Edmond O'Brien
Biography
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 History
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2018The Other Side of the Wind as Pat Mullins
2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)
2005White Heat: Top of the World as Self (archive footage)
2004Los Angeles Plays Itself as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
2000Déjà-Vu
1996The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage as Self (archive footage)
1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
197499 and 44/100% Dead as Uncle Frank Kelly
1973Lucky Luciano as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
1973Isn't It Shocking? as Justin Oates
1973Police Story
1972They Only Kill Their Masters as George
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD
1972Temperatures Rising as Dr. Banning
1972Jigsaw as Det. Ed Burtelson
1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...? as Morton Stillman
1971River of Mystery as R.J. Twitchell
1971McMillan & Wife as Mr. Fontaine
1970The Intruders as Col. William Bodeen
1970Dream No Evil as Timothy MacDonald
1969The Love God? as Osborn Tremaine
1969The Wild Bunch as Freddie Sykes
1968The Name of the Game as John Bergman
1968It Takes a Thief as Rocky McCauley
1967The Outsider as Marvin Bishop
1967The High Chaparral as Morgan MacQuarie
1967To Commit a Murder as Sphax (publisher)
1967The Viscount as Ricco Barone
1966The Doomsday Flight as The Man
1966Mission: Impossible as Raymond Halder
1966Fantastic Voyage as General Carter
1965The Further Adventures of Gallegher as Jefferson Crowley
1965The Long, Hot Summer
1965Synanon as Chuck Dederich
1965Sylvia as Oscar Stewart
1965The Adventures of Gallegher as Jefferson Crowley
1964The Hanged Man as Arnie Seeger
1964Rio Conchos as Col. Theron Pardee
1964Seven Days in May as Sen. Raymond Clark
1963The Greatest Show on Earth
1963Breaking Point
1962The Longest Day as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
1962The Virginian as Thomas Manstead
1962Sam Benedict as Sam Benedict
1962Birdman of Alcatraz as Tom Gaddis
1962The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Dutton Peabody
1962Moon Pilot as McClosky aka 'Mac'
1961Target: The Corruptors!
1960The Great Impostor as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga
1960The 3rd Voice as The Voice
1960The Last Voyage as Second Engineer Walsh
1960Johnny Midnight
1959The Ambitious One as Mike Buchanan
1959Laramie
1959Up Periscope as Commander Paul Stevenson
1958Sing Boy Sing as Joseph Sharkey
1958The World Was His Jury as David Carson
1957Stopover Tokyo as George Underwood
1957Suspicion as Sgt. Miles Odeen
1957The Big Land as Joe Jagger
1957The Comedian as Al Preston
1956The Girl Can't Help It as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
1956The Rack as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Russ Andrews
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Marshal Ben Clark
1956Playhouse 90 as Al Preston
1956A Cry in the Night as Dan Taggart
1956D-Day the Sixth of June as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
1956A Ticket for Thaddeus
19561984 as Winston Smith of the Outer Party
1955Screen Director's Playhouse as Thaddeus Kubaczik
1955Playwrights '56
1955Pete Kelly's Blues as Fran McCarg
1955The Star and the Story as Ray Ericson
1955Dark Stranger as Ray Ericson
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Jefferson Crowley
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Crowley
1954Climax! as Joel Flint
1954Climax! as Leo Waldek
1954The George Gobel Show as Self
1954The Barefoot Contessa as Oscar Muldoon
1954The Shanghai Story as Daniel Maynard
1954Shield for Murder as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
1953The Bigamist as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
1953China Venture as Capt. Matt Reardon
1953Julius Caesar as Casca
1953Cow Country as Ben Anthony
1953Man in the Dark as Steve Rawley
1953The Hitch-Hiker as Roy Collins
1953The Oscars as Self
1952The Ford Television Theatre
1952The Ford Television Theatre as Capt. Joyce
1952The Turning Point as John Conroy
1952Denver and Rio Grande as Jim Vesser
1952The Greatest Show on Earth as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
1951Silver City as Larkin Moffat
1951Warpath as John Vickers
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Capt. Simpson
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Rick Saunders
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jim Reardon
1951The Red Skelton Show as Grizzled Old Prospector
1951Two of a Kind as Michael "Lefty" Farrell
1951The Redhead and the Cowboy as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
1950Lux Video Theatre as Hal
1950Lux Video Theatre as Harry 'Steve' Morgan
1950Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Protis
1950Lux Video Theatre as Rorsford
1950Lux Video Theatre as Mike Dixon
1950Lux Video Theatre as Randall
1950Lux Video Theatre as Maj. Jepelo
1950Between Midnight and Dawn as Officer Dan Purvis
1950The Admiral Was a Lady as Jimmy Stevens
1950711 Ocean Drive as Mal Granger
1950The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1950Backfire as Steve Connolly
1949D.O.A. as Frank Bigelow
1949Under Capricorn as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1949White Heat as Vic Pardo
1949Task Force as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)
1948An Act of Murder as David Douglas
1948Fighter Squadron as Maj. Ed Hardin
1948For the Love of Mary as Lt. Tom Farrington
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948Another Part of the Forest as Benjamin Hubbard
1947A Double Life as Bill Friend
1947Something in the Wind as Lt. Tom Farrington
1947The Web as Bob Regan
1946The Killers as Jim Reardon
1944Winged Victory as Irving Miller
1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Tom Holliday
1942Powder Town as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant
1942Obliging Young Lady as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley
1941Parachute Battalion as William Mayberry Burke
1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Stephen Herrick
1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Gringoire
—Stage 7 as Clinton Sturges