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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 19, 1891
Died
April 18, 1981
Place of Birth
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
- William O'Brien
- Bill O'Brien
William H. O'Brien
2.7 Popularity
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
4.1
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
The Todd Killings
1971
7.0
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
6.6
Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
6.5
Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970
6.5
Waiter at Men's Club
Airport
1970
6.0
Butler (uncredited)
Topaz
1969
5.9
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
The Comic
1969
4.7
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls
1969
6.0
Bartender (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
1967
7.6
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Graduate
1967
Credits
The Todd Killings
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
1971
4.1
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
1971
7.0
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
1971
6.6
Rio Lobo
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
1970
6.5
Airport
as Waiter at Men's Club
1970
6.5
Topaz
as Butler (uncredited)
1969
6.0
The Comic
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
1969
5.9
The Trouble with Girls
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
1969
4.7
Valley of the Dolls
as Bartender (uncredited)
1967
6.0
The Graduate
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1967
7.6
One of Our Spies Is Missing
as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
1966
5.3
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
1966
5.5
Munster, Go Home!
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
1966
6.4
Gunpoint
1966
6.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Grandpa
1964
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Butler (uncredited)
1964
7.1
Bewitched
as Waiter (uncredited)
1964
7.9
The Wheeler Dealers
as Waiter (uncredited)
1963
6.2
Critic's Choice
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1963
5.6
To Kill a Mockingbird
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1962
8.0
Gypsy
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1962
6.3
Pressure Point
as Bund Meeting Spectator
1962
6.5
The Children's Hour
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
1961
7.7
Judgment at Nuremberg
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
1961
8.0
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
as Waiter (uncredited)
1961
6.0
Ocean's Eleven
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
1960
6.4
Elmer Gantry
as Train Conductor
1960
7.3
Who Was That Lady?
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
1960
6.3
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Circus Spectator
1960
6.1
The Story on Page One
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
1959
4.3
Pillow Talk
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1959
7.1
The Twilight Zone
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1959
8.5
Bonanza
as Delegate (uncredited)
1959
7.5
Cry Tough
1959
5.8
Some Like It Hot
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1959
8.1
Rawhide
as Bartender (uncredited)
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Waiter (uncredited)
1959
7.2
The Last Hurrah
as Man (uncredited)
1958
7.2
Murder by Contract
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
1958
6.7
Home Before Dark
as Waiter at Christmas Party
1958
7.0
Money, Women and Guns
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1958
5.3
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Waiter (uncredited)
1958
6.8
Witness for the Prosecution
as Barrister (uncredited)
1957
8.2
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Townsman (uncredited)
1957
5.4
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
1957
5.6
Bombers B-52
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
1957
5.6
Zero Hour!
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1957
6.6
The Helen Morgan Story
as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
5.0
The Joker is Wild
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1957
8.0
Perry Mason
as Bartender (uncredited)
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
1957
7.3
Carnival Rock
as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
1957
4.4
Chicago Confidential
as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
1957
4.8
Sweet Smell of Success
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
1957
7.6
The Unholy Wife
as Juror (uncredited)
1957
4.4
Designing Woman
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957
6.5
The Tattered Dress
as Juror (uncredited)
1957
5.2
Around the World in 80 Days
as Extra (uncredited)
1956
6.6
The Harder They Fall
as Ringsider (uncredited)
1956
7.1
Anything Goes
as Waiter
1956
6.0
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
7.1
The Square Jungle
1955
5.9
Illegal
as Butler (uncredited)
1955
6.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Juror (uncredited)
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)
1955
7.8
Cheyenne
as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)
1955
6.0
It's Always Fair Weather
as Waiter (uncredited)
1955
7.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
6.0
The Seven Year Itch
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
1955
7.1
Daddy Long Legs
as Hotel Waiter
1955
6.4
New York Confidential
1955
5.9
Battle Cry
as Bartender (uncredited)
1955
5.6
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
1955
6.1
Désirée
as Servant (uncredited)
1954
6.6
A Star Is Born
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
1954
7.1
Woman's World
as Servant
1954
7.1
The Bounty Hunter
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1954
6.6
Sabrina
as Bartender (uncredited)
1954
7.5
The High and the Mighty
as Restaurant Cook
1954
5.9
Dial M for Murder
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
1954
8.0
The Far Country
as Townsman (uncredited)
1954
6.9
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1953
7.3
Julius Caesar
as Senator (uncredited)
1953
7.1
Fort Ti
as Bartender
1953
6.5
Trouble Along the Way
as Bartender Joe
1953
5.9
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1952
7.3
The Star
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1952
7.2
Horizons West
as Barfly (uncredited)
1952
6.2
Carrie
as Waiter (uncredited)
1952
6.4
High Noon
as Church Member (uncredited)
1952
7.7
Hong Kong
as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
1952
4.5
Something to Live For
as Waiter (uncredited)
1952
6.8
Superman and the Mole Men
as Townsman (uncredited)
1951
5.3
Bannerline
1951
6.0
Iron Man
as Waiter (uncredited)
1951
6.1
A Streetcar Named Desire
as Waiter (uncredited)
1951
7.6
Ace in the Hole
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
1951
7.9
The Strange Door
1951
6.1
He Ran All the Way
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
1951
7.2
A Place in the Sun
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
1951
7.3
Hollywood Story
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
1951
6.6
On the Riviera
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1951
5.9
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1951
6.3
Frenchie
as Townsman (uncredited)
1950
5.7
Let's Dance
as Waiter (uncredited)
1950
5.6
All About Eve
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
1950
8.1
Shakedown
as Waiter (uncredited)
1950
6.2
The Men
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1950
7.0
Louisa
as Waiter (uncredited)
1950
6.1
Father of the Bride
as Waiter (uncredited)
1950
7.0
The Damned Don't Cry
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1950
7.0
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
1950
6.1
Woman in Hiding
as Conventioneer (uncredited)
1950
6.2
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Waiter (uncredited)
1949
5.0
Alias the Champ
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Once More, My Darling
as Waiter
1949
5.7
It's a Great Feeling
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1949
5.8
Special Agent
as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
1949
0.0
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Bartender (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Johnny Allegro
1949
6.4
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
1949
6.5
Flamingo Road
1949
7.0
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
1948
6.4
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Race Street
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
1948
5.8
Jungle Goddess
as Bartender (uncredited)
1948
2.6
I Walk Alone
as Waiter (uncredited)
1947
6.5
Daisy Kenyon
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
1947
6.6
Road to Rio
as Ship's Waiter
1947
6.8
Body and Soul
as Bartender (uncredited)
1947
6.7
The Unsuspected
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
1947
6.6
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
1947
6.1
Ivy
as Barrister (uncredited)
1947
6.6
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
6.1
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Executive (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Undercover Maisie
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1947
8.0
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1946
7.8
Undercurrent
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
5.9
Nobody Lives Forever
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
6.2
Angel on My Shoulder
as Court Spectator (uncredited)
1946
6.4
The Big Sleep
as Waiter (uncredited)
1946
7.6
The Time of Their Lives
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
1946
7.1
Canyon Passage
as Miner (uncredited)
1946
6.6
Two Sisters from Boston
as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Dressed to Kill
as Detective at Murder Scene
1946
6.6
Do You Love Me
as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
1946
4.8
She-Wolf of London
as Constable (uncredited)
1946
5.5
The Hoodlum Saint
as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
1946
5.2
The Tiger Woman
as Waiter (uncredited)
1945
5.3
Fallen Angel
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1945
6.5
Kitty
as Coach Footman (uncredited)
1945
5.5
Lady on a Train
1945
6.6
The Naughty Nineties
as Troupe Member (uncredited)
1945
6.6
The Woman in Green
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
1945
6.4
Hollywood Scout
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
1945
0.0
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Footman (uncredited)
1945
7.1
A Song to Remember
as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
1945
6.3
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
1944
7.1
The Climax
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
1944
5.5
In Society
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
1944
5.8
Christmas Holiday
as Waiter (uncredited)
1944
6.4
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
1944
6.0
The Spider Woman
as Doorman (uncredited)
1943
6.9
Government Girl
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1943
5.2
Swing Shift Maisie
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
1943
6.5
So Proudly We Hail
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
1943
5.5
Action in the North Atlantic
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
1943
7.1
The Leopard Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
1943
6.5
No Time for Love
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1943
6.8
Margin for Error
as Waiter
1943
5.7
Tomorrow We Live
1942
4.3
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
1942
6.5
The Falcon Takes Over
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1942
6.2
Take a Letter, Darling
as Waiter (uncredited)
1942
6.5
Brooklyn Orchid
as Waiter at Party
1942
6.0
Lady for a Night
as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
1942
5.2
Ball of Fire
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
1941
7.3
Keep 'Em Flying
as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
1941
6.0
Niagara Falls
as Waiter (uncredited)
1941
6.8
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
5.0
The Feminine Touch
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1941
4.6
It Started with Eve
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Citizen Kane
as Secretary (uncredited)
1941
8.0
Pot o' Gold
as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
1941
5.5
Topper Returns
as Second Butler (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Love Thy Neighbor
as Nightclub Waiter
1940
6.5
One Night in the Tropics
as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
1940
5.6
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Waiter
1940
4.6
Hit Parade of 1941
as Waiter
1940
5.5
City for Conquest
as Waiter (uncredited)
1940
6.8
No Time for Comedy
as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
1940
5.0
Hired Wife
as Waiter
1940
6.8
Captain Caution
as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
1940
5.6
Buck Benny Rides Again
as Waiter
1940
0.0
Turnabout
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1940
5.8
Edison, the Man
as Waiter
1940
6.8
Forty Little Mothers
as Waiter
1940
6.2
Curtain Call
as Waiter Bringing Caviar
1940
7.3
Rebecca
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1940
7.9
The Showdown
as Bald Bartender
1940
5.0
A Chump at Oxford
as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
1940
6.8
City of Chance
as Waiter
1940
5.2
The Earl of Chicago
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1940
5.6
Remember?
as Waiter (uncredited)
1939
5.8
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Legionnaire
1939
5.2
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
1939
5.7
Eternally Yours
as Nightclub Waiter
1939
5.7
Honeymoon in Bali
as Doorman (uncredited)
1939
6.2
Girl from Rio
as Condor Club Headwaiter
1939
2.8
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Servant
1939
7.1
Stronger Than Desire
as Waiter (uncredited)
1939
5.1
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Nightclub Waiter
1939
5.6
The Rage of Paris
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Test Pilot
as Waiter (uncredited)
1938
6.5
In Old Chicago
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
1938
6.6
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
1938
6.9
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Reporter (uncredited)
1938
6.3
Wells Fargo
as Headwaiter
1937
5.2
The Firefly
as Waiter (uncredited)
1937
6.4
Dance Charlie Dance
as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
1937
6.0
North of the Rio Grande
as Bald Saloon Waiter
1937
5.5
Larceny on the Air
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Sinner Take All
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1936
4.3
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Nightclub Waiter
1936
5.7
San Francisco
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
1936
6.5
Special Investigator
as Nightclub Waiter
1936
5.2
Champagne Charlie
as Extra as Ship Waiter
1936
4.8
The Country Doctor
as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
1936
6.0
The Walking Dead
as Juror (uncredited)
1936
6.3
To Beat the Band
as Waiter
1935
0.0
A Night at the Opera
as Stagehand (uncredited)
1935
7.4
The Old Homestead
as Waiter (uncredited)
1935
0.0
His Family Tree
as Man at Mayoral Debate
1935
4.5
The Gay Deception
as Waiter (uncredited)
1935
6.4
Diamond Jim
as Waiter
1935
6.0
The Arizonian
as Waiter in Opera House
1935
0.0
Vagabond Lady
as Waiter (uncredited)
1935
7.2
The Misses Stooge
as The Butler (uncredited)
1935
0.0
Go Into Your Dance
as Casino de Paree Waiter
1935
6.8
Shadow of Doubt
as Waiter
1935
6.2
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Banquet Servant
1934
5.3
Bachelor Bait
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
1934
5.7
Hollywood Mystery
as Tony's Butler
1934
3.5
The Thin Man
as Bartender (uncredited)
1934
7.5
Long Lost Father
as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
1934
5.7
Big Time Or Bust
as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
1933
3.5
Only Yesterday
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
1933
6.8
Midnight Mary
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1933
6.8
Ex-Lady
as Butler (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as Waiter (uncredited)
1933
7.4
The Half-Naked Truth
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
1932
4.9
Faithless
as Croupier
1932
6.6
Movie Crazy
as Waiter (Uncredited)
1932
6.2
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Butler (uncredited)
1932
6.7
Red-Headed Woman
as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
1932
6.5
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Waiter (uncredited)
1932
6.3
Scarface
as Waiter (uncredited)
1932
7.4
The Wet Parade
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Emma
as Man (uncredited)
1932
6.4
West of Broadway
as Waiter (uncredited)
1931
6.3
Forgotten Women
as Sleek's Butler
1931
0.0
The Guilty Generation
as Victor - Mike's Butler
1931
6.1
The Road to Reno
as Waiter
1931
3.2
Monkey Business
as Waiter
1931
7.0
The Phantom of Paris
as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
1931
5.9
Five and Ten
as Duncan (uncredited)
1931
5.8
Smart Money
as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
1931
6.9
Daybreak
as Bartender
1931
3.4
Ladies' Man
as Elevator starter
1931
4.1
Men Call It Love
as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
1931
4.5
Dirigible
as Sailor (uncredited)
1931
5.0
Reaching for the Moon
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
1930
5.4
New Moon
as Waiter at Ball
1930
4.3
Sin Takes a Holiday
as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
1930
5.4
Playboy of Paris
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1930
7.0
Anybody's Woman
as Butler
1930
5.9
Let Us Be Gay
as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
1930
3.6
Strictly Unconventional
as Footman
1930
2.7
Children of Pleasure
as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
1930
4.7
Anna Christie
as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
1930
6.0
Street of Chance
as Waiter (uncredited)
1930
6.6
The Trespasser
as Butler (uncredited)
1929
6.6
A Woman of Affairs
as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
1928
6.4
The Racket
as Detective Frisking Nick
1928
6.5
Captain Swagger
as Waiter
1928
0.0
The Singing Fool
as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
1928
4.3
The Mysterious Lady
as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
1928
7.4
The Patsy
as Waiter (uncredited)
1928
6.6
While the City Sleeps
as Apartment Tenant
1928
5.9
The Mad Whirl
1925
6.5
The Blot
as College Student (uncredited)
1921
6.2
The Delicious Little Devil
as Waiter (uncredited)
1919
5.6