Dave O'Brien
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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.
Known for
Credits
Double Trouble (1941)
as Sparky Barton
42nd Street (1933)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
as Ralph
Madam Satan (1930)
as Zeppelin Reveler
Flaming Bullets (1945)
as Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
as Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Pick-up (1933)
as Party Boy (uncredited)
Lightnin' Crandall (1937)
as Tommy Shannon
Wonder Bar (1934)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Undercover Agent (1939)
as Billiards Player
College Humor (1933)
as Student
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Devil Bat (1940)
as Johnny Layton
New Frontier (1939)
as Jason Braddock
Fighting Valley (1943)
as Tex Wyatt
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forbidden Trails (1941)
as Jim Cramer
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Captain Midnight (1942)
as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
Water Rustlers (1939)
as Bob Lawson
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
as Jeff Dixon
Carry Harry (1942)
as Arthur - Harry's Friend
Three in the Saddle (1945)
as Dave Wyatt
No More Ladies (1935)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Deadly Game (1941)
as Ralph Spencer
She Married Her Boss (1935)
as Shopper
Devil and the Deep (1932)
as Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
Tennessee Champ (1954)
as Luke MacWade
The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)
as Tony Woolrich
The World Changes (1933)
as Otto Peterson (uncredited)
Tell Your Children (1938)
as Ralph
Music in the Air (1934)
as Karl Roder (singing voice) (uncredited)
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
as Det. Pete Crawford
Isle Of Destiny (1940)
as Whitey - Navy Radio Man
Hot Saturday (1932)
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
College Coach (1933)
as Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
On Your Toes (1939)
as Man in Audience
Law and Order (1942)
as Jeff Travis
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
as George Baldwin
The Spider Returns (1941)
as Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
We're Rich Again (1934)
as Pete (uncredited)
Prisoner of Japan (1942)
as U. S. Marine
T.V. of Tomorrow (1953)
as Man on TV
East Side Kids (1940)
as Knuckles Dolan
That Gang of Mine (1940)
as Knuckles Dolan
Studio Visit (1946)
as O'Brien
Son of the Navy (1940)
as Nelson
Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)
as Jeff Gray
The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
as Marion Scott
Phantom Rancher (1940)
as Henchman Lucke
Just Suppose (1948)
as Husband (uncredited)
Woman Wanted (1935)
as Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
Rollin' Westward (1939)
as Ranch hand Red
Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
as Daniels
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
as Sgt. Phil Lyons
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
as Pilot (uncredited)
Tomorrow's Children (1934)
as Interne (uncredited)
The Texas Marshal (1941)
as Buzz Weston
The Arizona Kid (1939)
as Soldier
Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
as Dave Wyatt
The Pinto Bandit (1944)
as Tex Wyatt
Dead or Alive (1944)
as Dave Wyatt
Do Someone a Favor! (1954)
as George Dibson
King of the Stallions (1942)
Actor
Man's Country (1938)
as Bat
Hold That Woman! (1940)
as Miles Hanover
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
as Conductor
Consolation Marriage (1931)
as Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses (1932)
as Football Player (uncredited)
Doubting Thomas (1935)
as Member of Audience
Good News (1930)
as Student
Lover Come Back (1931)
as Pool Party Boy (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild (1938)
as Trucker (uncredited)
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
as Acacia Park Game Warden
Flying High (1931)
as Dancer (uncredited)
Roar of the Dragon (1932)
as Submarine Crewman
Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
as Jeff
Buried Alive (1939)
as Carson
A Wife's Life (1950)
as George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
as Steve Davis
Sky Bandits (1940)
as Constable Kelly
The Desperados Are in Town (1956)
as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
Meet the O'Briens (1954)
as Dave
Down Texas Way (1942)
as Dave Dodge
Murder by Invitation (1941)
as Michael, the chauffeur
Victory Quiz (1942)
Actor
Wanted - A Master (1936)
as Dog's Master (uncredited)
Student Tour (1934)
as Student
Song of the Buckaroo (1938)
as Tex Alden
The Singing Cowgirl (1938)
as Dick Williams
Outlaw Roundup (1944)
as Tex Wyatt
Gift of Gab (1934)
as Dancer (uncredited)
Starlight Over Texas (1938)
as Henchman
Gun Code (1940)
as Henchman Gale
Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
as Jeff
Riders of the Sage (1939)
as Tom Martin
Pest Control (1950)
as Cruising Wolf
Ship Cafe (1935)
as Young Man (uncredited)
Sitting Pretty (1933)
as Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
Frontier Fugitives (1945)
as Dave Wyatt
Rough Riding Rhythm (1937)
as Detective Waters
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
The Gunman From Bodie (1941)
as Joe Martin
Flying Wild (1941)
as Tom Lawson
Frontier Scout (1938)
as Steve Norris
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
as Jeff
The Fighting Renegade (1939)
as Dr. Jerry Leonard
Fighting Mad (1939)
as Constable Kelly
Is My Face Red? (1932)
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
On the Spot (1940)
as Charlie
Tahiti Nights (1944)
as Jack
The Whispering Skull (1944)
as Dave Wyatt
Safety Sleuth (1944)
as Careless Man
One Man's Journey (1933)
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
Let's Cogitate (1948)
as Oliver T. Aseltafel
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
as Jerry Morgan
Boys of the City (1940)
as Knuckles Dolan
Danger Ahead (1940)
as Corporal Kelly
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
as Texas Joe
Boss of Rawhide (1943)
as Tex Wyatt
Murder on the Yukon (1940)
as Constable Kelly
The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
as Nightclub Patron
I Love My Wife BUT! (1947)
as The Husband
Welcome Home (1935)
as Stanley Phillips
Whirlwind Horseman (1938)
as Henchman Slade
Queen of the Yukon (1940)
as Bob Adams
The Secret of Treasure Island (1938)
as Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
Enemy of the Law (1945)
as Dave Wyatt
The Man Around the House (1955)
as Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
Trail of Terror (1943)
as Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
Search for Beauty (1934)
as Talent Contestant (uncredited)
Trigger Smith (1939)
as Duke
Million Dollar Racket (1937)
as Johnny Henessey
Yukon Flight (1940)
as Constable Kelly
Crashing Thru (1939)
as Fred Chambers
Movie Pests (1944)
as Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
Neighbor Pests (1947)
Actor
Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943)
as Tex Wyatt
The Rangers Take Over (1942)
as Tex Wyatt
Drifting Westward (1939)
as Henchman Trigger
Flaming Lead (1939)
as Frank Gordon
Marked for Murder (1945)
as Dave Wyatt
Border Buckaroos (1943)
as Tex Wyatt
Outlaws' Paradise (1939)
as Henchman Meggs
Texas Wildcats (1939)
as Ed Arden
Utah Trail (1938)
as Mason - Bookkeeper
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11 (1946)
as Horace
The Yanks Are Coming (1942)
as Sgt. Callahan
Ain't It Aggravatin' (1954)
as Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
Gunsmoke Mesa (1944)
as Tex Wyatt
I Love My Mother-In-Law But... (1948)
as The Son-In-Law / Husband
Gun Packer (1938)
as Red Baker - Henchman
Brand of the Devil (1944)
as Tex Wyatt
Spook Town (1944)
as Tex Wyatt
Sure Cures (1946)
as Xavier T. Schneckendorf
The Black Coin (1936)
as Terry Navarro
Code of the Cactus (1939)
as Bob Swane
Did'ja Know? (1950)
as Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
Calling All Pa's (1942)
as Joe Thunderstruck
Reducing (1952)
as Man on Bench (uncredited)
West of Texas (1943)
as Tex Wyatt
Brothers of the West (1937)
as Bart
Guns of the Law (1944)
as Tex Wyatt
Seventh Column (1943)
as Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
The Fall Guy (1955)
as Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
The Return of the Rangers (1943)
as Tex Wyatt
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto (1941)
as Jim Dana
Those Good Old Days (1949)
Actor
Have You Ever Wondered? (1947)
as Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
Cash Stashers (1953)
as A Shmoe Named Joe
Sportsman's Memories (1944)
as Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
Treasures from Trash (1946)
as Alonzo T. Mousebrain
What About Daddy? (1942)
as The Husband
Out for Fun (1954)
as Businessman Seeking Relaxation
Just What I Needed (1955)
as Harry Horseknuckle
Wrong Way Butch (1950)
as Butch
I Love Children, But! (1952)
as The Daddy
Things We Can Do Without (1953)
as Thaddeus E. Thud III
I Love My Husband, But! (1946)
as The Husband
You Can't Win (1948)
as Harried Homeowner