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Philip Ober

Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor. He later retired from acting to work as a diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films From Here to Eternity (1953) and North by Northwest (1959). His other notable credits include The Magnificent Yankee (1950), Broken Lance (1954), Torpedo Run (1958) and The Ugly American (1963).

Known For: Acting

Born: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA, 1902-03-23

Died: 1982-09-13

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Chloe, Love Is Calling You	Jim	34
2	1938	Little Me		0
3	1939	The Glass Case	Walter Drummond	0
4	1950	The Secret Fury	Gregory Kent	54
5	1950	Never a Dull Moment	Jed	54
6	1950	The Magnificent Yankee	Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)	54
7	1951	The Unknown Man	Wayne Kellwin	48
8	1952	Washington Story	Gilbert Nunnally	60
9	1953	The Clown	Ralph Z. Henderson	56
10	1953	Come Back, Little Sheba	Ed Anderson	74
11	1953	The Girls of Pleasure Island	Col. Reade	50
12	1953	Scandal at Scourie	B. G. Belney	67
13	1953	From Here to Eternity	Capt. Dana Holmes	73
14	1954	About Mrs. Leslie	Mort Finley	70
15	1954	Broken Lance	Van Cleve	64
16	1957	Tammy and the Bachelor	Alfred Bissle	70
17	1957	Escapade in Japan	Lt. Col. Hargrave	55
18	1958	The High Cost of Loving	Herb Zorn	57
19	1958	Ten North Frederick	Lloyd Williams	69
20	1958	Torpedo Run	Adm. Samuel Setton	59
21	1959	The Mating Game	Wendell Burnshaw	59
22	1959	North by Northwest	Lester Townsend	80
23	1959	Beloved Infidel	John Wheeler	60
24	1960	Elmer Gantry	Reverend Planck	73
25	1960	Let No Man Write My Epitaph	Grant Holloway	61
26	1960	The Facts of Life	Doc Mason	52
27	1961	Go Naked in the World	Josh Kebner	50
28	1963	The Ugly American	Ambassador Sears	65
29	1964	The Brass Bottle	William J. Beevor	62
30	1965	The Adventures of Gallegher	Hade	0
31	1966	The Ghost & Mr. Chicken	Nicholas Simmons	67
32	1968	Assignment to Kill	Bohlen	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre		63
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Walter Craig	63
3	1951	I Love Lucy	Arnold (uncredited)	79
4	1953	General Electric Theater	Mr. Goodwin	63
5	1953	General Electric Theater	Chief George McManus	63
6	1953	City Detective		70
7	1953	Letter to Loretta	Tom	65
8	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Wilton Stark	77
9	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
10	1955	Matinee Theater		50
11	1957	Sugarfoot	General Humphrey	48
12	1957	M Squad	George Brayden	52
13	1957	Perry Mason	Ralph Davis	77
14	1957	Perry Mason	Peter Dawson	77
15	1957	Perry Mason	Albert Keller	77
16	1957	Perry Mason	Harvey Farrell	77
17	1957	Perry Mason	Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge	77
18	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
19	1958	Bat Masterson	General Silas Guild	61
20	1959	The Twilight Zone	Mr. Henderson	84
21	1959	Startime		60
22	1959	Mr. Lucky		64
23	1960	Thriller	Elmer Hooper	64
24	1960	Checkmate	Marshall Winslow	41
25	1960	Bringing Up Buddy		0
26	1961	Cain's Hundred	Herman Hausner	47
27	1961	Ripcord	Dr. Ladd	65
28	1962	Sam Benedict		60
29	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Colonel Hoey	78
30	1962	The Eleventh Hour		60
31	1963	Grindl		55
32	1963	Channing	Partridge	70
33	1964	The Munsters		79
34	1964	Profiles in Courage	Anderson	50
35	1965	Honey West	J. J. Vanderhyden	70
36	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	General Stone	78
37	1966	The Tammy Grimes Show		50
38	1966	Family Affair		66
39	1966	The Monkees		65