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
Movies
- The Thin Man
1934
- He Ran All the Way
1951
- Alias the Champ
1949
- Ball of Fire
1941
- It Started with Eve
1941
- Topaz
1969
- Lady for a Night
1942
- She-Wolf of London
1946
- The Unsuspected
1947
- Bud Abbott and Lou Cost...
1951
- Ma and Pa Kettle Go to ...
1950
- Abbott and Costello Mee...
1955
- Hong Kong
1952
- The Strange Door
1951
- It Happened on Fifth Av...
1947
- Bannerline
1951
- Gunpoint
1966
- Rio Lobo
1970
- Support Your Local Gunf...
1971
- Big Time Or Bust
1933
- Five and Ten
1931
- The Unholy Wife
1957
- The Bridge of San Luis ...
1944
- Chicago Confidential
1957
- Do You Love Me
1946
- The Pied Piper of Hamel...
1957
- The Firefly
1937
- The Mysterious Lady
1928
- There's Always Tomorrow
1956
- Lady on a Train
1945
- Shadow of Doubt
1935
- Illegal
1955
- Remember?
1939
- Fort Ti
1953
- Miss Grant Takes Richmo...
1949
- The Private Affairs of ...
1947
- Who Was That Lady?
1960
- Let's Dance
1950
- The Tattered Dress
1957
- Topper Returns
1941
- Reaching for the Moon
1930
- The Half-Naked Truth
1932
- Cry Tough
1959
- Ladies' Man
1931
- Murder by Contract
1958
- Frenchie
1950
- New Moon
1930
- Long Lost Father
1934
- The Gay Deception
1935
- Ivy
1947
- The Graduate
1967
- Strictly Unconventional
1930
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
- The Wheeler Dealers
1963
- Hollywood Mystery
1934
- Ocean's Eleven
1960
- The Bad and the Beautif...
1952
- Money, Women and Guns
1958
- Louisa
1950
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
- The Story on Page One
1959
- The Blot
1921
- Sweet Smell of Success
1957
- The Misses Stooge
1935
- Special Investigator
1936
- Wells Fargo
1937
- While the City Sleeps
1928
- The Singing Fool
1928
- To Beat the Band
1935
- His Family Tree
1935
- Stronger Than Desire
1939
- The Blonde from Singapo...
1941
- Abbott and Costello Mee...
1955
- Carrie
1952
- I Was a Teenage Franken...
1957
- Champagne Charlie
1936
- Zorro's Fighting Legion
1939
- Shakedown
1950
- Playboy of Paris
1930
- A Star Is Born
1954
- All About Eve
1950
- Bud Abbott and Lou Cost...
1949
- The Gracie Allen Murder...
1939
- Girl from Rio
1939
- Gypsy
1962
- That's Right – You're W...
1939
- Honeymoon in Bali
1939
- Eternally Yours
1939
- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
- Valley of the Dolls
1967
- The Far Country
1954
- Men Call It Love
1931
- The Country Doctor
1936
- The Last Hurrah
1958
- Race Street
1948
- Witness for the Prosecu...
1957
- Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
- To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
- Daybreak
1931
- Zero Hour!
1957
- Emma
1932
- The Joker is Wild
1957
- Niagara Falls
1941
- Street of Chance
1930
- Forgotten Women
1931
- Rebecca
1940
- Woman in Hiding
1950
- Not With My Wife, You D...
1966
- The Earl of Chicago
1940
- North of the Rio Grande
1937
- Edison, the Man
1940
- High Noon
1952
- On the Riviera
1951
- The Showdown
1940
- Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
- The Patsy
1928
- Battle Cry
1955
- Special Agent
1949
- Jungle Goddess
1948
- Ace in the Hole
1951
- Fallen Angel
1945
- The Square Jungle
1955
- Government Girl
1943
- The Hoodlum Saint
1946
- Red-Headed Woman
1932
- The Arizonian
1935
- City for Conquest
1940
- No Time for Comedy
1940
- Hired Wife
1940
- A Chump at Oxford
1940
- One Night in the Tropics
1940
- Turnabout
1940
- Captain Caution
1940
- Love Thy Neighbor
1940
- City of Chance
1940
- Captain Swagger
1928
- Anybody's Woman
1930
- Dance Charlie Dance
1937
- Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
- No Time for Love
1943
- The Damned Don't Cry
1950
- Around the World in Eig...
1956
- The Tiger Woman
1945
- Citizen Kane
1941
- Diamond Jim
1935
- Sinner Take All
1936
- Trouble Along the Way
1953
- Once More, My Darling
1949
- The Road to Reno
1931
- Curtain Call
1940
- Forty Little Mothers
1940
- The Trespasser
1929
- The Woman in Green
1945
- The Feminine Touch
1941
- Elmer Gantry
1960
- Children of Pleasure
1930
- Mexican Spitfire Out We...
1940
- The Star
1952
- Bombers B-52
1957
- Brooklyn Orchid
1942
- The Phantom of Paris
1931
- San Francisco
1936
- Hollywood Scout
1945
- The Best Years of Our L...
1946
- Woman's World
1954
- A Place in the Sun
1951
- The Walking Dead
1936
- Daisy Kenyon
1947
- Airport
1970
- Let Us Be Gay
1930
- The Seven Year Itch
1955
- The Harder They Fall
1956
- The Trouble with Girls
1969
- Scarface
1932
- Action in the North Atl...
1943
- Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
- A Woman of Affairs
1928
- Margin for Error
1943
- So Proudly We Hail
1943
- The Spider Woman
1943
- Undercurrent
1946
- Faithless
1932
- The Rage of Paris
1938
- The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
- Pillow Talk
1959
- The Picture of Dorian G...
1945
- Only Yesterday
1933
- Johnny Allegro
1949
- King of the Roaring 20'...
1961
- A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
- Angel on My Shoulder
1946
- Anna Christie
1930
- Ex-Lady
1933
- The Big Sleep
1946
- Hollywood Story
1951
- Father of the Bride
1950
- Bachelor Bait
1934
- Body and Soul
1947
- Tomorrow We Live
1942
- Keep 'Em Flying
1941
- Bulldog Drummond Strike...
1934
- The Wistful Widow of Wa...
1947
- In Society
1944
- The Naughty Nineties
1945
- The Time of Their Lives
1946
- Some Like It Hot
1959
- The Wet Parade
1932
- A Song to Remember
1945
- The Racket
1928
- Road to Rio
1947
- I Walk Alone
1947
- Take a Letter, Darling
1942
- Dressed to Kill
1946
- The Children's Hour
1961
- In Old Chicago
1938
- Dial M for Murder
1954
- Sabrina
1954
- Nobody Lives Forever
1946
- Smart Money
1931
- Pot o' Gold
1941
- Home Before Dark
1958
- Two Sisters from Boston
1946
- You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
- Something to Live For
1952
- Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
- Designing Woman
1957
- Pressure Point
1962
- Go Into Your Dance
1935
- It's Always Fair Weather
1955
- Superman and the Mole M...
1951
- The Old Homestead
1935
- Carnival Rock
1957
- Monkey Business
1931
- Gold Is Where You Find ...
1938
- Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks...
1960
- A Night at the Opera
1935
- Anything Goes
1956
- Kitty
1945
- Daddy Long Legs
1955
- The Falcon Takes Over
1942
- Movie Crazy
1932
- The Climax
1944
- Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
- Hit Parade of 1941
1940
- The Guilty Generation
1931
- Swing Shift Maisie
1943
- Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
- Flamingo Road
1949
- Undercover Maisie
1947
- The High and the Mighty
1954
- New York Confidential
1955
- The Men
1950
- Test Pilot
1938
- The Big Broadcast of 19...
1938
- Munster, Go Home!
1966
- It's a Great Feeling
1949
- Horizons West
1952
- The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
- Canyon Passage
1946
- Sin Takes a Holiday
1930
- Vagabond Lady
1935
- Midnight Mary
1933
- The Mad Whirl
1925
- The Todd Killings
1971
- The Leopard Man
1943
- The Delicious Little De...
1919
- The Comic
1969
- West of Broadway
1931
- Larceny on the Air
1937
- The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
- Désirée
1954