Dave O'Brien
Known for Acting · 182 credits
- Born
- 1912-05-31
- Died
- 1969-11-08
- Place of birth
- Big Spring, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- David Poole Fronabarger · David Fronabarger · David O'Brien · Dave O'Brian · Dave Tex O'Brien · Dave 'Tex' O'Brien
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (181)
Ship Cafe
1935
as Young Man (uncredited)
Student Tour
1934
as Student
Buried Alive
1939
as Carson
Wonder Bar
1934
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Texas Wildcats
1939
as Ed Arden
Victory Quiz
1942
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Gunsmoke Mesa
1944
as Tex Wyatt
Sure Cures
1946
as Xavier T. Schneckendorf
Good News
1930
as Student
Water Rustlers
1939
as Bob Lawson
Tennessee Champ
1954
as Luke MacWade
Movie Pests
1944
as Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
Spook Town
1944
as Tex Wyatt
Forbidden Trails
1941
as Jim Cramer
Carry Harry
1942
as Arthur - Harry's Friend
Pest Control
1950
as Cruising Wolf
Woman Wanted
1935
as Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
42nd Street
1933
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Cash Stashers
1953
as A Shmoe Named Joe
Doubting Thomas
1935
as Member of Audience
Frontier Fugitives
1945
as Dave Wyatt
Tell Your Children
1938
as Ralph
Border Buckaroos
1943
as Tex Wyatt
Tahiti Nights
1944
as Jack
Flaming Lead
1939
as Frank Gordon
Rollin' Westward
1939
as Ranch hand Red
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Football Player (uncredited)
Kiss Me Kate
1953
as Ralph
College Humor
1933
as Student
Seventh Column
1943
as Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
Double Trouble
1941
as Sparky Barton
Madam Satan
1930
as Zeppelin Reveler
Isle Of Destiny
1940
as Whitey - Navy Radio Man
Gun Code
1940
as Henchman Gale
Undercover Agent
1939
as Billiards Player
Flying High
1931
as Dancer (uncredited)
One Man's Journey
1933
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
Studio Visit
1946
as O'Brien
Hot Saturday
1932
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Captain Midnight
1942
as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
The Deadly Game
1941
as Ralph Spencer
On Your Toes
1939
as Man in Audience
Fighting Mad
1939
as Constable Kelly
Music in the Air
1934
as Karl Roder (singing voice) (uncredited)
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
as Acacia Park Game Warden
Flying Wild
1941
as Tom Lawson
The Arizona Kid
1939
as Soldier
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
as Conductor
The World Changes
1933
as Otto Peterson (uncredited)
Is My Face Red?
1932
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
The Dawn Patrol
1930
as Pilot (uncredited)
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
as Marion Scott
Flaming Bullets
1945
as Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
Mutiny in the Big House
1939
as Daniels
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
as Soldier (uncredited)
Gun Packer
1938
as Red Baker - Henchman
Outlaw Roundup
1944
as Tex Wyatt
Pick-up
1933
as Party Boy (uncredited)
Gangsters of the Frontier
1944
as Dave Wyatt
Enemy of the Law
1945
as Dave Wyatt
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938
as Jeff Gray
Boss of Rawhide
1943
as Tex Wyatt
Murder by Invitation
1941
as Michael, the chauffeur
Fighting Valley
1943
as Tex Wyatt
Crashing Thru
1939
as Fred Chambers
Son of the Navy
1940
as Nelson
New Frontier
1939
as Jason Braddock
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
as Sgt. Phil Lyons
Code of the Cactus
1939
as Bob Swane
Murder at the Vanities
1934
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953
as Man on TV
Welcome Home
1935
as Stanley Phillips
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Devil and the Deep
1932
as Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
She Married Her Boss
1935
as Shopper
Riders of the Sage
1939
as Tom Martin
The Devil Bat
1940
as Johnny Layton
Tomorrow's Children
1934
as Interne (uncredited)
Bowery at Midnight
1942
as Det. Pete Crawford
Consolation Marriage
1931
as Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
The Girl on the Front Page
1936
as Nightclub Patron
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943
as Tex Wyatt
The Secret of Treasure Island
1938
as Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
Phantom Rancher
1940
as Henchman Lucke
That Gang of Mine
1940
as Knuckles Dolan
East Side Kids
1940
as Knuckles Dolan
The Singing Cowgirl
1938
as Dick Williams
Down Texas Way
1942
as Dave Dodge
The Fall Guy
1955
as Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
Lightnin' Crandall
1937
as Tommy Shannon
Hold That Woman!
1940
as Miles Hanover
On the Spot
1940
as Charlie
Roar of the Dragon
1932
as Submarine Crewman
The Yanks Are Coming
1942
as Sgt. Callahan
West of Texas
1943
as Tex Wyatt
Daughter of the Tong
1939
as Jerry Morgan
Law and Order
1942
as Jeff Travis
Spooks Run Wild
1941
as Jeff Dixon
Billy the Kid Wanted
1941
as Jeff
Search for Beauty
1934
as Talent Contestant (uncredited)
Brand of the Devil
1944
as Tex Wyatt
College Coach
1933
as Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild
1938
as Trucker (uncredited)
The Cowboy from Sundown
1940
as Steve Davis
The Gunman From Bodie
1941
as Joe Martin
The Spider Returns
1941
as Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
Three in the Saddle
1945
as Dave Wyatt
Million Dollar Racket
1937
as Johnny Henessey
Murder on the Yukon
1940
as Constable Kelly
The Fighting Renegade
1939
as Dr. Jerry Leonard
Wanted - A Master
1936
as Dog's Master (uncredited)
Have You Ever Wondered?
1947
as Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
Yukon Flight
1940
as Constable Kelly
Utah Trail
1938
as Mason - Bookkeeper
Man's Country
1938
as Bat
We're Rich Again
1934
as Pete (uncredited)
The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945
as Tony Woolrich
About 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.… With 182 credits spanning from 1930 to 2006, Dave O'Brien has appeared in 181 films and 1 TV show.
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- Ship Cafe (1935) — as Young Man (uncredited)
- Student Tour (1934) — as Student
- Buried Alive (1939) — as Carson
- Wonder Bar (1934) — as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
- Texas Wildcats (1939) — as Ed Arden
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