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.
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Films (286)
The Todd Killings
1971 · Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970 · Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Airport
1970 · Waiter at Men's Club
Topaz
1969 · Butler (uncredited)
The Comic
1969 · Funeral Guest (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls
1969 · Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
1967 · Bartender (uncredited)
The Graduate
1967 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
1966 · The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966 · Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
Munster, Go Home!
1966 · Man at Customs (uncredited)
Gunpoint
1966
The Wheeler Dealers
1963 · Waiter (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
1963 · Audience Member (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Gypsy
1962 · Audience Member (uncredited)
Pressure Point
1962 · Bund Meeting Spectator
The Children's Hour
1961 · Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961 · Waiter (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Train Conductor
Who Was That Lady?
1960 · Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960 · Circus Spectator
The Story on Page One
1959 · Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
1959 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Cry Tough
1959
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Man (uncredited)
Murder by Contract
1958 · Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
Home Before Dark
1958 · Waiter at Christmas Party
Money, Women and Guns
1958 · Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 · Barrister (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 · Townsman (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1957 · Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
1957 · Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
1957 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
1957 · Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carnival Rock
1957 · Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
1957 · Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Juror (uncredited)
Designing Woman
1957 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress
1957 · Juror (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Extra (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Ringsider (uncredited)
Anything Goes
1956 · Waiter (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
The Square Jungle
1955
Sincerely Yours
1955 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Illegal
1955 · Butler (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather
1955 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
1955 · Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
1955 · Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955 · Townsman (uncredited)
New York Confidential
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955 · Movie Patron (uncredited)
Battle Cry
1955 · Bartender (uncredited)
Désirée
1954 · Servant (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954 · Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Woman's World
1954 · Servant
The Bounty Hunter
1954 · Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Sabrina
1954 · Bartender (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Restaurant Cook
Dial M for Murder
1954 · Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
The Far Country
1954 · Townsman (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
1953 · Senator (uncredited)
Fort Ti
1953 · Bartender
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Bartender Joe
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Star
1952 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Horizons West
1952 · Barfly (uncredited)
Carrie
1952 · Waiter (uncredited)
High Noon
1952 · Church Member (uncredited)
Hong Kong
1952 · Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Something to Live For
1952 · Waiter (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
1951 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Strange Door
1951
Bannerline
1951
Iron Man
1951 · Waiter (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Waiter (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
1951 · Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
He Ran All the Way
1951 · Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
1951 · Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
1951 · Café Waiter (uncredited)
On the Riviera
1951 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Fight Spectator (uncredited)
M
1951 · Policeman (uncredited)
Frenchie
1950 · Townsman (uncredited)
Let's Dance
1950 · Waiter (uncredited)
All About Eve
1950 · Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Shakedown
1950 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Men
1950 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Louisa
1950 · Waiter (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
1950 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 · Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
1950 · Conventioneer (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949 · Waiter (uncredited)
Alias the Champ
1949 · Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Once More, My Darling
1949 · Waiter
It's a Great Feeling
1949 · Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Special Agent
1949 · Barber's Customer (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Bartender (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 · Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Johnny Allegro
1949
Flamingo Road
1949
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Waiter (Uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Race Street
1948 · Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess
1948 · Bartender (uncredited)
I Walk Alone
1947 · Waiter (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon
1947 · Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Road to Rio
1947 · Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
Body and Soul
1947 · Bartender (uncredited)
The Unsuspected
1947 · Servant with Tray (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · Card Dealer (uncredited)
Ivy
1947 · Barrister (uncredited)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 · Executive (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
1947 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Undercurrent
1946 · Waiter (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
1946 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Verdict
1946 · Constable (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
1946 · Court Spectator (uncredited)
The Big Sleep
1946 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
1946 · Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
1946 · Miner (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
1946 · Detective at Murder Scene
She-Wolf of London
1946 · Constable (uncredited)
Do You Love Me
1946 · Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
The Tiger Woman
1945 · Waiter (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
1945 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Kitty
1945 · Coach Footman (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
1945
The Naughty Nineties
1945 · Troupe Member (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
1945 · Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Hollywood Scout
1945 · Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945 · Footman (uncredited)
A Song to Remember
1945 · Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944 · Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Climax
1944 · Audience Member (Uncredited)
In Society
1944 · Party Waiter (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944 · Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
1943 · Doorman (uncredited)
Government Girl
1943 · Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
The Leopard Man
1943 · Bartender (uncredited)
No Time for Love
1943 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Margin for Error
1943 · Waiter
Tomorrow We Live
1942
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942 · Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling
1942 · Waiter (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
1942 · Waiter at Party
Lady for a Night
1942 · King's Club Worker (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
1941 · Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
1941 · Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
1941 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
The Feminine Touch
1941 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
1941 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Citizen Kane
1941 · Secretary (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
1941 · Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Topper Returns
1941 · Second Butler (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor
1940 · Nightclub Waiter
One Night in the Tropics
1940 · Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Waiter
Hit Parade of 1941
1940 · Waiter
City for Conquest
1940 · Waiter (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Hired Wife
1940 · Waiter
Captain Caution
1940 · English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 · Waiter
Turnabout
1940 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940 · Waiter
Forty Little Mothers
1940 · Waiter
Curtain Call
1940 · Waiter Bringing Caviar
Rebecca
1940 · Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
The Showdown
1940 · Bald Bartender
A Chump at Oxford
1940 · Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
City of Chance
1940 · Waiter
The Earl of Chicago
1940 · Turnkey (uncredited)
Remember?
1939 · Waiter (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939 · Legionnaire
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939 · Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Eternally Yours
1939 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali
1939 · Doorman (uncredited)
Girl from Rio
1939 · Condor Club Headwaiter
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939 · Servant
Stronger Than Desire
1939 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939 · Nightclub Waiter
The Rage of Paris
1938 · Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Test Pilot
1938 · Waiter (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
1938 · Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Butler at Party (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 · Reporter (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
1937 · Headwaiter
The Firefly
1937 · Waiter (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
1937 · Bored Spectator (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande
1937 · Bald Saloon Waiter
Larceny on the Air
1937 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
1936 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936 · Nightclub Waiter
San Francisco
1936 · Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Special Investigator
1936 · Nightclub Waiter
Champagne Charlie
1936 · Extra as Ship Waiter
The Country Doctor
1936 · Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
1936 · Juror (uncredited)
To Beat the Band
1935 · Waiter
A Night at the Opera
1935 · Stagehand (uncredited)
The Old Homestead
1935 · Waiter (uncredited)
His Family Tree
1935 · Man at Mayoral Debate
The Gay Deception
1935 · Waiter (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
1935 · Waiter
The Arizonian
1935 · Waiter in Opera House
Vagabond Lady
1935 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge
1935 · The Butler (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Casino de Paree Waiter
Shadow of Doubt
1935 · Waiter
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 · Banquet Servant
Bachelor Bait
1934 · Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery
1934 · Tony's Butler
The Thin Man
1934 · Bartender (uncredited)
Long Lost Father
1934 · Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
Big Time Or Bust
1933 · Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933 · Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Midnight Mary
1933 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Ex-Lady
1933 · Butler (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth
1932 · Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Faithless
1932 · Croupier
Movie Crazy
1932 · Waiter (Uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · Butler (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
1932 · Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932 · Waiter (uncredited)
Scarface
1932 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
1932 · Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Emma
1932 · Man (uncredited)
West of Broadway
1931 · Waiter (uncredited)
Forgotten Women
1931 · Sleek's Butler
The Guilty Generation
1931 · Victor - Mike's Butler
The Road to Reno
1931 · Waiter
Monkey Business
1931 · Waiter
The Phantom of Paris
1931 · Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
Five and Ten
1931 · Duncan (uncredited)
Smart Money
1931 · Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
The Sky Raiders
1931 · Henchman Conte
Daybreak
1931 · Bartender
Ladies' Man
1931 · Elevator starter
Men Call It Love
1931 · Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Dirigible
1931 · Sailor (uncredited)
Little Caesar
1931 · Waiter (uncredited)
Reaching for the Moon
1930 · Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
New Moon
1930 · Waiter at Ball
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930 · Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Playboy of Paris
1930 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman
1930 · Butler
Let Us Be Gay
1930 · Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Strictly Unconventional
1930 · Footman
Children of Pleasure
1930 · Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Anna Christie
1930 · Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Street of Chance
1930 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Trespasser
1929 · Butler (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs
1928 · Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
Submarine
1928 · Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Racket
1928 · Detective Frisking Nick
Captain Swagger
1928 · Waiter
The Singing Fool
1928 · Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady
1928 · Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
The Patsy
1928 · Waiter (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps
1928 · Apartment Tenant
The Mad Whirl
1925
The Blot
1921 · College Student (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
1919 · Waiter (uncredited)
Séries (15)
Get Smart
1965 · Scientist (uncredited)
Laredo
1965 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Grandpa, Butler (uncredited)
Bewitched
1964 · Waiter (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Patient (uncredited)
Outlaws
1960 · Waiter (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Audience Member (uncredited)
Bonanza
1959 · Delegate (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959 · Bartender (uncredited), Waiter (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Waiter (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957 · Bartender (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Crommer Party Guest (uncredited), Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Juror (uncredited), Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955 · Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Townsman (uncredited)