Henry O'Neill

Known for: Acting
Born: August 9, 1891, Orange, New Jersey, USA
Died: May 18, 1961
Movies: 170

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

Jezebel

1938

6.8

Anchors Aweigh

1945

6.7

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

6.7

The Reckless Moment

1949

6.9

They Drive by Night

1940

7.0

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941

6.9

Dodge City

1939

6.3

The Walking Dead

1936

6.9

Holiday Affair

1949

6.6

Marked Woman

1937

Filmography

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	Thomas A. Scott
1950	The Milkman	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 Hobbs
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	The Green Years	Canon Roche
1946	Bad Bascomb	Gov. Winton
1946	The Virginian	Mr. Taylor
1946	The Hoodlum Saint	Lewis J. Malbery
1945	Anchors Aweigh	Admiral Hammond
1945	Dangerous Partners	Duffy
1945	Keep Your Powder Dry	Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
1945	Between Two Women	Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
1945	This Man's Navy	Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
1944	Dark Shadows	Dr. Everett Colner
1944	Nothing But Trouble	Mr. Hawkley
1944	Barbary Coast Gent	Colonel Watrous
1944	Two Girls and a Sailor	John Dyckman Brown II
1944	Main Street Today	Vance Clark
1944	Rationing	Senator Edward White
1944	The Heavenly Body	Professor Stowe
1944	A Guy Named Joe	Col. Sykes
1943	Lost Angel	Professor Josh Pringle
1943	Whistling in Brooklyn	Inspector Holcomb
1943	Girl Crazy	Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
1943	Best Foot Forward	Maj. Roger W. Reeber
1943	Thousands Cheer	Captain (uncredited)
1943	For God and Country	Captain Chaplain
1943	Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case	Warden Kenneson
1943	Air Raid Wardens	Rittenhause
1943	The Human Comedy	Charles Steed
1942	Stand by for Action	Cmdr. Stone M.C
1942	White Cargo	The Reverend Dr. Roberts
1942	Tortilla Flat	Father Ramon
1942	This Time for Keeps	Arthur Freeman
1942	Born to Sing	Frank Eastman
1942	The Bugle Sounds	Lt. Col. Harry Seton
1941	Johnny Eager	Mr. Verne
1941	Shadow of the Thin Man	Jason Sculley
1941	Honky Tonk	Daniel Wells
1941	Blossoms in the Dust	Judge
1941	Whistling in the Dark	Philip Post
1941	Down in San Diego	Col. Halliday
1941	The Get-Away	Warden Alcott
1941	Billy the Kid	Tim Ward
1941	Men of Boys Town	Mr. Maitland
1941	The Trial of Mary Dugan	Galway
1940	Santa Fe Trail	Cyrus Brody
1940	Knute Rockne All American	Doctor
1940	Service with the Colors	Colonel Nelson
1940	Money and the Woman	Mr. Mason
1940	They Drive by Night	District Attorney (uncredited)
1940	Young America Flies	Dr. Webster
1940	'Til We Meet Again	Dr. Cameron
1940	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Dr. Lentz
1940	Castle on the Hudson	District Attorney
1940	Calling Philo Vance	Markham
1940	The Fighting 69th	Colonel
1939	Invisible Stripes	Parole Officer Masters
1939	Four Wives	Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
1939	A Child is Born	Dr. Lee
1939	Angels Wash Their Faces	A.H. Remson
1939	Everybody's Hobby	Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
1939	The Right Way	Mr. Martin
1939	Juarez	General Miguel Miramon
1939	The Man Who Dared	Matthew Carter
1939	Sons of Liberty	Member of Continental Congress
1939	Confessions of a Nazi Spy	Attorney Kellogg
1939	Lucky Night	Calvin Jordan
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	White Banners	Sam Trimble
1938	Yellow Jack	Gorgas
1938	Jezebel	General Theopholus Bogardus
1938	Gold Is Where You Find It	Judge
1937	Wells Fargo	Henry Wells
1937	First Lady	George Mason
1937	Submarine D-1	Admiral Thomas
1937	The Life of Emile Zola	Colonel Picquart
1937	Mr. Dodd Takes the Air	D.M. Gateway
1937	The Singing Marine	Captain Skinner
1937	The Go-Getter	Commander Tisdale
1937	Draegerman Courage	Dr. Thomas Haslett
1937	Marked Woman	Arthur Sheldon
1937	Green Light	Dr. Endicott
1937	The Great O'Malley	Defense Attorney
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	The Big Noise	Charlie Caldwell
1936	Bullets or Ballots	Ward Bryant
1936	The Golden Arrow	Mr. Appleby
1936	Road Gang	George Winston
1936	Boulder Dam	Mr. Agnew
1936	The Walking Dead	District Attorney Werner
1936	The Story of Louis Pasteur	Dr. Emile Roux
1936	Freshman Love	President Simpkins
1935	Personal Maid's Secret	Mr. Wilton Palmer
1935	Dr. Socrates	Greer
1935	The Case of the Lucky Legs	District Attorney C. Manchester
1935	Special Agent	District Attorney Roger Quinn
1935	We're in the Money	Stephen Dinsmore
1935	Bright Lights	J.C. Anderson
1935	Stranded	Mr. Tuthill
1935	Oil for the Lamps of China	Edward Hartford
1935	Black Fury	John W. Hendricks
1935	Dinky	Col. Barnes
1935	Alias Mary Dow	Henry Dow
1935	The Florentine Dagger	Victor Ballau
1935	While the Patient Slept	Elihu Dimuck
1935	Living on Velvet	Harold Thornton
1935	The Great Hotel Murder	Mr. Claude Harvey
1935	Sweet Music	Louis Trumble
1935	A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio	Director (uncredited)
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	Brownell
1934	Flirtation Walk	Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
1934	Gentlemen Are Born	Mr. Harper
1934	Madame du Barry	Duc de Choiseul
1934	Big Hearted Herbert	Goodrich Sr.
1934	Side Streets	George Richards
1934	The Man with Two Faces	Inspector Crane
1934	Midnight Alibi	Ardsley
1934	The Key	Dan
1934	Now I'll Tell	Tommy Doran
1934	The Personality Kid	Stephens
1934	Fog Over Frisco	Oren Porter
1934	Twenty Million Sweethearts	Lemuel Tappan
1934	Upperworld	Banker Making Toast
1934	Wonder Bar	Richard
1934	Journal of a Crime	Doctor
1934	Midnight	Edgar V. Ingersoll
1934	I've Got Your Number	Mr. John P. Schuyler
1934	Fashions of 1934	Duryea
1934	Bedside	Dr. William Chester
1934	Massacre	J.R. Dickinson
1934	The Big Shakedown	Mr. Sheffner
1933	The House on 56th Street	Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
1933	Lady Killer	Ramick
1933	Son of a Sailor	Naval Officer
1933	The World Changes	Orin Nordholm Sr.
1933	From Headquarters	Inspector Donnelly
1933	The Kennel Murder Case	Dubois (uncredited)
1933	I Loved a Woman	Mr. Farrell

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