Philip Ober

Personal Info

Birthday

March 23, 1902

Day of Death

1982-09-13

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Payne, Alabama, USA

Also Known As

Phil Ober

Philip Nott Ober

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).

Known For

Perry Mason

The Twilight Zone

I Dream of Jeannie

I Love Lucy

Thriller

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

M Squad

Bat Masterson

Filmography

1968
Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
1966
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
1965
The Adventures of Gallegher
as Hade
1964
The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor
1963
The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears
1961
Go Naked in the World
as Josh Kebner
1960
The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
1959
Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
1958
Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
1957
Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
1954
Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
1953
From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes
Scandal at Scourie
as B. G. Belney
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Col. Reade
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson
The Clown
as Ralph Z. Henderson
1952
Washington Story
as Gilbert Nunnally
1951
The Unknown Man
as Wayne Kellwin
1950
The Magnificent Yankee
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Never a Dull Moment
as Jed
The Secret Fury
as Gregory Kent
1939
The Glass Case
as Walter Drummond
1934
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
as Jim