Henry O'Neill
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Santa Fe Trail
as Cyrus Brody
1940
Jezebel
as General Theopholus Bogardus
1938
Holiday Affair
as Mr. Crowley
1949
The Get-Away
as Warden Alcott
1941
Nothing But Trouble
as Mr. Hawkley
1944
The Heavenly Body
as Professor Stowe
1944
Castle on the Hudson
as District Attorney
1940
Scandal Sheet
as Charlie Barnes
1952
The Walking Dead
as District Attorney Werner
1936
Alias Nick Beal
as Judge Ben Hobbs
1949
Bullets or Ballots
as Ward Bryant
1936
The Reckless Moment
as Tom Harper
1949
No Man of Her Own
as Mr. Harkness
1950
Girl Crazy
as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
1943
Johnny Eager
as Mr. Verne
1941
Convicted
as Detective Dorn
1950
Strange Bargain
as Timothy Hearne
1949
The People Against O'Hara
as Judge Keating
1951
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Jason Sculley
1941
Midnight
as Edgar V. Ingersoll
1934