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 award in 1963. O'Brien died, aged 57, of a heart attack while competing in a yachting race.

Known For: Acting

Born: Big Spring, Texas, USA, 1912-05-31

Died: 1969-11-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1930	The Dawn Patrol	Pilot (uncredited)	67
2	1930	Good News	Student	50
3	1930	Madam Satan	Zeppelin Reveler	58
4	1931	Flying High	Dancer (uncredited)	48
5	1931	Consolation Marriage	Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)	61
6	1932	Is My Face Red?	Chorus Boy (uncredited)	50
7	1932	Roar of the Dragon	Submarine Crewman	60
8	1932	Devil and the Deep	Submarine Crewman (uncredited)	52
9	1932	70,000 Witnesses	Football Player (uncredited)	50
10	1932	Hot Saturday	Party Guest (Uncredited)	64
11	1932	The Sign of the Cross	Christian on Stairway (uncredited)	63
12	1932	Rasputin and the Empress	Soldier (uncredited)	53
13	1933	Pick-up	Party Boy (uncredited)	48
14	1933	College Humor	Student	56
15	1933	One Man's Journey	Dance Extra (uncredited)	71
16	1933	College Coach	Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)	42
17	1933	Sitting Pretty	Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)	75
18	1934	Search for Beauty	Talent Contestant (uncredited)	57
19	1934	Wonder Bar	Chorus Boy (uncredited)	61
20	1934	Murder at the Vanities	Chorus Boy (uncredited)	55
21	1934	Tomorrow's Children	Interne (uncredited)	46
22	1934	We're Rich Again	Pete (uncredited)	52
23	1934	Gift of Gab	Dancer (uncredited)	10
24	1934	Student Tour	Student	50
25	1934	Music in the Air	Karl Roder (singing voice) (uncredited)	48
26	1935	No More Ladies	Party Guest (uncredited)	51
27	1935	Doubting Thomas	Member of Audience	70
28	1935	Woman Wanted	Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)	63
29	1935	Welcome Home	Stanley Phillips	0
30	1935	She Married Her Boss	Shopper	70
31	1935	Ship Cafe	Young Man (uncredited)	0
32	1936	The Adventures of Frank Merriwell	George Baldwin	40
33	1936	The Black Coin	Terry Navarro	60
34	1936	The Girl on the Front Page	Nightclub Patron	0
35	1936	Wanted - A Master	Dog's Master (uncredited)	64
36	1937	Lightnin' Crandall	Tommy Shannon	20
37	1937	Brothers of the West	Bart	60
38	1937	Rough Riding Rhythm	Detective Waters	0
39	1937	Million Dollar Racket	Johnny Henessey	60
40	1938	Born to Be Wild	Trucker (uncredited)	70
41	1938	The Secret of Treasure Island	Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]	40
42	1938	Whirlwind Horseman	Henchman Slade	40
43	1938	The Singing Cowgirl	Dick Williams	50
44	1938	Tell Your Children	Ralph	43
45	1938	Man's Country	Bat	0
46	1938	Utah Trail	Mason - Bookkeeper	50
47	1938	Starlight Over Texas	Henchman	0
48	1938	Frontier Scout	Steve Norris	45
49	1938	Where the Buffalo Roam	Jeff Gray	50
50	1938	Gun Packer	Red Baker - Henchman	0
51	1938	Song of the Buckaroo	Tex Alden	0
52	1939	Water Rustlers	Bob Lawson	25
53	1939	Drifting Westward	Henchman Trigger	0
54	1939	Code of the Cactus	Bob Swane	55
55	1939	Rollin' Westward	Ranch hand Red	50
56	1939	Trigger Smith	Duke	0
57	1939	Texas Wildcats	Ed Arden	0
58	1939	Outlaws' Paradise	Henchman Meggs	0
59	1939	Undercover Agent	Billiards Player	39
60	1939	Wyoming Outlaw	Acacia Park Game Warden	56
61	1939	Riders of the Sage	Tom Martin	50
62	1939	New Frontier	Jason Braddock	55
63	1939	Daughter of the Tong	Jerry Morgan	42
64	1939	The Fighting Renegade	Dr. Jerry Leonard	57
65	1939	The Arizona Kid	Soldier	58
66	1939	On Your Toes	Man in Audience	39
67	1939	Mutiny in the Big House	Daniels	44
68	1939	Flaming Lead	Frank Gordon	40
69	1939	Fighting Mad	Constable Kelly	30
70	1939	Buried Alive	Carson	47
71	1939	Crashing Thru	Fred Chambers	60
72	1940	Yukon Flight	Constable Kelly	39
73	1940	Danger Ahead	Corporal Kelly	0
74	1940	East Side Kids	Knuckles Dolan	61
75	1940	Murder on the Yukon	Constable Kelly	35
76	1940	Isle Of Destiny	Whitey - Navy Radio Man	50
77	1940	Son of the Navy	Nelson	55
78	1940	Phantom Rancher	Henchman Lucke	35
79	1940	On the Spot	Charlie	55
80	1940	Hold That Woman!	Miles Hanover	50
81	1940	Sky Bandits	Constable Kelly	50
82	1940	Boys of the City	Knuckles Dolan	50
83	1940	Gun Code	Henchman Gale	0
84	1940	Queen of the Yukon	Bob Adams	50
85	1940	The Cowboy from Sundown	Steve Davis	0
86	1940	That Gang of Mine	Knuckles Dolan	56
87	1940	The Devil Bat	Johnny Layton	53
88	1941	Flying Wild	Tom Lawson	60
89	1941	Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto	Jim Dana	0
90	1941	The Spider Returns	Jackson, Wentworth's Aide	87
91	1941	Murder by Invitation	Michael, the chauffeur	57
92	1941	Billy the Kid in Santa Fe	Texas Joe	40
93	1941	The Texas Marshal	Buzz Weston	0
94	1941	The Deadly Game	Ralph Spencer	60
95	1941	The Gunman From Bodie	Joe Martin	40
96	1941	Billy the Kid Wanted	Jeff	57
97	1941	Spooks Run Wild	Jeff Dixon	49
98	1941	Double Trouble	Sparky Barton	0
99	1941	Forbidden Trails	Jim Cramer	54
100	1942	Captain Midnight	Captain Albright / Captain Midnight	50
101	1942	What About Daddy?	The Husband	0
102	1942	Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns	Jeff	45
103	1942	Victory Quiz		60
104	1942	Down Texas Way	Dave Dodge	0
105	1942	Prisoner of Japan	U. S. Marine	43
106	1942	Law and Order	Jeff Travis	60
107	1942	Sheriff of Sage Valley	Jeff	56
108	1942	Carry Harry	Arthur - Harry's Friend	0
109	1942	King of the Stallions		65
110	1942	Calling All Pa's	Joe Thunderstruck	60
111	1942	Bowery at Midnight	Det. Pete Crawford	51
112	1942	The Yanks Are Coming	Sgt. Callahan	45
113	1942	'Neath Brooklyn Bridge	Sgt. Phil Lyons	63
114	1942	The Rangers Take Over	Tex Wyatt	60
115	1943	Bad Men of Thunder Gap	Tex Wyatt	0
116	1943	West of Texas	Tex Wyatt	0
117	1943	Border Buckaroos	Tex Wyatt	0
118	1943	Seventh Column	Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man	0
119	1943	Fighting Valley	Tex Wyatt	0
120	1943	Trail of Terror	Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt	0
121	1943	The Return of the Rangers	Tex Wyatt	0
122	1943	Boss of Rawhide	Tex Wyatt	55
123	1944	Outlaw Roundup	Tex Wyatt	0
124	1944	Guns of the Law	Tex Wyatt	50
125	1944	Sportsman's Memories	Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)	0
126	1944	The Pinto Bandit	Tex Wyatt	0
127	1944	Spook Town	Tex Wyatt	0
128	1944	Movie Pests	Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest	56
129	1944	Brand of the Devil	Tex Wyatt	50
130	1944	Gunsmoke Mesa	Tex Wyatt	10
131	1944	Gangsters of the Frontier	Dave Wyatt	38
132	1944	Dead or Alive	Dave Wyatt	42
133	1944	Safety Sleuth	Careless Man	0
134	1944	Tahiti Nights	Jack	0
135	1944	The Whispering Skull	Dave Wyatt	47
136	1945	Marked for Murder	Dave Wyatt	42
137	1945	The Man Who Walked Alone	Marion Scott	56
138	1945	The Phantom of 42nd Street	Tony Woolrich	45
139	1945	Enemy of the Law	Dave Wyatt	50
140	1945	Three in the Saddle	Dave Wyatt	0
141	1945	Frontier Fugitives	Dave Wyatt	0
142	1945	Flaming Bullets	Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson	50
143	1946	Studio Visit	O'Brien	35
144	1946	Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11	Horace	0
145	1946	Treasures from Trash	Alonzo T. Mousebrain	80
146	1946	Sure Cures	Xavier T. Schneckendorf	52
147	1946	I Love My Husband, But!	The Husband	0
148	1947	I Love My Wife BUT!	The Husband	75
149	1947	Neighbor Pests		0
150	1947	Have You Ever Wondered?	Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer	0
151	1948	I Love My Mother-In-Law But...	The Son-In-Law / Husband	73
152	1948	You Can't Win	Harried Homeowner	43
153	1948	Just Suppose	Husband (uncredited)	60
154	1948	Let's Cogitate	Oliver T. Aseltafel	50
155	1949	Those Good Old Days		0
156	1950	Did'ja Know?	Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant	43
157	1950	A Wife's Life	George T. Hardnose (uncredited)	60
158	1950	Wrong Way Butch	Butch	58
159	1952	Reducing	Man on Bench (uncredited)	20
160	1952	I Love Children, But!	The Daddy	0
161	1953	T.V. of Tomorrow	Man on TV	65
162	1953	Cash Stashers	A Shmoe Named Joe	60
163	1953	Kiss Me Kate	Ralph	64
164	1953	Things We Can Do Without	Thaddeus E. Thud III	60
165	1954	Ain't It Aggravatin'	Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead	60
166	1954	Tennessee Champ	Luke MacWade	58
167	1954	Do Someone a Favor!	George Dibson	60
168	1954	Out for Fun	Businessman Seeking Relaxation	0
169	1955	The Man Around the House	Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)	0
170	1955	Just What I Needed	Harry Horseknuckle	0
171	1955	The Fall Guy	Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)	60
172	1956	The Kettles in the Ozarks	Conductor	64
173	1956	The Desperados Are in Town	Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown	0
174	1964	The Big Parade of Comedy	Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)	63
175	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	69
176	2006	42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage	Self (archive footage)	60

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