Dave O'Brien
Acting
1912-05-31 · Big 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.
Filmography
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006 · Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Movie
The Desperados Are in Town
1956 · Movie
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956 · Movie
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
The Fall Guy
1955 · Movie
Just What I Needed
1955 · Movie
The Man Around the House
1955 · Movie
Film Antics
1954 · Movie
Meet the O'Briens
1954 · Movie
Out for Fun
1954 · Movie
Do Someone a Favor!
1954 · Movie
Tennessee Champ
1954 · Movie
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954 · Movie
Things We Can Do Without
1953 · Movie
Kiss Me Kate
1953 · Movie
Cash Stashers
1953 · Movie
Dogs 'n Ducks
1953 · Movie
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953 · Movie
The Mosconi Story
1953 · Movie
I Love Children, But!
1952 · Movie
Reducing
1952 · Movie
Musiquiz
1952 · Movie
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
Bargain Madness
1951 · Movie
Camera Sleuth
1951 · Movie
Wrong Way Butch
1950 · Movie
A Wife's Life
1950 · Movie
Did'ja Know?
1950 · Movie
Crashing the Movies
1950 · Movie
Pest Control
1950 · Movie
We Can Dream, Can't We?
1949 · Movie
Those Good Old Days
1949 · Movie
Super Cue Men
1949 · Movie
Let's Cogitate
1948 · Movie
Ice Aces
1948 · Movie
Just Suppose
1948 · Movie
You Can't Win
1948 · Movie
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948 · Movie
Bowling Tricks
1948 · Movie
Have You Ever Wondered?
1947 · Movie
Surfboard Rhythm
1947 · Movie
Football Thrills No. 10
1947 · Movie
Neighbor Pests
1947 · Movie
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947 · Movie
Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13
1947 · Movie
Diamond Demon
1947 · Movie
I Love My Husband, But!
1946 · Movie
Sure Cures
1946 · Movie
Treasures from Trash
1946 · Movie
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
1946 · Movie
Studio Visit
1946 · Movie
Flaming Bullets
1945 · Movie
Frontier Fugitives
1945 · Movie
Three in the Saddle
1945 · Movie
Enemy of the Law
1945 · Movie
The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945 · Movie
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945 · Movie
Marked for Murder
1945 · Movie
The Whispering Skull
1944 · Movie
Tahiti Nights
1944 · Movie
Safety Sleuth
1944 · Movie
Dead or Alive
1944 · Movie
Gangsters of the Frontier
1944 · Movie
Gunsmoke Mesa
1944 · Movie
Brand of the Devil
1944 · Movie
Movie Pests
1944 · Movie
Spook Town
1944 · Movie
The Pinto Bandit
1944 · Movie
Sportsman's Memories
1944 · Movie
Guns of the Law
1944 · Movie
Outlaw Roundup
1944 · Movie
Boss of Rawhide
1943 · Movie
The Return of the Rangers
1943 · Movie
Trail of Terror
1943 · Movie
Fighting Valley
1943 · Movie
Seventh Column
1943 · Movie
Border Buckaroos
1943 · Movie
West of Texas
1943 · Movie
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943 · Movie
The Rangers Take Over
1942 · Movie
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942 · Movie
The Yanks Are Coming
1942 · Movie
Bowery at Midnight
1942 · Movie
Calling All Pa's
1942 · Movie
King of the Stallions
1942 · Movie
Carry Harry
1942 · Movie
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942 · Movie
Law and Order
1942 · Movie
Prisoner of Japan
1942 · Movie
Down Texas Way
1942 · Movie
Victory Quiz
1942 · Movie
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
1942 · Movie
What About Daddy?
1942 · Movie
Captain Midnight
1942 · Movie
Forbidden Trails
1941 · Movie
Double Trouble
1941 · Movie
Spooks Run Wild
1941 · Movie
Billy the Kid Wanted
1941 · Movie
The Gunman From Bodie
1941 · Movie
The Iron Claw
1941 · Movie
The Deadly Game
1941 · Movie
The Texas Marshal
1941 · Movie
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941 · Movie
Murder by Invitation
1941 · Movie
The Spider Returns
1941 · Movie
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941 · Movie
Sky Raiders
1941 · Movie
Flying Wild
1941 · Movie
The Devil Bat
1940 · Movie
That Gang of Mine
1940 · Movie
The Cowboy from Sundown
1940 · Movie
Queen of the Yukon
1940 · Movie
Gun Code
1940 · Movie
Boys of the City
1940 · Movie
Sky Bandits
1940 · Movie
Hold That Woman!
1940 · Movie
On the Spot
1940 · Movie
Phantom Rancher
1940 · Movie
Son of the Navy
1940 · Movie
Isle Of Destiny
1940 · Movie
Murder on the Yukon
1940 · Movie
East Side Kids
1940 · Movie
Danger Ahead
1940 · Movie
Yukon Flight
1940 · Movie
Crashing Thru
1939 · Movie
Buried Alive
1939 · Movie
Fighting Mad
1939 · Movie
Flaming Lead
1939 · Movie
Mutiny in the Big House
1939 · Movie
On Your Toes
1939 · Movie
The Arizona Kid
1939 · Movie
The Fighting Renegade
1939 · Movie
Daughter of the Tong
1939 · Movie
New Frontier
1939 · Movie
Riders of the Sage
1939 · Movie
Wyoming Outlaw
1939 · Movie
Undercover Agent
1939 · Movie
Outlaws' Paradise
1939 · Movie
Texas Wildcats
1939 · Movie
Trigger Smith
1939 · Movie
Rollin' Westward
1939 · Movie
Code of the Cactus
1939 · Movie
Drifting Westward
1939 · Movie
Water Rustlers
1939 · Movie
Song of the Buckaroo
1938 · Movie
Gun Packer
1938 · Movie
The Spider's Web
1938 · Movie
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938 · Movie
Frontier Scout
1938 · Movie
Starlight Over Texas
1938 · Movie
Utah Trail
1938 · Movie
Man's Country
1938 · Movie
Tell Your Children
1938 · Movie
The Singing Cowgirl
1938 · Movie
Whirlwind Horseman
1938 · Movie
The Secret of Treasure Island
1938 · Movie
Born to Be Wild
1938 · Movie
Million Dollar Racket
1937 · Movie
Rough Riding Rhythm
1937 · Movie
Brothers of the West
1937 · Movie
Lightnin' Crandall
1937 · Movie
Wanted - A Master
1936 · Movie
The Girl on the Front Page
1936 · Movie
The Black Coin
1936 · Movie
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 · Movie
Ship Cafe
1935 · Movie
She Married Her Boss
1935 · Movie
Welcome Home
1935 · Movie
Woman Wanted
1935 · Movie
Doubting Thomas
1935 · Movie
No More Ladies
1935 · Movie
Music in the Air
1934 · Movie
Student Tour
1934 · Movie
Gift of Gab
1934 · Movie
We're Rich Again
1934 · Movie
Tomorrow's Children
1934 · Movie
Murder at the Vanities
1934 · Movie
Wonder Bar
1934 · Movie
Search for Beauty
1934 · Movie
The World Changes
1933 · Movie
Sitting Pretty
1933 · Movie
College Coach
1933 · Movie
One Man's Journey
1933 · Movie
College Humor
1933 · Movie
Pick-up
1933 · Movie
42nd Street
1933 · Movie
The Sign of the Cross
1932 · Movie
Rasputin and the Empress
1932 · Movie
Hot Saturday
1932 · Movie
70,000 Witnesses
1932 · Movie
Devil and the Deep
1932 · Movie
Roar of the Dragon
1932 · Movie
Is My Face Red?
1932 · Movie
Consolation Marriage
1931 · Movie
Flying High
1931 · Movie
Lover Come Back
1931 · Movie
Madam Satan
1930 · Movie
Good News
1930 · Movie
The Dawn Patrol
1930 · Movie