Edmond O'Brien

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-09-10 (70 years old)

Deathday

1985-05-09

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Edmond O'Brien

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edmond O'Brien, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1962

Birdman of Alcatraz

as Tom Gaddis

1969

The Wild Bunch

as Freddie Sykes

1966

Fantastic Voyage

as General Carter

2005

White Heat: Top of the World

as Self (archive footage)

1956

1984

as Winston Smith of the Outer Party

1954

Shield for Murder

as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan

1953

1964

Seven Days in May

as Sen. Raymond Clark

1957

The Comedian

as Al Preston

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

1962

The Longest Day

as Gen. Raymond D. Barton

1950

Backfire

as Steve Connolly

1954

The Barefoot Contessa

as Oscar Muldoon

1951

Two of a Kind

as Michael "Lefty" Farrell

1969

The Love God?

as Osborn Tremaine

1947

The Web

as Bob Regan

1953

The Hitch-Hiker

as Roy Collins

1947

A Double Life

as Bill Friend

1956

A Cry in the Night

as Dan Taggart

1960

The 3rd Voice

as The Voice

1946

The Killers

as Jim Reardon

1956

The Girl Can't Help It

as Marty 'Fats' Murdock

1950

711 Ocean Drive

as Mal Granger

1955

Pete Kelly's Blues

as Fran McCarg

1948

An Act of Murder

as David Douglas

1952

The Turning Point

as John Conroy

1950

The Admiral Was a Lady

as Jimmy Stevens

1950

Between Midnight and Dawn

as Officer Dan Purvis

1960

The Last Voyage

as Second Engineer Walsh

1949

White Heat

as Vic Pardo

1943

1960

The Great Impostor

as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga

1956

D-Day the Sixth of June

as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer

1962

Moon Pilot

as McClosky aka 'Mac'

1959

Up Periscope

as Commander Paul Stevenson

1953

Man in the Dark

as Steve Rawley

1949

D.O.A.

as Frank Bigelow

1974

99 and 44/100% Dead

as Uncle Frank Kelly

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)

1956

The Rack

as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick

1953

The Bigamist

as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham

1949

Task Force

as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)

1948

For the Love of Mary

as Lt. Tom Farrington

1973

Lucky Luciano

as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger

1964

The Hanged Man

as Arnie Seeger

1965

Sylvia

as Oscar Stewart

1948

Fighter Squadron

as Maj. Ed Hardin

1951

The Redhead and The Cowboy

as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)

1965

Synanon

as Chuck Dederich

1958

The World Was His Jury

as David Carson

1942

Powder Town

as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant

1953

China Venture

as Capt. Matt Reardon

1948

Another Part of the Forest

as Benjamin Hubbard

1957

Stopover Tokyo

as George Underwood

1952

1942

Obliging Young Lady

as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley

1944

Winged Victory

as Irving Miller

1951

Warpath

as John Vickers

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Stephen Herrick

1967

To Commit a Murder

as Sphax (publisher)

1954

The Shanghai Story

as Daniel Maynard

1971

1973

Isn't It Shocking?

as Justin Oates

1941

Parachute Battalion

as William Mayberry Burke

1967

The Viscount

as Ricco Barone

1958

Sing Boy Sing

as Joseph Sharkey

1970

The Intruders

as Col. William Bodeen

1957

The Big Land

as Joe Jagger

1966

1971

River of Mystery

as R.J. Twitchell

1972

Jigsaw

as Det. Ed Burtelson

1953

Cow Country

as Ben Anthony

2018

1947

Something in the Wind

as Lt. Tom Farrington

1964

Rio Conchos

as Col. Theron Pardee

1951

Silver City

as Larkin Moffat

1955

Dark Stranger

as Ray Ericson

1970

Dream No Evil

as Timothy MacDonald

1959

The Ambitious One

as Mike Buchanan

1967

The Outsider

as Marvin Bishop

1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

1965

The Adventures of Gallegher

as Jefferson Crowley

1965

1996

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)

1949

Under Capricorn

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Production

1954

1961

Man-Trap

as Director

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