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.
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Filmography
all 252
Movies 248
TV Shows 4
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Movie
8
Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Movie
1
Waiter at Men's Club
Airport (1970)
Movie
5.32
Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Rio Lobo (1970)
Movie
4.33
Butler (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
Movie
6
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls (1969)
Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Movie
8
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
The Graduate (1967)
Movie
5.19
Man at Customs (uncredited)
Munster, Go Home! (1966)
Movie
1
Gunpoint (1966)
Movie
Grandpa
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
TV
6
Waiter (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
Movie
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Movie
5.4
Audience Member (uncredited)
Gypsy (1962)
Movie
Bund Meeting Spectator
Pressure Point (1962)
Movie
Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Movie
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Movie
5
Waiter (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
Movie
Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Movie
Train Conductor
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Movie
6
Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
Movie
Circus Spectator
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
Movie
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
The Story on Page One (1959)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Movie
5.33
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Cry Tough (1959)
Movie
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Movie
6.59
Bartender (uncredited)
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Man (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Movie
Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
Murder by Contract (1958)
Movie
5.5
Waiter at Christmas Party
Home Before Dark (1958)
Movie
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns (1958)
Movie
Barrister (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Movie
4.9
Townsman (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
Movie
Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
Movie
9
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Zero Hour! (1957)
Movie
5.33
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Joker Is Wild (1957)
Movie
Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Carnival Rock (1957)
Movie
Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential (1957)
Movie
6
Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Movie
5.67
Juror (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Designing Woman (1957)
Movie
Juror (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Movie
4.67
Ringsider (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Movie
2
Waiter
Anything Goes (1956)
Movie
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Movie
Butler (uncredited)
Illegal (1955)
Movie
Juror (uncredited) / Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Waiter (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Movie
5.1
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Movie
6.3
Hotel Waiter
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Movie
New York Confidential (1955)
Movie
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Movie
6
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
Movie
Servant
Woman's World (1954)
Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Sabrina (1954)
Movie
3.5
Restaurant Cook
The High and the Mighty (1954)
Movie
Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Movie
5.35
Townsman (uncredited)
The Far Country (1954)
Movie
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Movie
6.5
Bartender
Fort Ti (1953)
Movie
Bartender Joe
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
Movie
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Movie
7
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Star (1952)
Movie
4.33
Waiter (uncredited)
Carrie (1952)
Movie
Church Member (uncredited)
High Noon (1952)
Movie
4.44
Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Hong Kong (1952)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Something to Live For (1952)
Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
Movie
Bannerline (1951)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Movie
3
Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Movie
1
The Strange Door (1951)
Movie
4
Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
He Ran All the Way (1951)
Movie
Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Movie
5.67
Café Waiter (uncredited)
Hollywood Story (1951)
Movie
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Movie
4
Townsman (uncredited)
Frenchie (1950)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Let's Dance (1950)
Movie
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
All About Eve (1950)
Movie
5.33
Waiter (uncredited)
Shakedown (1950)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Men (1950)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Louisa (1950)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Movie
8
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Movie
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Alias the Champ (1949)
Movie
Waiter
Once More, My Darling (1949)
Movie
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Movie
6.33
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Movie
Johnny Allegro (1949)
Movie
Flamingo Road (1949)
Movie
Waiter (Uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Movie
Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Movie
6
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Race Street (1948)
Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess (1948)
Movie
2.67
Waiter (uncredited)
I Walk Alone (1947)
Movie
Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Movie
Ship's Waiter
Road to Rio (1947)
Movie
3.89
Bartender (uncredited)
Body and Soul (1947)
Movie
Servant with Tray (uncredited)
The Unsuspected (1947)
Movie
Card Dealer (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Movie
Barrister (uncredited)
Ivy (1947)
Movie
7.5
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Movie
Executive (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Undercover Maisie (1947)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Movie
4
Waiter (uncredited)
Undercurrent (1946)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
Movie
Court Spectator (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Movie
3.5
Danbury Servant (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Movie
Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Movie
Detective at Murder Scene
Dressed to Kill (1946)
Movie
4.33
Constable (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Movie
5.5
Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Do You Love Me (1946)
Movie
Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Tiger Woman (1945)
Movie
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Fallen Angel (1945)
Movie
6
Coach Footman (uncredited)
Kitty (1945)
Movie
6
Lady on a Train (1945)
Movie
Troupe Member (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Movie
Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Movie
4.33
Man with Chimpanzee
Hollywood Scout (1945)
Movie
Footman (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Movie
Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
A Song to Remember (1945)
Movie
Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Climax (1944)
Movie
Party Waiter (uncredited)
In Society (1944)
Movie
Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Movie
Doorman (uncredited)
The Spider Woman (1943)
Movie
4.5
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Government Girl (1943)
Movie
Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
Movie
Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
Movie
6
Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Movie
Waiter
Margin for Error (1943)
Movie
Tomorrow We Live (1942)
Movie
Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Movie
3.33
Waiter (uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
Movie
Waiter at Party
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
Movie
King's Club Worker (uncredited)
Lady for a Night (1942)
Movie
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Movie
6.83
Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Niagara Falls (1941)
Movie
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Feminine Touch (1941)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Movie
Secretary (uncredited)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Movie
5.8
Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
Movie
Second Butler (uncredited)
Topper Returns (1941)
Movie
2.25
Nightclub Waiter
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
Movie
Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Movie
Waiter
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
Movie
Waiter
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
City for Conquest (1940)
Movie
Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
Movie
Waiter
Hired Wife (1940)
Movie
English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Captain Caution (1940)
Movie
Waiter
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Turnabout (1940)
Movie
Waiter
Edison, the Man (1940)
Movie
4
Waiter
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
Movie
Waiter Bringing Caviar
Curtain Call (1940)
Movie
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Rebecca (1940)
Movie
5.76
Bald Bartender
The Showdown (1940)
Movie
Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Movie
10
Waiter
City of Chance (1940)
Movie
Turnkey (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Remember? (1939)
Movie
Legionnaire
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
Movie
Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
That's Right - You're Wrong (1939)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter
Eternally Yours (1939)
Movie
Doorman (uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
Movie
Condor Club Headwaiter
Girl from Rio (1939)
Movie
Servant
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
Movie
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris (1938)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Test Pilot (1938)
Movie
Senate Waiter (uncredited)
In Old Chicago (1938)
Movie
Butler at Party (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
Movie
Headwaiter
Wells Fargo (1937)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Firefly (1937)
Movie
Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
Movie
Bald Saloon Waiter
North of the Rio Grande (1937)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Sinner Take All (1936)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Movie
Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
San Francisco (1936)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter
Special Investigator (1936)
Movie
Extra as Ship Waiter
Champagne Charlie (1936)
Movie
Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Movie
Juror (uncredited)
The Walking Dead (1936)
Movie
5
Waiter
To Beat the Band (1935)
Movie
Stagehand (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Movie
4.29
Waiter (uncredited)
The Old Homestead (1935)
Movie
Man at Mayoral Debate
His Family Tree (1935)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Gay Deception (1935)
Movie
Waiter
Diamond Jim (1935)
Movie
Waiter in Opera House
The Arizonian (1935)
Movie
The Butler (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge (1935)
Movie
Casino de Paree Waiter
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
Movie
Waiter
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
Movie
Banquet Servant
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Movie
Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait (1934)
Movie
Tony's Butler
Hollywood Mystery (1934)
Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
The Thin Man (1934)
Movie
5.31
Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
Long Lost Father (1934)
Movie
Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Big Time Or Bust (1933)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday (1933)
Movie
Butler (uncredited)
Ex-Lady (1933)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
Movie
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
Movie
Croupier
Faithless (1932)
Movie
Waiter (Uncredited)
Movie Crazy (1932)
Movie
Butler (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Movie
10
Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Scarface (1932)
Movie
4.5
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
The Wet Parade (1932)
Movie
Man (uncredited)
Emma (1932)
Movie
Sleek's Butler
Forgotten Women (1931)
Movie
Victor - Mike's Butler
The Guilty Generation (1931)
Movie
Waiter
The Road to Reno (1931)
Movie
Waiter
Monkey Business (1931)
Movie
4.5
Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
Movie
Duncan (uncredited)
Five and Ten (1931)
Movie
Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
Smart Money (1931)
Movie
Bartender
Daybreak (1931)
Movie
Elevator starter
Ladies' Man (1931)
Movie
Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Men Call It Love (1931)
Movie
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
Movie
Waiter at Ball
New Moon (1930)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Playboy of Paris (1930)
Movie
Butler
Anybody's Woman (1930)
Movie
Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
Movie
Footman
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
Movie
Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Children of Pleasure (1930)
Movie
Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Anna Christie (1930)
Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
Street of Chance (1930)
Movie
Butler (uncredited)
The Trespasser (1929)
Movie
Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Movie
6
Detective Frisking Nick
The Racket (1928)
Movie
Waiter
Captain Swagger (1928)
Movie
Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
The Singing Fool (1928)
Movie
Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Movie
10
Waiter (uncredited)
The Patsy (1928)
Movie
6
Apartment Tenant
While the City Sleeps (1928)
Movie
2
College Student (uncredited)
The Blot (1921)
Movie
6
Ratings
Average 6.19
Based on 3.6 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1921
1937
1945
1938
1971
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1891-07-19
Deathday1981-04-18 (89 years old)
Birth PlacePeak Hill, Australia
Also Known AsWilliam O'Brien, Bill O'Brien
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