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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

Acting

Birthday

July 19, 1891

Deathday

April 18, 1981

Gender

Male

Known Movie Credits

251

Place of birth

Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Also known as

William O'Brien, Bill O'Brien
Movies251 movies

The Thin Man

Bartender (uncredited)

It Started with Eve

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Lady for a Night

King's Club Worker (uncredited)

Do You Love Me

Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)

The Mysterious Lady

Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)

Shadow of Doubt

Waiter

Remember?

Waiter (uncredited)

Topper Returns

Second Butler (uncredited)

Let's Dance

Waiter (uncredited)

Reaching for the Moon

Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

The Half-Naked Truth

Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

The Patsy

Waiter (uncredited)

Ladies' Man

Elevator starter

New Moon

Waiter at Ball

Long Lost Father

Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone

Strictly Unconventional

Footman

Hollywood Mystery

Tony's Butler

The Blot

College Student (uncredited)

The Misses Stooge

The Butler (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps

Apartment Tenant

Special Investigator

Nightclub Waiter

Wells Fargo

Headwaiter

To Beat the Band

Waiter

His Family Tree

Man at Mayoral Debate

Stronger Than Desire

Waiter (uncredited)

Playboy of Paris

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Champagne Charlie

Extra as Ship Waiter

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Legionnaire

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Nightclub Waiter

Girl from Rio

Condor Club Headwaiter

Honeymoon in Bali

Doorman (uncredited)

Eternally Yours

Nightclub Waiter

That's Right - You're Wrong

Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Waiter (uncredited)

Men Call It Love

Brooks' Butler (uncredited)

The Country Doctor

Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)

Witness for the Prosecution

Barrister (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg

German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

Daybreak

Bartender

Rebecca

Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

Forgotten Women

Sleek's Butler

The Earl of Chicago

Turnkey (uncredited)

North of the Rio Grande

Bald Saloon Waiter

Edison, the Man

Waiter

High Noon

Church Member (uncredited)

The Showdown

Bald Bartender

Buck Benny Rides Again

Waiter

Jungle Goddess

Bartender (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole

Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)

Fallen Angel

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Arizonian

Waiter in Opera House

Government Girl

Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Red-Headed Woman

Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)

The Hoodlum Saint

Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)

City for Conquest

Waiter (uncredited)

A Chump at Oxford

Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

Waiter in Bar (uncredited)

Hired Wife

Waiter

One Night in the Tropics

Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)

Turnabout

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Captain Caution

English Sailor Who Pleads for Water

Love Thy Neighbor

Nightclub Waiter

City of Chance

Waiter

Captain Swagger

Waiter

Anybody's Woman

Butler

Dance Charlie Dance

Bored Spectator (uncredited)

Sing, Baby, Sing

Nightclub Waiter

Around the World in Eighty Days

Extra (uncredited)

The Tiger Woman

Waiter (uncredited)

Citizen Kane

Secretary (uncredited)

Diamond Jim

Waiter

Sinner Take All

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Trouble Along the Way

Bartender Joe

Once More, My Darling

Waiter

The Road to Reno

Waiter

Forty Little Mothers

Waiter

Curtain Call

Waiter Bringing Caviar

The Trespasser

Butler (uncredited)

The Woman in Green

Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

The Feminine Touch

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Elmer Gantry

Train Conductor

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Waiter

Children of Pleasure

Party Butler #2 (uncredited)

The Star

Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Bombers B-52

Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

Hollywood Scout

Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

Brooklyn Orchid

Waiter at Party

The Phantom of Paris

Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)

San Francisco

Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)

The Walking Dead

Juror (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun

Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)

Daisy Kenyon

Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

Woman's World

Servant

Airport

Waiter at Men's Club

Let Us Be Gay

Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)

The Harder They Fall

Ringsider (uncredited)

The Seven Year Itch

Man at Train Station (uncredited)

The Trouble with Girls

Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles

Butler (uncredited)

Scarface

Waiter (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs

Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)

Faithless

Croupier

Margin for Error

Waiter

So Proudly We Hail

Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)

The Spider Woman

Doorman (uncredited)

Undercurrent

Waiter (uncredited)

The Rage of Paris

Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

The Man in the Iron Mask

Servant

Pillow Talk

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Footman (uncredited)

Only Yesterday

Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Johnny Allegro

Angel on My Shoulder

Court Spectator (uncredited)

Anna Christie

Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)

Ex-Lady

Butler (uncredited)

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

Waiter (uncredited)

A Streetcar Named Desire

Waiter (uncredited)

The Big Sleep

Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Story

Café Waiter (uncredited)

Father of the Bride

Waiter (uncredited)

Bachelor Bait

Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Body and Soul

Bartender (uncredited)

Tomorrow We Live

Keep 'Em Flying

Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Banquet Servant

In Society

Party Waiter (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

Troupe Member (uncredited)

The Time of Their Lives

Danbury Servant (uncredited)

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Card Dealer (uncredited)

The Wet Parade

Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

Some Like It Hot

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

A Song to Remember

Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)

Road to Rio

Ship's Waiter

I Walk Alone

Waiter (uncredited)

Dial M for Murder

Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)

Sabrina

Bartender (uncredited)

The Children's Hour

Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill

Detective at Murder Scene

In Old Chicago

Senate Waiter (uncredited)

Nobody Lives Forever

Waiter (uncredited)

The Racket

Detective Frisking Nick

Take a Letter, Darling

Waiter (uncredited)

Pot o' Gold

Country Club Waiter (uncredited)

Smart Money

Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)

Home Before Dark

Waiter at Christmas Party

Two Sisters from Boston

Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)

You Gotta Stay Happy

Waiter (Uncredited)

Something to Live For

Waiter (uncredited)

Sorry, Wrong Number

Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

Designing Woman

Party Guest (uncredited)

Go Into Your Dance

Casino de Paree Waiter

Pressure Point

Bund Meeting Spectator

It's Always Fair Weather

Waiter (uncredited)

Superman and the Mole-Men

Townsman (uncredited)

The Old Homestead

Waiter (uncredited)

Gold Is Where You Find It

Butler at Party (uncredited)

Carnival Rock

Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)

Monkey Business

Waiter

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Circus Spectator

A Night at the Opera

Stagehand (uncredited)

Anything Goes

Waiter

Daddy Long Legs

Hotel Waiter

Kitty

Coach Footman (uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over

Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

Movie Crazy

Waiter (Uncredited)

The Climax

Audience Member (Uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell

Waiter (uncredited)

Hit Parade of 1941

Waiter

The Guilty Generation

Victor - Mike's Butler

Maisie Gets Her Man

Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

Flamingo Road

Undercover Maisie

Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)

The High and the Mighty

Restaurant Cook

New York Confidential

The Men

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Test Pilot

Waiter (uncredited)

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Reporter (uncredited)

Munster, Go Home!

Man at Customs (uncredited)

It's a Great Feeling

Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

He Ran All the Way

Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)

Alias the Champ

Audience Spectator (uncredited)

The Unsuspected

Servant with Tray (uncredited)

The Strange Door

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Executive (uncredited)

Bannerline

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Townsman (uncredited)

There's Always Tomorrow

Cry Tough

Murder by Contract

Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)

Frenchie

Townsman (uncredited)

The Graduate

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

The Wheeler Dealers

Waiter (uncredited)

Ocean's Eleven

Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

The Bad and the Beautiful

Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Money, Women and Guns

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Louisa

Waiter (uncredited)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

The Story on Page One

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Sweet Smell of Success

Waiter at 21 (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

All About Eve

Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

Carrie

Waiter (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Movie Patron (uncredited)

Gypsy

Audience Member (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls

Bartender (uncredited)

The Last Hurrah

Man (uncredited)

Zero Hour!

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Race Street

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Emma

Man (uncredited)

The Joker Is Wild

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Niagara Falls

Waiter (uncredited)

Street of Chance

Waiter (uncredited)

Ball of Fire

Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)

Topaz

Butler (uncredited)

She-Wolf of London

Constable (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Waiter at Party (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Townsman (uncredited)

Hong Kong

Observer at Scene (uncredited)

Rio Lobo

Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Old Chess Player (uncredited)

Gunpoint

Big Time Or Bust

Hammond's Butler (uncredited)

Chicago Confidential

Dixon's Valet (uncredited)

The Unholy Wife

Juror (uncredited)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)

The Firefly

Waiter (uncredited)

Five and Ten

Duncan (uncredited)

Lady on a Train

Illegal

Butler (uncredited)

Fort Ti

Bartender

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Waiter (uncredited)

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

Who Was That Lady?

Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)

The Tattered Dress

Juror (uncredited)

The Gay Deception

Waiter (uncredited)

Ivy

Barrister (uncredited)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

The Singing Fool

Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)

The Blonde from Singapore

Shakedown

Waiter (uncredited)

The Far Country

Townsman (uncredited)

Mary Poppins

Gentleman in Bank (uncredited)

Woman in Hiding

Conventioneer (uncredited)

Not With My Wife, You Don't

Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
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