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William H. O'Brien
Known for
Acting
Born
1891-07-19 · 89 (at death)
Died
1981-04-18
Place of birth
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

William H. 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 · 299 titles

Perry Mason
7.7

Perry Mason

1957

Bonanza
7.5

Bonanza

1959

Get Smart
7.9

Get Smart

1965

The Twilight Zone
8.5

The Twilight Zone

1959

Bewitched
7.9

Bewitched

1964

Cheyenne
6.1

Cheyenne

1955

Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Witness for the Prosecution
8.2

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

Dr. Kildare
5.7

Dr. Kildare

1961

Rawhide
7.2

Rawhide

1959

Wanted: Dead or Alive
7.0

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.1

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

Laredo
6.4

Laredo

1965

Some Like It Hot
8.1

Some Like It Hot

1959

To Kill a Mockingbird
8.0

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962

Citizen Kane
8.0

Citizen Kane

1941

The Graduate
7.6

The Graduate

1967

High Noon
7.7

High Noon

1952

Ocean's Eleven
6.4

Ocean's Eleven

1960

Outlaws
6.7

Outlaws

1960

Rebecca
7.9

Rebecca

1940

Sabrina
7.5

Sabrina

1954

Dial M for Murder
8.0

Dial M for Murder

1954

Around the World in 80 Days
6.7

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

The Seven Year Itch
7.0

The Seven Year Itch

1955

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
7.3

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953

Topaz
6.0

Topaz

1969

Dirigible
5.5

Dirigible

1931

All About Eve
8.1

All About Eve

1950

Hollywood Mystery
5.8

Hollywood Mystery

1934

The Big Sleep
7.6

The Big Sleep

1946

A Streetcar Named Desire
7.6

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

Scarface
7.4

Scarface

1932

Fallen Angel
6.6

Fallen Angel

1945

Bachelor Bait
6.5

Bachelor Bait

1934

Judgment at Nuremberg
8.0

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

The Unholy Wife
4.7

The Unholy Wife

1957

In Old Chicago
6.7

In Old Chicago

1938

Captain Swagger
7.0

Captain Swagger

1928

The Picture of Dorian Gray
7.1

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945

The Tattered Dress
5.5

The Tattered Dress

1957

Valley of the Dolls
6.0

Valley of the Dolls

1967

Battle Cry
5.8

Battle Cry

1955

Ace in the Hole
7.8

Ace in the Hole

1951

Undercover Maisie
8.0

Undercover Maisie

1947

Airport
6.5

Airport

1970

The Blonde from Singapore
5.8

The Blonde from Singapore

1941

The Men
7.0

The Men

1950

Merrily We Go to Hell
6.5

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

Rio Lobo
6.5

Rio Lobo

1970

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
7.0

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

A Star Is Born
7.1

A Star Is Born

1954

Five and Ten
6.1

Five and Ten

1931

Special Agent
9.0

Special Agent

1949

The Best Years of Our Lives
7.7

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

So Proudly We Hail
5.9

So Proudly We Hail

1943

Undercurrent
5.9

Undercurrent

1946

Government Girl
5.7

Government Girl

1943

Jungle Goddess
2.9

Jungle Goddess

1948

Father of the Bride
7.0

Father of the Bride

1950

Sorry, Wrong Number
6.8

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948

He Ran All the Way
7.2

He Ran All the Way

1951

Fort Ti
7.0

Fort Ti

1953

The Bad and the Beautiful
7.3

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

Julius Caesar
7.1

Julius Caesar

1953

Men Call It Love
6.0

Men Call It Love

1931

Murder by Contract
6.8

Murder by Contract

1958

A Place in the Sun
7.3

A Place in the Sun

1951

Body and Soul
6.7

Body and Soul

1947

The Bounty Hunter
6.8

The Bounty Hunter

1954

Sweet Smell of Success
7.6

Sweet Smell of Success

1957

Pillow Talk
7.1

Pillow Talk

1959

The Harder They Fall
7.2

The Harder They Fall

1956

The Thin Man
7.5

The Thin Man

1934

The Children's Hour
7.7

The Children's Hour

1961

Bombers B-52
5.8

Bombers B-52

1957

Daddy Long Legs
6.4

Daddy Long Legs

1955

Désirée
6.6

Désirée

1954

Red-Headed Woman
6.6

Red-Headed Woman

1932

Wells Fargo
5.5

Wells Fargo

1937

A Night at the Opera
7.4

A Night at the Opera

1935

Ball of Fire
7.4

Ball of Fire

1941

Gypsy
6.3

Gypsy

1962

The Far Country
6.9

The Far Country

1954

Two Sisters from Boston
6.3

Two Sisters from Boston

1946

The Wet Parade
6.2

The Wet Parade

1932

Hollywood Scout
6.5

Hollywood Scout

1945

The Helen Morgan Story
5.3

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

The Doolins of Oklahoma
6.8

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949

A Song to Remember
6.4

A Song to Remember

1945

Bannerline
6.8

Bannerline

1951

It's Always Fair Weather
7.0

It's Always Fair Weather

1955

Little Caesar
6.9

Little Caesar

1931

The Half-Naked Truth
5.1

The Half-Naked Truth

1932

The Gay Deception
6.3

The Gay Deception

1935

Something to Live For
6.9

Something to Live For

1952

Flamingo Road
7.1

Flamingo Road

1949

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
5.6

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1957

The Man in the Iron Mask
7.1

The Man in the Iron Mask

1939

Elmer Gantry
7.3

Elmer Gantry

1960

Swing Shift Maisie
6.8

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

Illegal
6.5

Illegal

1955

Woman in Hiding
6.3

Woman in Hiding

1950

The Last Hurrah
7.2

The Last Hurrah

1958

Who Was That Lady?
6.4

Who Was That Lady?

1960

Topper Returns
6.5

Topper Returns

1941

Nobody Lives Forever
6.4

Nobody Lives Forever

1946

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
6.2

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

1947

The Trouble with Girls
4.9

The Trouble with Girls

1969

There's Always Tomorrow
7.1

There's Always Tomorrow

1956

I Walk Alone
6.6

I Walk Alone

1947

Dressed to Kill
6.6

Dressed to Kill

1946

A Chump at Oxford
6.9

A Chump at Oxford

1940

Remember?
6.0

Remember?

1939

Canyon Passage
6.7

Canyon Passage

1946

Let's Dance
6.1

Let's Dance

1950

Support Your Local Gunfighter
6.6

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

Woman's World
7.2

Woman's World

1954

The High and the Mighty
5.9

The High and the Mighty

1954

The Joker is Wild
8.1

The Joker is Wild

1957

No Time for Comedy
5.3

No Time for Comedy

1940

The Woman in Green
6.5

The Woman in Green

1945

Frenchie
6.0

Frenchie

1950

Pressure Point
6.5

Pressure Point

1962

The Naughty Nineties
6.7

The Naughty Nineties

1945

The Unsuspected
6.7

The Unsuspected

1947

Iron Man
6.2

Iron Man

1951

Race Street
6.0

Race Street

1948

Trouble Along the Way
6.1

Trouble Along the Way

1953

Superman and the Mole Men
5.4

Superman and the Mole Men

1951

Designing Woman
6.7

Designing Woman

1957

The Earl of Chicago
6.3

The Earl of Chicago

1940

Horizons West
6.4

Horizons West

1952

The Star
7.2

The Star

1952

Do You Love Me
4.7

Do You Love Me

1946

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
6.0

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
6.2

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955

One Night in the Tropics
5.8

One Night in the Tropics

1940

City for Conquest
6.9

City for Conquest

1940

The Phantom of Paris
6.0

The Phantom of Paris

1931

Zero Hour!
6.7

Zero Hour!

1957

Anybody's Woman
6.6

Anybody's Woman

1930

The Time of Their Lives
7.2

The Time of Their Lives

1946

Hired Wife
6.8

Hired Wife

1940

Daisy Kenyon
6.6

Daisy Kenyon

1947

Home Before Dark
7.0

Home Before Dark

1958

The Damned Don't Cry
7.0

The Damned Don't Cry

1950

Diamond Jim
6.5

Diamond Jim

1935

Money, Women and Guns
5.8

Money, Women and Guns

1958

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
6.3

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

The Walking Dead
6.3

The Walking Dead

1936

It Started with Eve
7.2

It Started with Eve

1941

The Climax
5.5

The Climax

1944

Not With My Wife, You Don't!
5.8

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966

Cry Tough
6.1

Cry Tough

1959

Lady on a Train
6.7

Lady on a Train

1945

The Spider Woman
7.0

The Spider Woman

1943

Shakedown
6.4

Shakedown

1950

The Mysterious Lady
7.3

The Mysterious Lady

1928

Road to Rio
6.8

Road to Rio

1947

The Delicious Little Devil
5.7

The Delicious Little Devil

1919

Smart Money
6.9

Smart Money

1931

Emma
6.6

Emma

1932

Gunpoint
6.2

Gunpoint

1966

Only Yesterday
7.1

Only Yesterday

1933

The Strange Door
6.1

The Strange Door

1951

One of Our Spies Is Missing
5.5

One of Our Spies Is Missing

1966

She-Wolf of London
5.6

She-Wolf of London

1946

The Wheeler Dealers
6.3

The Wheeler Dealers

1963

Eternally Yours
5.9

Eternally Yours

1939

Pack Up Your Troubles
6.8

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

The Rage of Paris
5.8

The Rage of Paris

1938

Munster, Go Home!
6.4

Munster, Go Home!

1966

Test Pilot
6.1

Test Pilot

1938

Midnight Mary
6.8

Midnight Mary

1933

Maisie Gets Her Man
6.7

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942

The Hoodlum Saint
5.5

The Hoodlum Saint

1946

Carrie
6.4

Carrie

1952

Angel on My Shoulder
6.5

Angel on My Shoulder

1946

Edison, the Man
6.8

Edison, the Man

1940

The Feminine Touch
5.1

The Feminine Touch

1941

Buck Benny Rides Again
5.0

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940

Million Dollar Baby
6.3

Million Dollar Baby

1941

On the Riviera
6.1

On the Riviera

1951

The Country Doctor
6.5

The Country Doctor

1936

Anna Christie
6.0

Anna Christie

1930

Sincerely Yours
5.9

Sincerely Yours

1955

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
5.7

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

1957

Special Investigator
5.4

Special Investigator

1936

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
7.1

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947

Action in the North Atlantic
7.0

Action in the North Atlantic

1943

It's a Great Feeling
6.0

It's a Great Feeling

1949

San Francisco
6.6

San Francisco

1936

The Todd Killings
4.6

The Todd Killings

1971

The Leopard Man
6.5

The Leopard Man

1943

Girl from Rio
4.8

Girl from Rio

1939

Kitty
5.7

Kitty

1945

Go Into Your Dance
7.2

Go Into Your Dance

1935

The Falcon Takes Over
6.3

The Falcon Takes Over

1942

Captain Caution
5.7

Captain Caution

1940

The Thin Man Goes Home
7.1

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

Honeymoon in Bali
7.5

Honeymoon in Bali

1939

Christmas Holiday
6.5

Christmas Holiday

1944

Gold Is Where You Find It
7.0

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938

Sin Takes a Holiday
5.6

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930

The Patsy
6.7

The Patsy

1928

The Big Broadcast of 1938
6.3

The Big Broadcast of 1938

1938

Long Lost Father
5.9

Long Lost Father

1934

Louisa
6.5

Louisa

1950

Hollywood Story
6.7

Hollywood Story

1951

Zorro's Fighting Legion
5.4

Zorro's Fighting Legion

1939

The Comic
6.1

The Comic

1969

Vagabond Lady
7.2

Vagabond Lady

1935

A Woman of Affairs
6.5

A Woman of Affairs

1928

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
6.3

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947

Take a Letter, Darling
6.6

Take a Letter, Darling

1942

You Gotta Stay Happy
6.8

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

Monkey Business
7.0

Monkey Business

1931

The Square Jungle
6.1

The Square Jungle

1955

No Time for Love
7.0

No Time for Love

1943

Brooklyn Orchid
6.7

Brooklyn Orchid

1942

Turnabout
6.0

Turnabout

1940

The Singing Fool
5.0

The Singing Fool

1928

Critic's Choice
5.6

Critic's Choice

1963

The Sky Raiders
5.3

The Sky Raiders

1931

The Blot
6.3

The Blot

1921

Pot o' Gold
5.7

Pot o' Gold

1941

Lady for a Night
5.5

Lady for a Night

1942

Strictly Unconventional
4.3

Strictly Unconventional

1930

Johnny Allegro
6.4

Johnny Allegro

1949

In Society
5.9

In Society

1944

Love Thy Neighbor
7.3

Love Thy Neighbor

1940

Reaching for the Moon
5.7

Reaching for the Moon

1930

New York Confidential
6.0

New York Confidential

1955

West of Broadway
6.8

West of Broadway

1931

Margin for Error
6.3

Margin for Error

1943

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
6.6

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

Larceny on the Air
7.0

Larceny on the Air

1937

Chicago Confidential
5.0

Chicago Confidential

1957

Forty Little Mothers
6.5

Forty Little Mothers

1940

Anything Goes
6.0

Anything Goes

1956

Ladies' Man
4.6

Ladies' Man

1931

Niagara Falls
6.7

Niagara Falls

1941

Alias the Champ
7.3

Alias the Champ

1949

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
6.5

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950

Big Time Or Bust
5.7

Big Time Or Bust

1933

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
6.4

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

1961

City of Chance
5.6

City of Chance

1940

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
5.2

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949

The Arizonian
8.0

The Arizonian

1935

The Guilty Generation
6.2

The Guilty Generation

1931

Champagne Charlie
5.4

Champagne Charlie

1936

Hit Parade of 1941
6.2

Hit Parade of 1941

1940

Ivy
6.6

Ivy

1947

Sinner Take All
4.9

Sinner Take All

1936

Faithless
7.0

Faithless

1932

The Racket
6.5

The Racket

1928

The Trespasser
6.9

The Trespasser

1929

The Story on Page One
5.1

The Story on Page One

1959

Keep 'Em Flying
6.2

Keep 'Em Flying

1941

Hong Kong
5.1

Hong Kong

1952

The Tiger Woman
5.8

The Tiger Woman

1945

Children of Pleasure
5.5

Children of Pleasure

1930

Carnival Rock
4.7

Carnival Rock

1957

Dance Charlie Dance
8.0

Dance Charlie Dance

1937

The Firefly
6.5

The Firefly

1937

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
7.6

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

1933

Daybreak
4.3

Daybreak

1931

North of the Rio Grande
6.7

North of the Rio Grande

1937

That's Right – You're Wrong
6.3

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
6.3

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944

Let Us Be Gay
4.1

Let Us Be Gay

1930

Ex-Lady
6.3

Ex-Lady

1933

Once More, My Darling
6.5

Once More, My Darling

1949

Sing, Baby, Sing
6.0

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936

Street of Chance
6.8

Street of Chance

1930

The Showdown
6.0

The Showdown

1940

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
6.3

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939

Mexican Spitfire Out West
5.0

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

To Beat the Band
10.0

To Beat the Band

1935

While the City Sleeps
6.3

While the City Sleeps

1928

The Road to Reno
4.0

The Road to Reno

1931

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
6.3

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1960

Curtain Call
7.3

Curtain Call

1940

New Moon
5.8

New Moon

1930

Stronger Than Desire
5.5

Stronger Than Desire

1939

Playboy of Paris
7.0

Playboy of Paris

1930

Forgotten Women
8.0

Forgotten Women

1931

His Family Tree
5.7

His Family Tree

1935

Submarine
5.8

Submarine

1928

Movie Crazy
6.4

Movie Crazy

1932

Shadow of Doubt
6.6

Shadow of Doubt

1935

The Old Homestead
10.0

The Old Homestead

1935

Tomorrow We Live
4.9

Tomorrow We Live

1942

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
5.6

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934

The Mad Whirl
6.6

The Mad Whirl

1925

The Misses Stooge
10.0

The Misses Stooge

1935