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.
Filmography The Wings of Eagles
1957
Capt. Spear
Details The Sun Shines Bright
1953
Joe D. Habersham
Details Scarlet Angel
1952
Morgan Caldwell
Details Scandal Sheet
1952
Charlie Barnes
Details The Family Secret
1951
Donald Muir
Details The People Against O'Hara
1951
Judge Keating
Details The Flying Missile
1950
Thomas A. Scott
Details The Milkman
1950
Bradley, Sr.
Details Convicted
1950
Detective Dorn
Details The Second Woman
1950
Ben Sheppard
Details No Man of Her Own
1950
Mr. Harkness
Details Holiday Affair
1949
Mr. Crowley
Details The Reckless Moment
1949
Tom Harper
Details Strange Bargain
1949
Timothy Hearne
Details You're My Everything
1949
Prof. Adams
Details Alias Nick Beal
1949
Judge Ben Hobbs
Details The Return of October
1948
President Hotchkiss
Details Little Mister Jim
1947
Chaplain
Details The Beginning or the End
1947
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Details Three Wise Fools
1946
Prof. Horace Appleby
Details The Green Years
1946
Canon Roche
Details The Virginian
1946
Mr. Taylor
Details The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Lewis J. Malbery
Details Anchors Aweigh
1945
Admiral Hammond
Details Dangerous Partners
1945
Duffy
Details Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
Details Between Two Women
1945
Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
Details This Man's Navy
1945
Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
Details Dark Shadows
1944
Dr. Everett Colner
Details Nothing But Trouble
1944
Mr. Hawkley
Details Barbary Coast Gent
1944
Colonel Watrous
Details Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
John Dyckman Brown II
Details Main Street Today
1944
Vance Clark
Details Rationing
1944
Senator Edward White
Details The Heavenly Body
1944
Professor Stowe
Details A Guy Named Joe
1943
Col. Sykes
Details Lost Angel
1943
Professor Josh Pringle
Details Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
Inspector Holcomb
Details Girl Crazy
1943
Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
Details Best Foot Forward
1943
Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Details Thousands Cheer
1943
Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
Details For God and Country
1943
Captain Chaplain
Details Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
Warden Kenneson
Details Air Raid Wardens
1943
Rittenhause
Details The Human Comedy
1943
Charles Steed
Details Stand by for Action
1942
Cmdr. Stone M.C
Details White Cargo
1942
The Reverend Dr. Roberts
Details Tortilla Flat
1942
Father Ramon
Details This Time for Keeps
1942
Arthur Freeman
Details Born to Sing
1942
Frank Eastman
Details The Bugle Sounds
1942
Lt. Col. Harry Seton
Details Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
Major Jason I. Sculley
Details Blossoms in the Dust
1941
Judge
Details Whistling in the Dark
1941
Philip Post
Details Down in San Diego
1941
Col. Halliday
Details The Get-Away
1941
Warden Alcott
Details Men of Boys Town
1941
Mr. Maitland
Details The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
Galway
Details Santa Fe Trail
1940
Cyrus Brody
Details Knute Rockne All American
1940
Doctor
Details Service with the Colors
1940
Colonel Nelson
Details Money and the Woman
1940
Mr. Mason
Details They Drive by Night
1940
District Attorney (uncredited)
Details Young America Flies
1940
Dr. Webster
Details 'Til We Meet Again
1940
Dr. Cameron
Details Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
Dr. Lentz
Details Castle on the Hudson
1940
District Attorney
Details Calling Philo Vance
1940
Markham
Details The Fighting 69th
1940
Colonel
Details Invisible Stripes
1939
Parole Officer Masters
Details Four Wives
1939
Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
Details Angels Wash Their Faces
1939
A.H. Remson
Details Everybody's Hobby
1939
Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
Details The Right Way
1939
Mr. Martin
Details Juarez
1939
General Miguel Miramon
Details The Man Who Dared
1939
Matthew Carter
Details Sons of Liberty
1939
Member of Continental Congress
Details Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
Attorney Kellogg
Details Lucky Night
1939
Calvin Jordan
Details Dodge City
1939
Colonel Dodge
Details Wings of the Navy
1939
Prologue Speaker
Details Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
Sen. H. Baldwin
Details Brother Rat
1938
Colonel Ramm
Details Girls on Probation
1938
Judge
Details The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Judge
Details White Banners
1938
Sam Trimble
Details Jezebel
1938
General Theopholus Bogardus
Details Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
Judge
Details Submarine D-1
1937
Admiral Thomas
Details The Life of Emile Zola
1937
Colonel Picquart
Details Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
D.M. Gateway
Details The Singing Marine
1937
Captain Skinner
Details The Go-Getter
1937
Commander Tisdale
Details Draegerman Courage
1937
Dr. Thomas Haslett
Details Marked Woman
1937
Arthur Sheldon
Details Green Light
1937
Dr. Endicott
Details The Great O'Malley
1937
Defense Attorney
Details Rainbow on the River
1936
Father Josef
Details Anthony Adverse
1936
Father Xavier
Details Two Against the World
1936
Jim Carstairs
Details The White Angel
1936
Dr. Scott
Details The Big Noise
1936
Charlie Caldwell
Details Bullets or Ballots
1936
Ward Bryant
Details The Golden Arrow
1936
Mr. Appleby
Details Road Gang
1936
George Winston
Details The Walking Dead
1936
District Attorney Werner
Details The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
Dr. Emile Roux
Details Freshman Love
1936
President Simpkins
Details Personal Maid's Secret
1935
Mr. Wilton Palmer
Details The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
District Attorney C. Manchester
Details Special Agent
1935
District Attorney Roger Quinn
Details We're in the Money
1935
Stephen Dinsmore
Details Bright Lights
1935
J.C. Anderson
Details Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
Edward Hartford
Details Black Fury
1935
John W. Hendricks
Details Alias Mary Dow
1935
Henry Dow
Details The Florentine Dagger
1935
Victor Ballau
Details While the Patient Slept
1935
Elihu Dimuck
Details Living on Velvet
1935
Harold Thornton
Details The Great Hotel Murder
1935
Mr. Claude Harvey
Details Sweet Music
1935
Louis Trumble
Details A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935
Director (uncredited)
Details Bordertown
1935
Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
Details The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
Fernand de Marnay
Details The Secret Bride
1934
Jim Lansdale
Details Murder in the Clouds
1934
John Brownell
Details Flirtation Walk
1934
Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
Details Gentlemen Are Born
1934
Mr. Harper
Details Madame du Barry
1934
Duc de Choiseul
Details Big Hearted Herbert
1934
Goodrich Sr.
Details Side Streets
1934
George Richards
Details The Man with Two Faces
1934
Inspector Crane
Details Now I'll Tell
1934
Tommy Doran
Details The Personality Kid
1934
Stephens
Details Fog Over Frisco
1934
Oren Porter
Details Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
Lemuel Tappan
Details Upperworld
1934
Banker Making Toast
Details Journal of a Crime
1934
Doctor
Details Midnight
1934
Edgar V. Ingersoll
Details I've Got Your Number
1934
Mr. John P. Schuyler
Details Bedside
1934
Dr. William Chester
Details The Big Shakedown
1934
Mr. Sheffner
Details The House on 56th Street
1933
Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
Details Son of a Sailor
1933
Naval Officer
Details The World Changes
1933
Orin Nordholm Sr.
Details From Headquarters
1933
Inspector Donnelly
Details The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Dubois (uncredited)
Details I Loved a Woman
1933
Mr. Farrell
Details