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Henry O'Neill

Henry O'Neill

Born: 1891-08-09 • Orange, New Jersey, USA

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
The Wings of Eagles poster
The Wings of Eagles
1957 • Capt. Spear
Untamed poster
Untamed
1955 • Squire O'Neill
The Sun Shines Bright poster
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 • Joe D. Habersham
Scarlet Angel poster
Scarlet Angel
1952 • Morgan Caldwell
Scandal Sheet poster
Scandal Sheet
1952 • Charlie Barnes
The Family Secret poster
The Family Secret
1951 • Donald Muir
The People Against O'Hara poster
The People Against O'Hara
1951 • Judge Keating
The Flying Missile poster
The Flying Missile
1950 • Thomas A. Scott
The Milkman poster
The Milkman
1950 • Bradley, Sr.
Convicted poster
Convicted
1950 • Detective Dorn
The Second Woman poster
The Second Woman
1950 • Ben Sheppard
No Man of Her Own poster
No Man of Her Own
1950 • Mr. Harkness
Holiday Affair poster
Holiday Affair
1949 • Mr. Crowley
The Reckless Moment poster
The Reckless Moment
1949 • Tom Harper
Strange Bargain poster
Strange Bargain
1949 • Timothy Hearne
You're My Everything poster
You're My Everything
1949 • Prof. Adams
Alias Nick Beal poster
Alias Nick Beal
1949 • Judge Ben Hobbs
Leather Gloves poster
Leather Gloves
1948 • Dudley
The Return of October poster
The Return of October
1948 • President Hotchkiss
Little Mister Jim poster
Little Mister Jim
1947 • Chaplain
The Beginning or the End poster
The Beginning or the End
1947 • Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Three Wise Fools poster
Three Wise Fools
1946 • Prof. Horace Appleby
The Green Years poster
The Green Years
1946 • Canon Roche
Bad Bascomb poster
Bad Bascomb
1946 • Gov. Winton
The Virginian poster
The Virginian
1946 • Mr. Taylor
The Hoodlum Saint poster
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 • Lewis J. Malbery
Anchors Aweigh poster
Anchors Aweigh
1945 • Admiral Hammond
Dangerous Partners poster
Dangerous Partners
1945 • Duffy
Keep Your Powder Dry poster
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945 • Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
Between Two Women poster
Between Two Women
1945 • Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
This Man's Navy poster
This Man's Navy
1945 • Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
Dark Shadows poster
Dark Shadows
1944 • Dr. Everett Colner
Nothing But Trouble poster
Nothing But Trouble
1944 • Mr. Hawkley
Barbary Coast Gent poster
Barbary Coast Gent
1944 • Colonel Watrous
Two Girls and a Sailor poster
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 • John Dyckman Brown II
Main Street Today poster
Main Street Today
1944 • Vance Clark
Rationing poster
Rationing
1944 • Senator Edward White
The Heavenly Body poster
The Heavenly Body
1944 • Professor Stowe
A Guy Named Joe poster
A Guy Named Joe
1944 • Col. Sykes
Lost Angel poster
Lost Angel
1943 • Professor Josh Pringle
Whistling in Brooklyn poster
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943 • Inspector Holcomb
Girl Crazy poster
Girl Crazy
1943 • Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
Best Foot Forward poster
Best Foot Forward
1943 • Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Thousands Cheer poster
Thousands Cheer
1943 • Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
For God and Country poster
For God and Country
1943 • Captain Chaplain
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case poster
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943 • Warden Kenneson
Air Raid Wardens poster
Air Raid Wardens
1943 • Rittenhause
The Human Comedy poster
The Human Comedy
1943 • Charles Steed
Stand by for Action poster
Stand by for Action
1942 • Cmdr. Stone M.C
White Cargo poster
White Cargo
1942 • The Reverend Dr. Roberts
Tortilla Flat poster
Tortilla Flat
1942 • Father Ramon
This Time for Keeps poster
This Time for Keeps
1942 • Arthur Freeman
Born to Sing poster
Born to Sing
1942 • Frank Eastman
The Bugle Sounds poster
The Bugle Sounds
1942 • Lt. Col. Harry Seton
Johnny Eager poster
Johnny Eager
1941 • Mr. Verne
Shadow of the Thin Man poster
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941 • Major Jason I. Sculley
Honky Tonk poster
Honky Tonk
1941 • Daniel Wells
Blossoms in the Dust poster
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 • Judge
Whistling in the Dark poster
Whistling in the Dark
1941 • Philip Post
Down in San Diego poster
Down in San Diego
1941 • Col. Halliday
The Get-Away poster
The Get-Away
1941 • Warden Alcott
Billy the Kid poster
Billy the Kid
1941 • Tim Ward
Men of Boys Town poster
Men of Boys Town
1941 • Mr. Maitland
The Trial of Mary Dugan poster
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941 • Galway
Santa Fe Trail poster
Santa Fe Trail
1940 • Cyrus Brody
Knute Rockne All American poster
Knute Rockne All American
1940 • Doctor
Service with the Colors poster
Service with the Colors
1940 • Colonel Nelson
Money and the Woman poster
Money and the Woman
1940 • Mr. Mason
They Drive by Night poster
They Drive by Night
1940 • District Attorney (uncredited)
No Image
Young America Flies
1940 • Dr. Webster
'Til We Meet Again poster
'Til We Meet Again
1940 • Dr. Cameron
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet poster
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940 • Dr. Lentz
Castle on the Hudson poster
Castle on the Hudson
1940 • District Attorney
Calling Philo Vance poster
Calling Philo Vance
1940 • Markham
The Fighting 69th poster
The Fighting 69th
1940 • Colonel
Invisible Stripes poster
Invisible Stripes
1939 • Parole Officer Masters
Four Wives poster
Four Wives
1939 • Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
A Child is Born poster
A Child is Born
1939 • Dr. Lee
Angels Wash Their Faces poster
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939 • A.H. Remson
Everybody's Hobby poster
Everybody's Hobby
1939 • Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
No Image
The Right Way
1939 • Mr. Martin
Juarez poster
Juarez
1939 • General Miguel Miramon
The Man Who Dared poster
The Man Who Dared
1939 • Matthew Carter
Sons of Liberty poster
Sons of Liberty
1939 • Member of Continental Congress
Confessions of a Nazi Spy poster
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 • Attorney Kellogg
Lucky Night poster
Lucky Night
1939 • Calvin Jordan
Dodge City poster
Dodge City
1939 • Colonel Dodge
Wings of the Navy poster
Wings of the Navy
1939 • Prologue Speaker
Torchy Blane in Chinatown poster
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939 • Sen. H. Baldwin
Brother Rat poster
Brother Rat
1938 • Colonel Ramm
Girls on Probation poster
Girls on Probation
1938 • Judge
The Chaser poster
The Chaser
1938 • Mr. Calhoun
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse poster
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 • Judge
Racket Busters poster
Racket Busters
1938 • Governor
White Banners poster
White Banners
1938 • Sam Trimble
Yellow Jack poster
Yellow Jack
1938 • Gorgas
Jezebel poster
Jezebel
1938 • General Theopholus Bogardus
Gold Is Where You Find It poster
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 • Judge
Wells Fargo poster
Wells Fargo
1937 • Henry Wells
First Lady poster
First Lady
1937 • George Mason