Dave O'Brien
Acting
Born 1912-05-31 · Big Spring, Texas, USA · Died 1969-11-08
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.
Acting
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
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
MGM Parade
Self
The Fall Guy
Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
Just What I Needed
Harry Horseknuckle
The Man Around the House
Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
Meet the O'Briens
Dave
Out for Fun
Businessman Seeking Relaxation
Do Someone a Favor!
George Dibson
Tennessee Champ
Luke MacWade
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
Things We Can Do Without
Thaddeus E. Thud III
Kiss Me Kate
Ralph
Cash Stashers
A Shmoe Named Joe
T.V. of Tomorrow
Man on TV
I Love Children, But!
The Daddy
Reducing
Man on Bench (uncredited)
Wrong Way Butch
Butch
A Wife's Life
George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
Did'ja Know?
Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
Pest Control
Cruising Wolf
Those Good Old Days
Let's Cogitate
Oliver T. Aseltafel
Just Suppose
Husband (uncredited)
You Can't Win
Harried Homeowner
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
The Son-In-Law / Husband
Crew
The Fall Guy
Director
Just What I Needed
Screenplay
Just What I Needed
Director
The Man Around the House
Screenplay
The Man Around the House
Director
The Man Around the House
Story
Film Antics
Director
Meet the O'Briens
Teleplay
Meet the O'Briens
Producer
Out for Fun
Director
Out for Fun
Writer
Do Someone a Favor!
Director
Do Someone a Favor!
Screenplay
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Story
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Director
Things We Can Do Without
Story
Things We Can Do Without
Director
Things We Can Do Without
Screenplay
Cash Stashers
Story
Cash Stashers
Director