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