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Dave O'Brien
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Dave O'Brien
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1912-05-31,Big Spring, Texas, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

9

Welcome Home
1935-08-09

5.3

The Devil Bat
1940-12-13

Million Dollar Racket

6.5

Million Dollar Racket
1937-09-30

Spooks Run Wild

5.096

Spooks Run Wild
1941-10-24

Song of the Buckaroo

10

Song of the Buckaroo
1938-12-07

Tell Your Children

4.4

Tell Your Children
1938-06-15

Those Good Old Days

8

Those Good Old Days
1949-04-16

8

Man's Country
1938-07-06

Bowery at Midnight

5.061

Bowery at Midnight
1942-10-30

Born to Be Wild

7.5

Born to Be Wild
1938-02-16

The Sign of the Cross

6.37

The Sign of the Cross
1932-12-25

0

Neighbor Pests
1947-05-03

The Secret of Treasure Island

4.5

The Secret of Treasure Island
1938-03-17

7.5

Let's Cogitate
1948-12-25

9

Trigger Smith
1939-03-22

The Kettles in the Ozarks

7.083

The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956-04-01

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

10

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941-05-05

6.1

Flying Wild
1941-03-10

5.8

On the Spot
1940-06-11

Forbidden Trails

5.625

Forbidden Trails
1941-12-25

6

Frontier Scout
1938-09-16

Riders of the Sage

6.5

Riders of the Sage
1939-08-01

Whirlwind Horseman

7

Whirlwind Horseman
1938-04-29

6

Wonder Bar
1934-03-31

7.5

Crashing Thru
1939-12-11

Gangsters of the Frontier

4.278

Gangsters of the Frontier
1944-09-22

Enemy of the Law

6

Enemy of the Law
1945-05-07

Frontier Fugitives

7

Frontier Fugitives
1945-09-01

The Phantom of 42nd Street

4.75

The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945-05-02

Consolation Marriage

6.364

Consolation Marriage
1931-11-21

6.5

Down Texas Way
1942-05-22

The Man Who Walked Alone

5.9

The Man Who Walked Alone
1945-03-15

Queen of the Yukon

6

Queen of the Yukon
1940-08-26

6.5

The Black Coin
1936-09-01

7.5

Law and Order
1942-08-21

Brothers of the West

6.333

Brothers of the West
1937-06-29

Daughter of the Tong

5.2

Daughter of the Tong
1939-08-28

Where the Buffalo Roam

5.5

Where the Buffalo Roam
1938-10-12

7

Utah Trail
1938-08-12

The Singing Cowgirl

7.5

The Singing Cowgirl
1938-06-02

One Man's Journey

6.667

One Man's Journey
1933-08-31

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

6

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006-03-21

7

Gun Packer
1938-11-16

9

Out for Fun
1954-05-08

Phantom Rancher

4.6

Phantom Rancher
1940-03-31

Drifting Westward

8

Drifting Westward
1939-01-25

5.5

Flaming Lead
1939-11-01

Captain Midnight

6.333

Captain Midnight
1942-02-15

6.333

Good News
1930-08-22

T.V. of Tomorrow

6.558

T.V. of Tomorrow
1953-06-06

6.619

Hot Saturday
1932-10-28

5.143

Buried Alive
1939-11-06

4.667

Water Rustlers
1939-01-06

5.8

Flying High
1931-11-14

6.75

Woman Wanted
1935-08-02

5.611

College Humor
1933-07-05

The Whispering Skull

6

The Whispering Skull
1944-12-29

4.5

On Your Toes
1939-10-14

Roar of the Dragon

6.5

Roar of the Dragon
1932-07-08

Guns of the Law

6

Guns of the Law
1944-03-30

Code of the Cactus

6.2

Code of the Cactus
1939-02-25

Outlaws' Paradise

8

Outlaws' Paradise
1939-04-18

Undercover Agent

4.214

Undercover Agent
1939-04-19

5.818

Wyoming Outlaw
1939-06-27

5.8

New Frontier
1939-08-10

4.5

Fighting Mad
1939-11-05

The Fighting Renegade

6.75

The Fighting Renegade
1939-08-31

The Arizona Kid

6.143

The Arizona Kid
1939-09-28

Mutiny in the Big House

5.333

Mutiny in the Big House
1939-10-24

Billy the Kid Wanted

5.6

Billy the Kid Wanted
1941-10-03

10

Double Trouble
1941-11-21

The Pinto Bandit

7

The Pinto Bandit
1944-04-26

8

Texas Wildcats
1939-04-09

8

Danger Ahead
1940-01-22

Murder on the Yukon

5.667

Murder on the Yukon
1940-02-25

The Texas Marshal

8

The Texas Marshal
1941-07-12

4.111

Yukon Flight
1940-01-02

5.667

Sky Bandits
1940-07-06

Rollin' Westward

5.75

Rollin' Westward
1939-03-01

Trail of Terror

8

Trail of Terror
1943-09-06

9

Tahiti Nights
1944-12-28

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

8

Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943-03-05

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

5.667

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936-01-13

Things We Can Do Without

7.333

Things We Can Do Without
1953-12-05

4.25

Carry Harry
1942-09-03

Boys of the City

5.231

Boys of the City
1940-07-15

That Gang of Mine

5.769

That Gang of Mine
1940-09-23

Search for Beauty

5.5

Search for Beauty
1934-02-02

6.375

East Side Kids
1940-02-10

Prisoner of Japan

5

Prisoner of Japan
1942-07-22

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

6.318

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942-11-20

Ain't It Aggravatin'

6

Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954-02-06

5

Did'ja Know?
1950-05-06

The Rangers Take Over

7

The Rangers Take Over
1942-12-25

The Gunman From Bodie

5.333

The Gunman From Bodie
1941-09-19

Rough Riding Rhythm

9

Rough Riding Rhythm
1937-08-14

The Cowboy from Sundown

9

The Cowboy from Sundown
1940-09-05

6.667

Student Tour
1934-10-05

Tomorrow's Children

5

Tomorrow's Children
1934-07-02

8

Sitting Pretty
1933-11-23

5

Gift of Gab
1934-09-01

4.577

College Coach
1933-11-04

Son of the Navy

6.2

Son of the Navy
1940-03-30

Isle Of Destiny

5.714

Isle Of Destiny
1940-03-08

6

Movie Pests
1944-07-08

7.5

The Fall Guy
1955-06-04

5.667

Sure Cures
1946-11-02

I Love My Husband, But!

10

I Love My Husband, But!
1946-12-07

Hold That Woman!

7

Hold That Woman!
1940-06-28

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

8

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
1946-05-18

Murder at the Vanities

5.455

Murder at the Vanities
1934-05-18

We're Rich Again

6.167

We're Rich Again
1934-07-13

Doubting Thomas

7.5

Doubting Thomas
1935-07-10

Is My Face Red?

5

Is My Face Red?
1932-06-17

5.1

Pick-up
1933-03-24

The Girl on the Front Page

7

The Girl on the Front Page
1936-09-26

The Deadly Game

7

The Deadly Game
1941-08-08

Border Buckaroos

10

Border Buckaroos
1943-06-15

Boss of Rawhide

6.667

Boss of Rawhide
1943-11-20

The Spider Returns

8.5

The Spider Returns
1941-05-09

Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

6.333

Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
1942-05-01

5.333

Studio Visit
1946-05-11

Sheriff of Sage Valley

5.714

Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942-09-02

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

6

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941-07-11

8

Gun Code
1940-08-03

Fighting Valley

0

Fighting Valley
1943-08-08

The Return of the Rangers

7

The Return of the Rangers
1943-10-26

8

West of Texas
1943-05-10

7

Brand of the Devil
1944-07-30

5

Dead or Alive
1944-11-09

10

Outlaw Roundup
1944-02-10

Marked for Murder

5

Marked for Murder
1945-02-08

4.5

Gunsmoke Mesa
1944-09-01

7

Spook Town
1944-06-03

Three in the Saddle

9

Three in the Saddle
1945-07-26

Flaming Bullets

6

Flaming Bullets
1945-10-14

Starlight Over Texas

7

Starlight Over Texas
1938-09-06

The Desperados Are in Town

8

The Desperados Are in Town
1956-11-01

Murder by Invitation

5.958

Murder by Invitation
1941-06-30

Lightnin' Crandall

4

Lightnin' Crandall
1937-03-24

The Dawn Patrol

6.806

The Dawn Patrol
1930-07-10

I Love My Wife BUT!

7.5

I Love My Wife BUT!
1947-04-05

6

A Wife's Life
1950-09-01

I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

7.5

I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948-02-07

7.5

Cash Stashers
1953-08-29

I Love Children, But!

10

I Love Children, But!
1952-12-27

Just What I Needed

0

Just What I Needed
1955-04-15

The Man Around the House

0

The Man Around the House
1955-01-01

Rasputin and the Empress

5.467

Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23

Wrong Way Butch

6.5

Wrong Way Butch
1950-09-02

4.8

You Can't Win
1948-05-29

Do Someone a Favor!

7.5

Do Someone a Favor!
1954-04-10

That's Entertainment, Part II

7

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

7.5

Just Suppose
1948-07-17

5.5

Reducing
1952-03-22

Have You Ever Wondered?

7

Have You Ever Wondered?
1947-12-13

6.333

Victory Quiz
1942-05-09

Calling All Pa's

7

Calling All Pa's
1942-10-24

0

Safety Sleuth
1944-11-25

King of the Stallions

7.333

King of the Stallions
1942-09-18

Treasures from Trash

7.5

Treasures from Trash
1946-06-08

The Big Parade of Comedy

7.167

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

70,000 Witnesses

5.7

70,000 Witnesses
1932-09-09

8

Ship Cafe
1935-11-09

8

Seventh Column
1943-07-31

6.495

Kiss Me Kate
1953-11-26

Wanted - A Master

6.75

Wanted - A Master
1936-12-26

5

No More Ladies
1935-06-14

Sportsman's Memories

0

Sportsman's Memories
1944-04-22

Tennessee Champ

6.5

Tennessee Champ
1954-03-03

The Yanks Are Coming

5.286

The Yanks Are Coming
1942-11-09

She Married Her Boss

7.5

She Married Her Boss
1935-09-19

5.9

Madam Satan
1930-09-20

What About Daddy?

7

What About Daddy?
1942-02-28

Devil and the Deep

5

Devil and the Deep
1932-08-12

Music in the Air

5.571

Music in the Air
1934-12-13

The World Changes

4.75

The World Changes
1933-11-25

Lover Come Back

3.333

Lover Come Back
1931-06-16

Meet the O'Briens

0

Meet the O'Briens
1954-07-01

0

Pest Control
1950-01-14

6.9

42nd Street
1933-03-11

9

MGM Parade
1955-09-14

9

MGM Parade
1955-09-14