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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-09-10 (109 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Edmond O'Brien

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). His many memorable films included The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Wild Bunch.

He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which aired during the 1962-1963 television season.

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Known For

Acting

2018

2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)

2005

White Heat: Top of the World as Self (archive footage)

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)

2000

1996

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage as Self (archive footage)

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

1974

99 and 44/100% Dead as Uncle Frank Kelly

1973

Lucky Luciano as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Isn't It Shocking? as Justin Oates

1972

Jigsaw as Det. Ed Burtelson
Temperatures Rising as Dr. Banning
The Streets of San Francisco as Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD

1971

River of Mystery as R.J. Twitchell
McMillan & Wife as Mr. Fontaine

1970

The Intruders as Col. William Bodeen
Dream No Evil as Timothy MacDonald

1969

The Wild Bunch as Freddie Sykes
The Love God? as Osborn Tremaine

1968

The Name of the Game as John Bergman
It Takes a Thief as Rocky McCauley

1967

To Commit a Murder as Sphax (publisher)
The Viscount as Rico Barone
The Outsider as Marvin Bishop
The High Chaparral as Morgan MacQuarie

1966

Fantastic Voyage as General Carter
Mission: Impossible as Raymond Halder

1965

Sylvia as Oscar Stewart
Synanon as Chuck Dederich

1964

Seven Days in May as Sen. Raymond Clark
The Hanged Man as Arnie Seeger
Rio Conchos as Col. Theron Pardee
The Adventures of Gallegher as Jefferson Crowley

1963

1962

Birdman of Alcatraz as Tom Gaddis
The Longest Day as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Moon Pilot as McClosky aka 'Mac'
The Virginian as Thomas Manstead
Sam Benedict as Sam Benedict

1961

1960

The 3rd Voice as The Voice
The Last Voyage as Second Engineer Walsh
The Great Impostor as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga

1959

Up Periscope as Commander Paul Stevenson
The Ambitious One as Mike Buchanan

1958

The World Was His Jury as David Carson
Sing Boy Sing as Joseph Sharkey

1957

The Comedian as Al Preston
Stopover Tokyo as George Underwood
The Big Land as Joe Jagger
Suspicion as Sgt. Miles Odeen

1956

1984 as Winston Smith of the Outer Party
A Cry in the Night as Dan Taggart
The Girl Can't Help It as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
D-Day the Sixth of June as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
The Rack as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
Playhouse 90 as Al Preston
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Ben Clark

1955

Pete Kelly's Blues as Fran McCarg
Dark Stranger as Ray Ericson
Screen Director's Playhouse as Thaddeus Kubaczik
The Star and the Story as Ray Ericson

1954

Shield for Murder as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
The Barefoot Contessa as Oscar Muldoon
The Shanghai Story as Daniel Maynard
Climax! as Joel Flint
The Wonderful World of Disney as Jefferson Crowley
Climax! as Leo Waldek

1953

Julius Caesar as Casca
The Hitch-Hiker as Roy Collins
Man in the Dark as Steve Rawley
The Bigamist as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
China Venture as Capt. Matt Reardon
Cow Country as Ben Anthony
The Oscars as Self

1952

The Turning Point as John Conroy
Denver and Rio Grande as Jim Vesser
The Greatest Show on Earth as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

1951

Two of a Kind as Michael "Lefty" Farrell
The Redhead and The Cowboy as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
Warpath as John Vickers
Silver City as Larkin Moffat

1950

Backfire as Steve Connolly
711 Ocean Drive as Mal Granger
The Admiral Was a Lady as Jimmy Stevens
Between Midnight and Dawn as Officer Dan Purvis
Lux Video Theatre as Harry 'Steve' Morgan
Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Protis
Lux Video Theatre as Rorsford
Lux Video Theatre as Mike Dixon
Lux Video Theatre as Maj. Jepelo

1949

White Heat as Vic Pardo
D.O.A. as Frank Bigelow
Task Force as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)
Under Capricorn as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1948

An Act of Murder as David Douglas
For the Love of Mary as Lt. Tom Farrington
Fighter Squadron as Maj. Ed Hardin
Another Part of the Forest as Benjamin Hubbard

1947

The Web as Bob Regan
A Double Life as Bill Friend
Something in the Wind as Lt. Tom Farrington

1946

The Killers as Jim Reardon

1944

Winged Victory as Irving Miller

1943

1942

Powder Town as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant
Obliging Young Lady as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Stephen Herrick
Parachute Battalion as William Mayberry Burke

1939

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Stage 7 as Clinton Sturges

Directing

1961

Man-Trap as Director

1954

Shield for Murder as Director