Dave O'Brien
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 31, 1912
Day of Death: November 8, 1969 (57 years old)
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.
2006
1976
1964
1956
1955
Actor Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
The Fall Guy
Actor Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
The Man Around the House
Actor Harry Horseknuckle
Just What I Needed
Director
The Fall Guy
Director
The Man Around the House
Story
The Man Around the House
Screenplay
The Man Around the House
Director
Just What I Needed
Screenplay
Just What I Needed
1954
Actor Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Actor George Dibson
Do Someone a Favor!
Actor Luke MacWade
Tennessee Champ
Actor Businessman Seeking Relaxation
Out for Fun
Director
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Story
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Director
Do Someone a Favor!
Screenplay
Do Someone a Favor!
Director
Film Antics
Writer
Out for Fun
Director
Out for Fun
1953
Actor Man on TV
T.V. of Tomorrow
Actor Thaddeus E. Thud III
Things We Can Do Without
Actor A Shmoe Named Joe
Cash Stashers
Actor Ralph
Kiss Me Kate
Director
Things We Can Do Without
Story
Things We Can Do Without
Screenplay
Things We Can Do Without
Director
Cash Stashers
Story
Cash Stashers
Screenplay
Cash Stashers
Original Story
Dogs 'n Ducks
Screenplay
Dogs 'n Ducks
1952
1951
1950
Actor Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
Did'ja Know?
Actor George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
A Wife's Life
Actor Butch
Wrong Way Butch
Director
Did'ja Know?
Director
A Wife's Life
Story
A Wife's Life
Screenplay
A Wife's Life
Screenplay
Did'ja Know?
Original Story
Wrong Way Butch
Screenplay
Wrong Way Butch
Director
Pest Control
Director
Wrong Way Butch
Director
Crashing the Movies
1949
1948
Actor The Son-In-Law / Husband
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
Actor Harried Homeowner
You Can't Win
Actor Husband (uncredited)
Just Suppose
Actor Oliver T. Aseltafel
Let's Cogitate
Director
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
Original Story
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
Screenplay
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
Director
Just Suppose
Writer
Just Suppose
Writer
Ice Aces
Director
Ice Aces
Director
Bowling Tricks
Writer
You Can't Win
Director
You Can't Win
Director
Let's Cogitate
1947
Actor The Husband
I Love My Wife BUT!
Actor Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
Have You Ever Wondered?
Actor
Neighbor Pests
Director
Diamond Demon
Writer
Diamond Demon
Director
I Love My Wife BUT!
Screenplay
I Love My Wife BUT!
Story
I Love My Wife BUT!
Director
Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13
Director
Have You Ever Wondered?
Writer
Have You Ever Wondered?
Director
Neighbor Pests
1946
Actor The Husband
I Love My Husband, But!
Actor Xavier T. Schneckendorf
Sure Cures
Actor Horace
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
Actor O'Brien
Studio Visit
Actor Alonzo T. Mousebrain
Treasures from Trash
Director
I Love My Husband, But!
Writer
Sure Cures
Director
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
Writer
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
Story
I Love My Husband, But!
Screenplay
I Love My Husband, But!
Director
Treasures from Trash
Screenplay
Treasures from Trash
Director
Sure Cures
1945
1944
Actor Dave Wyatt
Gangsters of the Frontier
Actor Tex Wyatt
Guns of the Law
Actor Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
Movie Pests
Actor Tex Wyatt
The Pinto Bandit
Actor Tex Wyatt
Brand of the Devil
Actor Dave Wyatt
Dead or Alive
Actor Tex Wyatt
Gunsmoke Mesa
Actor Tex Wyatt
Outlaw Roundup
Actor Dave Wyatt
The Whispering Skull
Actor Tex Wyatt
Spook Town
Actor Careless Man
Safety Sleuth
Actor Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
Sportsman's Memories
Actor Jack
Tahiti Nights
1943
1942
Actor Det. Pete Crawford
Bowery at Midnight
Actor Dave Dodge
Down Texas Way
Actor Jeff Travis
Law and Order
Actor Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
Captain Midnight
Actor U. S. Marine
Prisoner of Japan
Actor Tex Wyatt
The Rangers Take Over
Actor Sgt. Phil Lyons
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Actor Jeff
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
Actor Jeff
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Actor
Victory Quiz
Actor Joe Thunderstruck
Calling All Pa's
Actor
King of the Stallions
Actor Sgt. Callahan
The Yanks Are Coming
Actor Arthur - Harry's Friend
Carry Harry
1941
Actor Jeff Dixon
Spooks Run Wild
Actor Tom Lawson
Flying Wild
Actor Jim Cramer
Forbidden Trails
Actor Sparky Barton
Double Trouble
Actor Joe Martin
The Gunman From Bodie
Actor Jeff
Billy the Kid Wanted
Actor Buzz Weston
The Texas Marshal
Actor Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
The Spider Returns
Actor Texas Joe
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Actor Michael, the chauffeur
Murder by Invitation
Actor Ralph Spencer
The Deadly Game
Actor Jim Dana
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
Stunts
Sky Raiders
Stunts
The Iron Claw
1940
Actor Johnny Layton
The Devil Bat
Actor Charlie
On the Spot
Actor Bob Adams
Queen of the Yukon
Actor Henchman Lucke
Phantom Rancher
Actor Corporal Kelly
Danger Ahead
Actor Constable Kelly
Murder on the Yukon
Actor Constable Kelly
Yukon Flight
Actor Constable Kelly
Sky Bandits
Actor Knuckles Dolan
East Side Kids
Actor Knuckles Dolan
That Gang of Mine
Actor Knuckles Dolan
Boys of the City
Actor Steve Davis
The Cowboy from Sundown
Actor Nelson
Son of the Navy
Actor Whitey - Navy Radio Man
Isle Of Destiny
Actor Miles Hanover
Hold That Woman!
Actor Henchman Gale
Gun Code
1939
Actor Tom Martin
Riders of the Sage
Actor Fred Chambers
Crashing Thru
Actor Jerry Morgan
Daughter of the Tong
Actor Frank Gordon
Flaming Lead
Actor Carson
Buried Alive
Actor Bob Lawson
Water Rustlers
Actor Man in Audience
On Your Toes
Actor Bob Swane
Code of the Cactus
Actor Henchman Meggs
Outlaws' Paradise
Actor Billiards Player
Undercover Agent
Actor Acacia Park Game Warden
Wyoming Outlaw
Actor Jason Braddock
New Frontier
Actor Dr. Jerry Leonard
The Fighting Renegade
Actor Soldier
The Arizona Kid
Actor Daniels
Mutiny in the Big House
Actor Constable Kelly
Fighting Mad
Actor Ed Arden
Texas Wildcats
Actor Ranch hand Red
Rollin' Westward
Actor Henchman Trigger
Drifting Westward
Actor Duke
Trigger Smith
1938
Actor Ralph
Tell Your Children
Actor Steve Norris
Frontier Scout
Actor Henchman Slade
Whirlwind Horseman
Actor Mason - Bookkeeper
Utah Trail
Actor Jeff Gray
Where the Buffalo Roam
Actor Dick Williams
The Singing Cowgirl
Actor Henchman
Starlight Over Texas
Actor Tex Alden
Song of the Buckaroo
Actor Bat
Man's Country
Actor Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
The Secret of Treasure Island
Actor Red Baker - Henchman
Gun Packer
Actor Trucker (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild
Stunts
The Spider's Web
