Dave O'Brien
Known for: Acting
Born: May 31, 1912
Died: November 8, 1969
Place of birth: Big Spring, Texas, USA
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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Filmography
199 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
8.0
The Desperados Are in Town
1956
6.4
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
7.5
MGM Parade
19557.5
The Fall Guy
1955NR
Just What I Needed
1955NR
The Man Around the House
1955
6.0
Film Antics
1954
NR
Meet the O'Briens
19549.0
Out for Fun
19547.0
Do Someone a Favor!
1954
6.5
Tennessee Champ
1954
6.0
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954
7.3
Things We Can Do Without
1953
6.5
Kiss Me Kate
1953
6.8
Cash Stashers
1953
5.0
Dogs 'n Ducks
1953
6.6
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953NR
The Mosconi Story
1953
10.0
I Love Children, But!
1952
5.3
Reducing
19525.5
Musiquiz
1952
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
6.3
Bargain Madness
1951
7.0
Camera Sleuth
1951
6.4
Wrong Way Butch
19506.0
A Wife's Life
1950
5.0
Did'ja Know?
1950
7.0
Crashing the Movies
1950NR
Pest Control
1950NR
We Can Dream, Can't We?
19498.0
Those Good Old Days
19498.0
Super Cue Men
1949
7.5
Let's Cogitate
1948
7.0
Ice Aces
1948
7.0
Just Suppose
1948
4.9
You Can't Win
19487.2
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948
6.5
Bowling Tricks
19486.5
Have You Ever Wondered?
19479.0
Surfboard Rhythm
19478.0
Football Thrills No. 10
1947NR
Neighbor Pests
19477.0
I Love My Wife BUT!
194710.0
Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13
1947
7.6
Diamond Demon
194710.0
I Love My Husband, But!
1946
5.7
Sure Cures
1946
7.0
Treasures from Trash
19466.5
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
1946
5.5
Studio Visit
1946
6.0
Flaming Bullets
1945
7.0
Frontier Fugitives
1945
9.0
Three in the Saddle
1945
6.0
Enemy of the Law
1945
4.8
The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945
5.9
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
5.0
Marked for Murder
1945
6.0
The Whispering Skull
1944
9.0
Tahiti Nights
1944NR
Safety Sleuth
1944
5.0
Dead or Alive
1944
4.3
Gangsters of the Frontier
1944
4.5
Gunsmoke Mesa
1944
7.0
Brand of the Devil
1944
6.1
Movie Pests
1944
7.0
Spook Town
1944
7.0
The Pinto Bandit
1944NR
Sportsman's Memories
1944
6.0
Guns of the Law
1944
10.0
Outlaw Roundup
1944
6.7
Boss of Rawhide
1943
7.0
The Return of the Rangers
1943
8.0
Trail of Terror
1943
NR
Fighting Valley
1943
7.0
Seventh Column
1943
10.0
Border Buckaroos
1943
8.0
West of Texas
1943
8.0
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943
7.0
The Rangers Take Over
1942
6.3
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
5.3
The Yanks Are Coming
1942
5.0
Bowery at Midnight
1942
6.7
Calling All Pa's
1942
7.3
King of the Stallions
1942
4.2
Carry Harry
1942
5.7
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942
7.5
Law and Order
1942
5.0
Prisoner of Japan
1942
6.5
Down Texas Way
1942
6.3
Victory Quiz
1942
6.3
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
1942
7.0
What About Daddy?
1942
6.3
Captain Midnight
1942
5.6
Forbidden Trails
1941
10.0
Double Trouble
1941
5.1
Spooks Run Wild
1941
5.6
Billy the Kid Wanted
1941
5.3
The Gunman From Bodie
1941
7.0
The Iron Claw
1941
7.0
The Deadly Game
1941
8.0
The Texas Marshal
1941
6.0
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
6.0
Murder by Invitation
1941
8.5
The Spider Returns
1941
10.0
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941
7.3
Sky Raiders
1941
6.1
Flying Wild
1941
5.3
The Devil Bat
1940
5.8
That Gang of Mine
1940
9.0
The Cowboy from Sundown
1940
6.0
Queen of the Yukon
1940
8.0
Gun Code
1940
5.3
Boys of the City
1940
5.7
Sky Bandits
1940
6.7
Hold That Woman!
1940
5.8
On the Spot
1940
4.6
Phantom Rancher
1940
6.2
Son of the Navy
1940
5.7
Isle Of Destiny
1940
5.7
Murder on the Yukon
1940
6.4
East Side Kids
1940
8.0
Danger Ahead
1940
4.1
Yukon Flight
1940
7.5
Crashing Thru
1939
5.1
Buried Alive
1939
4.5
Fighting Mad
1939
5.5
Flaming Lead
1939
5.3
Mutiny in the Big House
1939
4.5
On Your Toes
1939
6.1
The Arizona Kid
1939
6.8
The Fighting Renegade
1939
5.2
Daughter of the Tong
1939
5.7
New Frontier
1939
6.5
Riders of the Sage
1939
5.8
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
4.2
Undercover Agent
1939
8.0
Outlaws' Paradise
1939
8.0
Texas Wildcats
1939
9.0
Trigger Smith
1939
5.8
Rollin' Westward
1939
6.2
Code of the Cactus
1939
8.0
Drifting Westward
1939
4.7
Water Rustlers
1939
10.0
Song of the Buckaroo
1938
7.0
Gun Packer
1938
6.5
The Spider's Web
1938
5.5
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938
6.0
Frontier Scout
1938
7.0
Starlight Over Texas
1938
7.0
Utah Trail
1938
8.0
Man's Country
1938
4.4
Tell Your Children
1938
7.5
The Singing Cowgirl
1938
7.0
Whirlwind Horseman
1938
4.5
The Secret of Treasure Island
1938
7.5
Born to Be Wild
1938
6.5
Million Dollar Racket
1937
9.0
Rough Riding Rhythm
1937
6.3
Brothers of the West
1937
4.0
Lightnin' Crandall
1937
6.8
Wanted - A Master
1936
7.0
The Girl on the Front Page
1936
6.5
The Black Coin
1936
5.7
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
8.0
Ship Cafe
1935
7.5
She Married Her Boss
1935
9.0
Welcome Home
1935
6.8
Woman Wanted
1935
7.5
Doubting Thomas
1935
5.0
No More Ladies
1935
5.6
Music in the Air
1934
6.7
Student Tour
1934
5.2
Gift of Gab
1934
6.2
We're Rich Again
1934
5.0
Tomorrow's Children
1934
5.6
Murder at the Vanities
1934
6.0
Wonder Bar
1934
5.5
Search for Beauty
1934
4.8
The World Changes
1933
8.0
Sitting Pretty
1933
4.6
College Coach
1933
6.7
One Man's Journey
1933
5.6
College Humor
1933
5.1
Pick-up
1933
6.9
42nd Street
1933
6.4
The Sign of the Cross
1932
5.5
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
6.5
Hot Saturday
1932
5.7
70,000 Witnesses
1932
5.1
Devil and the Deep
1932
6.5
Roar of the Dragon
1932
5.0
Is My Face Red?
1932
6.4
Consolation Marriage
1931
5.8
Flying High
1931
3.3
Lover Come Back
1931
5.9
Madam Satan
1930
6.3
Good News
1930
6.6
The Dawn Patrol
1930