	1934	The Thin Man	Bartender (uncredited)	75
49	1934	Hollywood Mystery	Tony's Butler	35
50	1934	Bachelor Bait	Waiter #2 (uncredited)	57
51	1934	Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back	Banquet Servant	53
52	1935	Shadow of Doubt	Waiter	62
53	1935	The Misses Stooge	The Butler (uncredited)	0
54	1935	Go Into Your Dance	Casino de Paree Waiter	68
55	1935	Vagabond Lady	Waiter (uncredited)	72
56	1935	The Arizonian	Waiter in Opera House	0
57	1935	Diamond Jim	Waiter	60
58	1935	The Gay Deception	Waiter (uncredited)	64
59	1935	His Family Tree	Man at Mayoral Debate	45
60	1935	The Old Homestead	Waiter (uncredited)	0
61	1935	A Night at the Opera	Stagehand (uncredited)	74
62	1935	To Beat the Band	Waiter	0
63	1936	The Walking Dead	Juror (uncredited)	62
64	1936	The Country Doctor	Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)	60
65	1936	Champagne Charlie	Extra as Ship Waiter	48
66	1936	Special Investigator	Nightclub Waiter	58
67	1936	San Francisco	Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)	66
68	1936	Sing, Baby, Sing	Nightclub Waiter	57
69	1936	Sinner Take All	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	48
70	1937	Larceny on the Air	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	50
71	1937	North of the Rio Grande	Bald Saloon Waiter	60
72	1937	Dance Charlie Dance	Bored Spectator (uncredited)	60
73	1937	The Firefly	Waiter (uncredited)	64
74	1937	Wells Fargo	Headwaiter	52
75	1938	The Big Broadcast of 1938	Reporter (uncredited)	61
76	1938	Gold Is Where You Find It	Butler at Party (uncredited)	69
77	1938	In Old Chicago	Senate Waiter (uncredited)	65
78	1938	Test Pilot	Waiter (uncredited)	65
79	1938	The Rage of Paris	Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)	58
80	1939	The Gracie Allen Murder Case	Nightclub Waiter	55
81	1939	Stronger Than Desire	Waiter (uncredited)	58
82	1939	The Man in the Iron Mask	Servant	70
83	1939	Girl from Rio	Condor Club Headwaiter	28
84	1939	Honeymoon in Bali	Doorman (uncredited)	62
85	1939	Eternally Yours	Nightclub Waiter	57
86	1939	That's Right – You're Wrong	Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)	57
87	1939	Zorro's Fighting Legion	Legionnaire	52
88	1939	Remember?	Waiter (uncredited)	58
89	1940	The Earl of Chicago	Turnkey (uncredited)	56
90	1940	City of Chance	Waiter	52
91	1940	A Chump at Oxford	Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)	69
92	1940	The Showdown	Bald Bartender	60
93	1940	Rebecca	Hotel Waiter (uncredited)	79
94	1940	Curtain Call	Waiter Bringing Caviar	73
95	1940	Forty Little Mothers	Waiter	62
96	1940	Edison, the Man	Waiter	66
97	1940	Turnabout	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	60
98	1940	Buck Benny Rides Again	Waiter	0
99	1940	Captain Caution	English Sailor Who Pleads for Water	56
100	1940	Hired Wife	Waiter	68
101	1940	No Time for Comedy	Waiter in Bar (uncredited)	54
102	1940	City for Conquest	Waiter (uncredited)	68
103	1940	Hit Parade of 1941	Waiter	55
104	1940	Mexican Spitfire Out West	Waiter	46
105	1940	One Night in the Tropics	Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)	56
106	1940	Love Thy Neighbor	Nightclub Waiter	65
107	1941	Topper Returns	Second Butler (uncredited)	64
108	1941	Pot o' Gold	Country Club Waiter (uncredited)	55
109	1941	Citizen Kane	Secretary (uncredited)	80
110	1941	It Started with Eve	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	71
111	1941	The Feminine Touch	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	51
112	1941	The Blonde from Singapore		50
113	1941	Niagara Falls	Waiter (uncredited)	68
114	1941	Keep 'Em Flying	Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)	59
115	1941	Ball of Fire	Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)	74
116	1942	Lady for a Night	King's Club Worker (uncredited)	52
117	1942	Brooklyn Orchid	Waiter at Party	60
118	1942	Take a Letter, Darling	Waiter (uncredited)	64
119	1942	The Falcon Takes Over	Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)	60
120	1942	Maisie Gets Her Man	Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)	65
121	1942	Tomorrow We Live		43
122	1943	Margin for Error	Waiter	57
123	1943	No Time for Love	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	66
124	1943	The Leopard Man	Bartender (uncredited)	65
125	1943	Action in the North Atlantic	Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)	71
126	1943	So Proudly We Hail	Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)	55
127	1943	Swing Shift Maisie	Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)	65
128	1943	Government Girl	Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)	52
129	1943	The Spider Woman	Doorman (uncredited)	68
130	1944	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)	60
131	1944	In Society	Party Waiter (uncredited)	58
132	1944	The Climax	Audience Member (Uncredited)	54
133	1944	The Thin Man Goes Home	Train Passenger (uncredited)	71
134	1945	A Song to Remember	Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)	63
135	1945	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Footman (uncredited)	71
136	1945	Hollywood Scout	Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)	0
137	1945	The Woman in Green	Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)	64
138	1945	The Naughty Nineties	Troupe Member (uncredited)	68
139	1945	Lady on a Train		66
140	1945	Kitty	Coach Footman (uncredited)	55
141	1945	Fallen Angel	Bus Passenger (uncredited)	65
142	1945	The Tiger Woman	Waiter (uncredited)	55
143	1946	The Hoodlum Saint	Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)	52
144	1946	She-Wolf of London	Constable (uncredited)	56
145	1946	Do You Love Me	Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)	43
146	1946	Dressed to Kill	Detective at Murder Scene	65
147	1946	Two Sisters from Boston	Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)	60
148	1946	Canyon Passage	Miner (uncredited)	66
149	1946	The Time of Their Lives	Danbury Servant (uncredited)	70
150	1946	The Big Sleep	Waiter (uncredited)	76
151	1946	Angel on My Shoulder	Court Spectator (uncredited)	64
152	1946	Nobody Lives Forever	Waiter (uncredited)	62
153	1946	Undercurrent	Waiter (uncredited)	58
154	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	78
155	1947	Undercover Maisie	Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)	80
156	1947	It Happened on Fifth Avenue	Executive (uncredited)	70
157	1947	The Private Affairs of Bel Ami		64
158	1947	Ivy	Barrister (uncredited)	68
159	1947	The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap	Card Dealer (uncredited)	62
160	1947	The Unsuspected	Servant with Tray (uncredited)	67
161	1947	Body and Soul	Bartender (uncredited)	67
162	1947	Daisy Kenyon	Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)	67
163	1947	Road to Rio	Ship's Waiter	67
164	1947	I Walk Alone	Waiter (uncredited)	65
165	1948	Jungle Goddess	Bartender (uncredited)	26
166	1948	Race Street	Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)	58
167	1948	Sorry, Wrong Number	Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)	68
168	1948	You Gotta Stay Happy	Waiter (Uncredited)	65
169	1949	Flamingo Road		70
170	1949	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff	Room Service Waiter (uncredited)	65
171	1949	Johnny Allegro		63
172	1949	The Doolins of Oklahoma	Bartender (uncredited)	68
173	1949	Special Agent	Barber's Customer (uncredited)	0
174	1949	It's a Great Feeling	Saloon Waiter (uncredited)	59
175	1949	Once More, My Darling	Waiter	57
176	1949	Alias the Champ	Audience Spectator (uncredited)	60
177	1949	Miss Grant Takes Richmond	Waiter (uncredited)	54
178	1950	Woman in Hiding	Conventioneer (uncredited)	62
179	1950	Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town	Waiter at Party (uncredited)	61
180	1950	The Damned Don't Cry	Waiter at Party (uncredited)	71
181	1950	Father of the Bride	Waiter (uncredited)	70
182	1950	Louisa	Waiter (uncredited)	61
183	1950	The Men	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	70
184	1950	Shakedown	Waiter (uncredited)	61
185	1950	All About Eve	Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)	81
186	1950	Let's Dance	Waiter (uncredited)	55
187	1950	Frenchie	Townsman (uncredited)	57
188	1951	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Fight Spectator (uncredited)	63
189	1951	On the Riviera	Waiter at Party (uncredited)	60
190	1951	Hollywood Story	Café Waiter (uncredited)	66
191	1951	A Place in the Sun	Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)	73
192	1951	He Ran All the Way	Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)	72
193	1951	The Strange Door		62
194	1951	Ace in the Hole	Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)	79
195	1951	A Streetcar Named Desire	Waiter (uncredited)	76
196	1951	Bannerline		60
197	1951	Superman and the Mole Men	Townsman (uncredited)	53
198	1952	Something to Live For	Waiter (uncredited)	68
199	1952	Hong Kong	Observer at Scene (uncredited)	45
200	1952	High Noon	Church Member (uncredited)	77
201	1952	Carrie	Waiter (uncredited)	64
202	1952	Horizons West	Barfly (uncredited)	60
203	1952	The Star	Waiter at Party (uncredited)	72
204	1952	The Bad and the Beautiful	Waiter at Party (uncredited)	73
205	1953	Trouble Along the Way	Bartender Joe	59
206	1953	Fort Ti	Bartender	65
207	1953	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Ship Passenger (uncredited)	73
208	1954	The Far Country	Townsman (uncredited)	69
209	1954	Dial M for Murder	Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)	80
210	1954	The High and the Mighty	Restaurant Cook	59
211	1954	Sabrina	Bartender (uncredited)	75
212	1954	Woman's World	Servant	71
213	1954	A Star Is Born	Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)	71
214	1954	Désirée	Servant (uncredited)	64
215	1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops	Movie Patron (uncredited)	61
216	1955	Battle Cry	Bartender (uncredited)	57
217	1955	New York Confidential		58
218	1955	Daddy Long Legs	Hotel Waiter	63
219	1955	The Seven Year Itch	Man at Train Station (uncredited)	71
220	1955	Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy	Townsman (uncredited)	60
221	1955	It's Always Fair Weather	Waiter (uncredited)	70
222	1955	Illegal	Butler (uncredited)	64
223	1955	The Square Jungle		59
224	1956	There's Always Tomorrow		71
225	1956	Anything Goes	Waiter	60
226	1956	The Harder They Fall	Ringsider (uncredited)	71
227	1956	Around the World in Eighty Days	Extra (uncredited)	66
228	1957	The Tattered Dress	Juror (uncredited)	56
229	1957	Designing Woman	Party Guest (uncredited)	66
230	1957	The Unholy Wife	Juror (uncredited)	46
231	1957	Sweet Smell of Success	Waiter at 21 (uncredited)	76
232	1957	Chicago Confidential	Dixon's Valet (uncredited)	50
233	1957	Carnival Rock	Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)	44
234	1957	The Joker is Wild	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	80
235	1957	Zero Hour!	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	66
236	1957	Bombers B-52	Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)	56
237	1957	I Was a Teenage Frankenstein	Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)	55
238	1957	The Pied Piper of Hamelin	Townsman (uncredited)	54
239	1957	Witness for the Prosecution	Barrister (uncredited)	82
240	1958	Money, Women and Guns	Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)	53
241	1958	Home Before Dark	Waiter at Christmas Party	72
242	1958	Murder by Contract	Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)	68
243	1958	The Last Hurrah	Man (uncredited)	71
244	1959	Some Like It Hot	Hotel Guest (uncredited)	81
245	1959	Cry Tough		58
246	1959	Pillow Talk	Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)	71
247	1959	The Story on Page One	Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)	51
248	1960	Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus	Circus Spectator	61
249	1960	Who Was That Lady?	Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)	62
250	1960	Elmer Gantry	Train Conductor	73
251	1960	Ocean's Eleven	Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)	64
252	1961	King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein	Waiter (uncredited)	60
253	1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)	80
254	1961	The Children's Hour	Funeral Assistant (uncredited)	77
255	1962	Pressure Point	Bund Meeting Spectator	66
256	1962	Gypsy	Audience Member (uncredited)	64
257	1962	To Kill a Mockingbird	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)	80
258	1963	The Wheeler Dealers	Waiter (uncredited)	62
259	1966	Gunpoint		60
260	1966	Munster, Go Home!	Man at Customs (uncredited)	64
261	1966	Not With My Wife, You Don't	Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)	60
262	1967	The Graduate	Hotel Guest (uncredited)	76
263	1967	Valley of the Dolls	Bartender (uncredited)	60
264	1969	The Trouble with Girls	Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)	47
265	1969	The Comic	Funeral Guest (uncredited)	59
266	1969	Topaz	Butler (uncredited)	60
267	1970	Airport	Waiter at Men's Club	64
268	1970	Rio Lobo	Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)	64
269	1971	Support Your Local Gunfighter	Old Chess Player (uncredited)	66
270	1971	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)	70
271	1971	The Todd Killings	Mr. Miller (uncredited)	43

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Juror (uncredited)	77
2	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)	77
3	1959	Rawhide	Bartender (uncredited)	72
4	1959	The Twilight Zone	Audience Member (uncredited)	85
5	1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Grandpa	72