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