About
Arthur O'Connell (March 29, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in films (starting with a small role in Citizen Kane) in 1941 and television programs (mostly guest appearances). Among his screen appearances were Picnic, Anatomy of a Murder, and as the watch-maker who hides Jews during WWII in The Hiding Place. A veteran vaudevillian, O'Connell, from New York City, made his legitimate stage debut in the mid 1930s, at which time he fell within the orbit of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. Welles cast O'Connell in the tiny role of a reporter in the closing scenes of Citizen Kane (1941), a film often referred to as O'Connell's film debut, though in fact he had already appeared in Freshman Year (1939) and had costarred in two Leon Errol short subjects as Leon's conniving brother-in-law. After numerous small movie parts, O'Connell returned to Broadway, where...
Known for
BonanzaSeries • 1959
IronsideSeries • 1967
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955
Petticoat JunctionSeries • 1963
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956
My Three SonsSeries • 1960
Studio OneSeries • 1948
CannonSeries • 1971
Emergency!Series • 1972
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948
The Big ValleySeries • 1965
The Wild Wild WestSeries • 1965
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
Route 66Series • 1960
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
The Name of the GameSeries • 1968
Night GallerySeries • 1970
McCloudSeries • 1970
Room 222Series • 1969
Alias Smith and JonesSeries • 1971
Citizen KaneMovie • 1941
Nanny and the ProfessorSeries • 1970