Henry O'Neill
Acting
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 w…
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Jezebel
1938
General Theopholus Bogardus
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Admiral Hammond
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
Colonel Picquart
The Reckless Moment
1949
Tom Harper
They Drive by Night
1940
District Attorney (uncredited)
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
Jason Sculley
Dodge City
1939
Colonel Dodge
The Walking Dead
1936
District Attorney Werner
Holiday Affair
1949
Mr. Crowley
Marked Woman
1937
Arthur Sheldon
The Wings of Eagles
1957
Capt. Spear
Scandal Sheet
1952
Charlie Barnes
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Cyrus Brody
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Judge
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Dubois (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe
1944
Col. Sykes
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
Dr. Emile Roux
Bullets or Ballots
1936
Ward Bryant
Johnny Eager
1941
Mr. Verne
No Man of Her Own
1950
Mr. Harkness