Henry O'Neill

For other uses, see Henry O'Neill (disambiguation).

Henry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill as the duc de Choiseul in the trailer for the 1934 film Madame Du Barry.
Born	August 10, 1891(1891-08-10) Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	May 18, 1961(1961-05-18) (aged 69) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1957
Spouse	Anna Barry (1924-1961) (his death) 1 child

Henry O'Neill (August 10, 1891 – May 18, 1961) was a film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly dignified roles during the 1930s and 1940s.

Life and career

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 (1934) with Charles Farrell and Bette Davis, the Errol Flynn/Olivia de Havilland Western Santa Fe Trail (1940), the Frank Sinatra/Gene Kelly musical Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Green Years (1946), and The Reckless Moment (1949). His last film was The Wings of Eagles (1957), starring John Wayne.

O'Neill died in Hollywood, California at the age of 69.

Partial filmography

• The World Changes (1933)
• Lady Killer (1933)
• The Big Shakedown (1934)
• I've Got Your Number (1934)
• Fashions of 1934 (1934)
• Midnight (1934)
• Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
• Upper World (1934)
• Fog Over Frisco (1934)
• Journal of a Crime (1934)
• Now I'll Tell (1934)
• The Personality Kid (1934)
• Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
• Madame DuBarry (1934)
• The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
• Black Fury (1935)
• The Florentine Dagger (1935)
• Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
• Special Agent (1935)
• The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
• Living on Velvet (1935)
• The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
• The Walking Dead (1936)
• The Golden Arrow (1936)
• Bullets or Ballots (1936)
• The White Angel (1936)
• Two Against the World (1936)
• Anthony Adverse (1936)
• The Singing Marine (1937)
• Marked Woman (1937)
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
• First Lady (1937)
• White Banners (1938)
• Jezebel (1938)
• The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
• Brother Rat (1938)
• Dodge City (1939)
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
• Sons of Liberty (1939 short)
• The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
• Invisible Stripes (1939)
• The Fighting 69th (1940)
• Castle on the Hudson (1940)
• Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
• 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
• Santa Fe Trail (1940)
• Billy the Kid (1941)
• Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
• Whistling in the Dark (1941)
• Honky Tonk (1941)
• Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
• The Bugle Sounds (1942)
• Johnny Eager (1942)
• Tortilla Flat (1942)
• White Cargo (1942)
• Stand by for Action (1942)
• The Human Comedy (1943)
• Air Raid Wardens (1943)
• Best Foot Forward (1943)
• Girl Crazy (1943)
• Lost Angel (1943)
• A Guy Named Joe (1943)
• Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
• The Heavenly Body (1944)
• Rationing (1944)
• Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
• Barbary Coast Gent (1944)
• Nothing but Trouble (1944)
• This Man's Navy (1945)
• Anchors Aweigh (1945)
• The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
• The Green Years (1946)
• The Virginian (1946)
• Bad Bascomb (1946)
• Three Wise Fools (1946)
• The Beginning or the End (1947)
• Alias Nick Beal (1949)
• The Reckless Moment (1949)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• No Man of Her Own (1950)
• Convicted (1950)
• The Second Woman (1950)
• The People Against O'Hara (1951)
• The Family Secret (1951)
• Scandal Sheet (1952)
• The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
• The Wings of Eagles (1957)

External links

• Henry O'Neill at the Internet Movie Database
• Henry O'Neill at AllRovi
• Henry O'Neill at the Internet Broadway Database
• Henry O'Neill at Find a Grave