Arthur O'Connell
Birthday
1908/03/29
Day of death
1981/05/18 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Arthur O'Connell (March 29, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in films (starting with a small role in Citizen Kane) in 1941 and television programs (mostly guest appearances). Among his screen appearances were Picnic, Anatomy of a Murder, and as the watch-maker who hides Jews during WWII in The Hiding Place. A veteran vaudevillian, O'Connell, from New York City, made his legitimate stage debut in the mid 1930s, at which time he fell within the orbit of Orson...Read more
Acting
(1959) Anatomy of a Murder
as Parnell Emmett McCarthy
(1961) Pocketful of Miracles
as Count Alfonso Romero
(1966) Fantastic Voyage
as Col. Donald Reid
(1942) Blondie's Blessed Event
as Interne (uncredited)
(1965) The Great Race
as Henry Goodbody
(1966) The Silencers
as Joe Wigman
(1956) Bus Stop
as Virgil Blessing
(1961) Misty
as Grandpa Clarence Beebe
(1970) There Was a Crooked Man...
as Mr. Lomax
(1956) The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Gordon Walker
(1964) 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Clint Stark
(1972) Ben
as Bill Hatfield
(1971) The Last Valley
as Hoffman
(1958) Man of the West
as Sam Beasley
(1967) The Reluctant Astronaut
as Arbuckle "Buck" Fleming
(1964) Kissin' Cousins
as Pappy Tatum
(1959) Gidget
as Russell Lawrence
(1975) The Hiding Place
as Casper ten Boom, 'Papa'
(1972) They Only Kill Their Masters
as Ernie
(1960) The Great Impostor
as Warden J.B. Chandler
(1968) The Power
as Prof. Henry Hallson
(1960) Cimarron
as Tom Wyatt
(1955) Picnic
as Howard Bevans
(1962) Follow That Dream
as Pop Kwimper
(1948) Open Secret
as Carter
(1974) Huckleberry Finn
as Col. Grangerford
(1940) Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Intern (uncredited)
(1964) Your Cheatin' Heart
as Fred Rose
(1956) The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Mark Jenkins
(1973) Wicked, Wicked
as Mr. Fenley, Hotel Engineer
(1961) A Thunder of Drums
as Sgt. Karl Rodermill
(1966) Ride Beyond Vengeance
as The Narrator
(1948) The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Assistant Director Jensen
(1956) The Proud Ones
as Jim Dexter
(1965) Nightmare in the Sun
as Sam Wilson
(1965) The Third Day
as Dr. Wheeler
(1956) The Monte Carlo Story
as Mr. Homer Hinkley
(1939) Murder in Soho
as Lefty
(1971) A Taste of Evil
as John
(1986) Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self (from Bus Stop [1956]) (archive footage)
(1967) A Covenant with Death
as Judge Hockstadter
(1942) Man From Headquarters
as Goldie Shores
(1968) If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
as Prosecutor
(1965) The Monkey's Uncle
as Darius Green III
(1970) Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
as Mr. Kruft
(1958) Voice in the Mirror
as Bill Tobin
(1969) Seven in Darkness
as Larry Wise
(1948) The Naked City
as Sgt. Shaeffer (uncredited)
(1957) April Love
as Jed Bruce
(1972) The Poseidon Adventure
as John, the Chaplain
(1942) Law of the Jungle
as Simmons
(1959) Operation Petticoat
as Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Sam Tostin
(1948) Homecoming
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
(1950) Force of Evil
as Link Hall (uncredited)
(1940) Two Girls on Broadway
as Reporter at Wedding (uncredited)
(1940) I Take This Oath
as Court Clerk
(1959) Hound-Dog Man
as Aaron McKinney
(1948) One Touch of Venus
as Reporter
(1942) Canal Zone
as New Recruit (uncredited)
(1940) Hullabaloo
as Fourth Page
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Cameraman (uncredited)
(1940) And One Was Beautiful
as Moroni's Parking Attendant
(1948) State of the Union
as First Reporter
(1941) Citizen Kane
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1942) Hello, Annapolis
as Pharmacist Mate
(1957) The Violators
as Solomon Baumgarten
(1966) Birds Do It
as Professor Wald
(1940) 'Taint Legal
as Book Salesman
(1974) Shootout in a One-Dog Town
as Henry Gills
(1951) The Whistle at Eaton Falls
as Jim Brewster
(1963) Marilyn
as Self ("Bus Stop") (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1940) Bested by a Beard
as Phil
(1942) Fingers at the Window
as Photographer (uncredited)
(1991) Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1957) Operation Mad Ball
as Col. Rousch
(1963) Burke's Law
as Dr. Stuart Alexander
(1960) My Three Sons
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Smitty
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as William Lawrence
(1969) Room 222
as ---
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Curtis
(1970) Night Gallery
as ---
(1972) Emergency!
as ---
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Dr. Josephus Harrison Adams
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as ---
(1962) Sam Benedict
as ---
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as ---
(1970) Nanny and the Professor
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Samuel Cole
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as Jubal
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1972) The Paul Lynde Show
as ---
(1967) The Second Hundred Years
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1961) The New Breed
as Peter Capples
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lyman
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1954) Summer Playhouse
as ---
(1972) Ghost Story
as Chief Owen Huston
(1973) Adam's Rib
as Judge
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Charlie Sherwin
(1948) Studio One
as Manachi Conners
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Jim Elkins
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Grant
(1959) Bonanza
as Dr. Samuel Hubert