Dave O'Brien
Acting
Born: 1912-05-31 in 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.
Known For
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
Self
Double Trouble
Sparky Barton
Flaming Bullets
Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
42nd Street
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Kiss Me Kate
Ralph
Wonder Bar
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Just Suppose
Husband (uncredited)
Lightnin' Crandall
Tommy Shannon
Studio Visit
O'Brien
The Sign of the Cross
Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Victory Quiz
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Pick-up
Party Boy (uncredited)
Undercover Agent
Billiards Player
Forbidden Trails
Jim Cramer
Madam Satan
Zeppelin Reveler
Murder at the Vanities
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Captain Midnight
Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
Fighting Valley
Tex Wyatt
Devil and the Deep
Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
Spooks Run Wild
Jeff Dixon
New Frontier
Jason Braddock
Water Rustlers
Bob Lawson
Gun Packer
Red Baker - Henchman
Gangsters of the Frontier
Dave Wyatt
Woman Wanted
Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
College Humor
Student
The Deadly Game
Ralph Spencer
Carry Harry
Arthur - Harry's Friend
Three in the Saddle
Dave Wyatt
Queen of the Yukon
Bob Adams
Bowery at Midnight
Det. Pete Crawford
She Married Her Boss
Shopper
Tell Your Children
Ralph
The Devil Bat
Johnny Layton
Murder on the Yukon
Constable Kelly