Henry O'Neill
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Henry O'Neill

Aug 9, 1891 - Orange, New Jersey, USA

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.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1940Santa Fe TrailCyrus Brody
Movie1938JezebelGeneral Theopholus Bogardus
Movie1949Holiday AffairMr. Crowley
Movie1941The Get-AwayWarden Alcott
Movie1944Nothing But TroubleMr. Hawkley
Movie1944The Heavenly BodyProfessor Stowe
Movie1940Castle on the HudsonDistrict Attorney
Movie1952Scandal SheetCharlie Barnes
Movie1936The Walking DeadDistrict Attorney Werner
Movie1949Alias Nick BealJudge Ben Hobbs
Movie1936Bullets or BallotsWard Bryant
Movie1949The Reckless MomentTom Harper
Movie1950No Man of Her OwnMr. Harkness
Movie1943Girl CrazyMr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
Movie1941Johnny EagerMr. Verne
Movie1950ConvictedDetective Dorn
Movie1949Strange BargainTimothy Hearne
Movie1951The People Against O'HaraJudge Keating
Movie1941Shadow of the Thin ManMajor Jason I. Sculley
Movie1934MidnightEdgar V. Ingersoll
Movie1935The Florentine DaggerVictor Ballau
Movie1943A Guy Named JoeCol. Sykes
Movie1943Thousands CheerCaptain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
Movie1940Knute Rockne All AmericanDoctor
Movie1933Lady KillerRamick
Movie1950The Second WomanBen Sheppard
Movie1943Air Raid WardensRittenhause
Movie1957The Wings of EaglesCapt. Spear
Movie1938The Amazing Dr. ClitterhouseJudge
Movie1955UntamedSquire O'Neill
Movie1939Dodge CityColonel Dodge
Movie1943The Human ComedyCharles Steed
Movie1944Two Girls and a SailorJohn Dyckman Brown II
Movie1935Special AgentDistrict Attorney Roger Quinn
Movie1949You're My EverythingProf. Adams
Movie1934The KeyDan
Movie1934Fashions of 1934Duryea
Movie1941Whistling in the DarkPhilip Post
Movie1934The Man with Two FacesInspector Crane
Movie1943Whistling in BrooklynInspector Holcomb
Movie1936The Story of Louis PasteurDr. Emile Roux
Movie1941Blossoms in the DustJudge
Movie1934Flirtation WalkGen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
Movie1935Black FuryJohn W. Hendricks
Movie1947The Beginning or the EndGen. Thomas F. Farrell
Movie1938Racket BustersGovernor
Movie1939JuarezGeneral Miguel Miramon
Movie1937The Great O'MalleyDefense Attorney
Movie1941Honky TonkDaniel Wells
Movie1934The Big ShakedownMr. Sheffner
Movie1942Tortilla FlatFather Ramon
Movie1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletDr. Lentz
Movie1942This Time for KeepsArthur Freeman
Movie1942The Bugle SoundsLt. Col. Harry Seton
Movie1942White CargoThe Reverend Dr. Roberts
Movie1933The House on 56th StreetBaxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
Movie1946The Green YearsCanon Roche
Movie1936Two Against the WorldJim Carstairs
Movie1953The Sun Shines BrightJoe D. Habersham
Movie1933I Loved a WomanMr. Farrell
Movie1941Men of Boys TownMr. Maitland
Movie1939Angels Wash Their FacesA.H. Remson
Movie1937First LadyGeorge Mason
Movie1945Dangerous PartnersDuffy
Movie1941Billy the KidTim Ward
Movie1937Wells FargoHenry Wells
Movie1934BedsideDr. William Chester
Movie1934The Personality KidStephens
Movie1938Brother RatColonel Ramm
Movie1934Wonder BarRichard
Movie1935The Case of the Lucky LegsDistrict Attorney C. Manchester
Movie1940'Til We Meet AgainDr. Cameron
Movie1934The Man Who Reclaimed His HeadFernand de Marnay
Movie1934Now I'll TellTommy Doran
Movie1937Submarine D-1Admiral Thomas
Movie1943Lost AngelProfessor Josh Pringle
Movie1935Sweet MusicLouis Trumble
Movie1939Torchy Blane in ChinatownSen. H. Baldwin
Movie1936Boulder DamMr. Agnew
Movie1935StrandedMr. Tuthill
Movie1934Midnight AlibiArdsley
Movie1935The Great Hotel MurderMr. Claude Harvey
Movie1938Girls on ProbationJudge
Movie1939Lucky NightCalvin Jordan
Movie1933From HeadquartersInspector Donnelly
Movie1934Side StreetsGeorge Richards
Movie1933The World ChangesOrin Nordholm Sr.
Movie1934MassacreJ.R. Dickinson
Movie1948The Return of OctoberPresident Hotchkiss
Movie1944RationingSenator Edward White
Movie1936Road GangGeorge Winston
Movie1935Living on VelvetHarold Thornton
Movie1937Mr. Dodd Takes the AirD.M. Gateway
Movie1937The Go-GetterCommander Tisdale
Movie1935Dr. SocratesGreer
Movie1939Everybody's HobbyThomas 'Tom' Leslie
Movie1950The Flying MissileThomas A. Scott
Movie1940Money and the WomanMr. Mason
Movie1935DinkyCol. Barnes
Movie1952Scarlet AngelMorgan Caldwell
Movie1951The Family SecretDonald Muir
Movie1934Madame du BarryDuc de Choiseul
Movie1934I've Got Your NumberMr. John P. Schuyler
Movie1939Sons of LibertyMember of Continental Congress
Movie1935BordertownAttorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
Movie1938White BannersSam Trimble
Movie1935We're in the MoneyStephen Dinsmore
Movie1945Anchors AweighAdmiral Hammond
Movie1946The VirginianMr. Taylor
Movie1938Gold Is Where You Find ItJudge
Movie1934UpperworldBanker Making Toast
Movie1939A Child Is BornDr. Lee
Movie1948Leather GlovesDudley
Movie1944Barbary Coast GentColonel Watrous
Movie1934Twenty Million SweetheartsLemuel Tappan
Movie1942Born to SingFrank Eastman
Movie1939The Man Who DaredMatthew Carter
Movie1940The Fighting 69thColonel
Movie1934Fog Over FriscoOren Porter
Movie1937Draegerman CourageDr. Thomas Haslett
Movie1935Alias Mary DowHenry Dow
Movie1935Personal Maid's SecretMr. Wilton Palmer
Movie1934Gentlemen Are BornMr. Harper
Movie1935Oil for the Lamps of ChinaEdward Hartford
Movie1936The Big NoiseCharlie Caldwell
Movie1940Calling Philo VanceMarkham
Movie1936The White AngelDr. Scott
Movie1939Confessions of a Nazi SpyAttorney Kellogg
Movie1939Four WivesDr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
Movie1934Journal of a CrimeDoctor
Movie1939Wings of the NavyPrologue Speaker
Movie1935While the Patient SleptElihu Dimuck
Movie1937The Singing MarineCaptain Skinner
Movie1944Dark ShadowsDr. Everett Colner
Movie1943Best Foot ForwardMaj. Roger W. Reeber
Movie1940Service with the ColorsColonel Nelson
Movie1936Rainbow on the RiverFather Josef
Movie1933Son of a SailorNaval Officer
Movie1941The Trial of Mary DuganGalway
Movie1936The Golden ArrowMr. Appleby
Movie1934The Secret BrideJim Lansdale
Movie1936Freshman LovePresident Simpkins
Movie1946Bad BascombGov. Winton
Movie1946The Hoodlum SaintLewis J. Malbery
Movie1940They Drive by NightDistrict Attorney (uncredited)
Movie1937The Life of Emile ZolaColonel Picquart
Movie1935Bright LightsJ.C. Anderson
Movie1941Down in San DiegoCol. Halliday
Movie1946Three Wise FoolsProf. Horace Appleby
Movie1935A Trip Thru a Hollywood StudioDirector (uncredited)
Movie1947Little Mister JimChaplain
Movie1945This Man's NavyLt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
Movie1943For God and CountryCaptain Chaplain
Movie1936Anthony AdverseFather Xavier
Movie1937Green LightDr. Endicott
Movie1934Big Hearted HerbertGoodrich Sr.
Movie1934Murder in the CloudsJohn Brownell
Movie1950The MilkmanBradley, Sr.
Movie1938Yellow JackGorgas
Movie1942Stand by for ActionCmdr. Stone M.C
Movie1937Marked WomanArthur Sheldon
Movie1933The Kennel Murder CaseDubois (uncredited)
Movie1938The ChaserMr. Calhoun
Movie1940Young America FliesDr. Webster
Movie1944Main Street TodayVance Clark
Movie1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal CaseWarden Kenneson
Movie1939The Right WayMr. Martin
Movie1945Between Two WomenLarry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
Movie1945Keep Your Powder DryMaj. Gen. Lee Rand
Movie1939Invisible StripesParole Officer Masters

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