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

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

Anatomy of a Murder

as Parnell Emmett McCarthy

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Count Alfonso Romero

1966

Fantastic Voyage

as Col. Donald Reid

1942

Blondie's Blessed Event

as Interne (uncredited)

1965

The Great Race

as Henry Goodbody

1966

The Silencers

as Joe Wigman

1956

Bus Stop

as Virgil Blessing

1961

Misty

as Grandpa Clarence Beebe

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as Clint Stark

1972

Ben

as Bill Hatfield

1971

The Last Valley

as Hoffman

1958

Man of the West

as Sam Beasley

1967

The Reluctant Astronaut

as Arbuckle "Buck" Fleming

1964

Kissin' Cousins

as Pappy Tatum

1959

Gidget

as Russell Lawrence

1975

The Hiding Place

as Casper ten Boom, 'Papa'

1960

The Great Impostor

as Warden J.B. Chandler

1968

The Power

as Prof. Henry Hallson

1960

Cimarron

as Tom Wyatt

1955

Picnic

as Howard Bevans

1962

Follow That Dream

as Pop Kwimper

1948

Open Secret

as Carter

1974

Huckleberry Finn

as Col. Grangerford

1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Intern (uncredited)

1964

1956

1973

Wicked, Wicked

as Mr. Fenley, Hotel Engineer

1961

A Thunder of Drums

as Sgt. Karl Rodermill

1966

Ride Beyond Vengeance

as The Narrator

1948

The Countess of Monte Cristo

as Assistant Director Jensen

1956

The Proud Ones

as Jim Dexter

1965

1965

The Third Day

as Dr. Wheeler

1956

The Monte Carlo Story

as Mr. Homer Hinkley

1939

1971

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from Bus Stop [1956]) (archive footage)

1967

A Covenant with Death

as Judge Hockstadter

1942

Man From Headquarters

as Goldie Shores

1965

The Monkey's Uncle

as Darius Green III

1958

Voice in the Mirror

as Bill Tobin

1969

Seven in Darkness

as Larry Wise

1948

The Naked City

as Sgt. Shaeffer (uncredited)

1957

April Love

as Jed Bruce

1972

The Poseidon Adventure

as John, the Chaplain

1942

1959

Operation Petticoat

as Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Sam Tostin

1948

Homecoming

as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

1950

Force of Evil

as Link Hall (uncredited)

1940

Two Girls on Broadway

as Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)

1940

I Take This Oath

as Court Clerk

1959

Hound-Dog Man

as Aaron McKinney

1948

1942

Canal Zone

as New Recruit (uncredited)

1940

Hullabaloo

as Fourth Page

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as Cameraman (uncredited)

1940

And One Was Beautiful

as Moroni's Parking Attendant

1948

State of the Union

as First Reporter

1941

Citizen Kane

as Reporter (uncredited)

1942

Hello, Annapolis

as Pharmacist Mate

1957

The Violators

as Solomon Baumgarten

1966

Birds Do It

as Professor Wald

1940

'Taint Legal

as Book Salesman

1974

1951

1963

Marilyn

as Self ("Bus Stop") (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Photographer (uncredited)

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1957

Operation Mad Ball

as Col. Rousch

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