
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
Citizen Kane
Secretary (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder
Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
The Graduate
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
Barrister (uncredited)
All About Eve
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Rebecca
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
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Filmography
Acting (297)
Movies (281)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
The Todd Killings
1971as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Airport
1970as Waiter at Men's Club
Topaz
1969as Butler (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls
1969as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
The Comic
1969as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
The Graduate
1967as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
1967as Bartender (uncredited)
Gunpoint
1966
Munster, Go Home!
1966as Man at Customs (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
1966as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
1966as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers
1963as Waiter (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
1963as Audience Member (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Pressure Point
1962as Bund Meeting Spectator
Gypsy
1962as Audience Member (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
The Children's Hour
1961as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961as Waiter (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
1960as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry
1960as Train Conductor
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960as Circus Spectator
Who Was That Lady?
1960as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
1959as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
1959as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Story on Page One
1959as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Cry Tough
1959
Murder by Contract
1958as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
1958as Man (uncredited)
Home Before Dark
1958as Waiter at Christmas Party
Money, Women and Guns
1958as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success
1957as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
1957as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
1957as Barrister (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957as Townsman (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Designing Woman
1957as Party Guest (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
1957as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife
1957as Juror (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
1957as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress
1957as Juror (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1957as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
1957as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Carnival Rock
1957as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956as Extra (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
1956as Ringsider (uncredited)
Anything Goes
1956as Waiter
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
The Seven Year Itch
1955as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Battle Cry
1955as Bartender (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
1955as Hotel Waiter
Illegal
1955as Butler (uncredited)
New York Confidential
1955
It's Always Fair Weather
1955as Waiter (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955as Townsman (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955as Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Square Jungle
1955
Dial M for Murder
1954as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Sabrina
1954as Bartender (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
The Far Country
1954as Townsman (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter
1954as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Woman's World
1954as Servant
Désirée
1954as Servant (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
1954as Restaurant Cook
Fort Ti
1953as Bartender
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
1953as Bartender Joe
Julius Caesar
1953as Senator (uncredited)
High Noon
1952as Church Member (uncredited)
Horizons West
1952as Barfly (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Hong Kong
1952as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Carrie
1952as Waiter (uncredited)
Something to Live For
1952as Waiter (uncredited)
The Star
1952as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951as Waiter (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
1951as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
1951as Townsman (uncredited)
Bannerline
1951
A Place in the Sun
1951as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
The Strange Door
1951
Iron Man
1951as Waiter (uncredited)
On the Riviera
1951as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
He Ran All the Way
1951as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
1951as Café Waiter (uncredited)
All About Eve
1950as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
1950as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
1950as Waiter (uncredited)
Shakedown
1950as Waiter (uncredited)
The Men
1950as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Frenchie
1950as Townsman (uncredited)
Let's Dance
1950as Waiter (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Louisa
1950as Waiter (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
1950as Conventioneer (uncredited)
Special Agent
1949as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
1949
Once More, My Darling
1949as Waiter
Johnny Allegro
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
1949as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949as Bartender (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949as Waiter (uncredited)
Alias the Champ
1949as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Race Street
1948as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess
1948as Bartender (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948as Waiter (Uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947as Executive (uncredited)
Ivy
1947as Barrister (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
1947as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
The Unsuspected
1947as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon
1947as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Road to Rio
1947as Ship's Waiter
Body and Soul
1947as Bartender (uncredited)
I Walk Alone
1947as Waiter (uncredited)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947as Card Dealer (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
1946as Court Spectator (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Undercurrent
1946as Waiter (uncredited)
The Big Sleep
1946as Waiter (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
1946as Detective at Murder Scene
Canyon Passage
1946as Miner (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London
1946as Constable (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
1946as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
1946as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Do You Love Me
1946as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
1946as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever
1946as Waiter (uncredited)
The Tiger Woman
1945as Waiter (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945as Footman (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
1945as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
A Song to Remember
1945as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
1945
The Woman in Green
1945as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Kitty
1945as Coach Footman (uncredited)
Hollywood Scout
1945as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
1945as Troupe Member (uncredited)
In Society
1944as Party Waiter (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
1944as Waiter (uncredited)
The Climax
1944as Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
No Time for Love
1943as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Government Girl
1943as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
1943as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
The Leopard Man
1943as Bartender (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
1943as Doorman (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
1943as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
Margin for Error
1943as Waiter
The Falcon Takes Over
1942as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling
1942as Waiter (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
1942as Waiter at Party
Tomorrow We Live
1942
Lady for a Night
1942as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Topper Returns
1941as Second Butler (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
1941as Secretary (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
1941as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
1941as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore
1941
Pot o' Gold
1941as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
The Feminine Touch
1941as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
1941as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
1941as Waiter (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
1940as Turnkey (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940as Waiter
Rebecca
1940as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
City of Chance
1940as Waiter
Hired Wife
1940as Waiter
Forty Little Mothers
1940as Waiter
One Night in the Tropics
1940as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
Curtain Call
1940as Waiter Bringing Caviar
City for Conquest
1940as Waiter (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
1940as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
The Showdown
1940as Bald Bartender
Love Thy Neighbor
1940as Nightclub Waiter
Captain Caution
1940as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Turnabout
1940as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
1940as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1941
1940as Waiter
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940as Waiter
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940as Waiter
Stronger Than Desire
1939as Waiter (uncredited)
Remember?
1939as Waiter (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939as Servant
Honeymoon in Bali
1939as Doorman (uncredited)
Girl from Rio
1939as Condor Club Headwaiter
Eternally Yours
1939as Nightclub Waiter
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939as Legionnaire
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939as Nightclub Waiter
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938as Reporter (uncredited)
Test Pilot
1938as Waiter (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
1938as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938as Butler at Party (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
1938as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
1937as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande
1937as Bald Saloon Waiter
Larceny on the Air
1937as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
1937as Headwaiter
The Firefly
1937as Waiter (uncredited)
Special Investigator
1936as Nightclub Waiter
The Walking Dead
1936as Juror (uncredited)
San Francisco
1936as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Champagne Charlie
1936as Extra as Ship Waiter
The Country Doctor
1936as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
1936as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936as Nightclub Waiter
The Misses Stooge
1935as The Butler (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
1935as Stagehand (uncredited)
His Family Tree
1935as Man at Mayoral Debate
The Old Homestead
1935as Waiter (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
1935as Waiter
The Gay Deception
1935as Waiter (uncredited)
Shadow of Doubt
1935as Waiter
Vagabond Lady
1935as Waiter (uncredited)
The Arizonian
1935as Waiter in Opera House
To Beat the Band
1935as Waiter
Go Into Your Dance
1935as Casino de Paree Waiter
Bachelor Bait
1934as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery
1934as Tony's Butler
The Thin Man
1934as Bartender (uncredited)
Long Lost Father
1934as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934as Banquet Servant
Only Yesterday
1933as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933as Waiter (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
1933as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Big Time Or Bust
1933as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Ex-Lady
1933as Butler (uncredited)
Emma
1932as Man (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
1932as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Scarface
1932as Waiter (uncredited)
Faithless
1932as Croupier
The Half-Naked Truth
1932as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Movie Crazy
1932as Waiter (Uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932as Butler (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
1932as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932as Waiter (uncredited)
Ladies' Man
1931as Elevator starter
Dirigible
1931as Sailor (uncredited)
Daybreak
1931as Bartender
Smart Money
1931as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
Five and Ten
1931as Duncan (uncredited)
Men Call It Love
1931as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Monkey Business
1931as Waiter
West of Broadway
1931as Waiter (uncredited)
The Road to Reno
1931as Waiter
The Guilty Generation
1931as Victor - Mike's Butler
Forgotten Women
1931as Sleek's Butler
The Phantom of Paris
1931as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
The Sky Raiders
1931as Henchman Conte
Anybody's Woman
1930as Butler
Anna Christie
1930as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Children of Pleasure
1930as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Strictly Unconventional
1930as Footman
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
New Moon
1930as Waiter at Ball
Reaching for the Moon
1930as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Playboy of Paris
1930as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Street of Chance
1930as Waiter (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay
1930as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
The Trespasser
1929as Butler (uncredited)
The Singing Fool
1928as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
The Racket
1928as Detective Frisking Nick
A Woman of Affairs
1928as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
Captain Swagger
1928as Waiter
Submarine
1928as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps
1928as Apartment Tenant
The Patsy
1928as Waiter (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady
1928as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
The Mad Whirl
1925
The Blot
1921as College Student (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil
1919as Waiter (uncredited)
Television (16)
Star Trek
1966as Survivor (uncredited)
Get Smart
1965as Scientist (uncredited)
Laredo
1965as Townsman (uncredited)
Bewitched
1964as Waiter (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964as Butler (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare
1961as Patient (uncredited)
Outlaws
1960as Waiter (uncredited)
Bonanza
1959as Delegate (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959as Audience Member (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959as Bartender (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958as Waiter (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957as Bartender (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Juror (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955as Townsman (uncredited)
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