Henry O'Neill
Date of birth: 1891-08-09
Place of birth: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Henry O'Neil
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 was The Wings of Eagles. Henry O'Neill died in 1961 at the age of 69.
Movie Credits
Santa Fe Trail
1940-12-20
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, G
Jezebel
1938-03-26
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who car
Holiday Affair
1949-12-12
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis,
The Get-Away
1941-06-13
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
Nothing But Trouble
1944-12-06
Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting roya
The Heavenly Body
1944-03-23
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a ne
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Scandal Sheet
1952-01-16
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
The Walking Dead
1936-03-01
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to d
Alias Nick Beal
1949-03-04
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul
Bullets or Ballots
1936-06-06
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly
The Reckless Moment
1949-12-09
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measure
No Man of Her Own
1950-02-21
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
Girl Crazy
1943-11-26
Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his
Johnny Eager
1941-12-09
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Convicted
1950-08-01
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Strange Bargain
1949-11-05
Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the co
The People Against O'Hara
1951-09-01
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941-11-21
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigatin
Midnight
1934-03-07
Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter S
The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
A Guy Named Joe
1949-01-08
A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female
Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the
Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Lady Killer
1933-12-09
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Ho
The Second Woman
1950-07-07
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coa
Air Raid Wardens
1943-04-04
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs
The Wings of Eagles
1957-01-31
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938-07-20
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming o
Untamed
1955-03-01
When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those le
Dodge City
1939-04-08
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a r
The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944-06-14
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous s
Special Agent
1935-09-14
A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster'
You're My Everything
1949-07-22
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him
The Key
1934-06-09
A British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.
Fashions of 1934
1934-02-14
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Sna
Whistling in the Dark
1941-08-08
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenou
The Man with Two Faces
1934-08-04
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Va
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943-12-01
Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himsel
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused
Blossoms in the Dust
1941-08-15
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very y
Flirtation Walk
1934-12-01
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a
Black Fury
1935-05-18
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and manage
The Beginning or the End
1947-02-19
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hirosh
Racket Busters
1938-07-16
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly a
Juarez
1939-06-10
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment f
Honky Tonk
1941-10-01
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his
The Big Shakedown
1934-01-06
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate kn
Tortilla Flat
1942-05-21
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940-02-23
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syph
This Time for Keeps
1942-03-01
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
The Bugle Sounds
1942-01-30
An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.
White Cargo
1942-12-12
In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival
The House on 56th Street
1933-12-23
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a d
The Green Years
1946-07-04
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a
Two Against the World
1936-07-11
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to
The Sun Shines Bright
1953-05-02
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involve
I Loved a Woman
1933-09-23
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as
Men of Boys Town
1941-04-11
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending
First Lady
1937-12-04
A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
Dangerous Partners
1945-06-07
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
Billy the Kid
1941-05-30
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil
Bedside
1934-01-27
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses
The Personality Kid
1934-06-06
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
Brother Rat
1938-10-29
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married an
Wonder Bar
1934-03-31
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, t
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935-10-05
A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with
'Til We Meet Again
1940-04-20
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to Ame
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934-12-24
A writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.
Now I'll Tell
1934-06-07
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love
Submarine D-1
1937-11-27
Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock
Lost Angel
1943-12-23
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest sto
Sweet Music
1935-02-23
A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939-02-02
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chine
Boulder Dam
1936-03-07
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on th
Stranded
1935-06-29
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Midnight Alibi
1934-07-12
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his gir
The Great Hotel Murder
1935-02-27
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder b
Girls on Probation
1938-10-22
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
Lucky Night
1939-05-05
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own,
From Headquarters
1933-11-16
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of
Side Streets
1934-08-14
A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.
The World Changes
1933-11-25
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen
Massacre
1934-01-20
Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reserva
The Return of October
1948-10-26
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Wi
Rationing
1944-03-24
A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
Road Gang
1936-03-28
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a
Living on Velvet
1935-03-02
A lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of privilege t
The Go-Getter
1937-05-22
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937-08-11
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
Dr. Socrates
1935-10-19
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed d
Everybody's Hobby
1939-08-26
A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
The Flying Missile
1950-12-24
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
Money and the Woman
1940-08-17
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Dinky
1935-05-11
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a priso
Scarlet Angel
1952-06-20
After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's
The Family Secret
1951-10-21
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murde
Madame du Barry
1934-10-13
Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry ch
I've Got Your Number
1934-02-24
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Sons of Liberty
1939-05-20
Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, Amer
Bordertown
1935-01-23
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
White Banners
1938-06-23
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana to
We're in the Money
1935-08-17
Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, b
Anchors Aweigh
1945-08-13
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affai
The Virginian
1946-05-05
Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve a
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a
Upperworld
1934-04-28
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably un
A Child Is Born
1939-12-07
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Leather Gloves
1948-11-11
A fallen prizefighter must choose between two women from vastly different walks of life.
Barbary Coast Gent
1944-09-01
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934-05-26
Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornel
Born to Sing
1942-02-18
A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real compos
The Man Who Dared
1939-06-03
An elderly grandfather proves to be heroic when he takes a stand against local city corruption.
The Fighting 69th
1940-01-27
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the
Fog Over Frisco
1934-06-02
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of
Draegerman Courage
1937-05-15
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
Alias Mary Dow
1935-05-01
A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
Personal Maid's Secret
1935-10-26
A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised
Gentlemen Are Born
1934-11-17
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935-06-08
An American oil company representative risks sacrificing his marriage for his career in the rural la
The Big Noise
1936-06-22
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for hi
Calling Philo Vance
1940-02-03
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to
The White Angel
1936-06-25
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurs
Four Wives
1939-12-22
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she fa
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Journal of a Crime
1934-03-10
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
While the Patient Slept
1935-03-09
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill fami
Wings of the Navy
1939-02-11
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on
The Singing Marine
1937-07-03
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they p
Dark Shadows
1944-12-16
A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.
Best Foot Forward
1943-10-08
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to
Service with the Colors
1940-08-31
Service with the Colors is a 1940 American short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. This drama
Rainbow on the River
1936-12-18
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in
Son of a Sailor
1933-11-29
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941-02-14
Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his defense
The Golden Arrow
1936-05-23
A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
The Secret Bride
1934-12-22
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can ann
Freshman Love
1936-01-18
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like
Bad Bascomb
1946-05-26
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's m
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b
The Life of Emile Zola
1937-09-09
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair
Bright Lights
1935-07-27
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
Down in San Diego
1941-08-01
A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego,
Three Wise Fools
1946-09-26
An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935-02-02
This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bro
Little Mister Jim
1947-04-01
After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
This Man's Navy
1945-01-04
During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New J
For God and Country
1943-05-15
The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father
Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymou
Green Light
1937-02-20
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's
Big Hearted Herbert
1934-10-06
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws
Murder in the Clouds
1934-12-15
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver
The Milkman
1950-10-17
A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
Yellow Jack
1938-05-19
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yello
Stand by for Action
1942-12-31
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about
Marked Woman
1937-04-10
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangste
The Kennel Murder Case
1933-10-28
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder o
The Chaser
1938-07-29
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him,
Young America Flies
1940-07-13
World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.
Main Street Today
1944-03-25
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional smal
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943-05-08
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challe
The Right Way
1939-07-01
A young boy whose father is dead joins a secret society that, unknown to him, has subversive motives
Between Two Women
1945-03-28
A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945-04-01
A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.
Invisible Stripes
1939-12-30
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.