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Dave O'Brien
Born · May 31, 1912
Died · November 8, 1969 (57 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Big Spring, Texas, USA
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dave O'Brien (born David Poole Fronabarger, May 31, 1912 – November 8, 1969) was an American film actor, director, and writer. O'Brien was best known to movie audiences in the 1940s as the hero of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy short film series Pete Smith Specialties narrated by Pete Smith. O'Brien wrote and directed many of these subjects under the name David Barclay. He also appeared in many low-budget Westerns, often billed as Tex O'Brien. In 1942, O'Brien starred in the movie serial Captain Midnight. Modern audiences perhaps best remember O'Brien as a frantic dope addict in the 1936 low-budget exploitation film Tell Your Children (better known under its reissue title, Reefer Madness). As a writer for The Red Skelton Show, O'Brien shared an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1961 and shared a nomination for the same award in 1963. O'Brien died, aged 57, of a heart attack while competing in a yachting race.
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2006
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
6.9
1976
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
6.3
1964
The Desperados Are in Town
Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
0.0
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Conductor
6.4
1956
The Fall Guy
Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
6.0
1955
Just What I Needed
Harry Horseknuckle
0.0
1955
The Man Around the House
Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
0.0
1955
Out for Fun
Businessman Seeking Relaxation
0.0
1954
Do Someone a Favor!
George Dibson
0.0
1954
Tennessee Champ
Luke MacWade
5.8
1954
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
6.0
1954
Things We Can Do Without
Thaddeus E. Thud III
8.0
1953
Kiss Me Kate
Ralph
6.4
1953
Cash Stashers
A Shmoe Named Joe
6.0
1953
T.V. of Tomorrow
Man on TV
6.4
1953
I Love Children, But!
The Daddy
0.0
1952
Reducing
Man on Bench (uncredited)
2.0
1952
Wrong Way Butch
Butch
5.8
1950
A Wife's Life
George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
6.0
1950
Did'ja Know?
Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
6.0
1950
Those Good Old Days
0.0
1949
Let's Cogitate
Oliver T. Aseltafel
5.0
1948
Just Suppose
Husband (uncredited)
6.0
1948
You Can't Win
Harried Homeowner
4.0
1948
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
The Son-In-Law / Husband
7.3
1948
Have You Ever Wondered?
Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
0.0
1947
Neighbor Pests
0.0
1947
I Love My Wife BUT!
The Husband
7.5
1947
I Love My Husband, But!
The Husband
0.0
1946
Sure Cures
Xavier T. Schneckendorf
5.0
1946
Treasures from Trash
Alonzo T. Mousebrain
8.0
1946
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
Horace
0.0
1946
Studio Visit
O'Brien
3.5
1946
Flaming Bullets
Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
5.0
1945
Frontier Fugitives
Dave Wyatt
0.0
1945
Three in the Saddle
Dave Wyatt
0.0
1945
Enemy of the Law
Dave Wyatt
5.0
1945
The Phantom of 42nd Street
Tony Woolrich
4.5
1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
Marion Scott
5.5
1945
Marked for Murder
Dave Wyatt
4.2
1945
The Whispering Skull
Dave Wyatt
6.5
1944
Tahiti Nights
Jack
0.0
1944
Safety Sleuth
Careless Man
0.0
1944
Dead or Alive
Dave Wyatt
5.3
1944
Gangsters of the Frontier
Dave Wyatt
3.8
1944
Gunsmoke Mesa
Tex Wyatt
1.0
1944
Brand of the Devil
Tex Wyatt
5.0
1944
Movie Pests
Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
5.6
1944
Spook Town
Tex Wyatt
0.0
1944
The Pinto Bandit
Tex Wyatt
0.0
1944
Sportsman's Memories
Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
0.0
1944
Guns of the Law
Tex Wyatt
5.0
1944
Outlaw Roundup
Tex Wyatt
0.0
1944
Boss of Rawhide
Tex Wyatt
5.5
1943
The Return of the Rangers
Tex Wyatt
0.0
1943
Trail of Terror
Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
0.0
1943
Fighting Valley
Tex Wyatt
0.0
1943
Seventh Column
Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
0.0
1943
Border Buckaroos
Tex Wyatt
0.0
1943
West of Texas
Tex Wyatt
0.0
1943
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
Tex Wyatt
0.0
1943
The Rangers Take Over
Tex Wyatt
6.0
1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Sgt. Phil Lyons
6.3
1942
The Yanks Are Coming
Sgt. Callahan
4.5
1942
Bowery at Midnight
Det. Pete Crawford
5.1
1942
Calling All Pa's
Joe Thunderstruck
6.0
1942
King of the Stallions
6.0
1942
Carry Harry
Arthur - Harry's Friend
0.0
1942
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Jeff
5.6
1942
Law and Order
Jeff Travis
6.0
1942
Prisoner of Japan
U. S. Marine
4.3
1942
Down Texas Way
Dave Dodge
0.0
1942
Victory Quiz
6.0
1942
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
Jeff
4.5
1942
What About Daddy?
The Husband
0.0
1942
Captain Midnight
Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
5.0
1942
Forbidden Trails
Jim Cramer
5.4
1941
Double Trouble
Sparky Barton
0.0
1941
Spooks Run Wild
Jeff Dixon
4.8
1941
Billy the Kid Wanted
Jeff
5.7
1941
The Gunman From Bodie
Joe Martin
7.0
1941
The Deadly Game
Ralph Spencer
6.0
1941
The Texas Marshal
Buzz Weston
0.0
1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Texas Joe
4.0
1941
Murder by Invitation
Michael, the chauffeur
5.6
1941
The Spider Returns
Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
8.7
1941
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
Jim Dana
0.0
1941
Flying Wild
Tom Lawson
5.9
1941
The Devil Bat
Johnny Layton
5.3
1940
That Gang of Mine
Knuckles Dolan
5.6
1940
The Cowboy from Sundown
Steve Davis
0.0
1940
Queen of the Yukon
Bob Adams
5.0
1940
Gun Code
Henchman Gale
0.0
1940
Boys of the City
Knuckles Dolan
5.4
1940
Sky Bandits
Constable Kelly
5.0
1940
Hold That Woman!
Miles Hanover
5.0
1940
On the Spot
Charlie
5.3
1940
Phantom Rancher
Henchman Lucke
3.5
1940
Son of the Navy
Nelson
5.5
1940
Isle Of Destiny
Whitey - Navy Radio Man
5.0
1940
Murder on the Yukon
Constable Kelly
3.5
1940
East Side Kids
Knuckles Dolan
7.0
1940
Danger Ahead
Corporal Kelly
0.0
1940
Yukon Flight
Constable Kelly
3.9
1940
Crashing Thru
Fred Chambers
6.0
1939
Buried Alive
Carson
4.7
1939
Fighting Mad
Constable Kelly
4.0
1939
Flaming Lead
Frank Gordon
4.0
1939
Mutiny in the Big House
Daniels
4.4
1939
On Your Toes
Man in Audience
3.9
1939
The Arizona Kid
Soldier
5.8
1939
The Fighting Renegade
Dr. Jerry Leonard
5.7
1939
Daughter of the Tong
Jerry Morgan
5.0
1939
New Frontier
Jason Braddock
5.5
1939
Riders of the Sage
Tom Martin
5.0
1939
Wyoming Outlaw
Acacia Park Game Warden
5.6
1939
Undercover Agent
Billiards Player
4.8
1939
Outlaws' Paradise
Henchman Meggs
0.0
1939
Texas Wildcats
Ed Arden
0.0
1939
Trigger Smith
Duke
0.0
1939
Rollin' Westward
Ranch hand Red
5.0
1939
Code of the Cactus
Bob Swane
5.5
1939
Drifting Westward
Henchman Trigger
0.0
1939
Water Rustlers
Bob Lawson
4.0
1939
Song of the Buckaroo
Tex Alden
0.0
1938
Gun Packer
Red Baker - Henchman
0.0
1938
Where the Buffalo Roam
Jeff Gray
5.0
1938
Frontier Scout
Steve Norris
4.5
1938
Starlight Over Texas
Henchman
0.0
1938
Utah Trail
Mason - Bookkeeper
5.0
1938
Man's Country
Bat
0.0
1938
Tell Your Children
Ralph
4.2
1938
The Singing Cowgirl
Dick Williams
5.0
1938
Whirlwind Horseman
Henchman Slade
4.0
1938
The Secret of Treasure Island
Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
4.0
1938
Born to Be Wild
Trucker (uncredited)
7.0
1938
Million Dollar Racket
Johnny Henessey
6.0
1937
Rough Riding Rhythm
Detective Waters
0.0
1937
Brothers of the West
Bart
6.0
1937
Lightnin' Crandall
Tommy Shannon
3.0
1937
Wanted - A Master
Dog's Master (uncredited)
6.3
1936
The Girl on the Front Page
Nightclub Patron
0.0
1936
The Black Coin
Terry Navarro
6.0
1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
George Baldwin
4.0
1936
Ship Cafe
Young Man (uncredited)
0.0
1935
She Married Her Boss
Shopper
7.0
1935
Welcome Home
Stanley Phillips
0.0
1935
Woman Wanted
Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
6.3
1935
Doubting Thomas
Member of Audience
7.0
1935
No More Ladies
Party Guest (uncredited)
5.1
1935
Student Tour
Student
5.0
1934
Gift of Gab
Dancer (uncredited)
1.0
1934
We're Rich Again
Pete (uncredited)
4.0
1934
Tomorrow's Children
Interne (uncredited)
5.2
1934
Murder at the Vanities
5.4
1934
Wonder Bar
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
6.1
1934
Search for Beauty
Talent Contestant (uncredited)
5.9
1934
Sitting Pretty
Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
7.5
1933
College Coach
Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
4.2
1933
One Man's Journey
Dance Extra (uncredited)
7.1
1933
College Humor
Student
5.6
1933
Pick-up
Party Boy (uncredited)
4.8
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
Soldier (uncredited)
5.3
1932
The Sign of the Cross
Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
6.2
1932
Hot Saturday
Party Guest (Uncredited)
6.5
1932
70,000 Witnesses
Football Player (uncredited)
4.8
1932
Roar of the Dragon
Submarine Crewman
6.2
1932
Is My Face Red?
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
5.0
1932
Consolation Marriage
Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
6.1
1931
Flying High
Dancer (uncredited)
4.8
1931
Madam Satan
Zeppelin Reveler
5.9
1930
Good News
Student
5.0
1930
The Dawn Patrol
Pilot (uncredited)
6.7
1930