William H. O'Brien
ActingAustralian born William H. O'Brien began his screen acting career in Australia in 1918, then resumed in Hollywood in 1921. He continued acting in films and television series to 1971.
Known For
The Graduate
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
High Noon
Church Member (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
Secretary (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
Barrister (uncredited)
Rebecca
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
The Graduate
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
High Noon
Church Member (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
Secretary (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution
Barrister (uncredited)
Rebecca
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg
German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
The Big Sleep
Waiter (uncredited)
Sabrina
Bartender (uncredited)
Scarface
Waiter (uncredited)
All About Eve
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder
Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Airport
Waiter at Men's Club
Rio Lobo
Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Pillow Talk
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Footman (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls
Bartender (uncredited)
Topaz
Butler (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
Anna Christie
Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Désirée
Servant (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
Detective at Murder Scene
A Star Is Born
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
Waiter (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success
Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Designing Woman
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Children's Hour
Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Gypsy
Audience Member (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry
Train Conductor
Julius Caesar
Senator (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
Ringsider (uncredited)
The Far Country
Townsman (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
Stagehand (uncredited)
Margin for Error
Waiter
The Woman in Green
Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London
Constable (uncredited)
Illegal
Butler (uncredited)
Gunpoint
The Walking Dead
Juror (uncredited)
I Walk Alone
Waiter (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
Restaurant Cook
Ivy
Barrister (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
San Francisco
Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Little Caesar
Waiter (uncredited)
Frenchie
Townsman (uncredited)
The Men
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Ball of Fire
Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Body and Soul
Bartender (uncredited)
The Leopard Man
Bartender (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives
Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Undercurrent
Waiter (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
City for Conquest
Waiter (uncredited)
Battle Cry
Bartender (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
Servant
The Comic
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Zero Hour!
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers
Waiter (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
Headwaiter
Pot o' Gold
Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men
Townsman (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Circus Spectator
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow
Munster, Go Home!
Man at Customs (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Executive (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
Doorman (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
Man (uncredited)
The Thin Man
Bartender (uncredited)
Louisa
Waiter (uncredited)
Turnabout
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
Horizons West
Barfly (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Ship's Waiter
The Unsuspected
Servant with Tray (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls
Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Carrie
Waiter (uncredited)
Test Pilot
Waiter (uncredited)
Lady on a Train
The Falcon Takes Over
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
Bartender Joe
A Song to Remember
Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Topper Returns
Second Butler (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
Café Waiter (uncredited)
The Mysterious Lady
Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Iron Man
Waiter (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
Court Spectator (uncredited)
In Society
Party Waiter (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Waiter (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Townsman (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather
Waiter (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying
Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Daddy Long Legs
Hotel Waiter
Captain Caution
English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Canyon Passage
Miner (uncredited)
Money, Women and Guns
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Waiter
The Tattered Dress
Juror (uncredited)
Smart Money
Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It
Butler at Party (uncredited)
Pressure Point
Bund Meeting Spectator
Who Was That Lady?
Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Anything Goes
Waiter
Kitty
Coach Footman (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home
Train Passenger (uncredited)
The Climax
Audience Member (Uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
Waiter (uncredited)
Johnny Allegro
Something to Live For
Waiter (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Dirigible
Sailor (uncredited)
Eternally Yours
Nightclub Waiter
Lady for a Night
King's Club Worker (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
North of the Rio Grande
Bald Saloon Waiter
The Star
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Hong Kong
Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing
The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Square Jungle
So Proudly We Hail
Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
In Old Chicago
Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Shakedown
Waiter (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon
Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
The Todd Killings
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
Butler (uncredited)
Remember?
Waiter (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
Waiter
You Gotta Stay Happy
Waiter (Uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
Woman's World
Servant
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Bartender (uncredited)
The Strange Door
A Chump at Oxford
Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Monkey Business
Waiter
Ex-Lady
Butler (uncredited)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Townsman (uncredited)
New York Confidential
Emma
Man (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Card Dealer (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Gay Deception
Waiter (uncredited)
The Story on Page One
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor
Nightclub Waiter
A Woman of Affairs
Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
The Blot
College Student (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Banquet Servant
West of Broadway
Waiter (uncredited)
The Firefly
Waiter (uncredited)
Murder by Contract
Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
The Feminine Touch
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Nightclub Waiter
Shadow of Doubt
Waiter
Sin Takes a Holiday
Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Faithless
Croupier
Only Yesterday
Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
The Singing Fool
Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Waiter (uncredited)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Legionnaire
Take a Letter, Darling
Waiter (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1941
Waiter
Daybreak
Bartender
The Naughty Nineties
Troupe Member (uncredited)
On the Riviera
Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Racket
Detective Frisking Nick
Long Lost Father
Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Reporter (uncredited)
Reaching for the Moon
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
No Time for Love
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Fort Ti
Bartender
Do You Love Me
Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Woman in Hiding
Conventioneer (uncredited)
Government Girl
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Forty Little Mothers
Waiter
Let's Dance
Waiter (uncredited)
Honeymoon in Bali
Doorman (uncredited)
Street of Chance
Waiter (uncredited)
Cry Tough
Carnival Rock
Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay
Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Nobody Lives Forever
Waiter (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Waiter (uncredited)
Five and Ten
Duncan (uncredited)
The Trespasser
Butler (uncredited)
Once More, My Darling
Waiter
Flamingo Road
The Showdown
Bald Bartender
He Ran All the Way
Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
To Beat the Band
Waiter
New Moon
Waiter at Ball
Hired Wife
Waiter
Jungle Goddess
Bartender (uncredited)
The Country Doctor
Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
Waiter (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Race Street
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Waiter
The Arizonian
Waiter in Opera House
Buck Benny Rides Again
Waiter
Curtain Call
Waiter Bringing Caviar
The Unholy Wife
Juror (uncredited)
Sing, Baby, Sing
Nightclub Waiter
The Patsy
Waiter (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
Turnkey (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Strictly Unconventional
Footman
Million Dollar Baby
Bannerline
The Delicious Little Devil
Waiter (uncredited)
Special Investigator
Nightclub Waiter
Movie Crazy
Waiter (Uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
The Road to Reno
Waiter
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Waiter (uncredited)
The Phantom of Paris
Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
Submarine
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Forgotten Women
Sleek's Butler
That's Right – You're Wrong
Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Special Agent
Barber's Customer (uncredited)
Home Before Dark
Waiter at Christmas Party
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
Waiter (uncredited)
His Family Tree
Man at Mayoral Debate
Big Time Or Bust
Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Go Into Your Dance
Casino de Paree Waiter
Bachelor Bait
Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Children of Pleasure
Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps
Apartment Tenant
Niagara Falls
Waiter (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
Waiter at Party
The Old Homestead
Waiter (uncredited)
The Guilty Generation
Victor - Mike's Butler
Alias the Champ
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery
Tony's Butler
Ladies' Man
Elevator starter
The Tiger Woman
Waiter (uncredited)
City of Chance
Waiter
Tomorrow We Live
The Mad Whirl
Playboy of Paris
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman
Butler
Men Call It Love
Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Captain Swagger
Waiter
Champagne Charlie
Extra as Ship Waiter
Girl from Rio
Condor Club Headwaiter
Larceny on the Air
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Sky Raiders
Henchman Conte
The Misses Stooge
The Butler (uncredited)
Hollywood Scout
Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)