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