Actor
Dave O'Brien
May 31, 1912 · Big Spring, Texas, USA
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.
Often works with
Leo Gorcey
5 titles together
Spooks Run Wild, Boys of the City, That Gang of Mine
Bobby Jordan
5 titles together
Spooks Run Wild, Boys of the City, That Gang of Mine
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
5 titles together
Spooks Run Wild, Boys of the City, That Gang of Mine
David Gorcey
4 titles together
Spooks Run Wild, Boys of the City, That Gang of Mine
Donald Haines
4 titles together
Spooks Run Wild, Boys of the City, That Gang of Mine
Bob Burns
3 titles together
Tell Your Children, New Frontier, Wyoming Outlaw
Full filmography · 150
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
1964
The Desperados Are in Town
as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Conductor
1956
Film Antics
Director
1954
Meet the O'Briens
as Dave
1954Out for Fun
as Businessman Seeking Relaxation and Writer and Director
1954Do Someone a Favor!
as George Dibson and Director
1954
Tennessee Champ
as Luke MacWade
1954
Ain't It Aggravatin'
as Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead and Director
1954
Things We Can Do Without
as Thaddeus E. Thud III and Director
1953
Kiss Me Kate
as Ralph
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