Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien

Known for
Acting
Born
September 10, 1915
Died
May 9, 1985 (aged 69)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Stage 7

Stage 7

TV · as Clinton Sturges · 1 ep

2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies poster

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

Movie · as Self - (archive footage)

2018
The Other Side of the Wind poster

The Other Side of the Wind

Movie · as Pat Mullins

2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff poster

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Movie · as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)

2005
White Heat: Top of the World

White Heat: Top of the World

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Déjà-Vu

Déjà-Vu

Movie

1996
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage poster

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid poster

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

1974
99 and 44/100% Dead poster

99 and 44/100% Dead

Movie · as Uncle Frank Kelly

1973
Lucky Luciano poster

Lucky Luciano

Movie · as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger

1973
Isn't It Shocking? poster

Isn't It Shocking?

Movie · as Justin Oates

1973
Police Story poster

Police Story

TV · 1 ep

1972
They Only Kill Their Masters poster

They Only Kill Their Masters

Movie · as George

1972
Jigsaw poster

Jigsaw

Movie · as Det. Ed Burtelson

1972
Temperatures Rising poster

Temperatures Rising

TV · as Dr. Banning · 1 ep

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD · 1 ep

1971
What's a Nice Girl Like You...? poster

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

Movie · as Morton Stillman

1971
River of Mystery poster

River of Mystery

Movie · as R.J. Twitchell

1971
McMillan & Wife poster

McMillan & Wife

TV · as Mr. Fontaine · 1 ep

1970
The Intruders poster

The Intruders

Movie · as Col. William Bodeen

1970
Dream No Evil poster

Dream No Evil

Movie · as Timothy MacDonald

1969
The Wild Bunch poster

The Wild Bunch

Movie · as Freddie Sykes

1969
The Love God? poster

The Love God?

Movie · as Osborn Tremaine

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as John Bergman · 1 ep

1968
It Takes a Thief poster

It Takes a Thief

TV · as Rocky McCauley · 1 ep

1967
To Commit a Murder poster

To Commit a Murder

Movie · as Sphax (publisher)

1967
The Viscount poster

The Viscount

Movie · as Ricco Barone

1967
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · as Marvin Bishop

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Morgan MacQuarie · 1 ep

1966
Fantastic Voyage poster

Fantastic Voyage

Movie · as General Carter

1966
The Doomsday Flight poster

The Doomsday Flight

Movie · as The Man

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Raymond Halder · 1 ep

1965
Sylvia poster

Sylvia

Movie · as Oscar Stewart

1965
Synanon poster

Synanon

Movie · as Chuck Dederich

1965
The Further Adventures of Gallegher poster

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

Movie · as Jefferson Crowley

1965
The Long, Hot Summer poster

The Long, Hot Summer

TV · 26 eps

1965
The Adventures of Gallegher poster

The Adventures of Gallegher

TV · as Jefferson Crowley · 3 eps

1964
Seven Days in May poster

Seven Days in May

Movie · as Sen. Raymond Clark

1964
The Hanged Man poster

The Hanged Man

Movie · as Arnie Seeger

1964
Rio Conchos poster

Rio Conchos

Movie · as Pardee

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · 1 ep

1963
Breaking Point poster

Breaking Point

TV · 1 ep

1962
Birdman of Alcatraz poster

Birdman of Alcatraz

Movie · as Tom Gaddis

1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Movie · as Dutton Peabody

1962
The Longest Day poster

The Longest Day

Movie · as Gen. Raymond D. Barton

1962
Moon Pilot poster

Moon Pilot

Movie · as McClosky aka 'Mac'

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Thomas Manstead · 1 ep

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · as Sam Benedict · 28 eps

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1960
The 3rd Voice poster

The 3rd Voice

Movie · as The Voice

1960
The Last Voyage poster

The Last Voyage

Movie · as Second Engineer Walsh

1960
The Great Impostor poster

The Great Impostor

Movie · as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga

1960
Johnny Midnight poster

Johnny Midnight

TV · 39 eps

1959
Up Periscope poster

Up Periscope

Movie · as Commander Paul Stevenson

1959
The Ambitious One poster

The Ambitious One

Movie · as Mike Buchanan

1959
Laramie poster

Laramie

TV · 1 ep

1958
The World Was His Jury poster

The World Was His Jury

Movie · as David Carson

1958
Sing Boy Sing poster

Sing Boy Sing

Movie · as Joseph Sharkey

1957
The Comedian poster

The Comedian

Movie · as Al Preston

1957
Stopover Tokyo poster

Stopover Tokyo

Movie · as George Underwood

1957
The Big Land poster

The Big Land

Movie · as Joe Jagger

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Sgt. Miles Odeen · 1 ep

1956
1984 poster

1984

Movie · as Winston Smith of the Outer Party

1956
A Cry in the Night poster

A Cry in the Night

Movie · as Dan Taggart

1956
The Girl Can't Help It poster

The Girl Can't Help It

Movie · as Marty 'Fats' Murdock

1956
D-Day the Sixth of June poster

D-Day the Sixth of June

Movie · as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer

1956
The Rack poster

The Rack

Movie · as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick

1956
A Ticket for Thaddeus poster

A Ticket for Thaddeus

Movie

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Russ Andrews, Marshal Ben Clark · 1 ep

1956
Playhouse 90 poster

Playhouse 90

TV · as Al Preston · 1 ep

1955
Pete Kelly's Blues poster

Pete Kelly's Blues

Movie · as Fran McCarg

1955
Dark Stranger poster

Dark Stranger

Movie · as Ray Ericson

1955
Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56

TV · 1 ep

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse poster

Screen Director's Playhouse

TV · as Thaddeus Kubaczik · 1 ep

1955
The Star and the Story poster

The Star and the Story

TV · as Ray Ericson · 1 ep

1954
Shield for Murder poster

Shield for Murder

Movie · as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan

1954
The Barefoot Contessa poster

The Barefoot Contessa

Movie · as Oscar Muldoon

1954
The Shanghai Story poster

The Shanghai Story

Movie · as Daniel Maynard

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Joel Flint, Leo Waldek · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Jefferson Crowley · 1 ep

1954
The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar

Movie · as Casca

1953
The Hitch-Hiker poster

The Hitch-Hiker

Movie · as Roy Collins

1953
Man in the Dark poster

Man in the Dark

Movie · as Steve Rawley

1953
The Bigamist poster

The Bigamist

Movie · as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham

1953
China Venture poster

China Venture

Movie · as Capt. Matt Reardon

1953
Cow Country poster

Cow Country

Movie · as Ben Anthony

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1952
The Turning Point poster

The Turning Point

Movie · as John Conroy

1952
Denver and Rio Grande poster

Denver and Rio Grande

Movie · as Jim Vesser

1952
The Greatest Show on Earth poster

The Greatest Show on Earth

Movie · as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

1952
The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre

TV · as Capt. Joyce · 1 ep

1951
Two of a Kind poster

Two of a Kind

Movie · as Michael "Lefty" Farrell

1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy poster

The Redhead and the Cowboy

Movie · as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)

1951
Warpath poster

Warpath

Movie · as John Vickers

1951
Silver City poster

Silver City

Movie · as Larkin Moffat

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Capt. Simpson, Rick Saunders, Jim Reardon · 1 ep

1951
The Red Skelton Show poster

The Red Skelton Show

TV · as Grizzled Old Prospector, Self · 1 ep

1950
Backfire poster

Backfire

Movie · as Steve Connolly

1950
711 Ocean Drive poster

711 Ocean Drive

Movie · as Mal Granger

1950
The Admiral Was a Lady poster

The Admiral Was a Lady

Movie · as Jimmy Stevens

1950
Between Midnight and Dawn poster

Between Midnight and Dawn

Movie · as Officer Dan Purvis

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as Hal, Harry 'Steve' Morgan, Mr. Protis, Rorsford, Mike Dixon, Randall, Maj. Jepelo · 1 ep

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV · 1 ep

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
White Heat poster

White Heat

Movie · as Vic Pardo

1949
D.O.A. poster

D.O.A.

Movie · as Frank Bigelow

1949
Task Force poster

Task Force

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

1949
Under Capricorn poster

Under Capricorn

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1948
An Act of Murder poster

An Act of Murder

Movie · as David Douglas

1948
For the Love of Mary poster

For the Love of Mary

Movie · as Lt. Tom Farrington

1948
Fighter Squadron poster

Fighter Squadron

Movie · as Maj. Ed Hardin

1948
Another Part of the Forest poster

Another Part of the Forest

Movie · as Benjamin Hubbard

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
The Web poster

The Web

Movie · as Bob Regan

1947
A Double Life poster

A Double Life

Movie · as Bill Friend

1947
Something in the Wind poster

Something in the Wind

Movie · as Lt. Tom Farrington

1946
The Killers poster

The Killers

Movie · as Jim Reardon

1944
Winged Victory poster

Winged Victory

Movie · as Irving Miller

1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday poster

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Movie · as Tom Holliday

1942
Powder Town poster

Powder Town

Movie · as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant

1942
Obliging Young Lady poster

Obliging Young Lady

Movie · as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley

1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob poster

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Movie · as Stephen Herrick

1941
Parachute Battalion poster

Parachute Battalion

Movie · as William Mayberry Burke

1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie · as Gringoire