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

Acting

Popularity

0.7

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Birthday

July 19, 1891

Deathday

April 18, 1981

Known for

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

1934
7.5
He Ran All the Way

He Ran All the Way

1951
7.2
Alias the Champ

Alias the Champ

1949
6.0
Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

1941
7.3
It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

1941
7.2
Topaz

Topaz

1969
6.0
Lady for a Night

Lady for a Night

1942
5.2
She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London

1946
5.6
The Unsuspected

The Unsuspected

1947
6.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951
6.3
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950
6.1
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955
6.0
Hong Kong

Hong Kong

1952
4.5
The Strange Door

The Strange Door

1951
6.1
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947
7.0
Bannerline

Bannerline

1951
6.0
Gunpoint

Gunpoint

1966
6.0
Rio Lobo

Rio Lobo

1970
6.5
Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971
6.6
Big Time Or Bust

Big Time Or Bust

1933
3.5
Five and Ten

Five and Ten

1931
5.8
The Unholy Wife

The Unholy Wife

1957
4.4
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944
6.0
Chicago Confidential

Chicago Confidential

1957
4.8
Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me

1946
4.8
The Pied Piper of Hamelin

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1957
5.4
The Firefly

The Firefly

1937
6.4
The Mysterious Lady

The Mysterious Lady

1928
7.4
There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

1956
7.1
Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

1945
6.6
Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

1935
6.2
Illegal

Illegal

1955
6.4
Remember?

Remember?

1939
5.8
Fort Ti

Fort Ti

1953
6.5
Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949
5.0
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

1947
6.1
Who Was That Lady?

Who Was That Lady?

1960
6.3
Let's Dance

Let's Dance

1950
5.6
The Tattered Dress

The Tattered Dress

1957
5.2
Topper Returns

Topper Returns

1941
6.4
Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon

1930
5.4
The Half-Naked Truth

The Half-Naked Truth

1932
4.8
Cry Tough

Cry Tough

1959
5.8
Ladies' Man

Ladies' Man

1931
4.1
Murder by Contract

Murder by Contract

1958
6.7
Frenchie

Frenchie

1950
5.7
New Moon

New Moon

1930
4.3
Long Lost Father

Long Lost Father

1934
5.7
The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception

1935
6.4
Ivy

Ivy

1947
6.6
The Graduate

The Graduate

1967
7.6
Strictly Unconventional

Strictly Unconventional

1930
2.7
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953
7.3
The Wheeler Dealers

The Wheeler Dealers

1963
6.2
Hollywood Mystery

Hollywood Mystery

1934
3.5
Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

1960
6.4
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952
7.3
Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns

1958
5.3
Louisa

Louisa

1950
6.1
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971
7.0
The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One

1959
4.3
The Blot

The Blot

1921
6.2
Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957
7.6
The Misses Stooge

The Misses Stooge

1935
0.0
Special Investigator

Special Investigator

1936
5.2
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

1937
5.2
While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1928
5.9
The Singing Fool

The Singing Fool

1928
4.3
To Beat the Band

To Beat the Band

1935
0.0
His Family Tree

His Family Tree

1935
4.5
Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire

1939
5.1
The Blonde from Singapore

The Blonde from Singapore

1941
5.0
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops

1955
6.1
Carrie

Carrie

1952
6.4
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

1957
5.5
Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

1936
4.8
Zorro's Fighting Legion

Zorro's Fighting Legion

1939
5.2
Shakedown

Shakedown

1950
6.2
Playboy of Paris

Playboy of Paris

1930
7.0
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954
7.1
All About Eve

All About Eve

1950
8.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949
6.6
The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939
5.6
Girl from Rio

Girl from Rio

1939
2.8
Gypsy

Gypsy

1962
6.3
That's Right – You're Wrong

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939
5.7
Honeymoon in Bali

Honeymoon in Bali

1939
6.2
Eternally Yours

Eternally Yours

1939
5.7
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

1933
7.4
Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

1967
6.0
The Far Country

The Far Country

1954
6.9
Men Call It Love

Men Call It Love

1931
4.5
The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936
6.0
The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

1958
7.2
Race Street

Race Street

1948
5.8
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957
8.2
Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961
8.0
To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962
8.0
Daybreak

Daybreak

1931
3.4
Zero Hour!

Zero Hour!

1957
6.6
Emma

Emma

1932
6.4
The Joker is Wild

The Joker is Wild

1957
8.0
Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

1941
6.8
Street of Chance

Street of Chance

1930
6.6
Forgotten Women

Forgotten Women

1931
0.0
Rebecca

Rebecca

1940
7.9
Woman in Hiding

Woman in Hiding

1950
6.2
Not With My Wife, You Don't!

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966
5.5
The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago

1940
5.6
North of the Rio Grande

North of the Rio Grande

1937
5.5
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

1940
6.8
High Noon

High Noon

1952
7.7
On the Riviera

On the Riviera

1951
5.9
The Showdown

The Showdown

1940
5.0
Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940
0.0
The Patsy

The Patsy

1928
6.6
Battle Cry

Battle Cry

1955
5.6
Special Agent

Special Agent

1949
0.0
Jungle Goddess

Jungle Goddess

1948
2.6
Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

1951
7.9
Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel

1945
6.5
The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle

1955
5.9
Government Girl

Government Girl

1943
5.2
The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

1946
5.2
Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman

1932
6.5
The Arizonian

The Arizonian

1935
0.0
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940
6.8
No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940
5.0
Hired Wife

Hired Wife

1940
6.8
A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

1940
6.8
One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940
5.6
Turnabout

Turnabout

1940
5.8
Captain Caution

Captain Caution

1940
5.6
Love Thy Neighbor

Love Thy Neighbor

1940
6.5
City of Chance

City of Chance

1940
5.2
Captain Swagger

Captain Swagger

1928
0.0
Anybody's Woman

Anybody's Woman

1930
5.9
Dance Charlie Dance

Dance Charlie Dance

1937
6.0
Sing, Baby, Sing

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936
5.7
No Time for Love

No Time for Love

1943
6.8
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950
7.0
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1956
6.6
The Tiger Woman

The Tiger Woman

1945
5.3
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941
8.0
Diamond Jim

Diamond Jim

1935
6.0
Sinner Take All

Sinner Take All

1936
4.3
Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way

1953
5.9
Once More, My Darling

Once More, My Darling

1949
5.7
The Road to Reno

The Road to Reno

1931
3.2
Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1940
7.3
Forty Little Mothers

Forty Little Mothers

1940
6.2
The Trespasser

The Trespasser

1929
6.6
The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green

1945
6.4
The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch

1941
4.6
Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry

1960
7.3
Children of Pleasure

Children of Pleasure

1930
4.7
Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940
4.6
The Star

The Star

1952
7.2
Bombers B-52

Bombers B-52

1957
5.6
Brooklyn Orchid

Brooklyn Orchid

1942
6.0
The Phantom of Paris

The Phantom of Paris

1931
5.9
San Francisco

San Francisco

1936
6.5
Hollywood Scout

Hollywood Scout

1945
0.0
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946
7.8
Woman's World

Woman's World

1954
7.1
A Place in the Sun

A Place in the Sun

1951
7.3
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

1936
6.2
Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon

1947
6.6
Airport

Airport

1970
6.5
Let Us Be Gay

Let Us Be Gay

1930
3.6
The Seven Year Itch

The Seven Year Itch

1955
7.1
The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

1956
7.1
The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

1969
4.7
Scarface

Scarface

1932
7.4
Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic

1943
7.1
Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932
6.7
A Woman of Affairs

A Woman of Affairs

1928
6.4
Margin for Error

Margin for Error

1943
5.7
So Proudly We Hail

So Proudly We Hail

1943
5.5
The Spider Woman

The Spider Woman

1943
6.9
Undercurrent

Undercurrent

1946
5.9
Faithless

Faithless

1932
6.6
The Rage of Paris

The Rage of Paris

1938
5.8
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1939
7.1
Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

1959
7.1
The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945
7.1
Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday

1933
6.8
Johnny Allegro

Johnny Allegro

1949
6.3
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

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

1961
6.0
A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951
7.6
Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

1946
6.4
Anna Christie

Anna Christie

1930
6.0
Ex-Lady

Ex-Lady

1933
6.1
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1946
7.6
Hollywood Story

Hollywood Story

1951
6.6
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1950
7.0
Bachelor Bait

Bachelor Bait

1934
5.7
Body and Soul

Body and Soul

1947
6.7
Tomorrow We Live

Tomorrow We Live

1942
4.3
Keep 'Em Flying

Keep 'Em Flying

1941
6.0
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934
5.3
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

1947
6.1
In Society

In Society

1944
5.8
The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties

1945
6.6
The Time of Their Lives

The Time of Their Lives

1946
7.0
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959
8.1
The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade

1932
5.8
A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember

1945
6.3
The Racket

The Racket

1928
6.5
Road to Rio

Road to Rio

1947
6.8
I Walk Alone

I Walk Alone

1947
6.5
Take a Letter, Darling

Take a Letter, Darling

1942
6.5
Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1946
6.6
The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

1961
7.7
In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

1938
6.6
Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder

1954
8.0
Sabrina

Sabrina

1954
7.5
Nobody Lives Forever

Nobody Lives Forever

1946
6.2
Smart Money

Smart Money

1931
6.9
Pot o' Gold

Pot o' Gold

1941
5.5
Home Before Dark

Home Before Dark

1958
7.0
Two Sisters from Boston

Two Sisters from Boston

1946
6.0
You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948
6.4
Something to Live For

Something to Live For

1952
6.8
Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948
6.7
Designing Woman

Designing Woman

1957
6.5
Pressure Point

Pressure Point

1962
6.5
Go Into Your Dance

Go Into Your Dance

1935
6.8
It's Always Fair Weather

It's Always Fair Weather

1955
7.0
Superman and the Mole Men

Superman and the Mole Men

1951
5.3
The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

1935
0.0
Carnival Rock

Carnival Rock

1957
4.4
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1931
6.9
Gold Is Where You Find It

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938
6.9
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1960
6.1
A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935
7.4
Anything Goes

Anything Goes

1956
6.0
Kitty

Kitty

1945
5.5
Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

1955
6.4
The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over

1942
6.2
Movie Crazy

Movie Crazy

1932
6.2
The Climax

The Climax

1944
5.5
Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932
6.3
Hit Parade of 1941

Hit Parade of 1941

1940
5.5
The Guilty Generation

The Guilty Generation

1931
6.1
Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

1943
6.5
Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942
6.5
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

1949
7.0
Undercover Maisie

Undercover Maisie

1947
8.0
The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954
5.9
New York Confidential

New York Confidential

1955
5.9
The Men

The Men

1950
7.0
Test Pilot

Test Pilot

1938
6.5
The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

1938
6.3
Munster, Go Home!

Munster, Go Home!

1966
6.4
It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

1949
5.8
Horizons West

Horizons West

1952
6.2
The Doolins of Oklahoma

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949
6.8
Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

1946
6.6
Sin Takes a Holiday

Sin Takes a Holiday

1930
5.4
Vagabond Lady

Vagabond Lady

1935
7.2
Midnight Mary

Midnight Mary

1933
6.8
The Mad Whirl

The Mad Whirl

1925
6.5
The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings

1971
4.1
The Leopard Man

The Leopard Man

1943
6.5
The Delicious Little Devil

The Delicious Little Devil

1919
5.6
The Comic

The Comic

1969
5.9
West of Broadway

West of Broadway

1931
6.3
Larceny on the Air

Larceny on the Air

1937
5.0
The Thin Man Goes Home

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944
7.1
Désirée

Désirée

1954
6.6
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953
7.1
The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter

1954
6.6
Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice

1963
5.5
Dirigible

Dirigible

1931
5.0
The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story

1957
5.0
One of Our Spies Is Missing

One of Our Spies Is Missing

1966
5.3
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959
8.5
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

1964
7.1
Rawhide

Rawhide

1959
7.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
7.8
Cheyenne

Cheyenne

1955
6.0
Bewitched

Bewitched

1964
7.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958
6.8
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957
7.3
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

1964
7.1
Bonanza

Bonanza

1959
7.5
Rawhide

Rawhide

1959
7.2
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957
7.3

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