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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
|---|---|
| Born | 1891-07-19 |
| Died | 1981-04-18 |
Movies
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
1971
Airport
as Waiter at Men's Club
1970
Rio Lobo
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
1970
Topaz
as Butler (uncredited)
1969
The Trouble with Girls
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
1969
Valley of the Dolls
as Bartender (uncredited)
1967
The Graduate
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1967
Not With My Wife, You Don't
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
1966
Munster, Go Home!
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
1966
1966
Mary Poppins
as Gentleman in Bank (uncredited)
1964
The Wheeler Dealers
as Waiter (uncredited)
1963
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962
Gypsy
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1962
Pressure Point
as Bund Meeting Spectator
1962
The Children's Hour
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
1961
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Waiter (uncredited)
1961
Ocean's Eleven
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
1960
Elmer Gantry
as Train Conductor
1960
Who Was That Lady?
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1960
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Circus Spectator
1960
The Story on Page One
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
1959
Pillow Talk
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1959
1959
Some Like It Hot
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1959
The Last Hurrah
as Man (uncredited)
1958
Murder by Contract
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
1958
Home Before Dark
as Waiter at Christmas Party
1958
Money, Women and Guns
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1958
Witness for the Prosecution
as Barrister (uncredited)
1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Townsman (uncredited)
1957
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
1957
Bombers B-52
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
1957
Zero Hour!
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1957
The Joker Is Wild
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1957
Carnival Rock
as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
1957
Chicago Confidential
as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
1957
Sweet Smell of Success
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
1957
The Unholy Wife
as Juror (uncredited)
1957
Designing Woman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
The Tattered Dress
as Juror (uncredited)
1957
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Extra (uncredited)
1956
The Harder They Fall
as Ringsider (uncredited)
1956
Anything Goes
as Waiter
1956
Illegal
as Butler (uncredited)
1955
It's Always Fair Weather
as Waiter (uncredited)
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
The Seven Year Itch
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
1955
Daddy Long Legs
as Hotel Waiter
1955
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1955
A Star Is Born
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
1954
Woman's World
as Servant
1954
Sabrina
as Bartender (uncredited)
1954
The High and the Mighty
as Restaurant Cook
1954
Dial M for Murder
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
1954
The Far Country
as Townsman (uncredited)
1954
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1953
Fort Ti
as Bartender
1953
Trouble Along the Way
as Bartender Joe
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1952
The Star
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1952
Carrie
as Waiter (uncredited)
1952
High Noon
as Church Member (uncredited)
1952
Hong Kong
as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
1952
Something to Live For
as Waiter (uncredited)
1952
Superman and the Mole-Men
as Townsman (uncredited)
1951
1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Waiter (uncredited)
1951
Ace in the Hole
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
1951
1951
He Ran All the Way
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
1951
A Place in the Sun
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
1951
Hollywood Story
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
1951
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1951
Frenchie
as Townsman (uncredited)
1950
Let's Dance
as Waiter (uncredited)
1950
All About Eve
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
1950
Shakedown
as Waiter (uncredited)
1950
The Men
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1950
Louisa
as Waiter (uncredited)
1950
Father of the Bride
as Waiter (uncredited)
1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1950
Woman in Hiding
as Conventioneer (uncredited)
1950
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Waiter (uncredited)
1949
Alias the Champ
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1949
Once More, My Darling
as Waiter
1949
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
1949
It's a Great Feeling
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1949
1949
1949
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
1948
Race Street
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1948
Jungle Goddess
as Bartender (uncredited)
1948
I Walk Alone
as Waiter (uncredited)
1947
Road to Rio
as Ship's Waiter
1947
Daisy Kenyon
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
1947
Body and Soul
as Bartender (uncredited)
1947
The Unsuspected
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
1947
Ivy
as Barrister (uncredited)
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Executive (uncredited)
1947
Undercover Maisie
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Undercurrent
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Nobody Lives Forever
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
Angel on My Shoulder
as Court Spectator (uncredited)
1946
The Big Sleep
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
The Time of Their Lives
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
1946
Dressed to Kill
as Detective at Murder Scene
1946
She-Wolf of London
as Constable (uncredited)
1946
Do You Love Me
as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
1946
The Tiger Woman
as Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Fallen Angel
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1945
Kitty
as Coach Footman (uncredited)
1945
1945
The Naughty Nineties
as Troupe Member (uncredited)
1945
The Woman in Green
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Hollywood Scout
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Footman (uncredited)
1945
A Song to Remember
as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
1945
The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
1944
In Society
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
1944
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
1944
The Spider Woman
as Doorman (uncredited)
1943
Government Girl
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
1943
So Proudly We Hail
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
1943
Margin for Error
as Waiter
1943
1942
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
1942
The Falcon Takes Over
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
as Waiter (uncredited)
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
as Waiter at Party
1942
Lady for a Night
as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
1942
Ball of Fire
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
1941
Keep 'Em Flying
as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
1941
Niagara Falls
as Waiter (uncredited)
1941
The Feminine Touch
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1941
It Started with Eve
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1941
Citizen Kane
as Secretary (uncredited)
1941
Pot o' Gold
as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
1941
Topper Returns
as Second Butler (uncredited)
1941
Love Thy Neighbor
as Nightclub Waiter
1940
One Night in the Tropics
as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Waiter
1940
Hit Parade of 1941
as Waiter
1940
City for Conquest
as Waiter (uncredited)
1940
No Time for Comedy
as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
1940
Hired Wife
as Waiter
1940
Captain Caution
as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
1940
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Waiter
1940
Turnabout
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1940
Edison, the Man
as Waiter
1940
Forty Little Mothers
as Waiter
1940
Curtain Call
as Waiter Bringing Caviar
1940
Rebecca
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1940
The Showdown
as Bald Bartender
1940
A Chump at Oxford
as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
1940
City of Chance
as Waiter
1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1940
Remember?
as Waiter (uncredited)
1939
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Legionnaire
1939
That's Right - You're Wrong
as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
1939
Eternally Yours
as Nightclub Waiter
1939
Honeymoon in Bali
as Doorman (uncredited)
1939
Girl from Rio
as Condor Club Headwaiter
1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Servant
1939
Stronger Than Desire
as Waiter (uncredited)
1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Nightclub Waiter
1939
The Rage of Paris
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
1938
Test Pilot
as Waiter (uncredited)
1938
In Old Chicago
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Reporter (uncredited)
1938
Wells Fargo
as Headwaiter
1937
The Firefly
as Waiter (uncredited)
1937
Dance Charlie Dance
as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
1937
North of the Rio Grande
as Bald Saloon Waiter
1937
Sinner Take All
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Nightclub Waiter
1936
San Francisco
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
1936
Special Investigator
as Nightclub Waiter
1936
Champagne Charlie
as Extra as Ship Waiter
1936
The Country Doctor
as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
1936
The Walking Dead
as Juror (uncredited)
1936
To Beat the Band
as Waiter
1935
A Night at the Opera
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1935
The Old Homestead
as Waiter (uncredited)
1935
His Family Tree
as Man at Mayoral Debate
1935
The Gay Deception
as Waiter (uncredited)
1935
Diamond Jim
as Waiter
1935
The Arizonian
as Waiter in Opera House
1935
Go Into Your Dance
as Casino de Paree Waiter
1935
The Misses Stooge
as The Butler (uncredited)
1935
Shadow of Doubt
as Waiter
1935
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Banquet Servant
1934
Bachelor Bait
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
1934
Hollywood Mystery
as Tony's Butler
1934
The Thin Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
1934
Long Lost Father
as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
1934
Big Time Or Bust
as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
1933
Only Yesterday
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1933
Ex-Lady
as Butler (uncredited)
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Waiter (uncredited)
1933
The Half-Naked Truth
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Faithless
as Croupier
1932
Movie Crazy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Butler (uncredited)
1932
Red-Headed Woman
as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Scarface
as Waiter (uncredited)
1932
The Wet Parade
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1932
Emma
as Man (uncredited)
1932
Forgotten Women
as Sleek's Butler
1931
The Guilty Generation
as Victor - Mike's Butler
1931
The Road to Reno
as Waiter
1931
Monkey Business
as Waiter
1931
The Phantom of Paris
as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
1931
Five and Ten
as Duncan (uncredited)
1931
Smart Money
as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
1931
Daybreak
as Bartender
1931
Ladies' Man
as Elevator starter
1931
Men Call It Love
as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
1931
Reaching for the Moon
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
1930
New Moon
as Waiter at Ball
1930
Playboy of Paris
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1930
Anybody's Woman
as Butler
1930
Let Us Be Gay
as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
1930
Strictly Unconventional
as Footman
1930
Children of Pleasure
as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
1930
Anna Christie
as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
1930
Street of Chance
as Waiter (uncredited)
1930
The Trespasser
as Butler (uncredited)
1929
A Woman of Affairs
as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
1928
The Racket
as Detective Frisking Nick
1928
Captain Swagger
as Waiter
1928
The Singing Fool
as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
1928
The Mysterious Lady
as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
1928
The Patsy
as Waiter (uncredited)
1928
While the City Sleeps
as Apartment Tenant
1928
The Blot
as College Student (uncredited)
1921
William H. O'Brien hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
