William H. O'Brien

Actor · 1891–1981 · 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.

Acted in 302

1970s

1971
The Todd Killings
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
67
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Old Chess Player (uncredited)
66
1970
Rio Lobo
Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
65
Airport
Waiter at Men's Club
62

1960s

1969
Topaz
Butler (uncredited)
63
The Comic
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
1967
Valley of the Dolls
Bartender (uncredited)
52
The Graduate
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
81
1966
One of Our Spies Is Missing
The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
Munster, Go Home!
Man at Customs (uncredited)
Gunpoint
Movie · Western
61
1965
Get Smart
Scientist (uncredited) · 1 episode
81
Laredo
Townsman (uncredited) · 1 episode
73
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Grandpa, Butler (uncredited) · 1 episode
76
Bewitched
Waiter (uncredited) · 1 episode
77
1963
The Wheeler Dealers
Waiter (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
Audience Member (uncredited)
1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
85
Gypsy
Audience Member (uncredited)
70
Pressure Point
Bund Meeting Spectator
1961
The Children's Hour
Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
72
Judgment at Nuremberg
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
80
Dr. Kildare
Patient (uncredited) · 1 episode
66
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Waiter (uncredited)
1960
Outlaws
Waiter (uncredited) · 1 episode
Ocean's Eleven
Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
59
Elmer Gantry
Train Conductor
81
Who Was That Lady?
Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Circus Spectator

1950s

1959
The Story on Page One
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
77
The Twilight Zone
Audience Member (uncredited) · 1 episode
89
Bonanza
Delegate (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited) · 1 episode
74
Cry Tough
Movie
Some Like It Hot
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
88
Rawhide
Bartender (uncredited), Waiter (uncredited) · 1 episode
77
1958
The Last Hurrah
Man (uncredited)
Murder by Contract
Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
Home Before Dark
Waiter at Christmas Party
Money, Women and Guns
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Waiter (uncredited) · 1 episode
77
1957
Witness for the Prosecution
Barrister (uncredited)
85
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Townsman (uncredited)
57
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Perry Mason
Bartender (uncredited) · 1 episode
81
Have Gun, Will Travel
Crommer Party Guest (uncredited), Hotel Guest (uncredited) · 1 episode
81
Carnival Rock
Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success
Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
87
The Unholy Wife
Juror (uncredited)
Designing Woman
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress
Juror (uncredited)
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
68
The Harder They Fall
Ringsider (uncredited)
80
Anything Goes
Waiter (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
Movie
1955
The Square Jungle
Movie
Sincerely Yours
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Illegal
Butler (uncredited)
69
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Juror (uncredited), Guest At Demonstration (uncredited) · 1 episode
83
Cheyenne
Riverboat Bartender (uncredited) · 1 episode
75
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Townsman (uncredited) · 1 episode
74
It's Always Fair Weather
Waiter (uncredited)
76
The Seven Year Itch
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
74
Daddy Long Legs
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
66
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Townsman (uncredited)
52
New York Confidential
Movie
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Battle Cry
Bartender (uncredited)
62
1954
Désirée
Servant (uncredited)
52
A Star Is Born
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
82
Woman's World
Servant
The Bounty Hunter
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
66
Sabrina
Bartender (uncredited)
78
The High and the Mighty
Restaurant Cook
59
Dial M for Murder
Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
81
The Far Country
Townsman (uncredited)
78
1953
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
76
Julius Caesar
Senator (uncredited)
78
Fort Ti
Bartender
Trouble Along the Way
Bartender Joe
66
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
79
The Star
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
57
Horizons West
Barfly (uncredited)
63
Carrie
Waiter (uncredited)
72
High Noon
Church Member (uncredited)
84
Hong Kong
Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Something to Live For
Waiter (uncredited)
1951
Superman and the Mole Men
Townsman (uncredited)
The Strange Door
Movie
Bannerline
Movie
Iron Man
Waiter (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
86
Ace in the Hole
Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
80
He Ran All the Way
Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
79
Hollywood Story
Café Waiter (uncredited)
On the Riviera
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
M
Policeman (uncredited)
67
1950
Frenchie
Townsman (uncredited)
Let's Dance
Waiter (uncredited)
All About Eve
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
89
Shakedown
Waiter (uncredited)
The Men
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Louisa
Waiter (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
Waiter (uncredited)
76
The Damned Don't Cry
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
Conventioneer (uncredited)

1940s

1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Waiter (uncredited)
Alias the Champ
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Once More, My Darling
Waiter
It's a Great Feeling
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Special Agent
Barber's Customer (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Bartender (uncredited)
65
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Johnny Allegro
Movie
Flamingo Road
Movie · Drama · Romance
74
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
Waiter (Uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
75
Race Street
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess
Bartender (uncredited)
24
1947
I Walk Alone
Waiter (uncredited)
65
Daisy Kenyon
Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
Body and Soul
Bartender (uncredited)
78
The Unsuspected
Servant with Tray (uncredited)
71
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Card Dealer (uncredited)
Ivy
Barrister (uncredited)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Movie
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Executive (uncredited)
72
Undercover Maisie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
86
Undercurrent
Waiter (uncredited)
63
Nobody Lives Forever
Waiter (uncredited)
68
The Verdict
Constable (uncredited)
70
Angel on My Shoulder
Court Spectator (uncredited)
67
The Big Sleep
Waiter (uncredited)
84
The Time of Their Lives
Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
Miner (uncredited)
77
Two Sisters from Boston
Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
Detective at Murder Scene
72
She-Wolf of London
Constable (uncredited)
Do You Love Me
Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
1945
The Tiger Woman
Waiter (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
73
Kitty
Coach Footman (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
Movie
The Naughty Nineties
Troupe Member (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
75
Hollywood Scout
Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Footman (uncredited)
76
A Song to Remember
Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
66
1944
The Thin Man Goes Home
Train Passenger (uncredited)
73
Destiny
Waiter (uncredited)
58
The Climax
Audience Member (Uncredited)
In Society
Party Waiter (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
Waiter (uncredited)
68
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
1943
The Spider Woman
Doorman (uncredited)
70
Government Girl
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
The Leopard Man
Bartender (uncredited)
73
No Time for Love
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Margin for Error
Waiter
1942
Tomorrow We Live
Movie
Maisie Gets Her Man
Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling
Waiter (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
Waiter at Party
Lady for a Night
King's Club Worker (uncredited)
1941
Ball of Fire
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
82
Keep 'Em Flying
Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
Waiter (uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore
Movie
The Feminine Touch
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby
Movie
Citizen Kane
Secretary (uncredited)
89
Pot o' Gold
Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
59
Topper Returns
Second Butler (uncredited)
73
1940
Love Thy Neighbor
Nightclub Waiter
One Night in the Tropics
Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Waiter
Hit Parade of 1941
Waiter
City for Conquest
Waiter (uncredited)
73
No Time for Comedy
Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Hired Wife
Waiter
Captain Caution
English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Buck Benny Rides Again
Waiter
Turnabout
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Waiter
Forty Little Mothers
Waiter
Curtain Call
Waiter Bringing Caviar
Rebecca
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
85
The Showdown
Bald Bartender
A Chump at Oxford
Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
71
City of Chance
Waiter
The Earl of Chicago
Turnkey (uncredited)

1930s

1939
Remember?
Waiter (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Legionnaire
That's Right – You're Wrong
Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Eternally Yours
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali
Doorman (uncredited)
Girl from Rio
Condor Club Headwaiter
The Man in the Iron Mask
Servant
70
Stronger Than Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Nightclub Waiter
1938
The Rage of Paris
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
66
Test Pilot
Waiter (uncredited)
66
In Old Chicago
Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It
Butler at Party (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Reporter (uncredited)
1937
Wells Fargo
Headwaiter
61
The Firefly
Waiter (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
Bored Spectator (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande
Bald Saloon Waiter
Larceny on the Air
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1936
Sinner Take All
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
Nightclub Waiter
San Francisco
Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
75
Special Investigator
Nightclub Waiter
Champagne Charlie
Extra as Ship Waiter
The Country Doctor
Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
Juror (uncredited)
65
1935
To Beat the Band
Waiter
A Night at the Opera
Stagehand (uncredited)
82
The Old Homestead
Waiter (uncredited)
His Family Tree
Man at Mayoral Debate
The Gay Deception
Waiter (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
Waiter
The Arizonian
Waiter in Opera House
Vagabond Lady
Waiter (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge
The Butler (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance
Casino de Paree Waiter
Shadow of Doubt
Waiter
1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Banquet Servant
Bachelor Bait
Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery
Tony's Butler
The Thin Man
Bartender (uncredited)
84
Long Lost Father
Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
1933
Big Time Or Bust
Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Midnight Mary
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Ex-Lady
Butler (uncredited)
63
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Waiter (uncredited)
1932
The Half-Naked Truth
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Faithless
Croupier
Movie Crazy
Waiter (Uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
Butler (uncredited)
71
Red-Headed Woman
Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Waiter (uncredited)
Scarface
Waiter (uncredited)
84
The Wet Parade
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Emma
Man (uncredited)
1931
West of Broadway
Waiter (uncredited)
Forgotten Women
Sleek's Butler
The Guilty Generation
Victor - Mike's Butler
The Road to Reno
Waiter
Monkey Business
Waiter
76
The Phantom of Paris
Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
Five and Ten
Duncan (uncredited)
Smart Money
Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
68
The Sky Raiders
Henchman Conte
Daybreak
Bartender
Ladies' Man
Elevator starter
Men Call It Love
Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Dirigible
Sailor (uncredited)
61
Little Caesar
Waiter (uncredited)
78
1930
Reaching for the Moon
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
56
New Moon
Waiter at Ball
Sin Takes a Holiday
Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Playboy of Paris
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman
Butler
Let Us Be Gay
Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Strictly Unconventional
Footman
Children of Pleasure
Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Anna Christie
Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Street of Chance
Waiter (uncredited)