Henry O'Neill
Known for Acting
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
Jezebel
1938
as General Theopholus Bogardus
Side Streets
1934
as George Richards
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as John Dyckman Brown II
Juarez
1939
as General Miguel Miramon
The Human Comedy
1943
as Charles Steed
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Cyrus Brody
Three Wise Fools
1946
as Prof. Horace Appleby
Road Gang
1936
as George Winston
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Ward Bryant
The Green Years
1946
as Canon Roche
They Drive by Night
1940
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Dodge City
1939
as Colonel Dodge
Wonder Bar
1934
as Richard
The World Changes
1933
as Orin Nordholm Sr.
Honky Tonk
1941
as Daniel Wells
Wells Fargo
1937
as Henry Wells
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Admiral Hammond
Billy the Kid
1941
as Tim Ward
The Walking Dead
1936
as District Attorney Werner
Marked Woman
1937
as Arthur Sheldon