Henry O'Neill

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Henry O'Neill

Acting August 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 care…

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Jezebel

Jezebel

7.0 1938 Movie
Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

6.8 1945 Movie
The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

6.7 1937 Movie
The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

6.8 1949 Movie
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

6.9 1940 Movie
Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man

7.0 1941 Movie
Dodge City

Dodge City

6.9 1939 Movie
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

6.3 1936 Movie
Holiday Affair

Holiday Affair

6.9 1949 Movie
The Wings of Eagles

The Wings of Eagles

6.3 1957 Movie
Marked Woman

Marked Woman

6.6 1937 Movie
Santa Fe Trail

Santa Fe Trail

5.8 1940 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1957
    The Wings of Eagles

    Movie Capt. Spear

  2. 1955
    Untamed

    Movie Squire O'Neill

  3. 1953
    The Sun Shines Bright

    Movie Joe D. Habersham

  4. 1952
    Scarlet Angel

    Movie Morgan Caldwell

  5. 1952
    Scandal Sheet

    Movie Charlie Barnes

  6. 1951
    The Family Secret

    Movie Donald Muir

  7. 1951
    The People Against O'Hara

    Movie Judge Keating

  8. 1950
    The Flying Missile

    Movie Thomas A. Scott

  9. 1950
    The Milkman

    Movie Bradley, Sr.

  10. 1950
    Convicted

    Movie Detective Dorn

  11. 1950
    The Second Woman

    Movie Ben Sheppard

  12. 1950
    No Man of Her Own

    Movie Mr. Harkness

  13. 1949
    Holiday Affair

    Movie Mr. Crowley

  14. 1949
    The Reckless Moment

    Movie Tom Harper

  15. 1949
    Strange Bargain

    Movie Timothy Hearne

  16. 1949
    You're My Everything

    Movie Prof. Adams

More credits
  1. 1949
    Alias Nick Beal

    Movie Judge Ben Hobbs

  2. 1948
    Leather Gloves

    Movie Dudley

  3. 1948
    The Return of October

    Movie President Hotchkiss

  4. 1947
    Little Mister Jim

    Movie Chaplain

  5. 1947
    The Beginning or the End

    Movie Gen. Thomas F. Farrell

  6. 1946
    Three Wise Fools

    Movie Prof. Horace Appleby

  7. 1946
    The Green Years

    Movie Canon Roche

  8. 1946
    Bad Bascomb

    Movie Gov. Winton

  9. 1946
    The Virginian

    Movie Mr. Taylor

  10. 1946
    The Hoodlum Saint

    Movie Lewis J. Malbery

  11. 1945
    Anchors Aweigh

    Movie Admiral Hammond

  12. 1945
    Dangerous Partners

    Movie Duffy

  13. 1945
    Keep Your Powder Dry

    Movie Maj. Gen. Lee Rand

  14. 1945
    Between Two Women

    Movie Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)

  15. 1945
    This Man's Navy

    Movie Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone

  16. 1944
    Dark Shadows

    Movie Dr. Everett Colner

  17. 1944
    Nothing But Trouble

    Movie Mr. Hawkley

  18. 1944
    Barbary Coast Gent

    Movie Colonel Watrous

  19. 1944
    Two Girls and a Sailor

    Movie John Dyckman Brown II

  20. 1944
    Main Street Today

    Movie Vance Clark

  21. 1944
    Rationing

    Movie Senator Edward White

  22. 1944
    The Heavenly Body

    Movie Professor Stowe

  23. 1944
    A Guy Named Joe

    Movie Col. Sykes

  24. 1943
    Lost Angel

    Movie Professor Josh Pringle