🎬Henry O'Neill

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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	The Wings of Eagles (1957)	Capt. Spear		5.5
2	The Sun Shines Bright (1953)	Joe D. Habersham		6
3	Scandal Sheet (1952)	Charlie Barnes		5
4	The People Against O'Hara (1951)	Judge Keating		5
5	Convicted (1950)	Detective Dorn		5
6	The Second Woman (1950)	Ben Sheppard		6
7	No Man of Her Own (1950)	Mr. Harkness		7
8	Alias Nick Beal (1949)	Judge Ben Hobbs		5
9	You're My Everything (1949)	Prof. Adams	-	-
10	Strange Bargain (1949)	Timothy Hearne		4
11	Holiday Affair (1949)	Mr. Crowley		5
12	The Reckless Moment (1949)	Tom Harper	-	-
13	The Green Years (1946)	Canon Roche	-	-
14	Anchors Aweigh (1945)	Admiral Hammond		3.5
15	A Guy Named Joe (1943)	Col. Sykes		2
16	The Human Comedy (1943)	Charles Steed		5
17	Girl Crazy (1943)	Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.	-	-
18	Whistling in the Dark (1941)	Philip Post	-	-
19	Johnny Eager (1941)	Mr. Verne		7
20	Blossoms in the Dust (1941)	Judge		6.5
21	Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)	Major Jason I. Sculley		9
22	Billy the Kid (1941)	Tim Ward	-	-
23	They Drive by Night (1940)	District Attorney (uncredited)		5
24	Knute Rockne All American (1940)	Doctor		3
25	Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)	A.H. Remson	-	-
26	Dodge City (1939)	Colonel Dodge		4
27	Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)	Attorney Kellogg		4
28	Invisible Stripes (1939)	Parole Officer Masters	-	-
29	Juarez (1939)	General Miguel Miramon	-	-
30	Jezebel (1938)	General Theopholus Bogardus		6
31	The Life of Emile Zola (1937)	Colonel Picquart		5
32	Marked Woman (1937)	Arthur Sheldon		6
33	Wells Fargo (1937)	Henry Wells	-	-
34	The Walking Dead (1936)	District Attorney Werner		2
35	Bullets or Ballots (1936)	Ward Bryant		6
36	The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)	Dr. Emile Roux		2
37	Anthony Adverse (1936)	Father Xavier		4
38	Black Fury (1935)	John W. Hendricks	-	-
39	Massacre (1934)	J.R. Dickinson	-	-
40	Lady Killer (1933)	Ramick		6.5