Henry O'Neill
Acting

Henry O'Neill

Born 9 August 1891 · Orange, New Jersey, USA · Died 18 May 1961

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.

Known for

Jezebel
Anchors Aweigh
The Life of Emile Zola
The Reckless Moment
Shadow of the Thin Man
Dodge City
The Walking Dead
Holiday Affair
Marked Woman
The Wings of Eagles
Scandal Sheet
Santa Fe Trail
The Wings of Eagles
Untamed
The Sun Shines Bright
Scandal Sheet
Scarlet Angel
The People Against O'Hara
The Family Secret
No Man of Her Own
Convicted
The Second Woman
The Flying Missile
The Milkman
Holiday Affair
Alias Nick Beal
The Reckless Moment
Strange Bargain
You're My Everything
The Return of October
Leather Gloves
The Beginning or the End
Little Mister Jim
The Green Years
The Virginian
Bad Bascomb
The Hoodlum Saint
Three Wise Fools
Dangerous Partners
Anchors Aweigh
This Man's Navy
Keep Your Powder Dry
Nothing But Trouble
The Heavenly Body
A Guy Named Joe
Two Girls and a Sailor
Rationing
Barbary Coast Gent
Dark Shadows
Main Street Today
Girl Crazy
Air Raid Wardens
The Human Comedy
Whistling in Brooklyn
Lost Angel
Best Foot Forward
For God and Country
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Tortilla Flat
This Time for Keeps
The Bugle Sounds
White Cargo
Born to Sing
Stand by for Action
The Get-Away
Johnny Eager
Shadow of the Thin Man
Whistling in the Dark
Blossoms in the Dust
Honky Tonk
Men of Boys Town
Billy the Kid
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Down in San Diego
Santa Fe Trail
Castle on the Hudson
Knute Rockne All American
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
'Til We Meet Again
Money and the Woman
The Fighting 69th
Calling Philo Vance
Service with the Colors
Young America Flies
Dodge City
Juarez
Angels Wash Their Faces
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Lucky Night
Everybody's Hobby
Sons of Liberty
A Child is Born
The Man Who Dared
Four Wives
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Wings of the Navy
Invisible Stripes
Jezebel
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Racket Busters
Brother Rat
Girls on Probation
White Banners
Gold Is Where You Find It
Yellow Jack
The Chaser
The Great O'Malley
First Lady
Wells Fargo
Submarine D-1
The Go-Getter
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Draegerman Courage
The Singing Marine
The Life of Emile Zola
Green Light
Marked Woman
The Walking Dead
Bullets or Ballots
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Two Against the World
Boulder Dam
Road Gang
The Big Noise
The White Angel
Rainbow on the River
The Golden Arrow
Freshman Love
Anthony Adverse
The Florentine Dagger
Special Agent
Black Fury
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Sweet Music
Stranded
The Great Hotel Murder
Living on Velvet
Dr. Socrates
Dinky
We're in the Money
Alias Mary Dow
Personal Maid's Secret
Oil for the Lamps of China
While the Patient Slept
Bright Lights
Midnight
The Key
Fashions of 1934
The Man with Two Faces
Flirtation Walk
The Big Shakedown
Bedside
The Personality Kid
Wonder Bar
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Now I'll Tell
Midnight Alibi
Side Streets
Massacre
Madame du Barry
I've Got Your Number
Upperworld
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Fog Over Frisco
Gentlemen Are Born
Journal of a Crime
The Secret Bride
Big Hearted Herbert
Murder in the Clouds
Lady Killer
I Loved a Woman
From Headquarters
The World Changes
Son of a Sailor
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