CINEFILER

William H. O'Brien

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