Dave O'Brien

Biography

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.

Most Known For

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

as Self

Wonder Bar

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Hot Saturday

as Party Guest (Uncredited)

Double Trouble

as Sparky Barton

Forbidden Trails

as Jim Cramer

Pick-up

as Party Boy (uncredited)

Kiss Me Kate

as Ralph

Fighting Valley

as Tex Wyatt

College Humor

as Student

Lightnin' Crandall

as Tommy Shannon

Flaming Bullets

as Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson

Just Suppose

as Husband (uncredited)

Captain Midnight

as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight

The World Changes

as Otto Peterson (uncredited)

Undercover Agent

as Billiards Player

That Gang of Mine

as Knuckles Dolan

Studio Visit

as O'Brien

Carry Harry

as Arthur - Harry's Friend

Water Rustlers

as Bob Lawson