Henry O'Neill

Birthday: 1891-08-09
Deathday: 1961-05-18
Birthplace: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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

Year	Title	Character
1957-01-31	The Wings of Eagles	Capt. Spear
1955-03-01	Untamed	Squire O'Neill
1953-05-02	The Sun Shines Bright	Joe D. Habersham
1952-06-20	Scarlet Angel	Morgan Caldwell
1952-01-16	Scandal Sheet	Charlie Barnes
1951-10-21	The Family Secret	Donald Muir
1951-09-01	The People Against O'Hara	Judge Keating
1950-12-24	The Flying Missile	Thomas A. Scott
1950-10-17	The Milkman	Bradley, Sr.
1950-08-01	Convicted	Detective Dorn
1950-07-07	The Second Woman	Ben Sheppard
1950-02-21	No Man of Her Own	Mr. Harkness
1949-12-12	Holiday Affair	Mr. Crowley
1949-12-09	The Reckless Moment	Tom Harper
1949-11-05	Strange Bargain	Timothy Hearne
1949-07-22	You're My Everything	Prof. Adams
1949-03-04	Alias Nick Beal	Judge Ben Hobbs
1948-11-11	Leather Gloves	Dudley
1948-10-26	The Return of October	President Hotchkiss
1947-04-01	Little Mister Jim	Chaplain
1947-02-19	The Beginning or the End	Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
1946-09-26	Three Wise Fools	Prof. Horace Appleby
1946-07-04	The Green Years	Canon Roche
1946-05-26	Bad Bascomb	Gov. Winton
1946-05-05	The Virginian	Mr. Taylor
1946-04-04	The Hoodlum Saint	Lewis J. Malbery
1945-08-13	Anchors Aweigh	Admiral Hammond
1945-06-07	Dangerous Partners	Duffy
1945-04-01	Keep Your Powder Dry	Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
1945-03-28	Between Two Women	Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
1945-01-04	This Man's Navy	Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
1944-12-16	Dark Shadows	Dr. Everett Colner
1944-12-06	Nothing But Trouble	Mr. Hawkley
1944-09-01	Barbary Coast Gent	Colonel Watrous
1944-06-14	Two Girls and a Sailor	John Dyckman Brown II
1944-03-25	Main Street Today	Vance Clark
1944-03-24	Rationing	Senator Edward White
1944-03-23	The Heavenly Body	Professor Stowe
1943-12-24	A Guy Named Joe	Col. Sykes
1943-12-23	Lost Angel	Professor Josh Pringle
1943-12-01	Whistling in Brooklyn	Inspector Holcomb
1943-11-26	Girl Crazy	Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
1943-10-08	Best Foot Forward	Maj. Roger W. Reeber
1943-09-13	Thousands Cheer	Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
1943-05-15	For God and Country	Captain Chaplain
1943-05-08	Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case	Warden Kenneson
1943-04-04	Air Raid Wardens	Rittenhause
1943-03-02	The Human Comedy	Charles Steed
1942-12-31	Stand by for Action	Cmdr. Stone M.C
1942-12-12	White Cargo	The Reverend Dr. Roberts
1942-05-21	Tortilla Flat	Father Ramon
1942-03-01	This Time for Keeps	Arthur Freeman
1942-02-18	Born to Sing	Frank Eastman
1942-01-30	The Bugle Sounds	Lt. Col. Harry Seton
1941-12-09	Johnny Eager	A.J. Verne
1941-11-21	Shadow of the Thin Man	Major Jason I. Sculley
1941-10-01	Honky Tonk	Daniel Wells
1941-08-15	Blossoms in the Dust	Judge
1941-08-08	Whistling in the Dark	Philip Post
1941-08-01	Down in San Diego	Col. Halliday
1941-06-13	The Get-Away	Warden Alcott
1941-05-30	Billy the Kid	Tim Ward
1941-04-11	Men of Boys Town	Mr. Maitland
1941-02-14	The Trial of Mary Dugan	Galway
1940-12-20	Santa Fe Trail	Cyrus Brody
1940-10-05	Knute Rockne All American	Doctor
1940-08-31	Service with the Colors	Colonel Nelson
1940-08-17	Money and the Woman	Mr. Mason
1940-07-26	They Drive by Night	District Attorney (uncredited)
1940-07-13	Young America Flies	Dr. Webster
1940-04-20	'Til We Meet Again	Dr. Cameron
1940-02-23	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Dr. Lentz
1940-02-17	Castle on the Hudson	District Attorney
1940-02-03	Calling Philo Vance	Markham
1940-01-27	The Fighting 69th	Colonel
1939-12-30	Invisible Stripes	Parole Officer Masters
1939-12-22	Four Wives	Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
1939-12-07	A Child Is Born	Dr. Lee
1939-08-26	Angels Wash Their Faces	A.H. Remson
1939-08-26	Everybody's Hobby	Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
1939-07-01	The Right Way	Mr. Martin
1939-06-10	Juarez	General Miguel Miramon
1939-06-03	The Man Who Dared	Matthew Carter
1939-05-20	Sons of Liberty	Member of Continental Congress
1939-05-06	Confessions of a Nazi Spy	Attorney Kellogg
1939-05-05	Lucky Night	Calvin Jordan
1939-04-08	Dodge City	Colonel Dodge
1939-02-11	Wings of the Navy	Prologue Speaker
1939-02-02	Torchy Blane in Chinatown	Sen. H. Baldwin
1938-10-29	Brother Rat	Colonel Ramm
1938-10-22	Girls on Probation	Judge
1938-07-29	The Chaser	Mr. Calhoun
1938-07-20	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse	Judge
1938-07-16	Racket Busters	Governor
1938-06-23	White Banners	Sam Trimble
1938-05-19	Yellow Jack	Gorgas
1938-03-26	Jezebel	General Theopholus Bogardus
1938-02-12	Gold Is Where You Find It	Judge
1937-12-31	Wells Fargo	Henry Wells
1937-12-04	First Lady	George Mason
1937-11-27	Submarine D-1	Admiral Thomas
1937-09-09	The Life of Emile Zola	Colonel Picquart
1937-08-11	Mr. Dodd Takes the Air	D.M. Gateway
1937-07-03	The Singing Marine	Captain Skinner
1937-05-22	The Go-Getter	Commander Tisdale
1937-05-15	Draegerman Courage	Dr. Thomas Haslett
1937-04-10	Marked Woman	Arthur Sheldon
1937-02-20	Green Light	Dr. Endicott
1937-02-13	The Great O'Malley	Defense Attorney
1936-12-18	Rainbow on the River	Father Josef
1936-08-26	Anthony Adverse	Father Xavier
1936-07-11	Two Against the World	Jim Carstairs
1936-06-25	The White Angel	Dr. Scott
1936-06-22	The Big Noise	Charlie Caldwell
1936-06-06	Bullets or Ballots	Ward Bryant
1936-05-23	The Golden Arrow	Mr. Appleby
1936-03-28	Road Gang	George Winston
1936-03-07	Boulder Dam	Mr. Agnew
1936-03-01	The Walking Dead	District Attorney Werner
1936-02-22	The Story of Louis Pasteur	Dr. Emile Roux
1936-01-18	Freshman Love	President Simpkins
1935-10-26	Personal Maid's Secret	Mr. Wilton Palmer
1935-10-19	Dr. Socrates	Greer
1935-10-05	The Case of the Lucky Legs	District Attorney C. Manchester
1935-09-14	Special Agent	District Attorney Roger Quinn
1935-08-17	We're in the Money	Stephen Dinsmore
1935-07-27	Bright Lights	J.C. Anderson
1935-06-29	Stranded	Mr. Tuthill
1935-06-08	Oil for the Lamps of China	Edward Hartford
1935-05-18	Black Fury	John W. Hendricks
1935-05-11	Dinky	Col. Barnes
1935-05-01	Alias Mary Dow	Henry Dow
1935-03-30	The Florentine Dagger	Victor Ballau
1935-03-09	While the Patient Slept	Elihu Dimuck
1935-03-02	Living on Velvet	Harold Thornton
1935-02-27	The Great Hotel Murder	Mr. Claude Harvey
1935-02-23	Sweet Music	Louis Trumble
1935-02-02	A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio	Director (uncredited)
1935-01-23	Bordertown	Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
1934-12-24	The Man Who Reclaimed His Head	Fernand de Marnay
1934-12-22	The Secret Bride	Jim Lansdale
1934-12-15	Murder in the Clouds	John Brownell
1934-12-01	Flirtation Walk	Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
1934-11-17	Gentlemen Are Born	Mr. Harper
1934-10-13	Madame du Barry	Duc de Choiseul
1934-10-06	Big Hearted Herbert	Goodrich Sr.
1934-08-14	Side Streets	George Richards
1934-08-04	The Man with Two Faces	Inspector Crane
1934-07-12	Midnight Alibi	Ardsley
1934-06-09	The Key	Dan
1934-06-07	Now I'll Tell	Tommy Doran
1934-06-06	The Personality Kid	Stephens
1934-06-02	Fog Over Frisco	Oren Porter
1934-05-26	Twenty Million Sweethearts	Lemuel Tappan
1934-04-28	Upperworld	Banker Making Toast
1934-03-31	Wonder Bar	Richard
1934-03-10	Journal of a Crime	Doctor
1934-03-07	Midnight	Edgar V. Ingersoll
1934-02-24	I've Got Your Number	Mr. John P. Schuyler
1934-02-14	Fashions of 1934	Duryea
1934-01-27	Bedside	Dr. William Chester
1934-01-20	Massacre	J.R. Dickinson
1934-01-06	The Big Shakedown	Mr. Sheffner
1933-12-23	The House on 56th Street	Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
1933-12-09	Lady Killer	Ramick
1933-11-29	Son of a Sailor	Naval Officer
1933-11-25	The World Changes	Orin Nordholm Sr.
1933-11-16	From Headquarters	Inspector Donnelly
1933-10-28	The Kennel Murder Case	Dubois (uncredited)
1933-09-23	I Loved a Woman	Mr. Farrell