Acting

Henry O'Neill

Born 1891-08-09 · Orange, New Jersey, USA

Died 1961-05-18

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.

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The Wings of Eagles
as Capt. Spear
1957
Untamed
as Squire O'Neill
1955
The Sun Shines Bright
as Joe D. Habersham
1953
Scarlet Angel
as Morgan Caldwell
1952
Scandal Sheet
as Charlie Barnes
1952
The Family Secret
as Donald Muir
1951
The People Against O'Hara
as Judge Keating
1951
The Flying Missile
as Thomas A. Scott
1950
The Milkman
as Bradley, Sr.
1950
Convicted
as Detective Dorn
1950
The Second Woman
as Ben Sheppard
1950
No Man of Her Own
as Mr. Harkness
1950
Holiday Affair
as Mr. Crowley
1949
The Reckless Moment
as Tom Harper
1949
Strange Bargain
as Timothy Hearne
1949
You're My Everything
as Prof. Adams
1949
Alias Nick Beal
as Judge Ben Hobbs
1949
Leather Gloves
as Dudley
1948
The Return of October
as President Hotchkiss
1948
Little Mister Jim
as Chaplain
1947
The Beginning or the End
as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
1947
Three Wise Fools
as Prof. Horace Appleby
1946
The Green Years
as Canon Roche
1946
Bad Bascomb
as Gov. Winton
1946
The Virginian
as Mr. Taylor
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
as Lewis J. Malbery
1946
Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral Hammond
1945
Dangerous Partners
as Duffy
1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
1945
Between Two Women
as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
1945
This Man's Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
1945
Dark Shadows
as Dr. Everett Colner
1944
Nothing But Trouble
as Mr. Hawkley
1944
Barbary Coast Gent
as Colonel Watrous
1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
as John Dyckman Brown II
1944
Main Street Today
as Vance Clark
1944
Rationing
as Senator Edward White
1944
The Heavenly Body
as Professor Stowe
1944
A Guy Named Joe
as Col. Sykes
1944
Lost Angel
as Professor Josh Pringle
1943
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Inspector Holcomb
1943
Girl Crazy
as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
1943
Best Foot Forward
as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
1943
Thousands Cheer
as Captain (uncredited)
1943
For God and Country
as Captain Chaplain
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Warden Kenneson
1943
Air Raid Wardens
as Rittenhause
1943
The Human Comedy
as Charles Steed
1943
Stand by for Action
as Cmdr. Stone M.C
1942
White Cargo
as The Reverend Dr. Roberts
1942
Tortilla Flat
as Father Ramon
1942
This Time for Keeps
as Arthur Freeman
1942
Born to Sing
as Frank Eastman
1942
The Bugle Sounds
as Lt. Col. Harry Seton
1942
Johnny Eager
as Mr. Verne
1941
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Jason Sculley
1941
Honky Tonk
as Daniel Wells
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as Judge
1941
Whistling in the Dark
as Philip Post
1941
Down in San Diego
as Col. Halliday
1941
The Get-Away
as Warden Alcott
1941
Billy the Kid
as Tim Ward
1941
Men of Boys Town
as Mr. Maitland
1941
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Galway
1941
Santa Fe Trail
as Cyrus Brody
1940
Knute Rockne All American
as Doctor
1940
Service with the Colors
as Colonel Nelson
1940
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Mason
1940
They Drive by Night
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1940
Young America Flies
as Dr. Webster
1940
'Til We Meet Again
as Dr. Cameron
1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Dr. Lentz
1940
Castle on the Hudson
as District Attorney
1940
Calling Philo Vance
as Markham
1940
The Fighting 69th
as Colonel
1940
Invisible Stripes
as Parole Officer Masters
1939
Four Wives
as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
1939
A Child is Born
as Dr. Lee
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces
as A.H. Remson
1939
Everybody's Hobby
as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
1939