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Birthday
May 31, 1912
Day of Death
1969-11-08
(57 years old)
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
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 exploitation film Tell Your Children (better known under its reissue title, Reefer Madness). As a writer for The Red Skelton Show, O'Brien shared an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1961 and shared a nomination for the same award in 1963. O'Brien died, aged 57, of a heart attack while competing in a yachting race.
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The Whispering Skull
as Dave Wyatt
Tahiti Nights
as Jack
Safety Sleuth
as Careless Man
Dead or Alive
as Dave Wyatt
Gangsters of the Frontier
as Dave Wyatt
Gunsmoke Mesa
as Tex Wyatt
Brand of the Devil
as Tex Wyatt
Movie Pests
as Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
Spook Town
as Tex Wyatt
The Pinto Bandit
as Tex Wyatt
Sportsman's Memories
as Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
Guns of the Law
as Tex Wyatt
Outlaw Roundup
as Tex Wyatt
1943
1942
The Rangers Take Over
as Tex Wyatt
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Sgt. Phil Lyons
The Yanks Are Coming
as Sgt. Callahan
Bowery at Midnight
as Det. Pete Crawford
Calling All Pa's
as Joe Thunderstruck
Carry Harry
as Arthur - Harry's Friend
Sheriff of Sage Valley
as Jeff
Law and Order
as Jeff Travis
Prisoner of Japan
as U. S. Marine
Down Texas Way
as Dave Dodge
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
as Jeff
What About Daddy?
as The Husband
Captain Midnight
as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
1941
Forbidden Trails
as Jim Cramer
Double Trouble
as Sparky Barton
Spooks Run Wild
as Jeff Dixon
Billy the Kid Wanted
as Jeff
The Gunman From Bodie
as Joe Martin
The Deadly Game
as Ralph Spencer
The Texas Marshal
as Buzz Weston
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Texas Joe
Murder by Invitation
as Michael, the chauffeur
The Spider Returns
as Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
as Jim Dana
Flying Wild
as Tom Lawson
1940
The Devil Bat
as Johnny Layton
That Gang of Mine
as Knuckles Dolan
The Cowboy from Sundown
as Steve Davis
Queen of the Yukon
as Bob Adams
Gun Code
as Henchman Gale
Boys of the City
as Knuckles Dolan
Sky Bandits
as Constable Kelly
Hold That Woman!
as Miles Hanover
On the Spot
as Charlie
Phantom Rancher
as Henchman Lucke
Son of the Navy
as Nelson
Isle Of Destiny
as Whitey - Navy Radio Man
Murder on the Yukon
as Constable Kelly
East Side Kids
as Knuckles Dolan
Danger Ahead
as Corporal Kelly
Yukon Flight
as Constable Kelly
1939
Crashing Thru
as Fred Chambers
Buried Alive
as Carson
Fighting Mad
as Constable Kelly
Flaming Lead
as Frank Gordon
Mutiny in the Big House
as Daniels
On Your Toes
as Man in Audience
The Arizona Kid
as Soldier
The Fighting Renegade
as Dr. Jerry Leonard
Daughter of the Tong
as Jerry Morgan
New Frontier
as Jason Braddock
Riders of the Sage
as Tom Martin
Wyoming Outlaw
as Acacia Park Game Warden
Undercover Agent
as Billiards Player
Outlaws' Paradise
as Henchman Meggs
Texas Wildcats
as Ed Arden
Trigger Smith
as Duke
Rollin' Westward
as Ranch hand Red
Code of the Cactus
as Bob Swane
Drifting Westward
as Henchman Trigger
Water Rustlers
as Bob Lawson
1938
Song of the Buckaroo
as Tex Alden
Gun Packer
as Red Baker - Henchman
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Jeff Gray
Frontier Scout
as Steve Norris
Starlight Over Texas
as Henchman
Utah Trail
as Mason - Bookkeeper
Man's Country
as Bat
Tell Your Children
as Ralph
The Singing Cowgirl
as Dick Williams
Whirlwind Horseman
as Henchman Slade
The Secret of Treasure Island
as Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
Born to Be Wild
as Trucker (uncredited)
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