Arthur O'Connell
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-03-29 (73 years old)
Deathday
1981-05-18
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
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Arthur O'Connell
Biography
Arthur O'Connell (March 29, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in films (starting with a small role in Citizen Kane) in 1941 and television programs (mostly guest appearances). Among his screen appearances were Picnic, Anatomy of a Murder, and as the watch-maker who hides Jews during WWII in The Hiding Place. A veteran vaudevillian, O'Connell, from New York City, made his legitimate stage debut in the mid 1930s, at which time he fell within the orbit of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. Welles cast O'Connell in the tiny role of a reporter in the closing scenes of Citizen Kane (1941), a film often referred to ...
Acting
1959
as Parnell Emmett McCarthy
1961
as Count Alfonso Romero
1966
as Col. Donald Reid
1942
as Interne (uncredited)
1965
as Henry Goodbody
1966
as Joe Wigman
1956
as Virgil Blessing
1961
as Grandpa Clarence Beebe
1970
as Mr. Lomax
1956
as Gordon Walker
1964
as Clint Stark
1972
as Bill Hatfield
1971
as Hoffman
1958
as Sam Beasley
1967
as Arbuckle "Buck" Fleming
1964
as Pappy Tatum
1959
as Russell Lawrence
1975
as Casper ten Boom, 'Papa'
1972
as Ernie
1960
as Warden J.B. Chandler
1968
as Prof. Henry Hallson
1960
as Tom Wyatt
1955
as Howard Bevans
1962
as Pop Kwimper
1948
as Carter
1974
as Col. Grangerford
1940
as Intern (uncredited)
1964
as Fred Rose
1956
as Mark Jenkins
1973
as Mr. Fenley, Hotel Engineer
1961
as Sgt. Karl Rodermill
1966
as The Narrator
1948
as Assistant Director Jensen
1956
as Jim Dexter
1965
as Sam Wilson
1965
as Dr. Wheeler
1956
as Mr. Homer Hinkley
1939
as Lefty
1971
as John
1986
as Self (from Bus Stop [1956]) (archive footage)
1967
as Judge Hockstadter
1942
as Goldie Shores
1968
as Prosecutor
1965
as Darius Green III
1970
as Mr. Kruft
1958
as Bill Tobin
1969
as Larry Wise
1948
as Sgt. Shaeffer (uncredited)
1957
as Jed Bruce
1972
as John, the Chaplain
1942
as Simmons
1959
as Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Sam Tostin
1948
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1950
as Link Hall (uncredited)
1940
as Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
1940
as Court Clerk
1959
as Aaron McKinney
1948
as Reporter
1942
as New Recruit (uncredited)
1940
as Fourth Page
1940
as Cameraman (uncredited)
1940
as Moroni's Parking Attendant
1948
as First Reporter
1941
as Reporter (uncredited)
1942
as Pharmacist Mate
1957
as Solomon Baumgarten
1966
as Professor Wald
1940
as Book Salesman
1974
as Henry Gills
1951
as Jim Brewster
1963
as Self ("Bus Stop") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940
as Phil
1942
as Photographer (uncredited)
1991
as actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1957
as Col. Rousch
1940
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