Dave O'Brien
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1912-05-31
Deathday 1969-11-08 (57 years old)
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, Tex O'Brien, Tex Coe, David Barclay, Dave Barclay
Dave 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. O'Brien died, aged 57, of a heart attack while competing in a yachting race.
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as Self (archive footage)
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as Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
as Conductor
as Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
as Harry Horseknuckle
as Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
as Businessman Seeking Relaxation
as George Dibson
as Luke MacWade
as Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
as Thaddeus E. Thud III
as Ralph
as A Shmoe Named Joe
as Man on TV
as The Daddy
as Man on Bench (uncredited)
as Butch
as George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
as Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
as Oliver T. Aseltafel
as Husband (uncredited)
as Harried Homeowner
as The Son-In-Law / Husband
as Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
as The Husband
as The Husband
as Xavier T. Schneckendorf
as Alonzo T. Mousebrain
as O'Brien
as Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
as Dave Wyatt
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as Tony Woolrich
as Marion Scott
as Dave Wyatt
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as Jack
as Careless Man
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as Tex Wyatt
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as Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
as Tex Wyatt
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as Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
as Tex Wyatt
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as Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
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as Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
as Tex Wyatt
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as Tex Wyatt
as Sgt. Phil Lyons
as Sgt. Callahan
as Det. Pete Crawford
as Joe Thunderstruck
as Arthur - Harry's Friend
as Jeff
as Jeff Travis
as U. S. Marine
as Dave Dodge
as Jeff
as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
as Jim Cramer
as Sparky Barton
as Jeff Dixon
as Jeff
as Joe Martin
as Ralph Spencer
as Buzz Weston
as Texas Joe
as Michael, the chauffeur
as Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
as Jim Dana
as Tom Lawson
as Johnny Layton
as Knuckles Dolan
as Steve Davis
as Bob Adams
as Henchman Gale
as Knuckles Dolan
as Constable Kelly
as Miles Hanover
as Charlie
as Henchman Lucke
as Nelson
as Whitey - Navy Radio Man
as Constable Kelly
as Knuckles Dolan
as Corporal Kelly
as Constable Kelly
as Fred Chambers
as Carson
as Constable Kelly
as Frank Gordon
as Daniels
as Man in Audience
as Soldier
as Dr. Jerry Leonard
as Jerry Morgan
as Jason Braddock
as Tom Martin
as Acacia Park Game Warden
as Billiards Player
as Henchman Meggs
as Ed Arden
as Duke
as Ranch hand Red
as Bob Swane
as Henchman Trigger
as Bob Lawson
as Tex Alden
as Red Baker - Henchman
as Jeff Gray
as Steve Norris
as Henchman
as Mason - Bookkeeper
as Bat
as Ralph
as Dick Williams
as Henchman Slade
as Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
as Trucker (uncredited)
as Johnny Henessey
as Detective Waters
as Bart
as Tommy Shannon
as Dog's Master (uncredited)
as Nightclub Patron
as Terry Navarro
as George Baldwin
as Young Man (uncredited)
as Stanley Phillips
as Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
as Member of Audience
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Student
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Pete (uncredited)
as Interne (uncredited)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
as Talent Contestant (uncredited)
as Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
as Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
as Student
as Party Boy (uncredited)
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
as Football Player (uncredited)
as Submarine Crewman
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
as Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Student
as Pilot (uncredited)
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Writer
as Story
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