Arthur O'Connell
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Mar 29 1908• Died May 18 1981
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Arthur O'Connell (March 29, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in films (starting with a small role in Citizen Kane) in 1941 and television programs (mostly guest appearances). Among his screen appearances were Picnic, Anatomy of a Murder, and as the watch-maker who hides Jews during WWII in The Hiding Place. A veteran vaudevillian, O'Connell, from New York City, made his legitimate stage debut in the mid 1930s, at which time he fell within the orbit of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. Welles cast O'Connell in the tiny…
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Bonanza
Dr. Samuel Hubert
The Fugitive
Dr. Josephus Harrison Adams
My Three Sons
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lyman
Petticoat Junction
William Lawrence
Cannon
Emergency!
The F.B.I.
Smitty
Matinee Theater
Burke's Law
Dr. Stuart Alexander
Studio One
Curtis
The Wild Wild West
Ironside
The Big Valley
Jubal
Route 66
McCloud
The Name of the Game
Charlie Sherwin
The Oscars
Self
Night Gallery
The Philco Television Playhouse
Alias Smith and Jones
Alcoa Theatre
Room 222
Sam Benedict
Arrest and Trial
The New Breed
Peter Capples
Nanny and the Professor
Ghost Story
Chief Owen Huston
The Second Hundred Years
Edwin Carpenter
DuPont Show of the Month
The Greatest Show on Earth
Citizen Kane
Reporter (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
Judge
The Paul Lynde Show
The Poseidon Adventure
John, the Chaplain
Anatomy of a Murder
Parnell Emmett "Parn" McCarthy
The Great Race
Henry Goodbody
Pocketful of Miracles
Count Alfonso Romero
Summer Playhouse
Ben
Bill Hatfield
The Last Valley
Hoffman
The Naked City
Sgt. Shaeffer (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cimarron
Tom Wyatt
Gidget
Russell Lawrence
Man of the West
Sam Beasley
The Great Impostor
Warden J.B. Chandler
Ride Beyond Vengeance
The Narrator
The Power
Prof. Henry Hallson
Operation Petticoat
Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Sam Tostin
Hound-Dog Man
Aaron McKinney
Kissin' Cousins
Pappy Tatum
Birds Do It
Professor Wald
The Silencers
Joe Wigman
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Gordon Walker
Two Girls on Broadway
Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
Picnic
Howard Bevans
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Clint Stark
Fingers at the Window
Photographer (uncredited)
The Third Day
Dr. Wheeler
The Hiding Place
Casper ten Boom, 'Papa'
Force of Evil
Link Hall (uncredited)
A Thunder of Drums
Sgt. Karl Rodermill
The Reluctant Astronaut
Arbuckle "Buck" Fleming
Fantastic Voyage
Col. Donald Reid
Bus Stop
Virgil Blessing
A Covenant with Death
Judge Hockstadter
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Mr. Kruft
Homecoming
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
The Monte Carlo Story
Mr. Homer Hinkley
The Proud Ones
Jim Dexter
Operation Mad Ball
Col. Rousch
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Mark Jenkins
They Only Kill Their Masters
Ernie
The Violators
Solomon Baumgarten
Nightmare in the Sun
Sam Wilson
Huckleberry Finn
Col. Grangerford
There Was a Crooked Man...
Mr. Lomax
April Love
Jed Bruce
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Assistant Director Jensen
Misty
Grandpa Clarence Beebe
State of the Union
First Reporter
Man From Headquarters
Goldie Shores
A Taste of Evil
John
Canal Zone
New Recruit (uncredited)
Follow That Dream
Pop Kwimper
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Henry Gills
'Taint Legal
Book Salesman
Blondie's Blessed Event
Interne (uncredited)
Wicked, Wicked
Mr. Fenley, Hotel Engineer
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
Jim Brewster
Murder in Soho
Lefty
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
The Golden Fleecing
Cameraman (uncredited)
Hello, Annapolis
Pharmacist Mate
One Touch of Venus
Reporter
And One Was Beautiful
Moroni's Parking Attendant
The Monkey's Uncle
Darius Green III
Seven in Darkness
Larry Wise
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Intern (uncredited)
Law of the Jungle
Simmons
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Prosecutor
Voice in the Mirror
Bill Tobin
I Take This Oath
Court Clerk
Hullabaloo
Fourth Page
Your Cheatin' Heart
Fred Rose
Marilyn
archive footage
Bested by a Beard
Phil
Open Secret
Carter
The Taming of the Shrew
Curtis
He Asked for It