Philip Ober

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-03-23 (80 years old)

Deathday

1982-09-13

Place of Birth

Fort Payne, Alabama, USA

Philip Ober

Biography

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).

Acting

1959

North by Northwest

as Lester Townsend

1960

Elmer Gantry

as Reverend Planck

1953

From Here to Eternity

as Capt. Dana Holmes

1966

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

as Nicholas Simmons

1954

Broken Lance

as Van Cleve

1959

The Mating Game

as Wendell Burnshaw

1960

The Facts of Life

as Doc Mason

1951

The Unknown Man

as Wayne Kellwin

1958

Torpedo Run

as Adm. Samuel Setton

1950

The Secret Fury

as Gregory Kent

1953

1953

The Clown

as Ralph Z. Henderson

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)

1954

About Mrs. Leslie

as Mort Finley

1957

Escapade in Japan

as Lt. Col. Hargrave

1961

Go Naked in the World

as Josh Kebner

1952

Washington Story

as Gilbert Nunnally

1953

Scandal at Scourie

as B. G. Belney

1959

Beloved Infidel

as John Wheeler

1968

1957

Tammy and the Bachelor

as Alfred Bissle

1960

1963

The Ugly American

as Ambassador Sears

1958

Ten North Frederick

as Lloyd Williams

1964

The Brass Bottle

as William J. Beevor

1958

1939

The Glass Case

as Walter Drummond

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