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Personal Info

Birth date

1891-08-09 (133 Years)

Day of death

1961-05-18

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Orange, New Jersey, USA

Also known as

Henry O'Neil

Henry O'Neill

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.

Filmography

Acting

1957The Wings of Eagles as Capt. Spear

1955Untamed as Squire O'Neill

1953The Sun Shines Bright as Joe D. Habersham

1952Scarlet Angel as Morgan Caldwell

1952Scandal Sheet as Charlie Barnes

1951The Family Secret as Donald Muir

1951The People Against O'Hara as Judge Keating

1950The Flying Missile as Thomas A. Scott

1950The Milkman as Bradley, Sr.

1950Convicted as Detective Dorn

1950The Second Woman as Ben Sheppard

1950No Man of Her Own as Mr. Harkness

1949Holiday Affair as Mr. Crowley

1949The Reckless Moment as Tom Harper

1949Strange Bargain as Timothy Hearne

1949You're My Everything as Prof. Adams

1949Alias Nick Beal as Judge Ben Hobbs

1948Leather Gloves as Dudley

1948The Return of October as President Hotchkiss

1947Little Mister Jim as Chaplain

1947The Beginning or the End as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell

1946Three Wise Fools as Prof. Horace Appleby

1946The Green Years as Canon Roche

1946Bad Bascomb as Gov. Winton

1946The Virginian as Mr. Taylor

1946The Hoodlum Saint as Lewis J. Malbery

1945Anchors Aweigh as Admiral Hammond

1945Dangerous Partners as Duffy

1945Keep Your Powder Dry as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand

1945Between Two Women as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)

1945This Man's Navy as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone

1944Dark Shadows as Dr. Everett Colner

1944Nothing But Trouble as Mr. Hawkley

1944Barbary Coast Gent as Colonel Watrous

1944Two Girls and a Sailor as John Dyckman Brown II

1944Main Street Today as Vance Clark

1944Rationing as Senator Edward White

1944The Heavenly Body as Professor Stowe

1943A Guy Named Joe as Col. Sykes

1943Lost Angel as Professor Josh Pringle

1943Whistling in Brooklyn as Inspector Holcomb

1943Girl Crazy as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.

1943Best Foot Forward as Maj. Roger W. Reeber

1943Thousands Cheer as Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)

1943For God and Country as Captain Chaplain

1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Warden Kenneson

1943Air Raid Wardens as Rittenhause

1943The Human Comedy as Charles Steed

1942Stand by for Action as Cmdr. Stone M.C

1942White Cargo as The Reverend Dr. Roberts

1942Tortilla Flat as Father Ramon

1942This Time for Keeps as Arthur Freeman

1942Born to Sing as Frank Eastman

1942The Bugle Sounds as Lt. Col. Harry Seton

1941Johnny Eager as Mr. Verne

1941Shadow of the Thin Man as Major Jason I. Sculley

1941Honky Tonk as Daniel Wells

1941Blossoms in the Dust as Judge

1941Whistling in the Dark as Philip Post

1941Down in San Diego as Col. Halliday

1941The Get-Away as Warden Alcott

1941Billy the Kid as Tim Ward

1941Men of Boys Town as Mr. Maitland

1941The Trial of Mary Dugan as Galway

1940Santa Fe Trail as Cyrus Brody

1940Knute Rockne All American as Doctor

1940Service with the Colors as Colonel Nelson

1940Money and the Woman as Mr. Mason

1940They Drive by Night as District Attorney (uncredited)

1940Young America Flies as Dr. Webster

1940'Til We Meet Again as Dr. Cameron

1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Dr. Lentz

1940Castle on the Hudson as District Attorney

1940Calling Philo Vance as Markham

1940The Fighting 69th as Colonel

1939Invisible Stripes as Parole Officer Masters

1939Four Wives as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.

1939A Child Is Born as Dr. Lee

1939Angels Wash Their Faces as A.H. Remson

1939Everybody's Hobby as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie

1939The Right Way as Mr. Martin

1939Juarez as General Miguel Miramon

1939The Man Who Dared as Matthew Carter

1939Sons of Liberty as Member of Continental Congress

1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Attorney Kellogg

1939Lucky Night as Calvin Jordan

1939Dodge City as Colonel Dodge

1939Wings of the Navy as Prologue Speaker

1939Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Sen. H. Baldwin

1938Brother Rat as Colonel Ramm

1938Girls on Probation as Judge

1938The Chaser as Mr. Calhoun

1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Judge

1938Racket Busters as Governor

1938White Banners as Sam Trimble

1938Yellow Jack as Gorgas

1938Jezebel as General Theopholus Bogardus

1938Gold Is Where You Find It as Judge

1937Wells Fargo as Henry Wells

1937First Lady as George Mason

1937Submarine D-1 as Admiral Thomas

1937The Life of Emile Zola as Colonel Picquart

1937Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as D.M. Gateway

1937The Singing Marine as Captain Skinner

1937The Go-Getter as Commander Tisdale

1937Draegerman Courage as Dr. Thomas Haslett

1937Marked Woman as Arthur Sheldon

1937Green Light as Dr. Endicott

1937The Great O'Malley as Defense Attorney

1936Rainbow on the River as Father Josef

1936Anthony Adverse as Father Xavier

1936Two Against the World as Jim Carstairs

1936The White Angel as Dr. Scott

1936The Big Noise as Charlie Caldwell

1936Bullets or Ballots as Ward Bryant

1936The Golden Arrow as Mr. Appleby

1936Road Gang as George Winston

1936Boulder Dam as Mr. Agnew

1936The Walking Dead as District Attorney Werner

1936The Story of Louis Pasteur as Dr. Emile Roux

1936Freshman Love as President Simpkins

1935Personal Maid's Secret as Mr. Wilton Palmer

1935Dr. Socrates as Greer

1935The Case of the Lucky Legs as District Attorney C. Manchester

1935Special Agent as District Attorney Roger Quinn

1935We're in the Money as Stephen Dinsmore

1935Bright Lights as J.C. Anderson

1935Stranded as Mr. Tuthill

1935Oil for the Lamps of China as Edward Hartford

1935Black Fury as John W. Hendricks

1935Dinky as Col. Barnes

1935Alias Mary Dow as Henry Dow

1935The Florentine Dagger as Victor Ballau

1935While the Patient Slept as Elihu Dimuck

1935Living on Velvet as Harold Thornton

1935The Great Hotel Murder as Mr. Claude Harvey

1935Sweet Music as Louis Trumble

1935A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Director (uncredited)

1935Bordertown as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)

1934The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as Fernand de Marnay

1934The Secret Bride as Jim Lansdale

1934Murder in the Clouds as John Brownell

1934Flirtation Walk as Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts

1934Gentlemen Are Born as Mr. Harper

1934Madame du Barry as Duc de Choiseul

1934Big Hearted Herbert as Goodrich Sr.

1934Side Streets as George Richards

1934The Man with Two Faces as Inspector Crane

1934Midnight Alibi as Ardsley

1934The Key as Dan

1934Now I'll Tell as Tommy Doran

1934The Personality Kid as Stephens

1934Fog Over Frisco as Oren Porter

1934Twenty Million Sweethearts as Lemuel Tappan

1934Upperworld as Banker Making Toast

1934Wonder Bar as Richard

1934Journal of a Crime as Doctor

1934Midnight as Edgar V. Ingersoll

1934I've Got Your Number as Mr. John P. Schuyler

1934Fashions of 1934 as Duryea

1934Bedside as Dr. William Chester

1934Massacre as J.R. Dickinson

1934The Big Shakedown as Mr. Sheffner

1933The House on 56th Street as Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)

1933Lady Killer as Ramick

1933Son of a Sailor as Naval Officer

1933The World Changes as Orin Nordholm Sr.

1933From Headquarters as Inspector Donnelly

1933The Kennel Murder Case as Dubois (uncredited)

1933I Loved a Woman as Mr. Farrell