Philip Ober
6.2Acting

Philip Ober

Mar 23, 1902 - Fort Payne, Alabama, USA

Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor. He later retired from acting to work as a diplomat.

Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films From Here to Eternity (1953) and North by Northwest (1959). His other notable credits include The Magnificent Yankee (1950), Broken Lance (1954), Torpedo Run (1958) and The Ugly American (1963).

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1959North by NorthwestLester Townsend
Movie1960Elmer GantryReverend Planck
Movie1953From Here to EternityCapt. Dana Holmes
Movie1966The Ghost & Mr. ChickenNicholas Simmons
Movie1954Broken LanceVan Cleve
Movie1959The Mating GameWendell Burnshaw
Movie1960The Facts of LifeDoc Mason
Movie1951The Unknown ManWayne Kellwin
Movie1958Torpedo RunAdm. Samuel Setton
Movie1950The Secret FuryGregory Kent
Movie1953Come Back, Little ShebaEd Anderson
Movie1953The ClownRalph Z. Henderson
Movie1950The Magnificent YankeeOwen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Movie1954About Mrs. LeslieMort Finley
Movie1953The Girls of Pleasure IslandCol. Reade
Movie1957Escapade in JapanLt. Col. Hargrave
Movie1934Chloe, Love Is Calling YouJim
Movie1961Go Naked in the WorldJosh Kebner
Movie1952Washington StoryGilbert Nunnally
Movie1953Scandal at ScourieB. G. Belney
Movie1959Beloved InfidelJohn Wheeler
Movie1968Assignment to KillBohlen
Movie1950Never a Dull MomentJed
Movie1957Tammy and the BachelorAlfred Bissle
Movie1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphGrant Holloway
Movie1963The Ugly AmericanAmbassador Sears
Movie1958Ten North FrederickLloyd Williams
Movie1964The Brass BottleWilliam J. Beevor
Movie1965The Adventures of GallegherHade
Movie1958The High Cost of LovingHerb Zorn
Movie1939The Glass CaseWalter Drummond
Movie1938Little Me
TV Show1966Family Affair1
TV Show1961Cain's HundredHerman Hausner2
TV Show1959Mr. Lucky1
TV Show1965I Dream of JeannieGeneral Stone2
TV Show1964The Munsters1
TV Show1951I Love LucyArnold (uncredited)2
TV Show1957Perry MasonRalph Davis1
TV Show1953General Electric TheaterMr. Goodwin1
TV Show1959The Twilight ZoneMr. Henderson1
TV Show1960Bringing Up Buddy1
TV Show1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWilton Stark1
TV Show1966The Monkees1
TV Show1962Sam Benedict1
TV Show1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1
TV Show1962The Eleventh Hour1
TV Show1960ThrillerElmer Hooper1
TV Show1950Lux Video Theatre1
TV Show1957M SquadGeorge Brayden1
TV Show1955The 20th Century Fox Hour1
TV Show1964Profiles in CourageAnderson1
TV Show1955Matinee Theater1
TV Show1963Grindl1
TV Show1957SugarfootGeneral Humphrey1
TV Show1958Bat MastersonGeneral Silas Guild1
TV Show1965Honey WestJ. J. Vanderhyden1
TV Show1953City Detective1
TV Show1953Letter to LorettaTom1
TV Show1966The Tammy Grimes Show1
TV Show1963ChanningPartridge1
TV Show1953General Electric TheaterChief George McManus1
TV Show1950Lux Video TheatreWalter Craig1
TV Show1960CheckmateMarshall Winslow1
TV Show1957Perry MasonPeter Dawson1
TV Show1957Perry MasonAlbert Keller1
TV Show1957Perry MasonHarvey Farrell1
TV Show1957Perry MasonSumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge1
TV Show1959Startime1
TV Show1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourColonel Hoey1
TV Show1961RipcordDr. Ladd1

Crew

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