
William H. O'Brien
Known for Acting · 299 credits
- Born
- 1891-07-19
- Died
- 1981-04-18
- Place of birth
- Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as
- William O'Brien · Bill 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.
Known For
TV Shows (15)

Perry Mason
1957
as Bartender (uncredited)

Bonanza
1959
as Delegate (uncredited)

Get Smart
1965
as Scientist (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Audience Member (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Crommer Party Guest (uncredited) / Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Bewitched
1964
as Waiter (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Patient (uncredited)

Cheyenne
1955
as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)

Rawhide
1959
as Bartender (uncredited) / Waiter (uncredited)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Townsman (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Waiter (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Juror (uncredited) / Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Grandpa / Butler (uncredited)

Laredo
1965
as Townsman (uncredited)

Outlaws
1960
as Waiter (uncredited)
Movies (284)

Some Like It Hot
1959
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Barrister (uncredited)

Citizen Kane
1941
as Secretary (uncredited)

High Noon
1952
as Church Member (uncredited)

The Graduate
1967
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Rebecca
1940
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Sabrina
1954
as Bartender (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Extra (uncredited)

Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

All About Eve
1950
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)

A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
as Waiter (uncredited)

Dial M for Murder
1954
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

Hollywood Mystery
1934
as Tony's Butler

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

The Big Sleep
1946
as Waiter (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

Scarface
1932
as Waiter (uncredited)

Airport
1970
as Waiter at Men's Club

Daddy Long Legs
1955
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Seven Year Itch
1955
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

Topaz
1969
as Butler (uncredited)

Pillow Talk
1959
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Footman (uncredited)

Rio Lobo
1970
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

The High and the Mighty
1954
as Restaurant Cook

Ace in the Hole
1951
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)

Désirée
1954
as Servant (uncredited)

Bachelor Bait
1934
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Jungle Goddess
1948
as Bartender (uncredited)

Julius Caesar
1953
as Senator (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls
1967
as Bartender (uncredited)

The Harder They Fall
1956
as Ringsider (uncredited)

Sweet Smell of Success
1957
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)

Father of the Bride
1950
as Waiter (uncredited)

The Thin Man
1934
as Bartender (uncredited)

A Star Is Born
1954
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Captain Swagger
1928
as Waiter

Dirigible
1931
as Sailor (uncredited)

The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Fallen Angel
1945
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Children's Hour
1961
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun
1951
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

Ball of Fire
1941
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Waiter (uncredited)

The Bounty Hunter
1954
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)

Battle Cry
1955
as Bartender (uncredited)

Little Caesar
1931
as Waiter (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie
1947
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Let's Dance
1950
as Waiter (uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail
1943
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)

The Far Country
1954
as Townsman (uncredited)

Murder by Contract
1958
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives
1946
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)

Government Girl
1943
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Body and Soul
1947
as Bartender (uncredited)

Canyon Passage
1946
as Miner (uncredited)

The Woman in Green
1945
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Scout
1945
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

The Men
1950
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Gypsy
1962
as Audience Member (uncredited)

The Trouble with Girls
1969
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

Special Agent
1949
as Barber's Customer (uncredited)

It's Always Fair Weather
1955
as Waiter (uncredited)

Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)

Elmer Gantry
1960
as Train Conductor

The Unsuspected
1947
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)

The Tattered Dress
1957
as Juror (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole Men
1951
as Townsman (uncredited)

One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)

Fort Ti
1953
as Bartender

The Naughty Nineties
1945
as Troupe Member (uncredited)

The Last Hurrah
1958
as Man (uncredited)

Illegal
1955
as Butler (uncredited)

Munster, Go Home!
1966
as Man at Customs (uncredited)

Undercurrent
1946
as Waiter (uncredited)

Topper Returns
1941
as Second Butler (uncredited)

Bombers B-52
1957
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

In Old Chicago
1938
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill
1946
as Detective at Murder Scene

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Executive (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
as Townsman (uncredited)

Designing Woman
1957
as Party Guest (uncredited)

The Unholy Wife
1957
as Juror (uncredited)

Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)

He Ran All the Way
1951
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)

Five and Ten
1931
as Duncan (uncredited)

The Joker is Wild
1957
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

The Walking Dead
1936
as Juror (uncredited)

The Damned Don't Cry
1950
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Bartender Joe

San Francisco
1936
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)

Horizons West
1952
as Barfly (uncredited)

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Train Passenger (uncredited)

There's Always Tomorrow
1956

Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939
as Legionnaire

I Walk Alone
1947
as Waiter (uncredited)

Only Yesterday
1933
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

The Blonde from Singapore
1941

The Gay Deception
1935
as Waiter (uncredited)

Flamingo Road
1949

The Wet Parade
1932
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

In Society
1944
as Party Waiter (uncredited)

Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Waiter (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Monkey Business
1931
as Waiter

Pressure Point
1962
as Bund Meeting Spectator

Who Was That Lady?
1960
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
as Circus Spectator

Woman in Hiding
1950
as Conventioneer (uncredited)

Hollywood Story
1951
as Café Waiter (uncredited)

Diamond Jim
1935
as Waiter

Daisy Kenyon
1947
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

The Strange Door
1951
About 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. With 299 credits spanning from 1919 to 1971, William H. O'Brien has appeared in 284 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular William H. O'Brien Movies
- Some Like It Hot (1959) — as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — as Barrister (uncredited)
- Citizen Kane (1941) — as Secretary (uncredited)
- High Noon (1952) — as Church Member (uncredited)
- The Graduate (1967) — as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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