
Birthday
1891/08/09
Day of death
1961/05/18 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Henry O'Neil
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.

(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Cyrus Brody

(1938) Jezebel
as General Theopholus Bogardus

(1949) Holiday Affair
as Mr. Crowley

(1941) The Get-Away
as Warden Alcott

(1944) Nothing But Trouble
as Mr. Hawkley

(1944) The Heavenly Body
as Professor Stowe

(1940) Castle on the Hudson
as District Attorney

(1952) Scandal Sheet
as Charlie Barnes

(1936) The Walking Dead
as District Attorney Werner

(1949) Alias Nick Beal
as Judge Ben Hobbs

(1936) Bullets or Ballots
as Ward Bryant

(1949) The Reckless Moment
as Tom Harper

(1950) No Man of Her Own
as Mr. Harkness

(1943) Girl Crazy
as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.

(1941) Johnny Eager
as Mr. Verne

(1950) Convicted
as Detective Dorn

(1949) Strange Bargain
as Timothy Hearne

(1951) The People Against O'Hara
as Judge Keating

(1941) Shadow of the Thin Man
as Major Jason I. Sculley

(1934) Midnight
as Edgar V. Ingersoll

(1935) The Florentine Dagger
as Victor Ballau

(1949) A Guy Named Joe
as Col. Sykes

(1943) Thousands Cheer
as Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)

(1940) Knute Rockne All American
as Doctor

(1933) Lady Killer
as Ramick

(1950) The Second Woman
as Ben Sheppard

(1943) Air Raid Wardens
as Rittenhause

(1957) The Wings of Eagles
as Capt. Spear

(1938) The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Judge

(1955) Untamed
as Squire O'Neill

(1939) Dodge City
as Colonel Dodge

(1943) The Human Comedy
as Charles Steed

(1944) Two Girls and a Sailor
as John Dyckman Brown II

(1935) Special Agent
as District Attorney Roger Quinn

(1949) You're My Everything
as Prof. Adams

(1934) The Key
as Dan

(1934) Fashions of 1934
as Duryea

(1941) Whistling in the Dark
as Philip Post

(1934) The Man with Two Faces
as Inspector Crane

(1943) Whistling in Brooklyn
as Inspector Holcomb

(1936) The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Emile Roux

(1941) Blossoms in the Dust
as Judge

(1934) Flirtation Walk
as Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts

(1935) Black Fury
as John W. Hendricks

(1947) The Beginning or the End
as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell

(1938) Racket Busters
as Governor

(1939) Juarez
as General Miguel Miramon

(1937) The Great O'Malley
as Defense Attorney

(1941) Honky Tonk
as Daniel Wells

(1934) The Big Shakedown
as Mr. Sheffner

(1942) Tortilla Flat
as Father Ramon

(1940) Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Dr. Lentz

(1942) This Time for Keeps
as Arthur Freeman

(1942) The Bugle Sounds
as Lt. Col. Harry Seton

(1942) White Cargo
as The Reverend Dr. Roberts

(1933) The House on 56th Street
as Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)

(1946) The Green Years
as Canon Roche

(1936) Two Against the World
as Jim Carstairs

(1953) The Sun Shines Bright
as Joe D. Habersham

(1933) I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Farrell

(1941) Men of Boys Town
as Mr. Maitland

(1939) Angels Wash Their Faces
as A.H. Remson

(1937) First Lady
as George Mason

(1945) Dangerous Partners
as Duffy

(1941) Billy the Kid
as Tim Ward

(1937) Wells Fargo
as Henry Wells

(1934) Bedside
as Dr. William Chester

(1934) The Personality Kid
as Stephens

(1938) Brother Rat
as Colonel Ramm

(1934) Wonder Bar
as Richard

(1935) The Case of the Lucky Legs
as District Attorney C. Manchester

(1940) 'Til We Meet Again
as Dr. Cameron

(1934) The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as Fernand de Marnay

(1934) Now I'll Tell
as Tommy Doran

(1937) Submarine D-1
as Admiral Thomas

(1943) Lost Angel
as Professor Josh Pringle

(1935) Sweet Music
as Louis Trumble

(1939) Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Sen. H. Baldwin

(1936) Boulder Dam
as Mr. Agnew

(1935) Stranded
as Mr. Tuthill

(1934) Midnight Alibi
as Ardsley

(1935) The Great Hotel Murder
as Mr. Claude Harvey

(1938) Girls on Probation
as Judge

(1939) Lucky Night
as Calvin Jordan

(1933) From Headquarters
as Inspector Donnelly

(1934) Side Streets
as George Richards

(1933) The World Changes
as Orin Nordholm Sr.

(1934) Massacre
as J.R. Dickinson

(1948) The Return of October
as President Hotchkiss

(1944) Rationing
as Senator Edward White

(1936) Road Gang
as George Winston

(1935) Living on Velvet
as Harold Thornton

(1937) Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as D.M. Gateway

(1937) The Go-Getter
as Commander Tisdale

(1935) Dr. Socrates
as Greer

(1939) Everybody's Hobby
as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie

(1950) The Flying Missile
as Thomas A. Scott

(1940) Money and the Woman
as Mr. Mason

(1935) Dinky
as Col. Barnes

(1952) Scarlet Angel
as Morgan Caldwell

(1951) The Family Secret
as Donald Muir

(1934) Madame du Barry
as Duc de Choiseul

(1934) I've Got Your Number
as Mr. John P. Schuyler

(1939) Sons of Liberty
as Member of Continental Congress

(1935) Bordertown
as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)

(1938) White Banners
as Sam Trimble

(1935) We're in the Money
as Stephen Dinsmore

(1945) Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral Hammond

(1946) The Virginian
as Mr. Taylor

(1938) Gold Is Where You Find It
as Judge

(1934) Upperworld
as Banker Making Toast

(1939) A Child Is Born
as Dr. Lee

(1948) Leather Gloves
as Dudley

(1944) Barbary Coast Gent
as Colonel Watrous

(1934) Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Lemuel Tappan

(1942) Born to Sing
as Frank Eastman

(1939) The Man Who Dared
as Matthew Carter

(1940) The Fighting 69th
as Colonel

(1934) Fog Over Frisco
as Oren Porter

(1937) Draegerman Courage
as Dr. Thomas Haslett

(1935) Alias Mary Dow
as Henry Dow

(1935) Personal Maid's Secret
as Mr. Wilton Palmer

(1934) Gentlemen Are Born
as Mr. Harper

(1935) Oil for the Lamps of China
as Edward Hartford

(1936) The Big Noise
as Charlie Caldwell

(1940) Calling Philo Vance
as Markham

(1936) The White Angel
as Dr. Scott

(1939) Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Attorney Kellogg

(1939) Four Wives
as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.

(1934) Journal of a Crime
as Doctor

(1939) Wings of the Navy
as Prologue Speaker

(1935) While the Patient Slept
as Elihu Dimuck

(1937) The Singing Marine
as Captain Skinner

(1944) Dark Shadows
as Dr. Everett Colner

(1943) Best Foot Forward
as Maj. Roger W. Reeber

(1940) Service with the Colors
as Colonel Nelson

(1936) Rainbow on the River
as Father Josef

(1933) Son of a Sailor
as Naval Officer

(1941) The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Galway

(1936) The Golden Arrow
as Mr. Appleby

(1934) The Secret Bride
as Jim Lansdale

(1936) Freshman Love
as President Simpkins

(1946) Bad Bascomb
as Gov. Winton

(1946) The Hoodlum Saint
as Lewis J. Malbery

(1940) They Drive by Night
as District Attorney (uncredited)

(1937) The Life of Emile Zola
as Colonel Picquart

(1935) Bright Lights
as J.C. Anderson

(1941) Down in San Diego
as Col. Halliday

(1946) Three Wise Fools
as Prof. Horace Appleby

(1935) A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
as Director (uncredited)

(1947) Little Mister Jim
as Chaplain

(1945) This Man's Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone

(1943) For God and Country
as Captain Chaplain

(1936) Anthony Adverse
as Father Xavier

(1937) Green Light
as Dr. Endicott

(1934) Big Hearted Herbert
as Goodrich Sr.

(1934) Murder in the Clouds
as John Brownell

(1950) The Milkman
as Bradley, Sr.

(1938) Yellow Jack
as Gorgas

(1942) Stand by for Action
as Cmdr. Stone M.C

(1937) Marked Woman
as Arthur Sheldon

(1933) The Kennel Murder Case
as Dubois (uncredited)

(1938) The Chaser
as Mr. Calhoun
(1940) Young America Flies
as Dr. Webster

(1944) Main Street Today
as Vance Clark

(1943) Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Warden Kenneson
(1939) The Right Way
as Mr. Martin

(1945) Between Two Women
as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)

(1945) Keep Your Powder Dry
as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand

(1939) Invisible Stripes
as Parole Officer Masters