Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-03-23 (80 years old)
Deathday
1982-09-13
Place of Birth
Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Also known As
Phil Ober
Philip Nott Ober
Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor. He later retired from acting to work as a diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films From Here to Eternity (1953) and North by Northwest (1959). His other notable credits include The Magnificent Yankee (1950), Broken Lance (1954), Torpedo Run (1958) and The Ugly American (1963).
1959
as Lester Townsend
1960
as Reverend Planck
1953
as Capt. Dana Holmes
1966
as Nicholas Simmons
1954
as Van Cleve
1959
as Wendell Burnshaw
1960
as Doc Mason
1951
as Wayne Kellwin
1958
as Adm. Samuel Setton
1950
as Gregory Kent
1953
as Ed Anderson
1953
as Ralph Z. Henderson
1950
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
1954
as Mort Finley
1953
as Col. Reade
1957
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
1934
1961
as Josh Kebner
1952
as Gilbert Nunnally
1953
as B. G. Belney
1959
as John Wheeler
1968
as Bohlen
1950
as Jed
1957
as Alfred Bissle
1960
as Grant Holloway
1963
as Ambassador Sears
1958
as Lloyd Williams
1964
as William J. Beevor
1965
as Hade
1958
as Herb Zorn
1939
as Walter Drummond
1938
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