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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-03-23 (123 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Payne, Alabama, USA

Philip Ober

Biography:

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

Acting

1968

1966

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken as Nicholas Simmons

1965

I Dream of Jeannie as General Stone
Honey West as J. J. Vanderhyden

1964

The Brass Bottle as William J. Beevor

1963

The Ugly American as Ambassador Sears
Channing as Partridge

1962

1961

Go Naked in the World as Josh Kebner
Cain's Hundred as Herman Hausner
Ripcord as Dr. Ladd

1960

Elmer Gantry as Reverend Planck
The Facts of Life as Doc Mason
Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Grant Holloway
Thriller as Elmer Hooper
Checkmate as Marshall Winslow

1959

North by Northwest as Lester Townsend
The Mating Game as Wendell Burnshaw
Beloved Infidel as John Wheeler
The Twilight Zone as Mr. Henderson

1958

Torpedo Run as Adm. Samuel Setton
Ten North Frederick as Lloyd Williams
Bat Masterson as General Silas Guild

1957

Escapade in Japan as Lt. Col. Hargrave
Tammy and the Bachelor as Alfred Bissle
Perry Mason as Ralph Davis
M Squad as George Brayden
Sugarfoot as General Humphrey
Perry Mason as Peter Dawson
Perry Mason as Albert Keller
Perry Mason as Harvey Farrell
Perry Mason as Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Malcolm Tawley

1954

Broken Lance as Van Cleve
About Mrs. Leslie as Mort Finley

1953

From Here to Eternity as Capt. Dana Holmes
The Clown as Ralph Z. Henderson
Scandal at Scourie as B. G. Belney
General Electric Theater as Chief George McManus

1952

Washington Story as Gilbert Nunnally

1951

The Unknown Man as Wayne Kellwin
I Love Lucy as Arnold (uncredited)

1950

The Secret Fury as Gregory Kent
The Magnificent Yankee as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Lux Video Theatre as Walter Craig

1939

The Glass Case as Walter Drummond

1934