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Henry O'Neill (I) (1891–1961)

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Suave, well-mannered, silvery-haired character actor Henry O'Neill played top supports in hundreds of films, often as a benign, wise, sensible father, judge, doctor, executive or lawyer. Most of his uppercrust career was split between two studios: Warner Bros in the 1930s and MGM in the 1940s. O'Neill was born in New Jersey in 1891 and dropped out of college to join a traveling theatre troupe... See full bio »

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in Orange, New Jersey, USA

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(age 69) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1957 The Wings of Eagles
Capt. Spear
 
1955 Untamed
Squire O'Neill
 
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
Joe D. Habersham
 
1952 Scarlet Angel
Morgan Caldwell
 
1952 Scandal Sheet
Charlie Barnes
 
1951 The Family Secret
Donald Muir
 
1951 The People Against O'Hara
Judge Keating
 
1950 The Flying Missile
RAdm. Thomas A. Scott
 
1950 The Milkman
Roger Bradley Sr.
 
1950 Convicted
Detective Dorn
 
1950 The Second Woman
Ben Sheppard
 
1950 No Man of Her Own
Mr. Harkness
 
1949 Holiday Affair
Mr. Crowley
 
1949 The Reckless Moment
Tom Harper
 
1949 Strange Bargain
Timothy Hearne
 
1949 You're My Everything
Prof. Adams
 
1949 Alias Nick Beal
Judge Ben Hobson
 
1948 Leather Gloves
Dudley
 
1948 The Return of October
President Hotchkiss
 
1947 Little Mister Jim
Chaplain
 
1947 The Beginning or the End
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
 
1946 Three Wise Fools
Prof. Horace Appleby
 
1946 Bad Bascomb
Gov. Winton (Wyoming)
 
1946 The Virginian
Mr. Taylor
 
1946 The Green Years
Canon Roche
 
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
Lewis J. Malbery
 
1945 Anchors Aweigh
Admiral Hammond
 
1945 Dangerous Partners
Police Lt. Duffy
 
1945 Between Two Women
Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
 
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry
Major General Lee Rand
 
1945 This Man's Navy
Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
 
1944 Dark Shadows (short)
Dr. Everett Colner M.D.
 
1944 Nothing But Trouble
Mr. Hawkley
 
1944 Barbary Coast Gent
Col. Watrous
 
1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
John Dyckman Brown II
 
1944 Main Street Today (short)
Vance Clark
 
1944 Rationing
Sen. Edward White
 
1944 The Heavenly Body
Prof. Stowe
 
1943 Whistling in Brooklyn
Inspector Holcomb
 
1943 A Guy Named Joe
Col. Sykes
 
1943 Lost Angel
Professor Josh Pringle
 
1943 Girl Crazy
Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
 
1943 Thousands Cheer
Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
 
1943 Best Foot Forward
Maj. Reeber
 
1943 Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Warden Kenneson
 
1943 Air Raid Wardens
Rittenhause
 
1943 The Human Comedy
Charles Steed
 
1943 For God and Country (short)
Chief Chaplain
 
1942 Stand by for Action
Cmdr. Stone M.C
 
1942 White Cargo
The Reverend Dr. Roberts
 
1942 Pierre of the Plains
Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
 
1942 Tortilla Flat
Father Juan Ramon
 
1942 This Time for Keeps
Arthur Freeman
 
1942 Born to Sing
Frank Eastman
 
1942 Mr. and Mrs. North
Undetermined Role (scenes deleted)
 
1942 The Bugle Sounds
Lt. Col. Harry Seton
 
1941 Johnny Eager
Mr. Verne
 
1941 Shadow of the Thin Man
Major Jason I. Sculley
 
1941 Honky Tonk
Daniel Wells
 
1941 Down in San Diego
Col. Halliday
 
1941 Whistling in the Dark
Philip Post
 
1941 Blossoms in the Dust
Judge
 
1941 The Getaway
Warden Alcott
 
1941 Billy the Kid
Tim Ward
 
1941 Men of Boys Town
Mr. Maitland
 
1941 Free and Easy (scenes deleted)
 
1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan
Galway
 
1941 Maisie Was a Lady (scenes deleted)
 
1940 Santa Fe Trail
Cyrus Holliday
 
1940 Knute Rockne All American
Doctor
 
1940 Service with the Colors (short)
Col. Nelson
 
1940 Money and the Woman
Mr. Mason
 
1940 They Drive by Night
District Attorney (uncredited)
 
1940 Young America Flies (short)
Dr. Webster
 
1940 'Til We Meet Again
Dr. Cameron
 
1940 Castle on the Hudson
District Attorney
 
1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Dr. Lentz
 
1940 Calling Philo Vance
J.P. Markham
 
1940 The Fighting 69th
The Colonel
 
1939 Invisible Stripes
Parole Officer Masters
 
1939 Four Wives
Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
 
1939 A Child Is Born
Dr. Lee
 
1939 Everybody's Hobby
Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
 
1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces
Remson Sr.
 
1939 The Right Way (short)
Mr Martin
 
1939 Sons of Liberty (short)
Member of Continental Congress
 
1939 Lucky Night
Calvin Jordan
 
1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Attorney Kellogg
 
1939 Juarez
Miguel Miramon
 
1939 The Man Who Dared
Matthew Carter
 
1939 Dodge City
Colonel Dodge
 
1939 Wings of the Navy
Prologue Speaker
 
1939 Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Sen. H. Baldwin
 
1938 Brother Rat
Colonel Ramm
 
1938 Girls on Probation
Judge
 
1938 The Chaser
Mr. Calhoun
 
1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Judge
 
1938 Racket Busters
Governor
 
1938 Yellow Jack
Gorgas
 
1938 Jezebel
General Bogardus
 
1938 Gold Is Where You Find It
Judge
 
1938 White Banners
Sam Trimble
 
1937 Wells Fargo
Henry Wells
 
1937 First Lady
George Mason
 
1937 Submarine D-1
Admiral Thomas
 
1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
D.M. Gateway
 
1937 The Life of Emile Zola
Colonel Picquart
 
1937 The Singing Marine
Captain Skinner (as Henry O'Neil)
 
1937 The Go Getter
Macon Commander Tisdale
 
1937 Draegerman Courage
Dr. Thomas Haslett
 
1937 Marked Woman
Sheldon
 
1937 The Great O'Malley
Attorney for the Defense
 
1937 Green Light
Dr. Endicott
 
1936 Rainbow on the River
Father Josef
 
1936 Anthony Adverse
Father Xavier
 
1936 Two Against the World
Jim Carstairs
 
1936 The White Angel
Dr. Scott
 
1936/I The Big Noise
Charlie Caldwell
 
1936 Bullets or Ballots
Ward Bryant
 
1936 The Golden Arrow
Mr. Appleby
 
1936 Boulder Dam
Mr. Agnew
 
1936 The Walking Dead
Werner
 
1936 Road Gang
George Winston
 
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Emile Roux
 
1936 The Petrified Forest
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1936 Freshman Love
Pres. Simpkins
 
1935 I Found Stella Parish
Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1935 Dr. Socrates
Greer
 
1935 The Case of the Lucky Legs
District Attorney Manchester
 
1935 Personal Maid's Secret
Mr. Russell Wilton Palmer
 
1935 Special Agent
District Attorney Roger Quinn
 
1935 We're in the Money
Lawyer Stephen 'Dinsy' Dinsmore
 
1935 Bright Lights
J.C. Anderson
 
1935 Stranded
Mr. Tuthill
 
1935 Oil for the Lamps of China
Edward Hartford
 
1935 Dinky
Colonel Barnes
 
1935 Alias Mary Dow
Henry Dow
 
1935 Black Fury
Hendricks
 
1935 The Florentine Dagger
Victor Ballau
 
1935 Living on Velvet
Harold Thornton
 
1935 While the Patient Slept
Elihu Dimuck
 
1935 The Great Hotel Murder
Mr. Harvey
 
1935 Sweet Music
Louis Trumble
 
1935 Bordertown
Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
 
1934 The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Fernand de Marnay
 
1934 The Secret Bride
Jim Lansdale
 
1934 Murder in the Clouds
John Brownell
 
1934 Flirtation Walk
Gen. Fitts
 
1934 Gentlemen Are Born
Mr. Harper
 
1934 Madame Du Barry
Duc de Choiseul
 
1934 Big Hearted Herbert
Goodrich Sr.
 
1934 The Man with Two Faces
Inspector Crane
 
1934 The Personality Kid
Stephens
 
1934 Midnight Alibi
Ardsley
 
1934 Side Streets
George
 
1934 Now I'll Tell
Tommy Doran
 
1934 Fog Over Frisco
Oren Porter
 
1934 The Key
Dan
 
1934 Upperworld
Banker Making Toast at Banquet
 
1934 Twenty Million Sweethearts
Lemuel Tappan
 
1934 Journal of a Crime
Doctor
 
1934 Midnight
Ingersoll (as Henry O'Neil)
 
1934 Wonder Bar
Richard - the Maitre'd
 
1934 Fashions of 1934
Duryea
 
1934 I've Got Your Number
Mr. John P. Schuyler
 
1934 Bedside
Dr. William Chester
 
1934 Massacre
J.R. Dickinson
 
1934 The Big Shakedown
Mr. Sheffner
 
1933 Lady Killer
Ramick
 
1933 The House on 56th Street
Baxter - the Lawyer (uncredited)
 
1933 Son of a Sailor
Naval Officer (uncredited)
 
1933 The World Changes
Orin Nordholm Sr.
 
1933 From Headquarters
Inspector Donnelly
 
1933 Ever in My Heart
Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
 
1933 The Kennel Murder Case
Dubois - Police Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
 
1933 I Loved a Woman
Mr. Farrell
 
1930 The Strong Arm (short)
 
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1996 Sgt. Bilko (writer: "Behind Closed Doors")
 
1942 White Cargo (performer: "There's No Place Like Home Home, Sweet Home" 1823 - uncredited)
 
1939 Everybody's Hobby ("Jeepers Creepers" - uncredited)
 
1939 Lucky Night (performer: "Chopsticks" 1877 - uncredited)
 
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1936 The Making of a Great Motion Picture (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1935 A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio (documentary short)
Director (uncredited)
 
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1993 The Unknown Marx Brothers (TV documentary)
Actor in 'The Big Store' Trailer
 
1987 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
 
1945 Frontier Days (short)
edited from 'Dodge City' (uncredited)
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Other Works:

The Ancient Mariner (1924). Based on the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Provincetown Playhouse: 6 Apr 1924- May 1924 (closing date unknown/33 performances; played in rotation with "George Dandin"). Cast: E.J. Ballantine, John Brewster, Rupert Caplan, Charles Ellis, Robert Forsyth, Rosalind Fuller... See more »

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Henry O'Neil

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5' 10" (1.78 m)
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