Birthday:
Jul 19, 1891
Place of Birth: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Place of Birth: Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Thin Man | Bartender (uncredited) | 1934 |
| He Ran All the Way | Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Alias the Champ | Audience Spectator | 1949 |
| Ball of Fire | Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) | 1941 |
| It Started with Eve | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Topaz | Butler (uncredited) | 1969 |
| Lady for a Night | King's Club Worker (uncredited) | 1942 |
| She-Wolf of London | Constable (uncredited) | 1946 |
| The Unsuspected | Servant with Tray (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Fight Spectator (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Townsman (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Hong Kong | Observer at Scene (uncredited) | 1952 |
| The Strange Door | 1951 | |
| It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Executive (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Bannerline | 1951 | |
| Gunpoint | 1966 | |
| Rio Lobo | Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited) | 1970 |
| Support Your Local Gunfighter | Old Chess Player (uncredited) | 1971 |
| Big Time Or Bust | Hammond's Butler (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Five and Ten | Duncan (uncredited) | 1931 |
| The Unholy Wife | Juror (uncredited) | 1957 |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Servant Peeking in Keyhole | 1944 |
| Chicago Confidential | Dixon's Valet (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Do You Love Me | Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited) | 1946 |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Townsman (uncredited) | 1957 |
| The Firefly | Waiter (uncredited) | 1937 |
| The Mysterious Lady | Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited) | 1928 |
| There's Always Tomorrow | 1956 | |
| Lady on a Train | 1945 | |
| Shadow of Doubt | Waiter | 1935 |
| Illegal | Butler (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Remember? | Waiter (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Fort Ti | Bartender | 1953 |
| Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Waiter (uncredited) | 1949 |
| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | 1947 | |
| Who Was That Lady? | Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited) | 1960 |
| Let's Dance | Waiter (uncredited) | 1950 |
| The Tattered Dress | Juror (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Topper Returns | Second Butler (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Reaching for the Moon | Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited) | 1930 |
| The Half-Naked Truth | Hotel Waiter (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Cry Tough | 1959 | |
| Ladies' Man | Elevator starter | 1931 |
| Murder by Contract | Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited) | 1958 |
| Frenchie | Townsman (uncredited) | 1950 |
| New Moon | Waiter at Ball | 1930 |
| Long Lost Father | Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone | 1934 |
| The Gay Deception | Waiter (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Ivy | Barrister (uncredited) | 1947 |
| The Graduate | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 1967 |
| Strictly Unconventional | Footman | 1930 |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | 1953 |
| The Wheeler Dealers | Waiter (uncredited) | 1963 |
| Hollywood Mystery | Tony's Butler | 1934 |
| Ocean's Eleven | Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited) | 1960 |
| The Bad and the Beautiful | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Money, Women and Guns | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | 1958 |
| Louisa | Waiter (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited) | 1971 |
| The Story on Page One | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) | 1959 |
| The Blot | College Student (uncredited) | 1921 |
| Sweet Smell of Success | Waiter at 21 (uncredited) | 1957 |
| The Misses Stooge | The Butler (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Special Investigator | Nightclub Waiter | 1936 |
| Wells Fargo | Headwaiter | 1937 |
| While the City Sleeps | Apartment Tenant | 1928 |
| The Singing Fool | Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) | 1928 |
| To Beat the Band | Waiter | 1935 |
| His Family Tree | Man at Mayoral Debate | 1935 |
| Stronger Than Desire | Waiter (uncredited) | 1939 |
| The Blonde from Singapore | 1941 | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Movie Patron (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Carrie | Waiter (uncredited) | 1952 |
| I Was a Teenage Frankenstein | Rooming House Boarder (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Champagne Charlie | Extra as Ship Waiter | 1936 |
| Zorro's Fighting Legion | Legionnaire | 1939 |
| Shakedown | Waiter (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Playboy of Paris | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1930 |
| A Star Is Born | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) | 1954 |
| All About Eve | Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Room Service Waiter (uncredited) | 1949 |
| The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Nightclub Waiter | 1939 |
| Girl from Rio | Condor Club Headwaiter | 1939 |
| Gypsy | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1962 |
| That's Right – You're Wrong | Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Honeymoon in Bali | Doorman (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Eternally Yours | Nightclub Waiter | 1939 |
| Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Waiter (uncredited) | 1933 |
| Valley of the Dolls | Bartender (uncredited) | 1967 |
| The Far Country | Townsman (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Men Call It Love | Brooks' Butler (uncredited) | 1931 |
| The Country Doctor | Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited) | 1936 |
| The Last Hurrah | Man (uncredited) | 1958 |
| Race Street | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Barrister (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Judgment at Nuremberg | German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited) | 1961 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1962 |
| Daybreak | Bartender | 1931 |
| Zero Hour! | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Emma | Man (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Mary Poppins | Gentleman in Bank (uncredited) | 1964 |
| The Joker is Wild | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Niagara Falls | Waiter (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Street of Chance | Waiter (uncredited) | 1930 |
| Forgotten Women | Sleek's Butler | 1931 |
| Rebecca | Hotel Waiter (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Woman in Hiding | Conventioneer (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Not With My Wife, You Don't | Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited) | 1966 |
| The Earl of Chicago | Turnkey (uncredited) | 1940 |
| North of the Rio Grande | Bald Saloon Waiter | 1937 |
| Edison, the Man | Waiter | 1940 |
| High Noon | Church Member (uncredited) | 1952 |
| On the Riviera | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1951 |
| The Showdown | Bald Bartender | 1940 |
| Buck Benny Rides Again | Waiter | 1940 |
| The Patsy | Waiter (uncredited) | 1928 |
| Battle Cry | Bartender (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Special Agent | Barber's Customer (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Jungle Goddess | Bartender (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Ace in the Hole | Customer at Minosa's (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Fallen Angel | Bus Passenger (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Square Jungle | 1955 | |
| Government Girl | Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) | 1943 |
| The Hoodlum Saint | Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Red-Headed Woman | Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Arizonian | Waiter in Opera House | 1935 |
| City for Conquest | Waiter (uncredited) | 1940 |
| No Time for Comedy | Waiter in Bar (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Hired Wife | Waiter | 1940 |
| A Chump at Oxford | Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited) | 1940 |
| One Night in the Tropics | Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Turnabout | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Captain Caution | English Sailor Who Pleads for Water | 1940 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Nightclub Waiter | 1940 |
| City of Chance | Waiter | 1940 |
| Captain Swagger | Waiter | 1928 |
| Anybody's Woman | Butler | 1930 |
| Dance Charlie Dance | Bored Spectator (uncredited) | 1937 |
| Sing, Baby, Sing | Nightclub Waiter | 1936 |
| No Time for Love | 1943 | |
| The Damned Don't Cry | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Extra (uncredited) | 1956 |
| The Tiger Woman | Waiter (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Citizen Kane | Secretary (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Diamond Jim | Waiter | 1935 |
| Sinner Take All | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Trouble Along the Way | Bartender Joe | 1953 |
| Once More, My Darling | Waiter | 1949 |
| The Road to Reno | Waiter | 1931 |
| Curtain Call | Waiter Bringing Caviar | 1940 |
| Forty Little Mothers | Waiter | 1940 |
| The Trespasser | Butler (uncredited) | 1929 |
| The Woman in Green | Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Feminine Touch | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Elmer Gantry | Train Conductor | 1960 |
| Children of Pleasure | Party Butler #2 (uncredited) | 1930 |
| Mexican Spitfire Out West | Waiter | 1940 |
| The Star | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Bombers B-52 | Nightclub Bartender (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Brooklyn Orchid | Waiter at Party | 1942 |
| The Phantom of Paris | Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited) | 1931 |
| San Francisco | Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Hollywood Scout | Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Best Years of Our Lives | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Woman's World | Servant | 1954 |
| A Place in the Sun | Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited) | 1951 |
| The Walking Dead | Juror (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Daisy Kenyon | Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Airport | Waiter at Men's Club | 1970 |
| Let Us Be Gay | Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien) | 1930 |
| The Seven Year Itch | Man at Train Station (uncredited) | 1955 |
| The Harder They Fall | Ringsider (uncredited) | 1956 |
| The Trouble with Girls | Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited) | 1969 |
| Scarface | Waiter (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Action in the North Atlantic | Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Pack Up Your Troubles | Butler (uncredited) | 1932 |
| A Woman of Affairs | Man Peering Into Room (uncredited) | 1928 |
| Margin for Error | Waiter | 1943 |
| So Proudly We Hail | Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited) | 1943 |
| The Spider Woman | Doorman (uncredited) | 1943 |
| Undercurrent | Waiter (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Faithless | Croupier | 1932 |
| The Rage of Paris | Nightclub Bartender (uncredited) | 1938 |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | Servant | 1939 |
| Pillow Talk | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1959 |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Footman (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Only Yesterday | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| Johnny Allegro | 1949 | |
| King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Waiter (uncredited) | 1961 |
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Waiter (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Court Spectator (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Anna Christie | Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited) | 1930 |
| Ex-Lady | Butler (uncredited) | 1933 |
| The Big Sleep | Waiter (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Hollywood Story | Café Waiter (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Father of the Bride | Waiter (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Bachelor Bait | Waiter #2 (uncredited) | 1934 |
| Body and Soul | Bartender (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Tomorrow We Live | 1942 | |
| Keep 'Em Flying | Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Banquet Servant | 1934 |
| The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Card Dealer (uncredited) | 1947 |
| In Society | Party Waiter (uncredited) | 1944 |
| The Naughty Nineties | Troupe Member (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Time of Their Lives | Danbury Servant (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Some Like It Hot | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 1959 |
| The Wet Parade | Saloon Waiter (uncredited) | 1932 |
| A Song to Remember | Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited) | 1945 |
| The Racket | Detective Frisking Nick | 1928 |
| Road to Rio | Ship's Waiter | 1947 |
| I Walk Alone | Waiter (uncredited) | 1947 |
| Take a Letter, Darling | Waiter (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Dressed to Kill | Detective at Murder Scene | 1946 |
| The Children's Hour | Funeral Assistant (uncredited) | 1961 |
| In Old Chicago | Senate Waiter (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Dial M for Murder | Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Sabrina | Bartender (uncredited) | 1954 |
| Nobody Lives Forever | Waiter (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Smart Money | Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited) | 1931 |
| Pot o' Gold | Country Club Waiter (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Home Before Dark | Waiter at Christmas Party | 1958 |
| Two Sisters from Boston | Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited) | 1946 |
| You Gotta Stay Happy | Waiter (Uncredited) | 1948 |
| Something to Live For | Waiter (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Sorry, Wrong Number | Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited) | 1948 |
| Designing Woman | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Pressure Point | Bund Meeting Spectator | 1962 |
| Go Into Your Dance | Casino de Paree Waiter | 1935 |
| It's Always Fair Weather | Waiter (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Superman and the Mole-Men | Townsman (uncredited) | 1951 |
| The Old Homestead | Waiter (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Carnival Rock | Onlooker at Fire (uncredited) | 1957 |
| Monkey Business | Waiter | 1931 |
| Gold Is Where You Find It | Butler at Party (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus | Circus Spectator | 1960 |
| A Night at the Opera | Stagehand (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Anything Goes | Waiter | 1956 |
| Kitty | Coach Footman (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Daddy Long Legs | Hotel Waiter | 1955 |
| The Falcon Takes Over | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 1942 |
| Movie Crazy | Waiter (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Climax | Audience Member (Uncredited) | 1944 |
| Merrily We Go to Hell | Waiter (uncredited) | 1932 |
| Hit Parade of 1941 | Waiter | 1940 |
| The Guilty Generation | Victor - Mike's Butler | 1931 |
| Swing Shift Maisie | Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited) | 1943 |
| Maisie Gets Her Man | Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited) | 1942 |
| Flamingo Road | 1949 | |
| Undercover Maisie | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 1947 |
| The High and the Mighty | Restaurant Cook | 1954 |
| New York Confidential | 1955 | |
| The Men | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Test Pilot | Waiter (uncredited) | 1938 |
| The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Reporter (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Munster, Go Home! | Man at Customs (uncredited) | 1966 |
| It's a Great Feeling | Saloon Waiter (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Horizons West | Barfly (uncredited) | 1952 |
| The Doolins of Oklahoma | Bartender (uncredited) | 1949 |
| Canyon Passage | Miner (uncredited) | 1946 |
| Sin Takes a Holiday | Waiter at Royal Club | 1930 |
| Vagabond Lady | Waiter (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Midnight Mary | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 1933 |
| The Mad Whirl | 1925 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Twilight Zone | Audience Member (uncredited) | 1959 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Grandpa | 1964 |
| Rawhide | Bartender (uncredited) | 1959 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Juror (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Guest At Demonstration (uncredited) | 1955 |
