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William H. O'Brien

Born July 19, 1891Died April 18, 1981

Place of birth: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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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Filmography

Actor (269 credits)

Movies

Support Your Local GunfighterOld Chess Player (uncredited)

Bedknobs and BroomsticksPortobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

The Todd KillingsMr. Miller (uncredited)

Rio LoboMan in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

AirportWaiter at Men's Club

TopazButler (uncredited)

The Trouble with GirlsHotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

The GraduateHotel Guest (uncredited)

Valley of the DollsBartender (uncredited)

Not With My Wife, You Don'tWaiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)

Munster, Go Home!Man at Customs (uncredited)

The Wheeler DealersWaiter (uncredited)

GypsyAudience Member (uncredited)

To Kill a MockingbirdCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Pressure PointBund Meeting Spectator

Judgment at NurembergGerman Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold RothsteinWaiter (uncredited)

The Children's HourFuneral Assistant (uncredited)

Who Was That Lady?Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

Ocean's ElevenWaiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

Elmer GantryTrain Conductor

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a CircusCircus Spectator

The Story on Page OneCourtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Pillow TalkNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Some Like It HotHotel Guest (uncredited)

Murder by ContractHotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)

Money, Women and GunsHotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Last HurrahMan (uncredited)

Home Before DarkWaiter at Christmas Party

The Unholy WifeJuror (uncredited)

Chicago ConfidentialDixon's Valet (uncredited)

The Pied Piper of HamelinTownsman (uncredited)

The Tattered DressJuror (uncredited)

Sweet Smell of SuccessWaiter at 21 (uncredited)

I Was a Teenage FrankensteinRooming House Boarder (uncredited)

Witness for the ProsecutionBarrister (uncredited)

Zero Hour!Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Joker is WildNightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bombers B-52Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

Designing WomanParty Guest (uncredited)

Carnival RockOnlooker at Fire (uncredited)

There's Always Tomorrow

Around the World in Eighty DaysExtra (uncredited)

The Harder They FallRingsider (uncredited)

Anything GoesWaiter

Abbott and Costello Meet the MummyTownsman (uncredited)

IllegalButler (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone KopsMovie Patron (uncredited)

Battle CryBartender (uncredited)

The Square Jungle

The Seven Year ItchMan at Train Station (uncredited)

It's Always Fair WeatherWaiter (uncredited)

Daddy Long LegsHotel Waiter

New York Confidential

A Star Is BornAcademy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

The Far CountryTownsman (uncredited)

Woman's WorldServant

Dial M for MurderWaiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

SabrinaBartender (uncredited)

The High and the MightyRestaurant Cook

Fort TiBartender

Gentlemen Prefer BlondesShip Passenger (uncredited)

Trouble Along the WayBartender Joe

Hong KongObserver at Scene (uncredited)

The Bad and the BeautifulWaiter at Party (uncredited)

CarrieWaiter (uncredited)

High NoonChurch Member (uncredited)

The StarWaiter at Party (uncredited)

Something to Live ForWaiter (uncredited)

Horizons WestBarfly (uncredited)

He Ran All the WayMan Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible ManFight Spectator (uncredited)

The Strange Door

On the RivieraWaiter at Party (uncredited)

Ace in the HoleCustomer at Minosa's (uncredited)

A Place in the SunServant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

A Streetcar Named DesireWaiter (uncredited)

Hollywood StoryCafé Waiter (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole MenTownsman (uncredited)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to TownWaiter at Party (uncredited)

Let's DanceWaiter (uncredited)

FrenchieTownsman (uncredited)

LouisaWaiter (uncredited)

ShakedownWaiter (uncredited)

All About EveWaiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

Woman in HidingConventioneer (uncredited)

The Damned Don't CryWaiter at Party (uncredited)

Father of the BrideWaiter (uncredited)

The MenNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Alias the ChampAudience Spectator (uncredited)

Miss Grant Takes RichmondWaiter (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris KarloffRoom Service Waiter (uncredited)

Special AgentBarber's Customer (uncredited)

Once More, My DarlingWaiter

It's a Great FeelingSaloon Waiter (uncredited)

The Doolins of OklahomaBartender (uncredited)

Race StreetRacetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Jungle GoddessBartender (uncredited)

You Gotta Stay HappyWaiter (Uncredited)

Sorry, Wrong NumberWaiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

The UnsuspectedServant with Tray (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth AvenueExecutive (uncredited)

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

IvyBarrister (uncredited)

Daisy KenyonBartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

Body and SoulBartender (uncredited)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon GapCard Dealer (uncredited)

Road to RioShip's Waiter

I Walk AloneWaiter (uncredited)

Undercover MaisieNightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

She-Wolf of LondonConstable (uncredited)

Do You Love MeWaiter at Mindy's (uncredited)

The Hoodlum SaintWaiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our LivesNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

UndercurrentWaiter (uncredited)

Angel on My ShoulderCourt Spectator (uncredited)

The Big SleepWaiter (uncredited)

The Time of Their LivesDanbury Servant (uncredited)

Dressed to KillDetective at Murder Scene

Nobody Lives ForeverWaiter (uncredited)

Two Sisters from BostonRecording Lab Assistant (uncredited)

Canyon PassageMiner (uncredited)

Lady on a Train

Fallen AngelBus Passenger (uncredited)

The Tiger WomanWaiter (uncredited)

The Woman in GreenPembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood ScoutMan with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian GrayFootman (uncredited)

The Naughty NinetiesTroupe Member (uncredited)

A Song to RememberGuest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

KittyCoach Footman (uncredited)

The Bridge of San Luis ReyServant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)

In SocietyParty Waiter (uncredited)

The ClimaxAudience Member (Uncredited)

Government GirlMan in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

No Time for Love

Action in the North AtlanticLieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)

Margin for ErrorWaiter

So Proudly We HailTroop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

The Spider WomanDoorman (uncredited)

Swing Shift MaisieCourtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

Lady for a NightKing's Club Worker (uncredited)

Brooklyn OrchidWaiter at Party

Tomorrow We Live

Take a Letter, DarlingWaiter (uncredited)

The Falcon Takes OverNightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Maisie Gets Her ManDetective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)

Ball of FireBaseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

It Started with EveNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Topper ReturnsSecond Butler (uncredited)

The Blonde from Singapore

Niagara FallsWaiter (uncredited)

Citizen KaneSecretary (uncredited)

The Feminine TouchNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Keep 'Em FlyingWaiter at Manila Club (uncredited)

Pot o' GoldCountry Club Waiter (uncredited)

RebeccaHotel Waiter (uncredited)

The Earl of ChicagoTurnkey (uncredited)

Edison, the ManWaiter

The ShowdownBald Bartender

Buck Benny Rides AgainWaiter

City for ConquestWaiter (uncredited)

No Time for ComedyWaiter in Bar (uncredited)

A Chump at OxfordMan in Unemployment Office (uncredited)

Hired WifeWaiter

One Night in the TropicsJoe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)

TurnaboutNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Captain CautionEnglish Sailor Who Pleads for Water

Love Thy NeighborNightclub Waiter

City of ChanceWaiter

Curtain CallWaiter Bringing Caviar

Forty Little MothersWaiter

Mexican Spitfire Out WestWaiter

Hit Parade of 1941Waiter

Remember?Waiter (uncredited)

Stronger Than DesireWaiter (uncredited)

Zorro's Fighting LegionLegionnaire

The Gracie Allen Murder CaseNightclub Waiter

Girl from RioCondor Club Headwaiter

That's Right – You're WrongLawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)

Honeymoon in BaliDoorman (uncredited)

Eternally YoursNightclub Waiter

The Man in the Iron MaskServant

The Rage of ParisNightclub Bartender (uncredited)

In Old ChicagoSenate Waiter (uncredited)

Gold Is Where You Find ItButler at Party (uncredited)

Test PilotWaiter (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast of 1938Reporter (uncredited)

The FireflyWaiter (uncredited)

Wells FargoHeadwaiter

North of the Rio GrandeBald Saloon Waiter

Dance Charlie DanceBored Spectator (uncredited)

Special InvestigatorNightclub Waiter

Champagne CharlieExtra as Ship Waiter

The Country DoctorWaiter in Restaurant (uncredited)

Sing, Baby, SingNightclub Waiter

Sinner Take AllNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

San FranciscoWaiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)

The Walking DeadJuror (uncredited)

Shadow of DoubtWaiter

The Gay DeceptionWaiter (uncredited)

The Misses StoogeThe Butler (uncredited)

To Beat the BandWaiter

His Family TreeMan at Mayoral Debate

The ArizonianWaiter in Opera House

Diamond JimWaiter

Go Into Your DanceCasino de Paree Waiter

The Old HomesteadWaiter (uncredited)

A Night at the OperaStagehand (uncredited)

Vagabond LadyWaiter (uncredited)

The Thin ManBartender (uncredited)

Long Lost FatherWaiter Getting Carl to Telephone

Hollywood MysteryTony's Butler

Bachelor BaitWaiter #2 (uncredited)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes BackBanquet Servant

Big Time Or BustHammond's Butler (uncredited)

Hallelujah, I'm a BumWaiter (uncredited)

Only YesterdayNightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Ex-LadyButler (uncredited)

Midnight MaryNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Half-Naked TruthHotel Waiter (uncredited)

EmmaMan (uncredited)

Red-Headed WomanWaiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)

ScarfaceWaiter (uncredited)

Pack Up Your TroublesButler (uncredited)

FaithlessCroupier

The Wet ParadeSaloon Waiter (uncredited)

Movie CrazyWaiter (Uncredited)

Merrily We Go to HellWaiter (uncredited)

Five and TenDuncan (uncredited)

Ladies' ManElevator starter

Men Call It LoveBrooks' Butler (uncredited)

DaybreakBartender

Forgotten WomenSleek's Butler

The Road to RenoWaiter

The Phantom of ParisChéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)

Smart MoneyNick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)

Monkey BusinessWaiter

The Guilty GenerationVictor - Mike's Butler

Reaching for the MoonServant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

New MoonWaiter at Ball

Strictly UnconventionalFootman

Playboy of ParisNightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Street of ChanceWaiter (uncredited)

Anybody's WomanButler

Children of PleasureParty Butler #2 (uncredited)

Let Us Be GayStruthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)

Anna ChristieWaiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

Sin Takes a HolidayWaiter at Royal Club

The TrespasserButler (uncredited)

The Mysterious LadyCafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)

While the City SleepsApartment Tenant

The Singing FoolWaiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

The PatsyWaiter (uncredited)

Captain SwaggerWaiter

A Woman of AffairsMan Peering Into Room (uncredited)

The RacketDetective Frisking Nick

The BlotCollege Student (uncredited)

Tv

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

The Twilight ZoneAudience Member (uncredited)

RawhideBartender (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsJuror (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsGuest At Demonstration (uncredited)