William H. O'Brien
Born in Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia — Jul 19 1891• Died Apr 18 1981
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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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William H. O'Brien's Credits
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Perry Mason
Bartender (uncredited)
Bewitched
Waiter (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Townsman (uncredited)
Bonanza
Delegate (uncredited)
Get Smart
Scientist (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
Audience Member (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare
Patient (uncredited)
Rawhide
Bartender (uncredited)
Cheyenne
Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Juror (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Waiter (uncredited)
Laredo
Townsman (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Grandpa
Outlaws
Waiter (uncredited)
The Graduate
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
Barrister (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
Secretary (uncredited)
High Noon
Church Member (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
Rebecca
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Sabrina
Bartender (uncredited)
The Big Sleep
Waiter (uncredited)
Airport
Waiter at Men's Club
All About Eve
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder
Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Scarface
Waiter (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
Waiter (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
Senator (uncredited)
Gypsy
Audience Member (uncredited)
I Walk Alone
Waiter (uncredited)
Topaz
Butler (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
Désirée
Servant (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather
Waiter (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
Ringsider (uncredited)
The Men
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success
Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
Man (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
Restaurant Cook
A Night at the Opera
Stagehand (uncredited)
Little Caesar
Waiter (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
Bartender (uncredited)
The Far Country
Townsman (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry
Train Conductor
Sorry, Wrong Number
Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Illegal
Butler (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
Hotel Waiter
Ball of Fire
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
Servant
Superman and the Mole Men
Townsman (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Footman (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
City for Conquest
Waiter (uncredited)
The Thin Man
Bartender (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
Detective at Murder Scene
Red-Headed Woman
Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
A Song to Remember
Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
Government Girl
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Remember?
Waiter (uncredited)
Ivy
Barrister (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
Café Waiter (uncredited)
The Climax
Audience Member (Uncredited)
Iron Man
Waiter (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
Doorman (uncredited)
Undercurrent
Waiter (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
Hired Wife
Waiter
Emma
Man (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Comic
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Card Dealer (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
Headwaiter
Battle Cry
Bartender (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Bartender (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress
Juror (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
Waiter (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Let's Dance
Waiter (uncredited)
The Children's Hour
Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
Audience Member (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
Designing Woman
Party Guest (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
The Unsuspected
Servant with Tray (uncredited)
On the Riviera
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Gunpoint
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Executive (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Street of Chance
Waiter (uncredited)
Horizons West
Barfly (uncredited)
The Leopard Man
Bartender (uncredited)
Pressure Point
Bund Meeting Spectator
The Wheeler Dealers
Waiter (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Waiter (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
Court Spectator (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
Butler (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Waiter (uncredited)
Frenchie
Townsman (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
Conventioneer (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again
Waiter
It's a Great Feeling
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
City of Chance
Waiter
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande
Bald Saloon Waiter
The Walking Dead
Juror (uncredited)
Test Pilot
Waiter (uncredited)
Body and Soul
Bartender (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Waiter
Kitty
Coach Footman (uncredited)
Woman's World
Servant
Go Into Your Dance
Casino de Paree Waiter
The Blonde from Singapore
Who Was That Lady?
Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor
Nightclub Waiter
The Firefly
Waiter (uncredited)
The Blot
College Student (uncredited)
Munster, Go Home!
Man at Customs (uncredited)
Anna Christie
Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Waiter (uncredited)
Johnny Allegro
Sing, Baby, Sing
Nightclub Waiter
Eternally Yours
Nightclub Waiter
Captain Caution
English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Carrie
Waiter (uncredited)
Something to Live For
Waiter (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
Waiter (Uncredited)
Cry Tough
Fort Ti
Bartender
The Road to Reno
Waiter
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Five and Ten
Duncan (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
New York Confidential
The Square Jungle
Monkey Business
Waiter
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Nightclub Waiter
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Old Chess Player (uncredited)
The Singing Fool
Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
He Ran All the Way
Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
Waiter
The Arizonian
Waiter in Opera House
The Story on Page One
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Ship's Waiter
Shakedown
Waiter (uncredited)
Turnabout
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Race Street
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
The Todd Killings
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Bannerline
The Trouble with Girls
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Topper Returns
Second Butler (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
Bartender Joe
The Falcon Takes Over
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Legionnaire
Louisa
Waiter (uncredited)
The Racket
Detective Frisking Nick
Take a Letter, Darling
Waiter (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Townsman (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
Troupe Member (uncredited)
Long Lost Father
Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
She-Wolf of London
Constable (uncredited)
No Time for Love
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Waiter (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
Waiter (uncredited)
The Country Doctor
Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie
Extra as Ship Waiter
Shadow of Doubt
Waiter
The Unholy Wife
Juror (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
The Gay Deception
Waiter (uncredited)
San Francisco
Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Ex-Lady
Butler (uncredited)
The Trespasser
Butler (uncredited)
In Society
Party Waiter (uncredited)
The Strange Door
The Star
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps
Apartment Tenant
Daisy Kenyon
Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
Miner (uncredited)
That's Right – You're Wrong
Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay
Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
The Feminine Touch
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Anything Goes
Waiter
Honeymoon in Bali
Doorman (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1941
Waiter
Dance Charlie Dance
Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
Pot o' Gold
Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Smart Money
Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Townsman (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait
Waiter #2 (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs
Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Reporter (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Banquet Servant
West of Broadway
Waiter (uncredited)
Faithless
Croupier
Ladies' Man
Elevator starter
Gold Is Where You Find It
Butler at Party (uncredited)
Do You Love Me
Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Sin Takes a Holiday
Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Murder by Contract
Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
Waiter (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
The Showdown
Bald Bartender
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Waiter
Children of Pleasure
Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Forgotten Women
Sleek's Butler
Special Investigator
Nightclub Waiter
Dirigible
Sailor (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Circus Spectator
New Moon
Waiter at Ball
The Earl of Chicago
Turnkey (uncredited)
Alias the Champ
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Special Agent
Barber's Customer (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
Waiter (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
Waiter (uncredited)
The Old Homestead
Waiter (uncredited)
Forty Little Mothers
Waiter
To Beat the Band
Waiter
Jungle Goddess
Bartender (uncredited)
Once More, My Darling
Waiter
Sinner Take All
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Movie Crazy
Waiter (Uncredited)
Larceny on the Air
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Hong Kong
Observer at Scene (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Curtain Call
Waiter Bringing Caviar
Lady for a Night
King's Club Worker (uncredited)
The Guilty Generation
Victor - Mike's Butler
Tomorrow We Live
It Started with Eve
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
Waiter at Party
Strictly Unconventional
Footman
Reaching for the Moon
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady
Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
The Phantom of Paris
Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
Margin for Error
Waiter
Playboy of Paris
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Big Time Or Bust
Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Carnival Rock
Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery
Tony's Butler
The Patsy
Waiter (uncredited)
The Tiger Woman
Waiter (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge
The Butler (uncredited)
Home Before Dark
Waiter at Christmas Party
Anybody's Woman
Butler
His Family Tree
Man at Mayoral Debate
Men Call It Love
Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Girl from Rio
Condor Club Headwaiter
Submarine
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Daybreak
Bartender
The Mad Whirl
The Sky Raiders
Henchman Conte
Captain Swagger
Waiter
Hollywood Scout
Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)