--- name: "Tom O'Brien" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-obrien" fi1m_id: "tom-obrien" imdb_id: "nm0639855" tmdb_id: 29977 wikidata_id: "Q30607981" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 July 1890" died: "8 June 1947" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T06:17:29.402434+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Tom O'Brien ## Identity Tom O'Brien - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-obrien - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** tom-obrien - **IMDb ID:** nm0639855 - **TMDB ID:** 29977 - **Wikidata ID:** Q30607981 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Brien_(actor,_born_1890), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30607981, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29977 Actor. Born 23 July 1890 in San Diego, California, USA. Died 8 June 1947. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 July 1890, San Diego, California, USA - **Died:** 8 June 1947 - **Also known as:** Thomas Everett O'Brien, Thomas E. O'Brien, Thomas O'Brien, Tommy O'Brien - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_O%27Brien_(actor,_born_1890), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30607981, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639855/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29977 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Big Parade*](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Tom O'Brien was an American character actor who appeared in more than eighty films from the silent era into the early sound period. He was typically cast in burly, serio-comic supporting roles, often as stocky Irish types. He played Bull O'Hara (credited in some sources as Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara or Corporal Bull O'Hara) in the 1925 war drama *The Big Parade*, directed by King Vidor. Other credits include *The Private Life of Helen of Troy* (1927) and *Moby Dick* (1930). He died in Los Angeles in 1947. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Big Parade* (1925), Fi1m 80, as Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md) ## Complete filmography (63) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Phantom of Santa Fe* (1936), as Henchman Kildane - *The Murder in the Museum* (1934), as Alfred Carr - *The Woman Condemned* (1934), as First Detective - *It's a Cinch* (1932), as Spike - *The Unexpected Father* (1932), as Policeman - *The Phantom* (1931), as Police Sgt. Pat Collins - *Hell-Bent for Frisco* (1931), as Fogarty - *Trapped* (1931), as Joe Farley - *The Midnight Special* (1930), as Dan Padden - *Moby Dick* (1930), as Starbuck - *Call of the West* (1930), as Bull Clarkson - *Dance Hall* (1929), as Truckdriver - *The Talk of Hollywood* (1929), as Reel-Mixing Projectionist - *Untamed* (1929), as Moran - *Broadway Scandals* (1929), as Bill Gray - *Hurricane* (1929), as Dugan - *The Peacock Fan* (1929), as Sgt. O'Brien - *Smiling Irish Eyes* (1929), as Black Barney - *On With the Show!* (1929), as Larry Maloney - *The Flying Fool* (1929), as Tom Dugan - *His Lucky Day* (1929), as James - the Chauffeur - *It Can Be Done* (1929), as Detective - *The Last Warning* (1928), as Inspector - *Anybody Here Seen Kelly?* (1928), as Buck Johnson - *San Francisco Nights* (1928), as Red - *The Chorus Kid* (1928), as Bill Whipple - *Outcast Souls* (1928), as Officer - *That's My Daddy* (1927), as Officer Patrick Moran - *The Private Life of Helen of Troy* (1927), as Ulysses - *The Bugle Call* (1927), as Sgt. Doolan - *Twelve Miles Out* (1927), as Irish - *The Frontiersman* (1927), as Abner Hawkins - *Annie Laurie* (1927), Actor - *Winners of the Wilderness* (1927), as Timothy - *The Fire Brigade* (1926), as Joe O'Neil - *Tin Hats* (1926), as Sergeant McGurk - *The Flaming Forest* (1926), as Mike - *The Winner* (1926), as Slugger Martin - *Crack O' Dawn* (1926), as Stanley Steele - *The Runaway Express* (1926), as Sandy McPherson - *Take It from Me* (1926), as Taxi Driver - *Poker Faces* (1926), as The Prizefighter - *The Last Edition* (1925), as Bull - Job Foreman - *The Big Parade* (1925), as Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-parade.md) - *White Fang* (1925), as Matt - *So This Is Marriage?* (1924), as Riley - *Winner Take All* (1924), as Dynamite Galloway - *Traffic in Hearts* (1924), as Steve Powell - *What Shall I Do?* (1924), as Big Jim Brown - *Untamed Youth* (1924), as Jim Larson - *Fools Highway* (1924), as Philadelphia O'Brien - *Tipped Off* (1923), as Jim 'Pug' Murphy - *Plumb Crazy* (1923), as Olie Margerine - *The Gentleman from America* (1923), as Johnny Day - *The Scarlet Car* (1923), as Mitt Deagon - *Youth to Youth* (1922), as Ralph Horry - *Up and Going* (1922), as Sergeant Langley - *The Devil Within* (1921), as Wansley - *Scrap Iron* (1921), as Battling Burke - *The Sagebrusher* (1920), as Charlie Dornewald (as Thomas O'Brien) - *Square Deal Sanderson* (1919), as Williams (as Thomas O'Brien) - *The Mints of Hell* (1919), Actor - *Granny* (1914), Actor ## Gallery - ![Tom O'Brien](https://film.one/media/person/3850149/gallery-27b488cb11bd.jpg) Tom O'Brien — Ruth Harriet Louise, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Tom_O%27Brien%2C_silent_film_actor.jpg/1280px-Tom_O%27Brien%2C_silent_film_actor.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Tom O'Brien](https://film.one/media/person/3850149/gallery-92a03b365e33.jpg) Tom O'Brien — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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