Actor
Henry O'Neill
135 years · Orange, New Jersey, USA · 169 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 169
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · Capt. Spear
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Untamed
1955 · Squire O'Neill
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 · Joe D. Habersham
Scarlet Angel
1952 · Morgan Caldwell
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Charlie Barnes
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The Family Secret
1951 · Donald Muir
The People Against O'Hara
1951 · Judge Keating
The Flying Missile
1950 · Thomas A. Scott
The Milkman
1950 · Bradley, Sr.
Convicted
1950 · Detective Dorn
The Second Woman
1950 · Ben Sheppard
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No Man of Her Own
1950 · Mr. Harkness
Holiday Affair
1949 · Mr. Crowley
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The Reckless Moment
1949 · Tom Harper
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Strange Bargain
1949 · Timothy Hearne
You're My Everything
1949 · Prof. Adams
Alias Nick Beal
1949 · Judge Ben Hobbs
Leather Gloves
1948 · Dudley
The Return of October
1948 · President Hotchkiss
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Little Mister Jim
1947 · Chaplain
The Beginning or the End
1947 · Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Three Wise Fools
1946 · Prof. Horace Appleby
The Green Years
1946 · Canon Roche
Bad Bascomb
1946 · Gov. Winton