Edmond O'Brien
Acting
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.
Born: September 10, 1915
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Comedian
Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
White Heat
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
The Longest Day
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
The Wild Bunch
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
Los Angeles Plays Itself
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Another Part of the Forest
This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Filmography
as Self - (archive footage)
as Pat Mullins
as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
as Uncle Frank Kelly
as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
as Justin Oates
as George
as Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD
as Dr. Banning
as Det. Ed Burtelson
as Morton Stillman
as R.J. Twitchell
as Mr. Fontaine
as Col. William Bodeen
as Timothy MacDonald
as Osborn Tremaine
as Freddie Sykes
as John Bergman
as Rocky McCauley
as Marvin Bishop
as Morgan MacQuarie
as Sphax (publisher)
as Ricco Barone
as The Man
as Raymond Halder
as General Carter
as Jefferson Crowley
as Chuck Dederich
as Oscar Stewart
as Jefferson Crowley
as Arnie Seeger
as Pardee
as Sen. Raymond Clark
as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
as Thomas Manstead
as Sam Benedict
as Tom Gaddis
as Dutton Peabody
as McClosky aka 'Mac'
as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga
as The Voice
as Second Engineer Walsh
as Mike Buchanan
as Commander Paul Stevenson
as Joseph Sharkey
as David Carson
as George Underwood
as Sgt. Miles Odeen
as Joe Jagger
as Al Preston
as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
as Russ Andrews
as Marshal Ben Clark
as Al Preston
as Dan Taggart
as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
as Winston Smith of the Outer Party
as Thaddeus Kubaczik
as Fran McCarg
as Ray Ericson
as Ray Ericson
as Jefferson Crowley
as Crowley
as Joel Flint
as Leo Waldek
as Oscar Muldoon
as Daniel Maynard
as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
as Capt. Matt Reardon
as Casca
as Ben Anthony
as Steve Rawley
as Roy Collins
as Self
as Capt. Joyce
as John Conroy
as Jim Vesser
as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
as Larkin Moffat
as John Vickers
as Capt. Simpson
as Rick Saunders
as Jim Reardon
as Grizzled Old Prospector
as Michael "Lefty" Farrell
as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
as Officer Dan Purvis
as Jimmy Stevens
as Mal Granger
as Self
as Steve Connolly
as Frank Bigelow
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Vic Pardo
as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)
as David Douglas
as Maj. Ed Hardin
as Lt. Tom Farrington
as Self
as Benjamin Hubbard
as Bill Friend
as Lt. Tom Farrington
as Bob Regan
as Jim Reardon
as Irving Miller
as Tom Holliday
as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant
as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley
as William Mayberry Burke
as Stephen Herrick
as Gringoire