Henry O'Neill
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
as Capt. Spear
Untamed
1955
as Squire O'Neill
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Joe D. Habersham
Scarlet Angel
1952
as Morgan Caldwell
Scandal Sheet
1952
as Charlie Barnes
The Family Secret
1951
as Donald Muir
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Judge Keating
The Flying Missile
1950
as Thomas A. Scott
The Milkman
1950
as Bradley, Sr.
Convicted
1950
as Detective Dorn
The Second Woman
1950
as Ben Sheppard
No Man of Her Own
1950
as Mr. Harkness
Holiday Affair
1949
as Mr. Crowley
The Reckless Moment
1949
as Tom Harper
Strange Bargain
1949
as Timothy Hearne
You're My Everything
1949
as Prof. Adams
Alias Nick Beal
1949
as Judge Ben Hobbs
Leather Gloves
1948
as Dudley
The Return of October
1948
as President Hotchkiss
Little Mister Jim
1947
as Chaplain
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
Three Wise Fools
1946
as Prof. Horace Appleby
The Green Years
1946
as Canon Roche
Bad Bascomb
1946
as Gov. Winton