Dave O'Brien

Known For: Acting
Born: May 31, 1912
Place of Birth: Big Spring, Texas, USA
Died: November 8, 1969

Dave O'Brien

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 awa…

Filmography

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)

The Desperados Are in Town

1956 · Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown

The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956 · Conductor

MGM Parade

1955 · , Self

The Fall Guy

1955 · Himself as Various Characters (archive footage), Director

Just What I Needed

Just What I Needed

1955 · Harry Horseknuckle, Screenplay, Director

The Man Around the House

The Man Around the House

1955 · Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Story

Film Antics

1954 · Director

Meet the O'Briens

1954 · Dave, Teleplay, Producer

Out for Fun

1954 · Businessman Seeking Relaxation, Director, Writer

Do Someone a Favor!

Do Someone a Favor!

1954 · George Dibson, Director, Screenplay

Tennessee Champ

1954 · Luke MacWade

Ain't It Aggravatin'

1954 · Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead, Story, Director

Things We Can Do Without

1953 · Thaddeus E. Thud III, Story, Director, Screenplay

Kiss Me Kate

1953 · Ralph

Cash Stashers

1953 · A Shmoe Named Joe, Story, Director, Screenplay

Dogs 'n Ducks

1953 · Screenplay, Original Story

T.V. of Tomorrow

1953 · Man on TV

The Mosconi Story

The Mosconi Story

1953 · Director

I Love Children, But!

1952 · The Daddy, Director, Writer

Reducing

1952 · Man on Bench (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Original Story

Musiquiz

1952 · Director

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · Writer

Bargain Madness

1951 · Director, Writer

Camera Sleuth

1951 · Writer, Director

Wrong Way Butch

1950 · Butch, Director, Original Story, Screenplay

A Wife's Life

1950 · George T. Hardnose (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Story

Did'ja Know?

1950 · Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant, Director, Screenplay

Crashing the Movies

1950 · Director

Pest Control

1950 · Cruising Wolf, Director

We Can Dream, Can't We?

We Can Dream, Can't We?

1949 · Director

Those Good Old Days

Those Good Old Days

1949 · , Director

Super Cue Men

1949 · Director

Let's Cogitate

1948 · Oliver T. Aseltafel, Director

Ice Aces

1948 · Writer, Director

Just Suppose

1948 · Husband (uncredited), Director, Writer

You Can't Win

1948 · Harried Homeowner, Writer, Director

I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

1948 · The Son-In-Law / Husband, Director, Original Story, Screenplay

Bowling Tricks

1948 · Director

Have You Ever Wondered?

Have You Ever Wondered?

1947 · Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer, Writer, Director

Surfboard Rhythm

Surfboard Rhythm

1947 · Director

Football Thrills No. 10

Football Thrills No. 10

1947 · Director

Neighbor Pests

1947 · , Director

I Love My Wife BUT!

I Love My Wife BUT!

1947 · The Husband, Story, Director, Screenplay

Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13

Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13

1947 · Director

Diamond Demon

1947 · Director, Writer

I Love My Husband, But!

I Love My Husband, But!

1946 · The Husband, Director, Story, Screenplay

Sure Cures

1946 · Xavier T. Schneckendorf, Writer, Director

Treasures from Trash

1946 · Alonzo T. Mousebrain, Screenplay, Director

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

1946 · Horace, Writer, Director

Studio Visit

1946 · O'Brien

Flaming Bullets

1945 · Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson

Frontier Fugitives

1945 · Dave Wyatt

Three in the Saddle

1945 · Dave Wyatt

Enemy of the Law

1945 · Dave Wyatt

The Phantom of 42nd Street

1945 · Tony Woolrich

The Man Who Walked Alone

1945 · Marion Scott

Marked for Murder

1945 · Dave Wyatt

The Whispering Skull

1944 · Dave Wyatt

Tahiti Nights

1944 · Jack

Safety Sleuth

1944 · Careless Man

Dead or Alive

1944 · Dave Wyatt

Gangsters of the Frontier

1944 · Dave Wyatt

Gunsmoke Mesa

1944 · Tex Wyatt

Brand of the Devil

1944 · Tex Wyatt

Movie Pests

1944 · Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest

Spook Town

1944 · Tex Wyatt

The Pinto Bandit

1944 · Tex Wyatt

Sportsman's Memories

Sportsman's Memories

1944 · Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)

Guns of the Law

1944 · Tex Wyatt

Outlaw Roundup

1944 · Tex Wyatt

Boss of Rawhide

1943 · Tex Wyatt

The Return of the Rangers

1943 · Tex Wyatt

Trail of Terror

1943 · Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt

Fighting Valley

1943 · Tex Wyatt

Seventh Column

1943 · Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man

Border Buckaroos

1943 · Tex Wyatt

West of Texas

1943 · Tex Wyatt

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

1943 · Tex Wyatt

The Rangers Take Over

1942 · Tex Wyatt

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942 · Sgt. Phil Lyons

The Yanks Are Coming

1942 · Sgt. Callahan

Bowery at Midnight

1942 · Det. Pete Crawford

Calling All Pa's

1942 · Joe Thunderstruck

King of the Stallions

1942

Carry Harry

1942 · Arthur - Harry's Friend

Sheriff of Sage Valley

1942 · Jeff

Law and Order

1942 · Jeff Travis

Prisoner of Japan

1942 · U. S. Marine

Down Texas Way

1942 · Dave Dodge

Victory Quiz

1942

Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

1942 · Jeff

What About Daddy?

1942 · The Husband

Captain Midnight

1942 · Captain Albright / Captain Midnight

Forbidden Trails

1941 · Jim Cramer

Double Trouble

1941 · Sparky Barton

Spooks Run Wild

1941 · Jeff Dixon

Billy the Kid Wanted

1941 · Jeff

The Gunman From Bodie

1941 · Joe Martin

The Iron Claw

1941 · Stunts

The Deadly Game

1941 · Ralph Spencer

The Texas Marshal

1941 · Buzz Weston

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

1941 · Texas Joe

Murder by Invitation

1941 · Michael, the chauffeur

The Spider Returns

1941 · Jackson, Wentworth's Aide

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

1941 · Jim Dana

Sky Raiders

1941 · Stunts

Flying Wild

1941 · Tom Lawson

The Devil Bat

1940 · Johnny Layton

That Gang of Mine

1940 · Knuckles Dolan

The Cowboy from Sundown

1940 · Steve Davis

Queen of the Yukon

1940 · Bob Adams

Gun Code

1940 · Henchman Gale

Boys of the City

1940 · Knuckles Dolan

Sky Bandits

1940 · Constable Kelly

Hold That Woman!

1940 · Miles Hanover

On the Spot

1940 · Charlie

Phantom Rancher

1940 · Henchman Lucke

Son of the Navy

1940 · Nelson

Isle Of Destiny

1940 · Whitey - Navy Radio Man

Murder on the Yukon

1940 · Constable Kelly

East Side Kids

1940 · Knuckles Dolan

Danger Ahead

1940 · Corporal Kelly

Yukon Flight

1940 · Constable Kelly

Crashing Thru

1939 · Fred Chambers

Buried Alive

1939 · Carson

Fighting Mad

1939 · Constable Kelly

Flaming Lead

1939 · Frank Gordon

Mutiny in the Big House

1939 · Daniels

On Your Toes

1939 · Man in Audience

The Arizona Kid

1939 · Soldier

The Fighting Renegade

1939 · Dr. Jerry Leonard

Daughter of the Tong

1939 · Jerry Morgan

New Frontier

1939 · Jason Braddock

Riders of the Sage

1939 · Tom Martin

Wyoming Outlaw

1939 · Acacia Park Game Warden

Undercover Agent

1939 · Billiards Player

Outlaws' Paradise

1939 · Henchman Meggs

Texas Wildcats

1939 · Ed Arden

Trigger Smith

1939 · Duke

Rollin' Westward

1939 · Ranch hand Red

Code of the Cactus

1939 · Bob Swane

Drifting Westward

1939 · Henchman Trigger

Water Rustlers

1939 · Bob Lawson

Song of the Buckaroo

1938 · Tex Alden

Gun Packer

1938 · Red Baker - Henchman

The Spider's Web

1938 · Stunts

Where the Buffalo Roam

1938 · Jeff Gray

Frontier Scout

1938 · Steve Norris

Starlight Over Texas

1938 · Henchman

Utah Trail

1938 · Mason - Bookkeeper

Man's Country

1938 · Bat

Tell Your Children

1938 · Ralph

The Singing Cowgirl

1938 · Dick Williams

Whirlwind Horseman

1938 · Henchman Slade

The Secret of Treasure Island

1938 · Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]

Born to Be Wild

1938 · Trucker (uncredited)

Million Dollar Racket

1937 · Johnny Henessey

Rough Riding Rhythm

1937 · Detective Waters

Brothers of the West

1937 · Bart

Lightnin' Crandall

1937 · Tommy Shannon

Wanted - A Master

1936 · Dog's Master (uncredited)

The Girl on the Front Page

1936 · Nightclub Patron

The Black Coin

1936 · Terry Navarro

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936 · George Baldwin

Ship Cafe

1935 · Young Man (uncredited)

She Married Her Boss

1935 · Shopper

Welcome Home

1935 · Stanley Phillips

Woman Wanted

1935 · Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)

Doubting Thomas

1935 · Member of Audience

No More Ladies

1935 · Party Guest (uncredited)

Music in the Air

1934 · Karl Roder (singing voice) (uncredited)

Student Tour

1934 · Student

Gift of Gab

1934 · Dancer (uncredited)

We're Rich Again

1934 · Pete (uncredited)

Tomorrow's Children

1934 · Interne (uncredited)

Murder at the Vanities

1934 · Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Wonder Bar

1934 · Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Search for Beauty

1934 · Talent Contestant (uncredited)

The World Changes

1933 · Otto Peterson (uncredited)

Sitting Pretty

1933 · Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)

College Coach

1933 · Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)

One Man's Journey

1933 · Dance Extra (uncredited)

College Humor

1933 · Student

Pick-up

1933 · Party Boy (uncredited)

42nd Street

1933 · Chorus Boy (uncredited)

The Sign of the Cross

1932 · Christian on Stairway (uncredited)

Rasputin and the Empress

1932 · Soldier (uncredited)

Hot Saturday

1932 · Party Guest (Uncredited)

70,000 Witnesses

1932 · Football Player (uncredited)

Devil and the Deep

1932 · Submarine Crewman (uncredited)

Roar of the Dragon

1932 · Submarine Crewman

Is My Face Red?

1932 · Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Consolation Marriage

1931 · Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)

Flying High

1931 · Dancer (uncredited)

Lover Come Back

1931 · Pool Party Boy (uncredited)

Madam Satan

1930 · Zeppelin Reveler

Good News

1930 · Student

The Dawn Patrol

1930 · Pilot (uncredited)

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