Henry O'Neill
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1891-08-09 – 1961-05-18
Place of birth: Orange, New Jersey, USA
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
Santa Fe Trail
1940Cyrus Brody
Jezebel
1938General Theopholus Bogardus
Holiday Affair
1949Mr. Crowley
The Get-Away
1941Warden Alcott
Nothing But Trouble
1944Mr. Hawkley
The Heavenly Body
1944Professor Stowe
Castle on the Hudson
1940District Attorney
Scandal Sheet
1952Charlie Barnes
The Walking Dead
1936District Attorney Werner
Alias Nick Beal
1949Judge Ben Hobbs
Bullets or Ballots
1936Ward Bryant
The Reckless Moment
1949Tom Harper
No Man of Her Own
1950Mr. Harkness
Girl Crazy
1943Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
Johnny Eager
1941Mr. Verne
Convicted
1950Detective Dorn
Strange Bargain
1949Timothy Hearne
The People Against O'Hara
1951Judge Keating
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941Jason Sculley