Acting
William H. O'Brien
EN cinema · 286 credits
Born
19 July 1891
Died
18 April 1981 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as William O'Brien · Bill 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.
Known for
Filmography
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
The Todd Killings
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Airport
as Waiter at Men's Club
Topaz
as Butler (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
The Comic
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
The Graduate
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
as Bartender (uncredited)
Gunpoint
Actor
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
Munster, Go Home!
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers
as Waiter (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Gypsy
as Audience Member (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Pressure Point
as Bund Meeting Spectator
Judgment at Nuremberg
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Children's Hour
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry
as Train Conductor
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Circus Spectator
The Story on Page One
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Murder by Contract
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
as Man (uncredited)
Home Before Dark
as Waiter at Christmas Party
The Unholy Wife
as Juror (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress
as Juror (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
as Barrister (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Designing Woman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Carnival Rock
as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
as Extra (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Anything Goes
as Waiter (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Townsman (uncredited)
Illegal
as Butler (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Battle Cry
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather
as Waiter (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Sincerely Yours
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
The Far Country
as Townsman (uncredited)
Woman's World
as Servant
Dial M for Murder
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Sabrina
as Bartender (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
as Restaurant Cook
Désirée
as Servant (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Fort Ti
as Bartender
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
as Bartender Joe
Julius Caesar
as Senator (uncredited)
Hong Kong
as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Carrie
as Waiter (uncredited)
High Noon
as Church Member (uncredited)
The Star
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Something to Live For
as Waiter (uncredited)
Horizons West
as Barfly (uncredited)
He Ran All the Way
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
On the Riviera
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Waiter (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
as Townsman (uncredited)
Iron Man
as Waiter (uncredited)
M
as Policeman (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Let's Dance
as Waiter (uncredited)
Frenchie
as Townsman (uncredited)
Louisa
as Waiter (uncredited)
Shakedown
as Waiter (uncredited)
All About Eve
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
as Conventioneer (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Men
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Alias the Champ
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Waiter (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Special Agent
as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
Once More, My Darling
as Waiter
It's a Great Feeling
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Bartender (uncredited)
Race Street
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess
as Bartender (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
The Unsuspected
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Executive (uncredited)
Ivy
as Barrister (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Body and Soul
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
Road to Rio
as Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
I Walk Alone
as Waiter (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London
as Constable (uncredited)
Do You Love Me
as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Undercurrent
as Waiter (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
as Court Spectator (uncredited)
The Big Sleep
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
as Detective at Murder Scene
Nobody Lives Forever
as Waiter (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
as Miner (uncredited)
The Verdict
as Constable (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Tiger Woman
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Hollywood Scout
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Footman (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
as Troupe Member (uncredited)
A Song to Remember
as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Kitty
as Coach Footman (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
In Society
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
as Waiter (uncredited)
Government Girl
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
No Time for Love
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Margin for Error
as Waiter
So Proudly We Hail
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
The Spider Woman
as Doorman (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
The Leopard Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
Lady for a Night
as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Waiter at Party
Take a Letter, Darling
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Ball of Fire
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Topper Returns
as Second Butler (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
as Waiter (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
as Secretary (uncredited)
The Feminine Touch
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Rebecca
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
as Waiter
The Showdown
as Bald Bartender
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Waiter
City for Conquest
as Waiter (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Hired Wife
as Waiter
A Chump at Oxford
as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
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
Curtain Call
as Waiter Bringing Caviar
Forty Little Mothers
as Waiter
Hit Parade of 1941
as Waiter
Remember?
as Waiter (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
as Waiter (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Legionnaire
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Nightclub Waiter
Girl from Rio
as Condor Club Headwaiter
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali
as Doorman (uncredited)
Eternally Yours
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Servant
The Rage of Paris
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
Test Pilot
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Firefly
as Waiter (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
as Headwaiter
North of the Rio Grande
as Bald Saloon Waiter
Dance Charlie Dance
as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Larceny on the Air
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Special Investigator
as Nightclub Waiter
Champagne Charlie
as Extra as Ship Waiter
The Country Doctor
as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Nightclub Waiter
Sinner Take All
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
San Francisco
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
as Juror (uncredited)
Shadow of Doubt
as Waiter
The Gay Deception
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge
as The Butler (uncredited)
To Beat the Band
as Waiter
His Family Tree
as Man at Mayoral Debate
The Arizonian
as Waiter in Opera House
Diamond Jim
as Waiter
Go Into Your Dance
as Casino de Paree Waiter
The Old Homestead
as Waiter (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Thin Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
Long Lost Father
as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
Hollywood Mystery
as Tony's Butler
Bachelor Bait
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Banquet Servant
Big Time Or Bust
as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Waiter (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Ex-Lady
as Butler (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Emma
as Man (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Scarface
as Waiter (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Butler (uncredited)
Faithless
as Croupier
The Wet Parade
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Movie Crazy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Waiter (uncredited)
Five and Ten
as Duncan (uncredited)
Ladies' Man
as Elevator starter
Men Call It Love
as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Daybreak
as Bartender
Forgotten Women
as Sleek's Butler
The Road to Reno
as Waiter
The Phantom of Paris
as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
Smart Money
as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
Monkey Business
as Waiter
The Guilty Generation
as Victor - Mike's Butler
West of Broadway
as Waiter (uncredited)
Dirigible
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Sky Raiders
as Henchman Conte
Little Caesar
as Waiter (uncredited)
Reaching for the Moon
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
New Moon
as Waiter at Ball
Strictly Unconventional
as Footman
Playboy of Paris
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Street of Chance
as Waiter (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman
as Butler
Children of Pleasure
as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay
as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Anna Christie
as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Sin Takes a Holiday
as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
The Trespasser
as Butler (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady
as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps
as Apartment Tenant
The Singing Fool
as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
The Patsy
as Waiter (uncredited)
Captain Swagger
as Waiter
A Woman of Affairs
as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
The Racket
as Detective Frisking Nick
Submarine
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Blot
as College Student (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
as Waiter (uncredited)