John J. O’Brien appeared in a 1913 Thanhouser film.
John J. O’Brien
A Thanhouser Company player, credited on one Thanhouser film. No print of it is known to survive.
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From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
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From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 146 words.
John J. O’Brien, who was receiver of taxes for the city of New Rochelle, appeared briefly in a 1913 Thanhouser film.
Note: Variety, November 10, 1937 printed the obituary for a John J. O’Brien, who may have been the same person as the Thanhouser player. He died on November 5, 1937 at the Medical Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, from causes listed as overwork and a nervous breakdown. At one time he was a partner in the Washington law firm of O’Brien & O’Byren, income tax experts who catered to a show business clientele. Later he was secretary to Governor-elect A. Harry Moore of Jersey City. John J. O’Brien was survived by his widow, Mrs. Agnes O’Brien; a son, John, 17; and two sisters, Mrs. Joseph W. MacDonnell and Mrs. Oram, both of Maplewood, New Jersey.
Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “O’BRIEN, John J.” thanhouser.org/research/people/john-j-o-brien/