Henry O'Neill

Schauspieler

1891-08-09 – 1961-05-18 · Orange, New Jersey, USA

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.

• Jezebel – Die boshafte Lady (1938) — General Theopholus Bogardus
• Urlaub in Hollywood (1945) — Admiral Hammond
• Das Leben des Emile Zola (1937) — Colonel Picquart
• Schweigegeld für Liebesbriefe (1949) — Tom Harper
• Nachts unterwegs (1940) — District Attorney (uncredited)
• Der Schatten des dünnen Mannes (1941) — Jason Sculley
• Herr des wilden Westens (1939) — Colonel Dodge
• Der wandelnde Leichnam (1936) — District Attorney Werner
• Holiday Affair (1949) — Mr. Crowley
• Mord im Nachtclub (1937) — Arthur Sheldon
• Dem Adler gleich (1957) — Capt. Spear
• Skandalblatt (1952) — Charlie Barnes
• Land der Gottlosen (1940) — Cyrus Brody
• Das Doppelleben des Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) — Judge
• The Kennel Murder Case (1933) — Dubois (uncredited)
• Louis Pasteur (1936) — Dr. Emile Roux
• Kampf in den Wolken (1944) — Col. Sykes
• Wem gehört die Stadt? (1936) — Ward Bryant
• Wem die Sonne lacht (1953) — Joe D. Habersham
• Der Tote lebt (1941) — Mr. Verne
• No Man of Her Own (1950) — Mr. Harkness
• Der Frauenheld (1933) — Ramick
• Blüten im Staub (1941) — Judge
• The Second Woman (1950) — Ben Sheppard