As Actor
Tennessee Champ
1954
5.8
Dave O'Brien
Acting
Birth Date
May 31, 1912
Place of Birth
Big Spring, Texas, USA
Date of Death
November 8, 1969
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Reducing
1952
2.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Did'ja Know?
1950
6.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Sure Cures
1946
5.2
As Actor
Enemy of the Law
1945
5.0
As Actor
The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945
4.5
As Actor
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
5.6
As Actor
The Whispering Skull
1944
4.7
As Actor
Movie Pests
1944
5.6
As Actor
Guns of the Law
1944
5.0
As Actor
Boss of Rawhide
1943
5.5
As Actor
The Rangers Take Over
1942
6.0
As Actor
Bowery at Midnight
1942
5.1
As Actor
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942
5.6
As Actor
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
1942
4.5
As Actor
Billy the Kid Wanted
1941
5.7
As Actor
The Gunman From Bodie
1941
4.0
As Actor
The Spider Returns
1941
8.7
As Actor
Flying Wild
1941
5.9
As Actor
Sky Bandits
1940
5.0