About
William H. O'Brien
Overview
Australian born William H. O'Brien began his screen acting career in Australia in 1918, then resumed in Hollywood in 1921. He continued acting in films and television series to 1971.
Known for
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| 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Actor | Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Actor | Old Chess Player (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1970 | Rio Lobo | Actor | Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1970 | Airport | Actor | Waiter at Men's Club | 61 Fair |
| 1969 | Topaz | Actor | Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1969 | The Trouble with Girls | Actor | Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1967 | Valley of the Dolls | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Actor | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 73 Good |
| 1966 | Not With My Wife, You Don't | Actor | Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1966 | Munster, Go Home! | Actor | Man at Customs (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1966 | Gunpoint | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1964 | Mary Poppins | Actor | Gentleman in Bank (uncredited) | 74 Good |
| 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Actor | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 76 Good |
| 1962 | Gypsy | Actor | Audience Member (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1962 | Pressure Point | Actor | Bund Meeting Spectator | 59 Average |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour | Actor | Funeral Assistant (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Actor | German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited) | 72 Good |
| 1961 | King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Actor | Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1960 | Elmer Gantry | Actor | Train Conductor | 62 Fair |
| 1960 | Who Was That Lady? | Actor | Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1960 | Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus | Actor | Circus Spectator | 59 Average |
| 1959 | The Story on Page One | Actor | Courtroom Reporter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1959 | Pillow Talk | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1959 | Cry Tough | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Actor | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | 78 Good |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Actor | Man (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | Murder by Contract | Actor | Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | Home Before Dark | Actor | Waiter at Christmas Party | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Money, Women and Guns | Actor | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Actor | Barrister (uncredited) | 75 Good |
| 1957 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Actor | Townsman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1957 | I Was a Teenage Frankenstein | Actor | Rooming House Boarder (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Bombers B-52 | Actor | Nightclub Bartender (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Zero Hour! | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Joker is Wild | Actor | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 64 Fair |
| 1957 | Carnival Rock | Actor | Onlooker at Fire (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Chicago Confidential | Actor | Dixon's Valet (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | Actor | Waiter at 21 (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
| 1957 | The Unholy Wife | Actor | Juror (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1957 | Designing Woman | Actor | Party Guest (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Tattered Dress | Actor | Juror (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Actor | Extra (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Actor | Ringsider (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1956 | Anything Goes | Actor | Waiter | 58 Average |
| 1956 | There's Always Tomorrow | Actor | 60 Fair |
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| 1955 | The Square Jungle | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1955 | Illegal | Actor | Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1955 | It's Always Fair Weather | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Actor | Townsman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Seven Year Itch | Actor | Man at Train Station (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
| 1955 | Daddy Long Legs | Actor | Hotel Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1955 | New York Confidential | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops | Actor | Movie Patron (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1955 | Battle Cry | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born | Actor | Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1954 | Woman's World | Actor | Servant | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Sabrina | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) | 70 Good |
| 1954 | The High and the Mighty | Actor | Restaurant Cook | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Dial M for Murder | Actor | Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited) | 76 Good |
| 1954 | The Far Country | Actor | Townsman (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Actor | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | 68 Fair |
| 1953 | Fort Ti | Actor | Bartender | 59 Average |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Actor | Bartender Joe | 59 Average |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Actor | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1952 | The Star | Actor | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Horizons West | Actor | Barfly (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Carrie | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | High Noon | Actor | Church Member (uncredited) | 72 Good |
| 1952 | Hong Kong | Actor | Observer at Scene (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1952 | Something to Live For | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Superman and the Mole-Men | Actor | Townsman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1951 | Bannerline | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 71 Good |
| 1951 | Ace in the Hole | Actor | Customer at Minosa's (uncredited) | 69 Fair |
| 1951 | The Strange Door | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1951 | He Ran All the Way | Actor | Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun | Actor | Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
| 1951 | Hollywood Story | Actor | Café Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | On the Riviera | Actor | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Actor | Fight Spectator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Frenchie | Actor | Townsman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Let's Dance | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | All About Eve | Actor | Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited) | 75 Good |
| 1950 | Shakedown | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | The Men | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | Louisa | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 62 Fair |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Actor | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Actor | Waiter at Party (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Woman in Hiding | Actor | Conventioneer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Miss Grant Takes Richmond | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Alias the Champ | Actor | Audience Spectator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Actor | Saloon Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Special Agent | Actor | Barber's Customer (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1949 | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Actor | Room Service Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1949 | Johnny Allegro | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1949 | Flamingo Road | Actor | 60 Fair |
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| 1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy | Actor | Waiter (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Actor | Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1948 | Race Street | Actor | Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1948 | Jungle Goddess | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) | 57 Average |
| 1947 | I Walk Alone | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Road to Rio | Actor | Ship's Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Daisy Kenyon | Actor | Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Body and Soul | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1947 | The Unsuspected | Actor | Servant with Tray (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap | Actor | Card Dealer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | Ivy | Actor | Barrister (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1947 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1947 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Actor | Executive (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1947 | Undercover Maisie | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 69 Fair |
| 1946 | Undercurrent | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Nobody Lives Forever | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder | Actor | Court Spectator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 70 Good |
| 1946 | The Time of Their Lives | Actor | Danbury Servant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage | Actor | Miner (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston | Actor | Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill | Actor | Detective at Murder Scene | 60 Fair |
| 1946 | Do You Love Me | Actor | Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | She-Wolf of London | Actor | Constable (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Actor | Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | The Tiger Woman | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Fallen Angel | Actor | Bus Passenger (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Kitty | Actor | Coach Footman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Actor | Troupe Member (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | The Woman in Green | Actor | Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | Hollywood Scout | Actor | Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Actor | Footman (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1945 | A Song to Remember | Actor | Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | The Climax | Actor | Audience Member (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | In Society | Actor | Party Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Actor | Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | The Spider Woman | Actor | Doorman (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1943 | Government Girl | Actor | Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Actor | Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail | Actor | Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Actor | Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1943 | No Time for Love | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1943 | Margin for Error | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Tomorrow We Live | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man | Actor | Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | The Falcon Takes Over | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Orchid | Actor | Waiter at Party | N/A N/A |
| 1942 | Lady for a Night | Actor | King's Club Worker (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Actor | Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1941 | Keep 'Em Flying | Actor | Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Niagara Falls | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | The Blonde from Singapore | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1941 | The Feminine Touch | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Actor | Secretary (uncredited) | 78 Good |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | Actor | Country Club Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Topper Returns | Actor | Second Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Love Thy Neighbor | Actor | Nightclub Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Actor | Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West | Actor | Waiter | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Hit Parade of 1941 | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy | Actor | Waiter in Bar (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Captain Caution | Actor | English Sailor Who Pleads for Water | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Buck Benny Rides Again | Actor | Waiter | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Turnabout | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Forty Little Mothers | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Curtain Call | Actor | Waiter Bringing Caviar | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Rebecca | Actor | Hotel Waiter (uncredited) | 74 Good |
| 1940 | The Showdown | Actor | Bald Bartender | 59 Average |
| 1940 | A Chump at Oxford | Actor | Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1940 | City of Chance | Actor | Waiter | 58 Average |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Actor | Turnkey (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Remember? | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Zorro's Fighting Legion | Actor | Legionnaire | 58 Average |
| 1939 | That's Right – You're Wrong | Actor | Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Eternally Yours | Actor | Nightclub Waiter | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Honeymoon in Bali | Actor | Doorman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Girl from Rio | Actor | Condor Club Headwaiter | 58 Average |
| 1939 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Actor | Servant | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Stronger Than Desire | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Actor | Nightclub Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1938 | The Rage of Paris | Actor | Nightclub Bartender (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Test Pilot | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | In Old Chicago | Actor | Senate Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | Actor | Butler at Party (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Actor | Reporter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Actor | Headwaiter | 58 Average |
| 1937 | The Firefly | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Dance Charlie Dance | Actor | Bored Spectator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | North of the Rio Grande | Actor | Bald Saloon Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Sinner Take All | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Sing, Baby, Sing | Actor | Nightclub Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1936 | San Francisco | Actor | Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Special Investigator | Actor | Nightclub Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Champagne Charlie | Actor | Extra as Ship Waiter | 58 Average |
| 1936 | The Country Doctor | Actor | Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | Actor | Juror (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1935 | To Beat the Band | Actor | Waiter | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | A Night at the Opera | Actor | Stagehand (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1935 | The Old Homestead | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | His Family Tree | Actor | Man at Mayoral Debate | 58 Average |
| 1935 | The Gay Deception | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1935 | The Arizonian | Actor | Waiter in Opera House | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | The Misses Stooge | Actor | The Butler (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | Go Into Your Dance | Actor | Casino de Paree Waiter | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Shadow of Doubt | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Actor | Banquet Servant | 58 Average |
| 1934 | Bachelor Bait | Actor | Waiter #2 (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Hollywood Mystery | Actor | Tony's Butler | 59 Average |
| 1934 | The Thin Man | Actor | Bartender (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1934 | Long Lost Father | Actor | Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Big Time Or Bust | Actor | Hammond's Butler (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Ex-Lady | Actor | Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | The Half-Naked Truth | Actor | Hotel Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1932 | Faithless | Actor | Croupier | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Movie Crazy | Actor | Waiter (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Actor | Butler (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1932 | Red-Headed Woman | Actor | Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Scarface | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Actor | Saloon Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1932 | Emma | Actor | Man (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Forgotten Women | Actor | Sleek's Butler | N/A N/A |
| 1931 | The Guilty Generation | Actor | Victor - Mike's Butler | 59 Average |
| 1931 | The Road to Reno | Actor | Waiter | 58 Average |
| 1931 | Monkey Business | Actor | Waiter | 62 Fair |
| 1931 | The Phantom of Paris | Actor | Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Five and Ten | Actor | Duncan (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Smart Money | Actor | Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Daybreak | Actor | Bartender | 58 Average |
| 1931 | Ladies' Man | Actor | Elevator starter | 58 Average |
| 1931 | Men Call It Love | Actor | Brooks' Butler (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Reaching for the Moon | Actor | Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1930 | New Moon | Actor | Waiter at Ball | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Sin Takes a Holiday | Actor | Waiter at Royal Club | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Playboy of Paris | Actor | Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Anybody's Woman | Actor | Butler | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Let Us Be Gay | Actor | Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien) | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Strictly Unconventional | Actor | Footman | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Children of Pleasure | Actor | Party Butler #2 (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Anna Christie | Actor | Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1929 | The Trespasser | Actor | Butler (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1928 | A Woman of Affairs | Actor | Man Peering Into Room (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1928 | The Racket | Actor | Detective Frisking Nick | 59 Average |
| 1928 | Captain Swagger | Actor | Waiter | N/A N/A |
| 1928 | The Singing Fool | Actor | Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1928 | The Mysterious Lady | Actor | Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1928 | The Patsy | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1928 | While the City Sleeps | Actor | Apartment Tenant | 59 Average |
| 1921 | The Blot | Actor | College Student (uncredited) | 59 Average |