Donald O'Brien

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-09-15 (88 years old)

Deathday

2018-04-23

Place of Birth

Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Donald O'Brien

Biography

Donal "Donald" O'Brien (September 15, 1930) is a French-born Irish film and television actor. In his near 40-year career, O'Brien appeared in dozens of stage performances and in more than 60 film and television productions. O'Brien was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, raised in both Northern France and Dublin, Ireland with his family, and made his feature film debut in 1953 with Anatole Litvak's war drama Act of Love. He studied acting in Dublin and initially joined the Gate Theatre at age 19 before making the transition to film several years later. O'Brien's performance in The Train (1964), in which he played an SSFeldwebel, led to his fi...

Acting

1964

The Train

as Schwartz

1971

Finders Killers

as Jack Forest

1988

Ghosthouse

as Valkos

1979

1976

Keoma

as Caldwell

1989

Mortacci

as Archibald Williams

1965

Cloportes

as Gallery visitor

1977

1980

Flying Sex

as Mr. Slider

1978

Silver Saddle

as Flertcher

1986

Hands of Steel

as Professor Olster

1977

A Man Called Blade

as Burt Craven

1991

The Sect

as Justice Jonathan Ford

1972

Two Brothers in Trinity

as Lester O'Hara

1966

A Matter of Resistance

as American Officer

1971

The Last Traitor

as Captain Ned Carter

1966

Grand Prix

as Wallace Bennett

1962

Tales of Paris

as American tourist (segment "Ella") (uncredited)

1973

Sex of the Witch

as Inspector

1975

Four of the Apocalypse

as Sheriff of Salt Flat

1968

Run, Man, Run

as Daniel Cassidy

1984

Panther Squad

as General

1983

1965

Hail! Mafia

as Mafia Thug

1986

The Name of the Rose

as Pietro d'Assisi

1978

1979

Tough to Kill

as Major Hagerty

1980

The Day Christ Died

as Roman Soldier

1964

Weekend at Dunkirk

as L'officier anglais

1971

Paid in Blood

as Lee Rast

1972

God Is My Colt

as Collins

1967

The Night of the Generals

as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

1980

Doctor Butcher M.D.

as Dr. Obrero / Dr. Butcher

1975

Erotic Games of a Respectable Family

as Professor Riccardo Rossi

1974

1980

Sesso profondo

as editore

1990

Cellini: A Violent Life

as Bernardino, l'ermita

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