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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 9, 1891
Died
May 18, 1961
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Henry O'Neil
Henry O'Neill
0.5 Popularity
Biography
Henry O'Neill (1891–1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly roles during the 1930s and 1940s. O'Neill began his acting career on the stage, after dropping out of college to join a traveling theatre company. He served in the military in World War I, then returned to the stage. In the early 1930s he began appearing in films, including The Big Shakedown, Santa Fe Trail, Anchors Aweigh, The Green Years, and The Reckless Moment. His last film was The Wings of Eagles. Henry O'Neill died in 1961 at the age of 69.
Known For
6.2
Capt. Spear
The Wings of Eagles
1957
5.6
Squire O'Neill
Untamed
1955
6.4
Joe D. Habersham
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
5.1
Morgan Caldwell
Scarlet Angel
1952
6.9
Charlie Barnes
Scandal Sheet
1952
5.7
Donald Muir
The Family Secret
1951
5.7
Judge Keating
The People Against O'Hara
1951
4.9
Thomas A. Scott
The Flying Missile
1950
8.0
Bradley, Sr.
The Milkman
1950
6.0
Detective Dorn
Convicted
1950
Credits
The Wings of Eagles
as Capt. Spear
1957
6.2
Untamed
as Squire O'Neill
1955
5.6
The Sun Shines Bright
as Joe D. Habersham
1953
6.4
Scarlet Angel
as Morgan Caldwell
1952
5.1
Scandal Sheet
as Charlie Barnes
1952
6.9
The Family Secret
as Donald Muir
1951
5.7
The People Against O'Hara
as Judge Keating
1951
5.7
The Flying Missile
as Thomas A. Scott
1950
4.9
The Milkman
as Bradley, Sr.
1950
8.0
Convicted
as Detective Dorn
1950
6.0
The Second Woman
as Ben Sheppard
1950
5.4
No Man of Her Own
as Mr. Harkness
1950
6.8
Holiday Affair
as Mr. Crowley
1949
6.8
The Reckless Moment
as Tom Harper
1949
6.7
Strange Bargain
as Timothy Hearne
1949
5.7
You're My Everything
as Prof. Adams
1949
3.8
Alias Nick Beal
as Judge Ben Hobbs
1949
6.7
A Guy Named Joe
as Col. Sykes
1949
6.6
Leather Gloves
as Dudley
1948
0.0
The Return of October
as President Hotchkiss
1948
5.8
Little Mister Jim
as Chaplain
1947
4.0
The Beginning or the End
as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
1947
6.1
Three Wise Fools
as Prof. Horace Appleby
1946
5.0
The Green Years
as Canon Roche
1946
6.3
Bad Bascomb
as Gov. Winton
1946
6.2
The Virginian
as Mr. Taylor
1946
6.0
The Hoodlum Saint
as Lewis J. Malbery
1946
5.2
Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral Hammond
1945
6.8
Dangerous Partners
as Duffy
1945
6.0
Keep Your Powder Dry
as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
1945
5.9
Between Two Women
as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
1945
5.9
This Man's Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
1945
6.4
Dark Shadows
as Dr. Everett Colner
1944
9.1
Nothing But Trouble
as Mr. Hawkley
1944
6.0
Barbary Coast Gent
as Colonel Watrous
1944
4.6
Two Girls and a Sailor
as John Dyckman Brown II
1944
5.7
Main Street Today
as Vance Clark
1944
6.2
Rationing
as Senator Edward White
1944
2.7
The Heavenly Body
as Professor Stowe
1944
5.3
Lost Angel
as Professor Josh Pringle
1943
7.5
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Inspector Holcomb
1943
6.3
Girl Crazy
as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
1943
5.4
Best Foot Forward
as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
1943
6.0
Thousands Cheer
as Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
1943
6.4
For God and Country
as Captain Chaplain
1943
0.0
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Warden Kenneson
1943
5.5
Air Raid Wardens
as Rittenhause
1943
7.1
The Human Comedy
as Charles Steed
1943
6.2
Stand by for Action
as Cmdr. Stone M.C
1942
6.8
White Cargo
as The Reverend Dr. Roberts
1942
5.8
Tortilla Flat
as Father Ramon
1942
5.5
This Time for Keeps
as Arthur Freeman
1942
6.0
Born to Sing
as Frank Eastman
1942
5.0
The Bugle Sounds
as Lt. Col. Harry Seton
1942
6.0
Johnny Eager
as Mr. Verne
1941
6.1
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Major Jason I. Sculley
1941
7.0
Honky Tonk
as Daniel Wells
1941
6.4
Blossoms in the Dust
as Judge
1941
6.6
Whistling in the Dark
as Philip Post
1941
5.8
Down in San Diego
as Col. Halliday
1941
5.5
The Get-Away
as Warden Alcott
1941
5.4
Billy the Kid
as Tim Ward
1941
5.0
Men of Boys Town
as Mr. Maitland
1941
6.1
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Galway
1941
5.0
Santa Fe Trail
as Cyrus Brody
1940
5.7
Knute Rockne All American
as Doctor
1940
6.1
Service with the Colors
as Colonel Nelson
1940
5.0
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Mason
1940
3.5
They Drive by Night
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1940
6.9
🎬
Young America Flies
as Dr. Webster
1940
0.0
'Til We Meet Again
as Dr. Cameron
1940
6.2
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Dr. Lentz
1940
6.5
Castle on the Hudson
as District Attorney
1940
6.8
Calling Philo Vance
as Markham
1940
5.9
The Fighting 69th
as Colonel
1940
5.5
Invisible Stripes
as Parole Officer Masters
1939
6.1
Four Wives
as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
1939
5.3
A Child Is Born
as Dr. Lee
1939
6.5
Everybody's Hobby
as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
1939
5.7
Angels Wash Their Faces
as A.H. Remson
1939
6.4
🎬
The Right Way
as Mr. Martin
1939
0.0
Juarez
as General Miguel Miramon
1939
6.5
The Man Who Dared
as Matthew Carter
1939
5.0
Sons of Liberty
as Member of Continental Congress
1939
6.2
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Attorney Kellogg
1939
6.0
Lucky Night
as Calvin Jordan
1939
6.6
Dodge City
as Colonel Dodge
1939
6.9
Wings of the Navy
as Prologue Speaker
1939
6.0
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Sen. H. Baldwin
1939
6.0
Brother Rat
as Colonel Ramm
1938
5.0
Girls on Probation
as Judge
1938
5.9
The Chaser
as Mr. Calhoun
1938
6.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Judge
1938
7.1
Racket Busters
as Governor
1938
5.1
White Banners
as Sam Trimble
1938
5.8
Yellow Jack
as Gorgas
1938
5.6
Jezebel
as General Theopholus Bogardus
1938
7.0
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Judge
1938
6.9
Wells Fargo
as Henry Wells
1937
5.2
First Lady
as George Mason
1937
6.2
Submarine D-1
as Admiral Thomas
1937
4.7
The Life of Emile Zola
as Colonel Picquart
1937
6.7
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as D.M. Gateway
1937
5.4
The Singing Marine
as Captain Skinner
1937
4.0
The Go-Getter
as Commander Tisdale
1937
5.8
Draegerman Courage
as Dr. Thomas Haslett
1937
6.5
Marked Woman
as Arthur Sheldon
1937
6.5
Green Light
as Dr. Endicott
1937
6.4
The Great O'Malley
as Defense Attorney
1937
6.7
Rainbow on the River
as Father Josef
1936
9.0
Anthony Adverse
as Father Xavier
1936
5.7
Two Against the World
as Jim Carstairs
1936
5.8
The White Angel
as Dr. Scott
1936
7.2
The Big Noise
as Charlie Caldwell
1936
5.0
Bullets or Ballots
as Ward Bryant
1936
6.6
The Golden Arrow
as Mr. Appleby
1936
6.1
Road Gang
as George Winston
1936
6.5
Boulder Dam
as Mr. Agnew
1936
5.0
The Walking Dead
as District Attorney Werner
1936
6.3
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Emile Roux
1936
6.8
Freshman Love
as President Simpkins
1936
6.0
Personal Maid's Secret
as Mr. Wilton Palmer
1935
5.5
Dr. Socrates
as Greer
1935
6.4
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as District Attorney C. Manchester
1935
5.6
Special Agent
as District Attorney Roger Quinn
1935
6.2
We're in the Money
as Stephen Dinsmore
1935
5.5
Bright Lights
as J.C. Anderson
1935
4.2
Stranded
as Mr. Tuthill
1935
5.8
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Edward Hartford
1935
7.3
Black Fury
as John W. Hendricks
1935
6.3
Dinky
as Col. Barnes
1935
6.7
Alias Mary Dow
as Henry Dow
1935
6.2
The Florentine Dagger
as Victor Ballau
1935
5.7
While the Patient Slept
as Elihu Dimuck
1935
6.4
Living on Velvet
as Harold Thornton
1935
5.5
The Great Hotel Murder
as Mr. Claude Harvey
1935
5.8
Sweet Music
as Louis Trumble
1935
5.7
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Director (uncredited)
1935
5.2
Bordertown
as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
1935
5.9
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as Fernand de Marnay
1934
6.0
The Secret Bride
as Jim Lansdale
1934
5.9
Murder in the Clouds
as John Brownell
1934
4.7
Flirtation Walk
as Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
1934
5.6
Gentlemen Are Born
as Mr. Harper
1934
6.5
Madame du Barry
as Duc de Choiseul
1934
4.2
Big Hearted Herbert
as Goodrich Sr.
1934
3.5
Side Streets
as George Richards
1934
4.6
The Man with Two Faces
as Inspector Crane
1934
6.6
Midnight Alibi
as Ardsley
1934
6.0
The Key
as Dan
1934
4.6
Now I'll Tell
as Tommy Doran
1934
4.3
The Personality Kid
as Stephens
1934
3.7
Fog Over Frisco
as Oren Porter
1934
6.2
Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Lemuel Tappan
1934
6.0
Upperworld
as Banker Making Toast
1934
6.3
Wonder Bar
as Richard
1934
5.9
Journal of a Crime
as Doctor
1934
5.7
Midnight
as Edgar V. Ingersoll
1934
4.8
I've Got Your Number
as Mr. John P. Schuyler
1934
6.0
Fashions of 1934
as Duryea
1934
6.4
Bedside
as Dr. William Chester
1934
5.4
Massacre
as J.R. Dickinson
1934
5.4
The Big Shakedown
as Mr. Sheffner
1934
5.6
The House on 56th Street
as Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
1933
4.6
Lady Killer
as Ramick
1933
6.9
Son of a Sailor
as Naval Officer
1933
5.0
The World Changes
as Orin Nordholm Sr.
1933
4.3
From Headquarters
as Inspector Donnelly
1933
5.7
The Kennel Murder Case
as Dubois (uncredited)
1933
6.0
I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Farrell
1933
4.5