Henry O'Neill
Supporting character actor Henry O'Neill made a career out of playing distinguished grey-haired gentlemen such as fathers, lawyers and business executives. He began his acting career when he quit college and became part of a traveling theater troupe. He had a short break from acting when he went off to fight in the First World War, but when he left the army in 1919, he quickly reestablished himself on the stage. In 1930, he was in his first film role, appearing with Spencer Tracy in the short drama "The Strong Arm," and three years later he appeared in his first feature film, "I Loved a Woman." From there, he left his stage career behind and began to make regular appearances throughout the 1930s in films from Warner Bros., like the James Cagney crime comedy "Lady Killer," and the drama "The Man with Two Faces," in which he played a police inspector. In the 1940s, he made a move to MGM studios and appeared in films such as "Billy the Kid," playing a newspaper editor, and the 1942 adaptation of John Steinbeck's story "Tortilla Flat," playing a priest. By the end of the 1950s, he began to slow his film appearances due to his deteriorating health. He made his last appearance playing Captain Spear, alongside John Wayne, in 1957's John Ford-directed "The Wings of Eagles." In total, the prolific actor appeared in almost 180 roles.
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Henry O'Neill
Filmography
Movies
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40% |
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The Wings of Eagles | Capt. Spear (Character) | - | 1957 |
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Untamed | Squire O'Neill (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scarlet Angel | Morgan Caldwell (Character) | - | 1952 |
100% |
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Scandal Sheet | Charlie Barnes (Character) | - | 1952 |
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The Second Woman | Ben Sheppard (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Family Secret | Donald Muir (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Milkman | Roger Bradley Sr. (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flying Missile | RAdm. Thomas A. Scott (Character) | - | 1951 |
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Convicted | Detective Dorn (Character) | - | 1950 |
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No Man of Her Own | Mr. Harkness (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You're My Everything | Prof. Adams (Character) | - | 1949 |
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The Reckless Moment | Tom Harper (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Holiday Affair | Mr. Crowley (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Alias Nick Beal | Judge Ben Hobson (Character) | - | 1949 |
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Strange Bargain | Timothy Hearne (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Mister Jim | Chaplain (Character) | - | 1947 |
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The Virginian | Mr. Taylor (Character) | - | 1946 |
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Bad Bascomb | Gov. Winton (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Wise Fools | Prof. Horace Appleby (Character) | - | 1946 |
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The Green Years | Canon Roche (Character) | - | 1946 |
56% |
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Anchors Aweigh | Admiral Hammond (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Man's Navy | Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone (Character) | - | 1945 |
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Keep Your Powder Dry | Major General Lee Rand (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dangerous Partners | Police Lt. Duffy (Character) | - | 1945 |
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Lost Angel | Professor Joshua Pringle (Character) | - | 1944 |
100% |
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Two Girls and a Sailor | John Dyckman Brown II (Character) | - | 1944 |
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Nothing but Trouble | Mr. Hawkley (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Shadows | Dr. Everett Colner (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barbary Coast Gent | Col. Watrous (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Main Street Today | Vance Clark (Character) | - | 1944 |
60% |
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A Guy Named Joe | Col. Sykes (Character) | - | 1943 |
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The Heavenly Body | Prof. Stowe (Character) | - | 1943 |
100% |
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Girl Crazy | Mr. Churchill, Sr. (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Whistling in Brooklyn | Inspector Holcomb (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Best Foot Forward | Maj. Reeber (Character) | - | 1943 |
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Air Raid Wardens | Rittenhause (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Warden Kenneson (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For God and Country | Chief Chaplain (Character) | - | 1943 |
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White Cargo | The Reverend Dr. Roberts (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Johnny Eager | A.J. Verne (Character) | - | 1942 |
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Stand by for Action | Cmdr. Stone M.C (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born to Sing | Frank Eastman (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Time for Keeps | Arthur Freeman (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bugle Sounds | Lieutenant Colonel Harry Seton (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Get-Away | Warden Alcott (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Billy the Kid | Tim Ward (Character) | - | 1941 |
40% |
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Men of Boys Town | Mr. Maitland (Character) | - | 1941 |
33% |
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Blossoms in the Dust | Judge (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Galway (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Dr. Lentz (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Castle on the Hudson | District Attorney (Character) | - | 1940 |
71% |
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The Fighting 69th | The Colonel (Character) | - | 1940 |
88% |
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Knute Rockne, All American | Doctor (Character) | - | 1940 |
93% |
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They Drive by Night | District Attorney (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1940 |
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'Til We Meet Again | Dr. Cameron (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Money and the Woman | Mr. Mason (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Service With the Colors | Col. Nelson (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Calling Philo Vance | Markham (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keeping Company | Unknown (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Child Is Born | Dr. Lee (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Torchy Blane in Chinatown | Sen. H. Baldwin (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Lucky Night | Calvin Jordan (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Wings of the Navy | Prologue Speaker (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Four Wives | Dr. Clinton F. Forrest Sr. (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angels Wash Their Faces | Remson Sr. (Character) | - | 1939 |
100% |
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy | U.S. Atty. Kellogg (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Invisible Stripes | Parole Officer Masters (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City in Terror | Matthew Carter (Character) | - | 1939 |
100% |
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Dodge City | Colonel Dodge (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Everybody's Hobby | Thomas "Tom" Leslie (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yellow Jack | Major Gorgas (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | California Supreme Court Judge (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Brother Rat | Colonel Ramm (Character) | - | 1938 |
96% |
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Jezebel | General Bogardus (Character) | - | 1938 |
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Judge (Character) | - | 1938 |
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White Banners | Sam Trimble (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chaser | Mr. Calhoun (Character) | - | 1938 |
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Racket Busters | Governor (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girls on Probation | Judge (Character) | - | 1938 |
100% |
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Marked Woman | District Attorney Arthur Sheldon (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wells Fargo | Henry Wells (Character) | - | 1937 |
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The Great O'Malley | Defense Attorney (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Green Light | Dr. Endicott (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Draegerman Courage | Dr. Thomas `'Dr. Tom'` Haslett (Character) | - | 1937 |
92% |
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The Life of Emile Zola | Colonel Picquart (Character) | - | 1937 |
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First Lady | Judge George Mason (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Go-Getter | Macon Commander Tisdale (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Submarine D-1 | Admiral Thomas (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | D.M. Gateway (Character) | - | 1937 |
90% |
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The Story of Louis Pasteur | Dr. Emile Roux (Character) | - | 1936 |
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The Walking Dead | Werner (Character) | - | 1936 |
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Bullets or Ballots | Ward Bryant (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boulder Dam | Mr. Agnew (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The White Angel | Dr. Scott (Character) | - | 1936 |
18% |
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Anthony Adverse | Father Xavier (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Against the World | Jim Carstairs (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Noise | Charlie Caldwell (Character) | - | 1936 |
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The Golden Arrow | Mr. Appleby (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | While the Patient Slept | Elihu Dimuck (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret Bride | Jim Lansdale (Character) | - | 1935 |
83% |
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Black Fury | John W. Hendricks (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Living on Velvet | Harold Thornton (Character) | - | 1935 |
100% |
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Bordertown | Attorney J.L. Chase (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Mary Dow | Henry Dow (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Special Agent | District Attorney Roger Quinn (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Florentine Dagger | Victor Ballau (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dinky | Col. Barnes (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Hotel Murder | Mr. Harvey (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We're in the Money | Lawyer Stephen 'Dinsy' Dinsmore (Character) | - | 1935 |
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Dr. Socrates | G-Man Greer (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Personal Maid's Secret | Mr. Wilton Palmer (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Case of the Lucky Legs | District Attorney Manchester (Character) | - | 1935 |
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The Big Shakedown | Mr. Sheffner (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Got Your Number | Mr. John P. Schuyler (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Side Streets | George (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big-Hearted Herbert | Goodrich Sr. (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Fog Over Frisco | Oren Porter (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Alibi | Mr. Jonathan Ardsley (Character) | - | 1934 |
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The Man With Two Faces | Inspector Crane (Character) | - | 1934 |
100% |
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Flirtation Walk | Gen. John Brent "Jack" Fitts (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in the Clouds | John Brownell (Character) | - | 1934 |
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The Key | Dan (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Upperworld | Banker Making Toast at Banquet (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Now I'll Tell | Tommy Doran (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Personality Kid | Stephens (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Massacre | J.R. Dickinson (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Twenty Million Sweethearts | Lemuel Tappan (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentlemen Are Born | Mr. Harper (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Journal of a Crime | Doctor (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madame Du Barry | Duc de Choiseul (Character) | - | 1934 |
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Lady Killer | Ramick (Character) | - | 1933 |