Edmond O'Brien

Personal Info

Birthday

September 10, 1915

Day of Death

1985-05-09

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Edmund O'Brien

Edmond Joseph O'Brien

ادموند اوبراین

Edmond O'Brien

Biography

Edmond O'Brien 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.

Known For

Climax!

The Virginian

The Red Skelton Show

Mission: Impossible

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Name of the Game

The High Chaparral

Playhouse 90

Filmography

2018
The Other Side of the Wind
as Pat Mullins
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)
2005
White Heat: Top of the World
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
1996
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
1974
99 and 44/100% Dead
as Uncle Frank Kelly
1973
Lucky Luciano
as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Isn't It Shocking?
as Justin Oates
1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
as George
Jigsaw
as Det. Ed Burtelson
1971
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
as Morton Stillman
River of Mystery
as R.J. Twitchell
1970
The Intruders
as Col. William Bodeen
Dream No Evil
as Timothy MacDonald
1969
The Love God?
as Osborn Tremaine
The Wild Bunch
as Freddie Sykes
1967
The Outsider
as Marvin Bishop
To Commit a Murder
as Sphax (publisher)
The Viscount
as Ricco Barone
1966
The Doomsday Flight
as The Man
Fantastic Voyage
as General Carter
1965
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Jefferson Crowley
Synanon
as Chuck Dederich
Sylvia
as Oscar Stewart
The Adventures of Gallegher
as Jefferson Crowley
1964
The Hanged Man
as Arnie Seeger
Rio Conchos
as Col. Theron Pardee
Seven Days in May
as Sen. Raymond Clark
1962
The Longest Day
as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Tom Gaddis
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Dutton Peabody
Moon Pilot
as McClosky aka 'Mac'
1960
The Great Impostor
as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga
The 3rd Voice
as The Voice
The Last Voyage
as Second Engineer Walsh
1959
The Ambitious One
as Mike Buchanan
Up Periscope
as Commander Paul Stevenson
1958
Sing Boy Sing
as Joseph Sharkey
The World Was His Jury
as David Carson
1957
Stopover Tokyo
as George Underwood
The Big Land
as Joe Jagger
The Comedian
as Al Preston
1956
The Girl Can't Help It
as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
The Rack
as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
A Cry in the Night
as Dan Taggart
D-Day the Sixth of June
as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
1984
as Winston Smith of the Outer Party
1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Fran McCarg
Dark Stranger
as Ray Ericson
1954
The Barefoot Contessa
as Oscar Muldoon
The Shanghai Story
as Daniel Maynard
Shield for Murder
as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
1953
The Bigamist
as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
China Venture
as Capt. Matt Reardon
Julius Caesar
as Casca
Cow Country
as Ben Anthony
Man in the Dark
as Steve Rawley
The Hitch-Hiker
as Roy Collins
1952
The Turning Point
as John Conroy
Denver and Rio Grande
as Jim Vesser
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
1951
Silver City
as Larkin Moffat
Warpath
as John Vickers
Two of a Kind
as Michael "Lefty" Farrell
The Redhead and The Cowboy
as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
1950
Between Midnight and Dawn
as Officer Dan Purvis
The Admiral Was a Lady
as Jimmy Stevens
711 Ocean Drive
as Mal Granger
Backfire
as Steve Connolly
1949
D.O.A.
as Frank Bigelow
Under Capricorn
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
White Heat
as Vic Pardo
Task Force
as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)
1948
An Act of Murder
as David Douglas
Fighter Squadron
as Maj. Ed Hardin
For the Love of Mary
as Lt. Tom Farrington
Another Part of the Forest
as Benjamin Hubbard
1947
A Double Life
as Bill Friend
Something in the Wind
as Lt. Tom Farrington
The Web
as Bob Regan
1946
The Killers
as Jim Reardon
1944
Winged Victory
as Irving Miller
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Tom Holliday
1942
Powder Town
as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant
Obliging Young Lady
as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley
1941
Parachute Battalion
as William Mayberry Burke
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Stephen Herrick
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Gringoire