Person Details

Birthday: 1891-08-10 10:06:31

Death: 1961-05-18 10:06:31

Aliases: Henry O'Neil

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Orange, New Jersey, USA

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Movie Involvements: 121

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Jezebel
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7

Jezebel

(1938) General Theopholus Bogardus
Dodge City
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7

Dodge City

(1939) Colonel Dodge
The Walking Dead
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6

The Walking Dead

(1936) District Attorney Werner
Santa Fe Trail
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6

Santa Fe Trail

(1940) Cyrus Brody
They Drive by Night
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7

They Drive by Night

(1940) District Attorney (uncredited)
The Life of Emile Zola
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7

The Life of Emile Zola

(1937) Colonel Picquart
Marked Woman
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7

Marked Woman

(1937) Arthur Sheldon
The Wings of Eagles
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6

The Wings of Eagles

(1957) Capt. Spear

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1957 Capt. Spear
1955 Squire O'Neill
1953 Joe D. Habersham
1952 Morgan Caldwell
Charlie Barnes
1951 Donald Muir
Judge Keating
1950 Thomas A. Scott
Bradley, Sr.
Detective Dorn
Ben Sheppard
Mr. Harkness
1949 Mr. Crowley
Tom Harper
Timothy Hearne
Prof. Adams
Judge Ben Hobbs
1948 Dudley
President Hotchkiss
1947 Chaplain
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
1946 Prof. Horace Appleby
Canon Roche
Gov. Winton
Mr. Taylor
Lewis J. Malbery
1945 Admiral Hammond
Duffy
Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
1944 Dr. Everett Colner
Mr. Hawkley
Colonel Watrous
John Dyckman Brown II
Vance Clark
Senator Edward White
Professor Stowe
1943 Col. Sykes
Professor Josh Pringle
Inspector Holcomb
Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Captain Chaplain
Warden Kenneson
Rittenhause
Charles Steed
Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
1942 Cmdr. Stone M.C
The Reverend Dr. Roberts
Father Ramon
Arthur Freeman
Frank Eastman
Lt. Col. Harry Seton
1941 A.J. Verne
Major Jason I. Sculley
Pearl
Judge
Philip Post
Col. Halliday
Warden Alcott
Tim Ward
Mr. Maitland
Galway
1940 Cyrus Brody
Doctor
Colonel Nelson
Mr. Mason
District Attorney (uncredited)
Dr. Webster
Dr. Cameron
Dr. Lentz
District Attorney
Markham
Colonel
1939 Parole Officer Masters
Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
Dr. Lee
Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
A.H. Remson
Mr. Martin
General Miguel Miramon
Matthew Carter
Member of Continental Congress
Attorney Kellogg
Calvin Jordan
Colonel Dodge
Prologue Speaker
Sen. H. Baldwin
1938 Colonel Ramm
Judge
Mr. Calhoun
Judge
Governor
Sam Trimble
Gorgas
General Theopholus Bogardus
Judge
1937 Henry Wells
George Mason
Admiral Thomas
Colonel Picquart
D.M. Gateway
Captain Skinner
Commander Tisdale
Dr. Thomas Haslett
Arthur Sheldon
Dr. Endicott
Defense Attorney
1936 Father Josef
Father Xavier
Jim Carstairs
Dr. Scott
Charlie Caldwell
Ward Bryant
Mr. Appleby
George Winston
Mr. Agnew
District Attorney Werner
Dr. Emile Roux
President Simpkins
1935 Mr. Wilton Palmer
Greer
District Attorney Manchester
District Attorney Roger Quinn
Stephen Dinsmore
J.C. Anderson
Mr. Tuthill
Edward Hartford
John W. Hendricks
Col. Barnes
Henry Dow
Victor Ballau
Elihu Dimuck
Harold Thornton
Mr. Claude Harvey
Louis Trumble
Director (uncredited)
1934 Fernand de Marnay
Jim Lansdale
John Brownell
Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
Mr. Harper
Duc de Choiseul
Goodrich Sr.
George Richards
Inspector Crane
Ardsley
Dan
Tommy Doran
Stephens
Oren Porter
Lemuel Tappan
Banker Making Toast at Banquet
Richard
Doctor
Edgar V. Ingersoll
Mr. John P. Schuyler
Duryea
Dr. William Chester
J.R. Dickinson
Mr. Sheffner
1933 Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
Ramick
Naval Officer
Orin Nordholm Sr.
Inspector Donnelly
Dubois (uncredited)
Mr. Farrell
Year Character Movie/Tv

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