Early Life
O’Brien was born William Joseph Patrick O’Brien to an Irish-American Roman Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served as an altar boy at Gesu Church while growing up near 13th and Clybourn streets. O’Brien attended Marquette Academy with fellow actor Spencer Tracy, and later attended Marquette University.
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