Dave O'Brien
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-05-31 (57 years old)
Deathday
1969-11-08
Place of Birth
Big Spring, Texas, USA
Also known As
David Poole Fronabarger
David Fronabarger
David O'Brien
Dave O'Brian
Dave Tex O'Brien
Dave 'Tex' O'Brien
Tex O'Brien
Tex Coe
David Barclay
Dave Barclay
Dave O'Brien
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 exp...
Acting
1935
as Stanley Phillips
1940
as Johnny Layton
1937
as Johnny Henessey
1941
as Jeff Dixon
1938
as Tex Alden
1938
as Ralph
1938
as Bat
1942
as Det. Pete Crawford
1938
as Trucker (uncredited)
1932
as Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
1947
1938
as Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
1948
as Oliver T. Aseltafel
1939
as Duke
1956
as Conductor
1941
as Jim Dana
1941
as Tom Lawson
1940
as Charlie
1941
as Jim Cramer
1938
as Steve Norris
1939
as Tom Martin
1938
as Henchman Slade
1934
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1939
as Fred Chambers
1945
as Dave Wyatt
1944
as Dave Wyatt
1945
as Dave Wyatt
1945
as Tony Woolrich
1931
as Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
1942
as Dave Dodge
1945
as Marion Scott
1940
as Bob Adams
1936
as Terry Navarro
1942
as Jeff Travis
1937
as Bart
1939
as Jerry Morgan
1938
as Jeff Gray
1938
as Mason - Bookkeeper
1938
as Dick Williams
1933
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1938
as Red Baker - Henchman
1954
as Businessman Seeking Relaxation
1940
as Henchman Lucke
1939
as Henchman Trigger
1939
as Frank Gordon
1942
as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
1930
as Student
1953
as Man on TV
1939
as Carson
1932
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
1939
as Bob Lawson
1931
as Dancer (uncredited)
1935
as Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
1933
as Student
1944
as Dave Wyatt
1939
as Man in Audience
1932
as Submarine Crewman
1944
as Tex Wyatt
1939
as Bob Swane
1939
as Billiards Player
1939
as Henchman Meggs
1939
as Acacia Park Game Warden
1939
as Jason Braddock
1939
as Constable Kelly
1939
as Dr. Jerry Leonard
1939
as Soldier
1939
as Daniels
1941
as Jeff
1941
as Sparky Barton
1944
as Tex Wyatt
1939
as Ed Arden
1940
as Corporal Kelly
1940
as Constable Kelly
1941
as Buzz Weston
1940
as Constable Kelly
1940
as Constable Kelly
1939
as Ranch hand Red
1943
as Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
1944
as Jack
1943
as Tex Wyatt
1936
as George Baldwin
1953
as Thaddeus E. Thud III
1942
as Arthur - Harry's Friend
1940
as Knuckles Dolan
1940
as Knuckles Dolan
1934
as Talent Contestant (uncredited)
1940
as Knuckles Dolan
1942
as U. S. Marine
1942
as Sgt. Phil Lyons
1954
as Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
1950
as Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
1942
as Tex Wyatt
1941
as Joe Martin
1937
as Detective Waters
1940
as Steve Davis
1934
as Student
1933
as Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
1934
as Interne (uncredited)
1934
as Dancer (uncredited)
1933
as Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
1940
as Nelson
1940
as Whitey - Navy Radio Man
1944
as Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
1955
as Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
1946
as The Husband
1946
as Xavier T. Schneckendorf
1940
as Miles Hanover
1946
1934
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1934
as Pete (uncredited)
1935
as Member of Audience
1932
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1933
as Party Boy (uncredited)
1936
as Nightclub Patron
1941
as Ralph Spencer
1943
as Tex Wyatt
1943
as Tex Wyatt
1941
as Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
1942
as Jeff
1946
as O'Brien
1942
as Jeff
1940
as Henchman Gale
1941
as Texas Joe
1943
as Tex Wyatt
1943
as Tex Wyatt
1943
as Tex Wyatt
1944
as Tex Wyatt
1944
as Dave Wyatt
1944
as Tex Wyatt
1945
as Dave Wyatt
1944
as Tex Wyatt
1944
as Tex Wyatt
1945
as Dave Wyatt
1945
as Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
1938
as Henchman
1956
as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
1941
as Michael, the chauffeur
1937
as Tommy Shannon
1930
as Pilot (uncredited)
1947
as The Husband
1950
as George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
1948
as The Son-In-Law / Husband
1953
as A Shmoe Named Joe
1952
as The Daddy
1955
as Harry Horseknuckle
1955
as Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
1932
as Soldier (uncredited)
1950
as Butch
1948
as Harried Homeowner
1954
as George Dibson
1976
as (archive footage)
1948
as Husband (uncredited)
1952
as Man on Bench (uncredited)
1947
as Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
1942
1942
as Joe Thunderstruck
1944
as Careless Man
1946
as Alonzo T. Mousebrain
1964
as Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
1932
as Football Player (uncredited)
1935
as Young Man (uncredited)
1943
as Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
1953
as Ralph
1936
as Dog's Master (uncredited)
1935
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1944
as Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
1954
as Luke MacWade
1942
as Sgt. Callahan
1935
as Shopper
1930
as Zeppelin Reveler
1942
as The Husband
Production
1948
as Director
1941
as Stunts
1938
as Stunts
1950
as Director
1941
as Stunts
1947
as Director
1947
as Writer
1949
as Director
1952
as Director
1952
as Screenplay
1954
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1954
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1949
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1953
as Story
1953
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1953
as Screenplay
1947
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1954
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1954
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1950
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1946
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1946
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1946
as Writer
1955
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1950
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1946
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1950
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1950
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1950
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1949
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1947
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1946
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1948
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1948
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1948
as Screenplay
1953
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1953
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1953
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1951
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1951
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1955
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1950
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1950
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1950
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1954
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1954
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1954
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1947
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1950
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1948
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1948
as Writer
1952
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1951
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1951
as Writer
1947
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1947
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1948
as Writer
1948
as Director
1952
as Director
1953
as Screenplay
1953
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1946
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1953
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1947
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