Henry O'Neill
- Acting
- August 9, 1891 · Orange, New Jersey, USA
- May 18, 1961
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Wings of Eagles · Capt. Spear
- Untamed · Squire O'Neill
- The Sun Shines Bright · Joe D. Habersham
- Scarlet Angel · Morgan Caldwell
- Scandal Sheet · Charlie Barnes
- The Family Secret · Donald Muir
- The People Against O'Hara · Judge Keating
- The Flying Missile · Thomas A. Scott
- The Milkman · Bradley, Sr.
- Convicted · Detective Dorn
- The Second Woman · Ben Sheppard
- No Man of Her Own · Mr. Harkness
- Holiday Affair · Mr. Crowley
- The Reckless Moment · Tom Harper
- Strange Bargain · Timothy Hearne
- You're My Everything · Prof. Adams
- Alias Nick Beal · Judge Ben Hobbs
- Leather Gloves · Dudley
- The Return of October · President Hotchkiss
- Little Mister Jim · Chaplain
- The Beginning or the End · Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
- Three Wise Fools · Prof. Horace Appleby
- The Green Years · Canon Roche
- Bad Bascomb · Gov. Winton
- The Virginian · Mr. Taylor
- The Hoodlum Saint · Lewis J. Malbery
- Anchors Aweigh · Admiral Hammond
- Dangerous Partners · Duffy
- Keep Your Powder Dry · Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
- Between Two Women · Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
- This Man's Navy · Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
- Dark Shadows · Dr. Everett Colner
- Nothing But Trouble · Mr. Hawkley
- Barbary Coast Gent · Colonel Watrous
- Two Girls and a Sailor · John Dyckman Brown II
- Main Street Today · Vance Clark
- Rationing · Senator Edward White
- The Heavenly Body · Professor Stowe
- A Guy Named Joe · Col. Sykes
- Lost Angel · Professor Josh Pringle
- Whistling in Brooklyn · Inspector Holcomb
- Girl Crazy · Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
- Best Foot Forward · Maj. Roger W. Reeber
- Thousands Cheer · Captain (uncredited)
- For God and Country · Captain Chaplain
- Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case · Warden Kenneson
- Air Raid Wardens · Rittenhause
- The Human Comedy · Charles Steed
- Stand by for Action · Cmdr. Stone M.C
- White Cargo · The Reverend Dr. Roberts
- Tortilla Flat · Father Ramon
- This Time for Keeps · Arthur Freeman
- Born to Sing · Frank Eastman
- The Bugle Sounds · Lt. Col. Harry Seton
- Johnny Eager · Mr. Verne
- Shadow of the Thin Man · Jason Sculley
- Honky Tonk · Daniel Wells
- Blossoms in the Dust · Judge
- Whistling in the Dark · Philip Post
- Down in San Diego · Col. Halliday
- The Get-Away · Warden Alcott
- Billy the Kid · Tim Ward
- Men of Boys Town · Mr. Maitland
- The Trial of Mary Dugan · Galway
- Santa Fe Trail · Cyrus Brody
- Knute Rockne All American · Doctor
- Service with the Colors · Colonel Nelson
- Money and the Woman · Mr. Mason
- They Drive by Night · District Attorney (uncredited)
- Young America Flies · Dr. Webster
- 'Til We Meet Again · Dr. Cameron
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet · Dr. Lentz
- Castle on the Hudson · District Attorney
- Calling Philo Vance · Markham
- The Fighting 69th · Colonel
- Invisible Stripes · Parole Officer Masters
- Four Wives · Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
- A Child is Born · Dr. Lee
- Angels Wash Their Faces · A.H. Remson
- Everybody's Hobby · Thomas 'Tom' Leslie