Henry O'Neill

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-08-09 (70 years old)

Deathday

1961-05-18

Place of Birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

Henry O'Neill

Biography

Henry O'Neill (1891–1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly roles during the 1930s and 1940s. O'Neill began his acting career on the stage, after dropping out of college to join a traveling theatre company. He served in the military in World War I, then returned to the stage. In the early 1930s he began appearing in films, including The Big Shakedown, Santa Fe Trail, Anchors Aweigh, The Green Years, and The Reckless Moment. His last film was The Wings of Eagles. Henry O'Neill died in 1961 at the age of 69.

Acting

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Cyrus Brody

1938

Jezebel

as General Theopholus Bogardus

1949

Holiday Affair

as Mr. Crowley

1941

The Get-Away

as Warden Alcott

1944

Nothing But Trouble

as Mr. Hawkley

1944

The Heavenly Body

as Professor Stowe

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as District Attorney

1952

Scandal Sheet

as Charlie Barnes

1936

The Walking Dead

as District Attorney Werner

1949

Alias Nick Beal

as Judge Ben Hobbs

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Ward Bryant

1949

The Reckless Moment

as Tom Harper

1950

No Man of Her Own

as Mr. Harkness

1943

Girl Crazy

as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.

1941

Johnny Eager

as A.J. Verne

1950

Convicted

as Detective Dorn

1949

Strange Bargain

as Timothy Hearne

1951

1941

Shadow of the Thin Man

as Major Jason I. Sculley

1934

Midnight

as Edgar V. Ingersoll

1935

The Florentine Dagger

as Victor Ballau

1943

A Guy Named Joe

as Col. Sykes

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)

1933

Lady Killer

as Ramick

1950

The Second Woman

as Ben Sheppard

1943

Air Raid Wardens

as Rittenhause

1957

The Wings of Eagles

as Capt. Spear

1955

Untamed

as Squire O'Neill

1939

Dodge City

as Colonel Dodge

1943

The Human Comedy

as Charles Steed

1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

as John Dyckman Brown II

1935

Special Agent

as District Attorney Roger Quinn

1949

You're My Everything

as Prof. Adams

1934

The Key

as Dan

1934

1941

Whistling in the Dark

as Philip Post

1934

The Man with Two Faces

as Inspector Crane

1943

Whistling in Brooklyn

as Inspector Holcomb

1936

1934

Flirtation Walk

as Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts

1935

Black Fury

as John W. Hendricks

1947

The Beginning or the End

as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell

1938

Racket Busters

as Governor

1939

Juarez

as General Miguel Miramon

1937

The Great O'Malley

as Defense Attorney

1941

Honky Tonk

as Daniel Wells

1934

The Big Shakedown

as Mr. Sheffner

1942

Tortilla Flat

as Father Ramon

1942

This Time for Keeps

as Arthur Freeman

1942

The Bugle Sounds

as Lt. Col. Harry Seton

1942

White Cargo

as The Reverend Dr. Roberts

1933

The House on 56th Street

as Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)

1946

The Green Years

as Canon Roche

1936

Two Against the World

as Jim Carstairs

1953

The Sun Shines Bright

as Joe D. Habersham

1933

I Loved a Woman

as Mr. Farrell

1941

Men of Boys Town

as Mr. Maitland

1939

1937

First Lady

as George Mason

1945

1941

Billy the Kid

as Tim Ward

1937

Wells Fargo

as Henry Wells

1934

Bedside

as Dr. William Chester

1934

1938

Brother Rat

as Colonel Ramm

1934

Wonder Bar

as Richard

1935

The Case of the Lucky Legs

as District Attorney C. Manchester

1940

'Til We Meet Again

as Dr. Cameron

1934

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

as Fernand de Marnay

1934

Now I'll Tell

as Tommy Doran

1937

Submarine D-1

as Admiral Thomas

1943

Lost Angel

as Professor Josh Pringle

1935

Sweet Music

as Louis Trumble

1939

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

as Sen. H. Baldwin

1936

Boulder Dam

as Mr. Agnew

1935

Stranded

as Mr. Tuthill

1934

Midnight Alibi

as Ardsley

1935

The Great Hotel Murder

as Mr. Claude Harvey

1938

1939

Lucky Night

as Calvin Jordan

1933

From Headquarters

as Inspector Donnelly

1934

Side Streets

as George Richards

1933

The World Changes

as Orin Nordholm Sr.

1934

Massacre

as J.R. Dickinson

1948

The Return of October

as President Hotchkiss

1944

Rationing

as Senator Edward White

1936

Road Gang

as George Winston

1935

Living on Velvet

as Harold Thornton

1937

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

as D.M. Gateway

1937

The Go-Getter

as Commander Tisdale

1935

Dr. Socrates

as Greer

1939

Everybody's Hobby

as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie

1950

The Flying Missile

as Thomas A. Scott

1940

1935

Dinky

as Col. Barnes

1952

Scarlet Angel

as Morgan Caldwell

1951

The Family Secret

as Donald Muir

1934

Madame du Barry

as Duc de Choiseul

1934

I've Got Your Number

as Mr. John P. Schuyler

1939

Sons of Liberty

as Member of Continental Congress

1935

Bordertown

as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)

1938

White Banners

as Sam Trimble

1935

We're in the Money

as Stephen Dinsmore

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Admiral Hammond

1946

The Virginian

as Mr. Taylor

1934

Upperworld

as Banker Making Toast

1939

A Child Is Born

as Dr. Lee

1948

1944

Barbary Coast Gent

as Colonel Watrous

1934

1942

Born to Sing

as Frank Eastman

1939

The Man Who Dared

as Matthew Carter

1940

1934

Fog Over Frisco

as Oren Porter

1937

Draegerman Courage

as Dr. Thomas Haslett

1935

Alias Mary Dow

as Henry Dow

1935

Personal Maid's Secret

as Mr. Wilton Palmer

1934

Gentlemen Are Born

as Mr. Harper

1935

Oil for the Lamps of China

as Edward Hartford

1936

The Big Noise

as Charlie Caldwell

1940

1936

The White Angel

as Dr. Scott

1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Attorney Kellogg

1939

Four Wives

as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.

1934

1939

Wings of the Navy

as Prologue Speaker

1935

1937

The Singing Marine

as Captain Skinner

1944

Dark Shadows

as Dr. Everett Colner

1943

Best Foot Forward

as Maj. Roger W. Reeber

1940

Service with the Colors

as Colonel Nelson

1936

Rainbow on the River

as Father Josef

1933

Son of a Sailor

as Naval Officer

1936

The Golden Arrow

as Mr. Appleby

1934

The Secret Bride

as Jim Lansdale

1936

Freshman Love

as President Simpkins

1946

Bad Bascomb

as Gov. Winton

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Lewis J. Malbery

1940

They Drive by Night

as District Attorney (uncredited)

1937

The Life of Emile Zola

as Colonel Picquart

1935

Bright Lights

as J.C. Anderson

1941

Down in San Diego

as Col. Halliday

1946

Three Wise Fools

as Prof. Horace Appleby

1935

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

as Director (uncredited)

1947

1945

This Man's Navy

as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone

1943

For God and Country

as Captain Chaplain

1936

Anthony Adverse

as Father Xavier

1937

Green Light

as Dr. Endicott

1934

Big Hearted Herbert

as Goodrich Sr.

1934

Murder in the Clouds

as John Brownell

1950

The Milkman

as Bradley, Sr.

1938

Yellow Jack

as Gorgas

1942

Stand by for Action

as Cmdr. Stone M.C

1937

Marked Woman

as Arthur Sheldon

1933

The Kennel Murder Case

as Dubois (uncredited)

1938

The Chaser

as Mr. Calhoun

1940

Young America Flies

as Dr. Webster

1944

Main Street Today

as Vance Clark

1943

1939

The Right Way

as Mr. Martin

1945

Between Two Women

as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)

1945

Keep Your Powder Dry

as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Parole Officer Masters

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