Philip Ober
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Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor. He later retired from acting to work as a diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films From Here to Eternity (1953) and North by Northwest (1959). His other notable credits include The Magnificent Yankee (1950), Broken Lance (1954), Torpedo Run (1958) and The Ugly American (1963).
Known for
Credits
North by Northwest (1959)
as Lester Townsend
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
as Alfred Bissle
From Here to Eternity (1953)
as Capt. Dana Holmes
Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Reverend Planck
Broken Lance (1954)
as Van Cleve
Torpedo Run (1958)
as Adm. Samuel Setton
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Nicholas Simmons
The Mating Game (1959)
as Wendell Burnshaw
The Secret Fury (1950)
as Gregory Kent
Beloved Infidel (1959)
as John Wheeler
The Ugly American (1963)
as Ambassador Sears
The Unknown Man (1951)
as Wayne Kellwin
Escapade in Japan (1957)
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
The Clown (1953)
as Ralph Z. Henderson
Go Naked in the World (1961)
as Josh Kebner
Assignment to Kill (1968)
as Bohlen
The Facts of Life (1960)
as Doc Mason
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
as Herb Zorn
Washington Story (1952)
as Gilbert Nunnally
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
as Col. Reade
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
as Grant Holloway
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
as Jed
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
as Mort Finley
Ten North Frederick (1958)
as Lloyd Williams
Little Me (1938)
Actor
Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)
as Jim
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
as Ed Anderson
The Brass Bottle (1964)
as William J. Beevor
The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Scandal at Scourie (1953)
as B. G. Belney
The Glass Case (1939)
as Walter Drummond