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Acting

William H. O'Brien

Career: Active from 1921 to 1945, with a break from 1929 to 1944, busiest in 1928 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 0
top three billing

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: The Patsy
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 204 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

William H. O'Brien Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.0, average 5.4
Violence
3.1, average 4.1
Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

285

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

5 titles · average score 61

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

66

as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)

Support Your Local Gunfighter

63

as Old Chess Player (uncredited)

The Todd Killings

53

as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

Airport

60

as Waiter at Men's Club

Rio Lobo

64

as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)

1960s

26 titles · average score 66

Topaz

58

as Butler (uncredited)

The Graduate

81

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls

52

as Bartender (uncredited)

Get Smart

84

TV show · as Scientist (uncredited)

Laredo

46

TV show · as Townsman (uncredited)

Bewitched

69

TV show · as Waiter (uncredited)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

87

TV show · as Butler (uncredited) / Grandpa

To Kill a Mockingbird

85

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Patient (uncredited)

Judgment at Nuremberg

81

as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)

The Children's Hour

72

as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)

Ocean's Eleven

59

as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)

1950s

79 titles · average score 67

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Audience Member (uncredited)

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Townsman (uncredited) / Delegate (uncredited)

Some Like It Hot

90

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Bartender (uncredited) / Waiter (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

50

TV show · as Waiter (uncredited)

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Bartender (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show · as Hotel Guest (uncredited) / Crommer Party Guest (uncredited)

Witness for the Prosecution

87

as Barrister (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Juror (uncredited) / Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)

Cheyenne

71

TV show · as Riverboat Bartender (uncredited)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

72

TV show · as Townsman (uncredited)

High Noon

86

as Church Member (uncredited)

1940s

84 titles · average score 65

Sorry, Wrong Number

79

as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)

Jungle Goddess

24

as Bartender (uncredited)

Body and Soul

84

as Bartender (uncredited)

The Big Sleep

85

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

89

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Undercurrent

60

as Waiter (uncredited)

Hollywood Scout

as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)

Fallen Angel

75

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

75

as Footman (uncredited)

The Woman in Green

81

as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)

Citizen Kane

91

as Secretary (uncredited)

Rebecca

83

as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)

1930s

80 titles · average score 63

The Man in the Iron Mask

70

as Servant

In Old Chicago

64

as Senate Waiter (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera

88

as Stagehand (uncredited)

The Gay Deception

56

as Waiter (uncredited)

The Thin Man

85

as Bartender (uncredited)

Bachelor Bait

42

as Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Scarface

85

as Waiter (uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell

83

as Waiter (uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles

70

as Butler (uncredited)

Little Caesar

83

as Waiter (uncredited)

Monkey Business

76

as Waiter

Five and Ten

63

as Duncan (uncredited)

1920s

10 titles · average score 67

The Trespasser

57

as Butler (uncredited)

Captain Swagger

as Waiter

The Patsy

87

as Waiter (uncredited)

Submarine

60

as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs

68

as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)

The Mysterious Lady

72

as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)

The Racket

83

as Detective Frisking Nick

While the City Sleeps

64

as Apartment Tenant

The Singing Fool

51

as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)

The Blot

64

as College Student (uncredited)

1910s

1 title · average score 54

The Delicious Little Devil

54

as Waiter (uncredited)