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Henry O'Neill is a Actor American born on 9 august 1891 at Orange (USA)

Henry O'Neill

Henry O'Neill
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 august 1891 at Orange (USA)
Death 18 may 1961 (at 69 years) at Hollywood (USA)

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

Biography

Au théâtre, Henry O'Neill joue à Broadway (New York) entre 1921 et 1933.

Au cinéma, où il apparaît de 1930 à 1957, notamment dans des westerns et comédies musicales, il interprète souvent des seconds rôles de juge ou de procureur.

Une étoile lui est dédiée sur le Walk of Fame d'Hollywood Boulevard.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Henry O'Neill (165 films)

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Actor

The Wings of Eagles, 1h50
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Sig Ruman
Roles Capt. Spear
Rating65% 3.29673.29673.29673.29673.2967
Soon after World War I is over, "Spig" Wead (John Wayne), along with John Dale Price (Ken Curtis), tries to prove to the Navy the value of aviation in combat. To do this, Wead pushes the Navy to compete in racing and endurance competitions. Several races are against the US Army aviation team led by Captain Herbert Allen Hazard (based on Jimmy Doolittle – played by Kenneth Tobey).
Untamed
Untamed (1955)
, 1h51
Directed by Henry King, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films set in Africa, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, Agnes Moorehead, Brad Dexter, Henry O'Neill
Roles Squire O'Neill
Rating59% 2.9993652.9993652.9993652.9993652.999365
Dutchman Paul van Riebeck (Tyrone Power) a Boer cavalry commander travels to Ireland from his native South Africa in 1847 to buy horses for his commandos back home, who need them to fight Zulu tribal warriors. He meets lovely Katie O'Neill (Susan Hayward), daughter of the man selling the horses. She falls in love, but Paul feels he must return home alone.
The Sun Shines Bright, 1h30
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Western
Actors Charles Winninger, John Russell, Arleen Whelan, Russell Simpson, Stepin Fetchit, Francis Ford
Roles Joe D. Habersham
Rating68% 3.4420453.4420453.4420453.4420453.442045
Sur fond de campagne électorale en 1905 dans une petite ville du Kentucky, des hommes se déchirent pour une femme. Alcoolique notoire, le juge Priest se représente aux élections locales. Prenant la défense d'un jeune Noir accusé injustement d'un viol d’une Blanche et participe aux obsèques d’une prostituée notoire, ce qui lui vaut le respect des uns et l’hostilité des autres. De vieux secrets de familles resurgissent...
Scarlet Angel, 1h21
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rock Hudson, Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Denning, Amanda Blake, Henry O'Neill, Henry Brandon
Roles Morgan Caldwell
Rating61% 3.090823.090823.090823.090823.09082
Poursuivie par un capitaine de la marine, la fille de saloon Roxy McClanahan emprunte l'identité d'une veuve de guerre ayant de riches parents.
Scandal Sheet, 1h22
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek, Rosemary DeCamp, Henry O'Neill, Harry Morgan
Roles Charlie Barnes
Rating73% 3.693183.693183.693183.693183.69318
A newspaper man, Mark Chapman (Broderick Crawford), takes over an ailing New York daily newspaper, the fictional New York Express, and revives it as a scandal sheet by staging a number of publicity stunts. The man's wife, whom he left penniless years ago, resurfaces and threatens to blackmail him. He kills her, accidentally, but then tries to cover it up.
The People Against O'Hara, 1h42
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, James Arness, Diana Lynn, John Hodiak, Eduardo Ciannelli
Roles Judge Keating
Rating67% 3.389833.389833.389833.389833.38983
James Curtayne (Tracy) has retired from criminal law, but when Johnny O'Hara (Arness), a boy from the neighborhood, is accused of a murder, Curtayne takes the case. The boy's parents plead for Curtayne's help, even though they are too poor to pay him a fee.
The Family Secret
Directed by Henry Levin
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Santos Ortega, Henry O'Neill
Roles Donald Muir
Rating61% 3.094133.094133.094133.094133.09413
Law student David Clark kills best friend Art Bradley in self-defense after an argument. He flees, but later confesses to his father, Howard, a lawyer. The next morning, Howard expects his son to explain what happened to district attorney Redman, but instead David merely asks the DA if he can be of any help after another man, Joe Elsner, is arrested. Elsner is a bookie to whom the dead man owed a debt.
No Man of Her Own, 1h38
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes L'usurpation d'identité, Escroquerie
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Phyllis Thaxter, Lyle Bettger, Jane Cowl, Henry O'Neill
Roles Mr. Harkness
Rating73% 3.693773.693773.693773.693773.69377
Helen Ferguson (Barbara Stanwyck) is eight months pregnant and unmarried. When she goes to her unfaithful boyfriend Morley for help, all he gives her is a train ticket back to where she came from.
Convicted
Convicted (1950)
, 1h31
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell, Dorothy Malone, Carl Benton Reid, Frank Faylen
Roles Detective Dorn
Rating67% 3.394233.394233.394233.394233.39423
The prison drama tells of Joe Hufford (Ford), a man convicted of manslaughter. George Knowland (Crawford) is the warden who understands Hufford and tries to help him adjust to prison life. Hufford witnesses the murder of an informer by another convict (Millard Mitchell), but he sticks to the prison's "silent code" and refuses to talk, even though it means he will be accused of the killing. He is locked in solitary confinement. In the end, the real murderer confesses and Hufford escapes the electric chair and into the arms of the warden's daughter (Dorothy Malone), with whom he has fallen in love.
The Flying Missile, 1h31
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films
Actors Glenn Ford, Viveca Lindfors, Henry O'Neill, Kenneth Tobey, John Qualen, Carl Benton Reid
Roles Thomas A. Scott
Rating58% 2.9065252.9065252.9065252.9065252.906525
Decorated submarine commander Commander William Talbot's (Glenn Ford) boat the USS Bluefin (actually the USS Cusk) is on manoeuvers with the goal of simulating sinking the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41). The Midway is carrying some politicians to view the test firing of a JB-2 missile from its flight deck. Sighting the carrier, the Bluefin attempts a simulated torpedo attack but is detected and "sunk" by a depth charge attack from a destroyer.
The Milkman, 1h27
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Donald O'Connor, Jimmy Durante, Piper Laurie, William Conrad, Henry O'Neill, Paul Harvey
Roles Bradley, Sr.
Rating65% 3.2891753.2891753.2891753.2891753.289175
Roger Bradley (O'Connor) is the son of the owner of a milk company. He wants to get a job as a milkman at his father's company, but his father denies it because of Roger's after-war trauma: when he gets stressed or frustrated, he quacks like a duck. Roger gets upset at his father and does not see any problem with the quacking. In revenge, he gets a job with his father's arch-rival, Breezy Albright (Durante) at another milk company. He becomes very successful and quickly falls in love with the boss's daughter, Chris Abbott (Laurie).
The Second Woman, 1h31
Directed by James V. Kern
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton, Florence Bates, Henry O'Neill, Morris Carnovsky
Roles Ben Sheppard
Rating62% 3.1441953.1441953.1441953.1441953.144195
This psychological thriller tells the story of Jeff Cohalan (Robert Young). He is a successful architect who is tormented because his fiancée was killed in a mysterious car accident on the night before their wedding. Blaming himself for her death, Colahan spends his time alone, lamenting in the state-of-the-art cliff-top home he had designed for his bride-to-be.
Holiday Affair, 1h27
Directed by Don Hartman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Henry O'Neill, Gordon Gebert, Griff Barnett
Roles Mr. Crowley
Rating70% 3.5473753.5473753.5473753.5473753.547375
Steve Mason (Robert Mitchum), a veteran and drifter, is employed as a clerk during the Christmas season at Crowley's, a New York department store. He suspects customer Connie Ennis (Janet Leigh) of being a comparative shopper for a rival store when she buys an expensive toy train set without asking a single question about it. That night, her son Timmy (Gordon Gebert) becomes excited when he sneaks a peek at what he thinks is his present, only to be disappointed when his mother sets him straight. When Connie returns the train the next day, Steve tells her of his suspicions and that he should report her to the store detective, which would lead to her firing. After she explains that she is a war widow with a son to support, Steve refunds her money, a gesture that costs him his job.
The Reckless Moment, 1h22
Directed by Max Ophüls, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Shepperd Strudwick, Henry O'Neill, Roy Roberts
Roles Tom Harper
Rating70% 3.5455453.5455453.5455453.5455453.545545
California housewife Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett) attempts to cover up what she believes (erroneously) to be her daughter (Geraldine Brooks)'s accidental killing of an undesirable ex-lover Darby (Shepperd Strudwick).
You're My Everything, 1h34
Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Anne Revere, Stanley Ridges, Henry O'Neill, Alan Mowbray
Roles Prof. Adams
Rating59% 2.997522.997522.997522.997522.99752
Boston, 1924: A starstruck Hannah Adams waits outside in the rain to meet Tim O'Connor, who has just performed in a musical on stage. She invites him home to meet her family, and soon they are in love and getting married.