Henry O'Neill
Acting
🎂 1891-08-09
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.
Cast credits(170)
Governor
1938
Colonel Dodge
1939
Thomas A. Scott
1950
Capt. Spear
1957
Daniel Wells
1941
General Miguel Miramon
1939
Mr. Verne
1941
Arthur Sheldon
1937
Parole Officer Masters
1939
John Dyckman Brown II
1944
Mr. Agnew
1936
The Reverend Dr. Roberts
1942
Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
1945
Lewis J. Malbery
1946
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
1947
Naval Officer
1933
Detective Dorn
1950
Judge
1938
General Theopholus Bogardus
1938
Dubois (uncredited)
1933
District Attorney Werner
1936
Canon Roche
1946
Cyrus Brody
1940
Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
1943
Oren Porter
1934
Charles Steed
1943
Major Jason I. Sculley
1941
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
1943
Colonel Picquart
1937
Ward Bryant
1936
Admiral Hammond
1945
Col. Sykes
1943
Judge Ben Hobbs
1949
Tim Ward
1941
Colonel
1940
Henry Wells
1937
Sen. H. Baldwin
1939
Jim Lansdale
1934
Charlie Caldwell
1936
Ben Sheppard
1950
Squire O'Neill
1955
Mr. Taylor
1946
Dr. Lentz
1940
John W. Hendricks
1935
Mr. Harkness
1950
Tom Harper
1949
Chaplain
1947
Mr. Maitland
1941
Gorgas
1938
Dan
1934
Judge
1938
Timothy Hearne
1949
Frank Eastman
1942
Warden Kenneson
1943
Dr. Emile Roux
1936
Donald Muir
1951
Captain Skinner
1937
Col. Halliday
1941
Prologue Speaker
1939
Cmdr. Stone M.C
1942
Attorney Kellogg
1939
Defense Attorney
1937
Mr. Crowley
1949
Prof. Adams
1949
Arthur Freeman
1942
Ramick
1933
District Attorney
1940
Dr. Webster
1940
Colonel Watrous
1944
President Hotchkiss
1948
Bradley, Sr.
1950
Dr. Lee
1939
Charlie Barnes
1952
Father Xavier
1936
Dr. Cameron
1940
A.H. Remson
1939
Elihu Dimuck
1935
Colonel Ramm
1938
Duc de Choiseul
1934
District Attorney C. Manchester
1935
J.C. Anderson
1935
J.R. Dickinson
1934
Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
1943
Dr. Endicott
1937
District Attorney (uncredited)
1940
George Richards
1934
Mr. Mason
1940
Judge
1938
Judge
1941
Vance Clark
1944
D.M. Gateway
1937
Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
1945
Member of Continental Congress
1939
Dr. Scott
1936
Mr. Tuthill
1935
Mr. Sheffner
1934
George Winston
1936
Mr. Wilton Palmer
1935
Duffy
1945
Mr. Calhoun
1938
Judge Keating
1951
Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
1945
Inspector Crane
1934
Commander Tisdale
1937
Joe D. Habersham
1953
Dr. Thomas Haslett
1937
Galway
1941
Edward Hartford
1935
Mr. John P. Schuyler
1934
Calvin Jordan
1939
Mr. Farrell
1933
Warden Alcott
1941
Father Ramon
1942
Philip Post
1941
Rittenhause
1943
Greer
1935
Tommy Doran
1934
President Simpkins
1936
Professor Josh Pringle
1943
Doctor
1940
District Attorney Roger Quinn
1935
Prof. Horace Appleby
1946
Mr. Hawkley
1944
Victor Ballau
1935
Col. Barnes
1935
Lemuel Tappan
1934
Stephen Dinsmore
1935
Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
1933
Professor Stowe
1944
Dr. William Chester
1934
Admiral Thomas
1937
Gov. Winton
1946
Senator Edward White
1944
Stephens
1934
Lt. Col. Harry Seton
1942
Jim Carstairs
1936
Duryea
1934
Dr. Everett Colner
1944
Mr. Harper
1934
Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
1934
Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
1939
Markham
1940
Banker Making Toast
1934
Matthew Carter
1939
Louis Trumble
1935
Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
1935
Doctor
1934
Henry Dow
1935
Orin Nordholm Sr.
1933
Mr. Claude Harvey
1935
Colonel Nelson
1940
Richard
1934
Inspector Donnelly
1933
Inspector Holcomb
1943
Mr. Appleby
1936
George Mason
1937
Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
1939
Director (uncredited)
1935
Goodrich Sr.
1934
Edgar V. Ingersoll
1934
Captain Chaplain
1943
Fernand de Marnay
1934
John Brownell
1934
Dudley
1948
Morgan Caldwell
1952
Father Josef
1936
Ardsley
1934
Sam Trimble
1938
Harold Thornton
1935
Mr. Martin
1939