William H. O'Brien

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.

Birthday

Jul 19, 1891

Place of birth

Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Deathday

Apr 18, 1981

Also known as

William O'Brien
Bill O'Brien

Credited in

As cast

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