Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 9, 1891
Place of Birth
Orange, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Henry O'Neil
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.
Known For - Movies
Dodge City
as Colonel Dodge
Jezebel
as General Theopholus Bogardus
Wells Fargo
as Henry Wells
Marked Woman
as Arthur Sheldon
A Guy Named Joe
as Col. Sykes
Anchors Aweigh
as Admiral Hammond
The Walking Dead
as District Attorney Werner
Santa Fe Trail
as Cyrus Brody
Dr. Socrates
as Greer
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Jason Sculley