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Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-07-19 (133 years old)

Place of Birth

Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

William H. 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

Acting

1971

Support Your Local Gunfighter as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
The Todd Killings as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

1970

Rio Lobo as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Airport as Waiter at Men's Club

1969

Topaz as Butler (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

1967

The Graduate as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls as Bartender (uncredited)

1966

Not With My Wife, You Don't as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
Munster, Go Home! as Man at Customs (uncredited)

1964

1963

The Wheeler Dealers as Waiter (uncredited)

1962

Gypsy as Audience Member (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Pressure Point as Bund Meeting Spectator

1961

Judgment at Nuremberg as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
The Children's Hour as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

1960

Who Was That Lady? as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry as Train Conductor

1959

The Story on Page One as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Pillow Talk as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone as Audience Member (uncredited)
Rawhide as Bartender (uncredited)

1958

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

1957

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)

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days as Extra (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall as Ringsider (uncredited)
Anything Goes as Waiter

1955

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

1954

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

1953

Fort Ti as Bartender
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way as Bartender Joe

1952

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)

1951

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

1950

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)

1949

Alias the Champ as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Waiter (uncredited)
Special Agent as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma as Bartender (uncredited)

1948

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)

1947

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
I Walk Alone as Waiter (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

1946

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)

1945

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)

1944

The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
In Society as Party Waiter (uncredited)
The Climax as Audience Member (Uncredited)

1943

Government Girl as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
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)

1942

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)

1941

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)

1940

Rebecca as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago as Turnkey (uncredited)
Edison, the Man as Waiter
The Showdown as Bald Bartender
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

1939

Remember? as Waiter (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire as Waiter (uncredited)
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

1938

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)

1937

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)

1936

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)

1935

Shadow of Doubt as Waiter
The Gay Deception as Waiter (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge as The Butler (uncredited)
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)

1934

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)

1933

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)

1932

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)

1931

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 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

1930

Reaching for the Moon as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
New Moon as Waiter at Ball
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

1929

The Trespasser as Butler (uncredited)

1928

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

1925

1921

The Blot as College Student (uncredited)