Movies List
TV Show List
The Kettles in the Ozarks

as Conductor

1956
T.V. of Tomorrow

as Man on TV

1953
The Phantom of 42nd Street

as Tony Woolrich

1945
Enemy of the Law

as Dave Wyatt

1945
Marked for Murder

as Dave Wyatt

1945
Trail of Terror

as Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt

1943
Bowery at Midnight

as Det. Pete Crawford

1942
Down Texas Way

as Dave Dodge

1942
Law and Order

as Jeff Travis

1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

as Sgt. Phil Lyons

1942
Captain Midnight

as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight

1942
The Rangers Take Over

as Tex Wyatt

1942
Spooks Run Wild

as Jeff Dixon

1941
Forbidden Trails

as Jim Cramer

1941
Billy the Kid Wanted

as Jeff

1941
The Devil Bat

as Johnny Layton

1940
Phantom Rancher

as Henchman Lucke

1940
Boys of the City

as Knuckles Dolan

1940
Yukon Flight

as Constable Kelly

1940
Flaming Lead

as Frank Gordon

1939
Code of the Cactus

as Bob Swane

1939
Water Rustlers

as Bob Lawson

1939
The Fighting Renegade

as Dr. Jerry Leonard

1939
Texas Wildcats

as Ed Arden

1939
Tell Your Children

as Ralph

1938
Frontier Scout

as Steve Norris

1938
Brothers of the West

as Bart, Tracy Henchman

1937
Rough Riding Rhythm

as Detective Waters

1937
The Black Coin

as Terry Navarro

1936
Dave O'Brien Dave O'Brien

Birthday

1912-05-31

Place of Birth

Big Spring, Texas, USA

Biography

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.
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