Dave O'Brien
- Acting
- May 31, 1912 · Big Spring, Texas, USA
- November 8, 1969
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.
Known for
Filmography
- 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage · Self
- That's Entertainment, Part II · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Big Parade of Comedy · Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
- The Desperados Are in Town · Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
- The Kettles in the Ozarks · Conductor
- MGM Parade · Self
- The Fall Guy · Himself as Various Characters (archive footage), Director
- Just What I Needed · Harry Horseknuckle, Screenplay
- The Man Around the House · Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited), Story
- Film Antics · Director
- Meet the O'Briens · Dave, Teleplay
- Out for Fun · Businessman Seeking Relaxation, Director
- Do Someone a Favor! · George Dibson, Director
- Tennessee Champ · Luke MacWade
- Ain't It Aggravatin' · Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead, Director
- Things We Can Do Without · Thaddeus E. Thud III, Screenplay
- Kiss Me Kate · Ralph
- Cash Stashers · A Shmoe Named Joe, Director
- Dogs 'n Ducks · Screenplay, Story
- T.V. of Tomorrow · Man on TV
- The Mosconi Story · Director
- I Love Children, But! · The Daddy, Director
- Reducing · Man on Bench (uncredited), Screenplay
- Musiquiz · Director
- The Red Skelton Show · Writer
- Bargain Madness · Writer, Director
- Camera Sleuth · Writer, Director
- Wrong Way Butch · Butch, Director
- A Wife's Life · George T. Hardnose (uncredited), Director
- Did'ja Know? · Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant, Director
- Crashing the Movies · Director
- Pest Control · Cruising Wolf, Director
- We Can Dream, Can't We? · Director
- Those Good Old Days · Director
- Super Cue Men · Director
- Let's Cogitate · Oliver T. Aseltafel, Director
- Ice Aces · Writer, Director
- Just Suppose · Husband (uncredited), Director
- You Can't Win · Harried Homeowner, Director
- I Love My Mother-In-Law But... · The Son-In-Law / Husband, Screenplay
- Bowling Tricks · Director
- Have You Ever Wondered? · Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer, Director
- Surfboard Rhythm · Director
- Football Thrills No. 10 · Director
- Neighbor Pests · Director
- I Love My Wife BUT! · The Husband, Story
- Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13 · Director
- Diamond Demon · Writer, Director
- I Love My Husband, But! · The Husband, Director
- Sure Cures · Xavier T. Schneckendorf, Writer
- Treasures from Trash · Alonzo T. Mousebrain, Screenplay
- Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11 · Horace, Writer
- Studio Visit · O'Brien
- Flaming Bullets · Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
- Frontier Fugitives · Dave Wyatt
- Three in the Saddle · Dave Wyatt
- Enemy of the Law · Dave Wyatt
- The Phantom of 42nd Street · Tony Woolrich
- The Man Who Walked Alone · Marion Scott
- Marked for Murder · Dave Wyatt
- The Whispering Skull · Dave Wyatt
- Tahiti Nights · Jack
- Safety Sleuth · Careless Man
- Dead or Alive · Dave Wyatt
- Gangsters of the Frontier · Dave Wyatt
- Gunsmoke Mesa · Tex Wyatt
- Brand of the Devil · Tex Wyatt
- Movie Pests · Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
- Spook Town · Tex Wyatt
- The Pinto Bandit · Tex Wyatt
- Sportsman's Memories · Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
- Guns of the Law · Tex Wyatt
- Outlaw Roundup · Tex Wyatt
- Boss of Rawhide · Tex Wyatt
- The Return of the Rangers · Tex Wyatt
- Trail of Terror · Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
- Fighting Valley · Tex Wyatt
- Seventh Column · Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
- Border Buckaroos · Tex Wyatt
- West of Texas · Tex Wyatt