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Dave O'Brien

31st May 1912 Big Spring, Texas, USA Acting

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.

181 Movies 1 TV Shows 182 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Fall Guy poster
The Fall Guy 4th June 1955 as Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
Out for Fun poster
Out for Fun 8th May 1954 as Businessman Seeking Relaxation
Ain't It Aggravatin' poster
Ain't It Aggravatin' 6th February 1954 as Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
Reducing poster
Reducing 22nd March 1952 as Man on Bench (uncredited)
Did'ja Know? poster
Did'ja Know? 6th May 1950 as Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
Sure Cures poster
Sure Cures 2nd November 1946 as Xavier T. Schneckendorf
Gun Packer poster
Gun Packer 16th November 1938 as Red Baker - Henchman
Ship Cafe poster
Ship Cafe 9th November 1935 as Young Man (uncredited)
Woman Wanted poster
Woman Wanted 2nd August 1935 as Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
Wonder Bar poster
Wonder Bar 31st March 1934 as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
College Coach poster
College Coach 4th November 1933 as Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
Pick-up poster
Pick-up 24th March 1933 as Party Boy (uncredited)