William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Acting

1891-07-19

Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Died: 1981-04-18

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.

Appears In

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

as Bartender (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Bonanza

Bonanza

as Delegate (uncredited)

Bewitched

Bewitched

as Waiter (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)

Rawhide

Rawhide

as Bartender (uncredited)

Rawhide

Rawhide

as Waiter (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Waiter (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Juror (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Grandpa

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Butler (uncredited)

The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter

as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

as Secretary (uncredited)

Laredo

Laredo

as Townsman (uncredited)

The Racket

The Racket

as Detective Frisking Nick

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

Iron Man

Iron Man

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Spider Woman

The Spider Woman

as Doorman (uncredited)

Larceny on the Air

Larceny on the Air

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather

as Waiter (uncredited)

High Noon

High Noon

as Church Member (uncredited)

The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle

Forty Little Mothers

Forty Little Mothers

as Waiter

Strictly Unconventional

Strictly Unconventional

as Footman

Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Graduate

The Graduate

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Sabrina

Sabrina

as Bartender (uncredited)

He Ran All the Way

He Ran All the Way

as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)

There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice

as Audience Member (uncredited)

The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

as Extra as Ship Waiter

Brooklyn Orchid

Brooklyn Orchid

as Waiter at Party

Illegal

Illegal

as Butler (uncredited)

The Climax

The Climax

as Audience Member (Uncredited)

New York Confidential

New York Confidential

West of Broadway

West of Broadway

as Waiter (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Home Before Dark

Home Before Dark

as Waiter at Christmas Party

Battle Cry

Battle Cry

as Bartender (uncredited)

Gunpoint

Gunpoint

The Men

The Men

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Blot

The Blot

as College Student (uncredited)

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry

as Train Conductor

Long Lost Father

Long Lost Father

as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

Alias the Champ

Alias the Champ

as Audience Spectator (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

as Troupe Member (uncredited)

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

as Waiter (uncredited)

Diamond Jim

Diamond Jim

as Waiter

Race Street

Race Street

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Take a Letter, Darling

Take a Letter, Darling

as Waiter (uncredited)

You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Waiter (Uncredited)

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

as Waiter

Test Pilot

Test Pilot

as Waiter (uncredited)

Anything Goes

Anything Goes

as Waiter

Special Investigator

Special Investigator

as Nightclub Waiter

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

as Waiter (uncredited)

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me

as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)

Children of Pleasure

Children of Pleasure

as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)

Five and Ten

Five and Ten

as Duncan (uncredited)

Lady for a Night

Lady for a Night

as King's Club Worker (uncredited)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman

as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)

The Tattered Dress

The Tattered Dress

as Juror (uncredited)

Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro

Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

Curtain Call

Curtain Call

as Waiter Bringing Caviar

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

as Senate Waiter (uncredited)

The Delicious Little Devil

The Delicious Little Devil

as Waiter (uncredited)

One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)

Special Agent

Special Agent

as Barber's Customer (uncredited)

Road to Rio

Road to Rio

as Ship's Waiter

Anna Christie

Anna Christie

as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

Chicago Confidential

Chicago Confidential

as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)

Hired Wife

Hired Wife

as Waiter

Undercurrent

Undercurrent

as Waiter (uncredited)

Tomorrow We Live

Tomorrow We Live

Daybreak

Daybreak

as Bartender

Smart Money

Smart Money

as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)

Rebecca

Rebecca

as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Carrie

Carrie

as Waiter (uncredited)

Ladies' Man

Ladies' Man

as Elevator starter

Bachelor Bait

Bachelor Bait

as Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

as Barrister (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

Horizons West

Horizons West

as Barfly (uncredited)

Scarface

Scarface

as Waiter (uncredited)

Pot o' Gold

Pot o' Gold

as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

All About Eve

All About Eve

as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

Movie Crazy

Movie Crazy

as Waiter (Uncredited)

Remember?

Remember?

as Waiter (uncredited)

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

as Hotel Waiter

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

as Man (uncredited)

Anybody's Woman

Anybody's Woman

as Butler

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Trespasser

The Trespasser

as Butler (uncredited)

Désirée

Désirée

as Servant (uncredited)

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade

as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon

as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

The Unholy Wife

The Unholy Wife

as Juror (uncredited)

The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception

as Waiter (uncredited)

Topaz

Topaz

as Butler (uncredited)

Ivy

Ivy

as Barrister (uncredited)

Eternally Yours

Eternally Yours

as Nightclub Waiter

The Blonde from Singapore

The Blonde from Singapore

Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

Faithless

Faithless

as Croupier

In Society

In Society

as Party Waiter (uncredited)

Murder by Contract

Murder by Contract

as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)

On the Riviera

On the Riviera

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

as Extra (uncredited)

I Walk Alone

I Walk Alone

as Waiter (uncredited)

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)

Dirigible

Dirigible

as Sailor (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

as Observer at Scene (uncredited)

Shakedown

Shakedown

as Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Mystery

Hollywood Mystery

as Tony's Butler

Body and Soul

Body and Soul

as Bartender (uncredited)

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

Submarine

Submarine

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

as Bartender (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie

Undercover Maisie

as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Kitty

Kitty

as Coach Footman (uncredited)

Men Call It Love

Men Call It Love

as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

as Detective at Murder Scene

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday

as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Frenchie

Frenchie

as Townsman (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers

as Waiter (uncredited)

North of the Rio Grande

North of the Rio Grande

as Bald Saloon Waiter

Airport

Airport

as Waiter at Men's Club

Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Jungle Goddess

Jungle Goddess

as Bartender (uncredited)

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

as Restaurant Cook

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

as Ringsider (uncredited)

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

as Senator (uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail

So Proudly We Hail

as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)

Gypsy

Gypsy

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Once More, My Darling

Once More, My Darling

as Waiter

The Far Country

The Far Country

as Townsman (uncredited)

Captain Swagger

Captain Swagger

as Waiter

Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green

as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

San Francisco

San Francisco

as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)

Woman's World

Woman's World

as Servant

Fort Ti

Fort Ti

as Bartender

Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire

as Waiter (uncredited)

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

as Waiter (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Executive (uncredited)

The Half-Naked Truth

The Half-Naked Truth

as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

as Footman (uncredited)

Bannerline

Bannerline

Hollywood Scout

Hollywood Scout

as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

as Stagehand (uncredited)

Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Let's Dance

Let's Dance

as Waiter (uncredited)

Pressure Point

Pressure Point

as Bund Meeting Spectator

City for Conquest

City for Conquest

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Comic

The Comic

as Funeral Guest (uncredited)

Big Time Or Bust

Big Time Or Bust

as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)

It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole Men

Superman and the Mole Men

as Townsman (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

as Movie Patron (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

as Danbury Servant (uncredited)

Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

as Miner (uncredited)

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Old Chess Player (uncredited)

Designing Woman

Designing Woman

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

as Waiter

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

as Servant

The Joker is Wild

The Joker is Wild

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

as Townsman (uncredited)

The Star

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

as Court Spectator (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Flying

Keep 'Em Flying

as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)

Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story

as Café Waiter (uncredited)

Topper Returns

Topper Returns

as Second Butler (uncredited)

The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

The Leopard Man

The Leopard Man

as Bartender (uncredited)

Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston

as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)

A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember

as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

as Juror (uncredited)

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)

No Time for Love

No Time for Love

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Unsuspected

The Unsuspected

as Servant with Tray (uncredited)

Bombers B-52

Bombers B-52

as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over

as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story

as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)

Munster, Go Home!

Munster, Go Home!

as Man at Customs (uncredited)

Sin Takes a Holiday

Sin Takes a Holiday

as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)

Captain Caution

Captain Caution

as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water

Who Was That Lady?

Who Was That Lady?

as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

The Mysterious Lady

The Mysterious Lady

as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)

Turnabout

Turnabout

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Government Girl

Government Girl

as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

as Butler (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs

A Woman of Affairs

as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)

Emma

Emma

as Man (uncredited)

Woman in Hiding

Woman in Hiding

as Conventioneer (uncredited)

Something to Live For

Something to Live For

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Doolins of Oklahoma

The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Bartender (uncredited)

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

as Circus Spectator

The Firefly

The Firefly

as Waiter (uncredited)

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

as Waiter

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Zorro's Fighting Legion

as Legionnaire

The Strange Door

The Strange Door

Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way

as Bartender Joe

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

as Card Dealer (uncredited)

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as Waiter (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings

as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

Ex-Lady

Ex-Lady

as Butler (uncredited)

Hit Parade of 1941

Hit Parade of 1941

as Waiter

Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon

as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)

Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

as Nightclub Waiter

New Moon

New Moon

as Waiter at Ball

Gold Is Where You Find It

Gold Is Where You Find It

as Butler at Party (uncredited)

Sinner Take All

Sinner Take All

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London

as Constable (uncredited)

The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One

as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Sing, Baby, Sing

Sing, Baby, Sing

as Nightclub Waiter

Dance Charlie Dance

Dance Charlie Dance

as Bored Spectator (uncredited)

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)

Forgotten Women

Forgotten Women

as Sleek's Butler

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

as Waiter (uncredited)

Louisa

Louisa

as Waiter (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

as Apartment Tenant

Honeymoon in Bali

Honeymoon in Bali

as Doorman (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West

as Waiter

Cry Tough

Cry Tough

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

as Headwaiter

The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Street of Chance

Street of Chance

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

as Reporter (uncredited)

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Townsman (uncredited)

The Patsy

The Patsy

as Waiter (uncredited)

His Family Tree

His Family Tree

as Man at Mayoral Debate

The Rage of Paris

The Rage of Paris

as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

The Phantom of Paris

The Phantom of Paris

as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)

Playboy of Paris

Playboy of Paris

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

as Banquet Servant

The Arizonian

The Arizonian

as Waiter in Opera House

Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)

One of Our Spies Is Missing

One of Our Spies Is Missing

as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Road to Reno

The Road to Reno

as Waiter

No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)

The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago

as Turnkey (uncredited)

That's Right – You're Wrong

That's Right – You're Wrong

as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Tiger Woman

The Tiger Woman

as Waiter (uncredited)

Vagabond Lady

Vagabond Lady

as Waiter (uncredited)

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Showdown

The Showdown

as Bald Bartender

The Guilty Generation

The Guilty Generation

as Victor - Mike's Butler

To Beat the Band

To Beat the Band

as Waiter

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again

as Waiter

The Singing Fool

The Singing Fool

as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

Let Us Be Gay

Let Us Be Gay

as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)

Go Into Your Dance

Go Into Your Dance

as Casino de Paree Waiter

City of Chance

City of Chance

as Waiter

Love Thy Neighbor

Love Thy Neighbor

as Nightclub Waiter

Carnival Rock

Carnival Rock

as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)

Margin for Error

Margin for Error

as Waiter

The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

as Waiter (uncredited)

Girl from Rio

Girl from Rio

as Condor Club Headwaiter

The Mad Whirl

The Mad Whirl

The Misses Stooge

The Misses Stooge

as The Butler (uncredited)

The Sky Raiders

The Sky Raiders

as Henchman Conte