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Best William J. O'Brien Movies Ranked

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William J. O'Brien Acting Filmography (71)

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

1956·Radio Listener (archive footage) (uncredited)

O. Henry's Full House

1952·Hotel Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Something to Live For

1952·Bar Customer (uncredited)

Everything I Have Is Yours

1952·Passerby on Street (Uncredited)

1952·Barfly (uncredited)

I'll See You in My Dreams

1951·Waiter (uncredited)

1951·Waiter (uncredited)

1951·Counterman / Short Order Cook (uncredited)

Hard, Fast and Beautiful!

1951·Bartender (uncredited)

You Never Can Tell

1951·Andrew Lindsay (uncredited)

1950·Stage Manager (uncredited)

1950·Townsman (uncredited)

The Secret Fury

1950·Wedding Guest (uncredited)

1950·Man Drawing Shade in Window (uncredited)

Woman in Hiding

1950·Bus Passenger (uncredited)

The Underworld Story

1950·Townsman on Street / In Coffee Shop (uncredited)

1950·Bartender at Charity Ball (uncredited)

Woman on the Run

1950·Waiter at Sullivan's Grotto (uncredited)

1950·Customer at Sharpshooting Act (uncredited)

1949·Pitchman (uncredited)

1949·Police Detective (uncredited)

1949·Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

1949·Vendor Eating Hot Dog (uncredited)

Dancing in the Dark

1949·Waiter at Party

A Dangerous Profession

It's a Great Feeling

1949·Saloon Waiter (uncredited)

1949·Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

1948·Fight Spetator

The Noose Hangs High

1948·Passerby (uncredited)

1947·Bailiff (uncredited)

They Won't Believe Me

1947·Juror / Man at Piano Concert (uncredited)

1947·Barfly (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn

1946·Man (uncredited)

The Blue Dahlia

1946·Man at Cavendish Apartments (uncredited)

Badman's Territory

1946·Man in Barber Chair (uncredited)

1946·Waiter at Bonner's Party (uncredited)

Flame of Barbary Coast

The Falcon in San Francisco

1945·Train Passenger (uncredited)

1945·Bartender (uncredited)

What, No Cigarettes

1945·Cigarette Customer

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944·Bettor in Pub (uncredited)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

1943·Juror (uncredited)

1943·Chris (uncredited)

This Land Is Mine

1943·Night Switchman

I Wake Up Screaming

1941·Man hosing sidewalk (uncredited)

Tom, Dick and Harry

1941·Bartender (uncredited)

1940·Townsman in Saloon (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire

1940·Party Waiter

1940·Tim - Proprietor

1940·Townsman Onlooker (uncredited)

Dance, Girl, Dance

1940·Burlesk House Spectator (uncredited)

Phantom of Chinatown

1940·Extra in Audience at Benton's Lecture

Silver on the Sage

1939·Card Player

1939·Casino Gambler (uncredited)

1938·Counterman at Diner

Fugitives for a Night

1938·Bald Gambler

Tarnished Angel

1938·Extra Sitting Next to Cramer at Two Meetings

Portia on Trial

The Great O'Malley

1937·Man Whistling in Hospital Zone (uncredited)

The Bridge of Sighs

1936·Juror (uncredited)

1936·Second Floor Polisher

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

1936·Sandy the Bartender

1936·Meat Clerk (Uncredited)

1933·Man at Carnival (uncredited)

1932·Bald Juror (uncredited)

1931·Heinrich, General's Aide (uncredited)

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu