Edmond O'Brien
Acting1915New 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
Acting History
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
1972
Jigsaw
as Det. Ed Burtelson
They Only Kill Their Masters
as George
The Streets of San Francisco
TVas Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD• 1 eps
McMillan & Wife
TVas Mr. Fontaine• 1 eps
Temperatures Rising
TVas Dr. Banning
1971
The High Chaparral
TVas Morgan MacQuarie• 1 eps
The Name of the Game
TVas John Bergman• 1 eps
1970
Dream No Evil
as Timothy MacDonald
1969
The Wild Bunch
as Freddie Sykes
The Love God?
as Osborn Tremaine
It Takes a Thief
TVas Rocky McCauley• 1 eps
1968
Mission: Impossible
TVas Raymond Halder• 1 eps
1967
To Commit a Murder
as Sphax (publisher)
The Viscount
as Ricco Barone
The Virginian
TVas Thomas Manstead• 1 eps
1966
Fantastic Voyage
as General Carter
The Doomsday Flight
as The Man
1965
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Jefferson Crowley
Synanon
as Chuck Dederich
Sylvia
as Oscar Stewart
1964
1962
The Longest Day
as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
Birdman of Alcatraz
as Tom Gaddis
Moon Pilot
as McClosky aka 'Mac'
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Dutton Peabody
Sam Benedict
TVas Sam Benedict• 28 eps
1961
Man-Trap
Director
1960
The Great Impostor
as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga
The 3rd Voice
as The Voice
The Last Voyage
as Second Engineer Walsh
1959
Up Periscope
as Commander Paul Stevenson
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Russ Andrews / Marshal Ben Clark• 1 eps
1958
The World Was His Jury
as David Carson
Suspicion
TVas Sgt. Miles Odeen• 1 eps
1957
1956
Do Re Mi
as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
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
The Rack
as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
Climax!
TVas Leo Waldek• 1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
TVas Thaddeus Kubaczik• 1 eps
1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
as Fran McCarg
The Oscars
TVas Self• 3 eps
The Red Skelton Show
TVas Grizzled Old Prospector• 1 eps
1954
The Shanghai Story
as Daniel Maynard
The Barefoot Contessa
as Oscar Muldoon
The Bob Hope Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Crowley / Jefferson Crowley
The Ford Television Theatre
TVas Capt. Joyce• 1 eps
The George Gobel Show
TVas Self
1953
Man in the Dark
as Steve Rawley
The Hitch-Hiker
as Roy Collins
The Bigamist
as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
Cow Country
as Ben Anthony
Julius Caesar
as Casca
China Venture
as Capt. Matt Reardon
1952
The Turning Point
as John Conroy
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Denver and Rio Grande
as Jim Vesser
1951
Silver City
as Larkin Moffat
Warpath
as John Vickers
The Redhead and the Cowboy
as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
1950
Between Midnight and Dawn
as Officer Dan Purvis
Backfire
as Steve Connolly
711 Ocean Drive
as Mal Granger
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Maj. Jepelo / Mike Dixon / Mr. Protis / Harry 'Steve' Morgan / Rorsford / Randall / Hal
1949
Task Force
as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)
Under Capricorn
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
White Heat
as Vic Pardo
Dead on arrival
as Frank Bigelow
1948
An Act of Murder
as David Douglas
Another Part of the Forest
as Benjamin Hubbard
For the Love of Mary
as Lt. Tom Farrington
Fighter Squadron
as Maj. Ed Hardin
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1947
The Dark Web
as Bob Regan
Something in the Wind
as Lt. Tom Farrington
1946
Ernest Hemingway's 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