Dave O'Brien
Known for ActingBorn 1912-05-31Died 1969-11-08Big Spring, Texas, USA
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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I Love Children, But!
1952 · Movie
Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13
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Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13
1947 · Movie
I Love My Husband, But!
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I Love My Husband, But!
1946 · Movie
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Outlaw Roundup
1944 · Movie
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Border Buckaroos
1943 · Movie
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Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941 · Movie
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Double Trouble
1941 · Movie
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Song of the Buckaroo
1938 · Movie
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MGM Parade
1955 · Series
Out for Fun
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Out for Fun
1954 · Movie
Surfboard Rhythm
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Surfboard Rhythm
1947 · Movie
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Three in the Saddle
1945 · Movie
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Tahiti Nights
1944 · Movie
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The Cowboy from Sundown
1940 · Movie
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Trigger Smith
1939 · Movie
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Rough Riding Rhythm
1937 · Movie
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Welcome Home
1935 · Movie
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The Spider Returns
1941 · Movie
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The Desperados Are in Town
1956 · Movie
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Crashing the Movies
1950 · Movie
Those Good Old Days
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Those Good Old Days
1949 · Movie
Super Cue Men
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Super Cue Men
1949 · Movie
Football Thrills No. 10
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Football Thrills No. 10
1947 · Movie
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
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Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
1946 · Movie
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Trail of Terror
1943 · Movie
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Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943 · Movie
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West of Texas
1943 · Movie
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Seventh Column
1943 · Movie
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The Texas Marshal
1941 · Movie
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Danger Ahead
1940 · Movie
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Gun Code
1940 · Movie
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Drifting Westward
1939 · Movie
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Outlaws' Paradise
1939 · Movie
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Texas Wildcats
1939 · Movie
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Man's Country
1938 · Movie
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Ship Cafe
1935 · Movie
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Sitting Pretty
1933 · Movie
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Diamond Demon
1947 · Movie
The Fall Guy
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The Fall Guy
1955 · Movie
Do Someone a Favor!
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Do Someone a Favor!
1954 · Movie
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Cash Stashers
1953 · Movie
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Let's Cogitate
1948 · Movie
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
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I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948 · Movie
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Just Suppose
1948 · Movie
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Ice Aces
1948 · Movie
I Love My Wife BUT!
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I Love My Wife BUT!
1947 · Movie
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Treasures from Trash
1946 · Movie
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The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series