Actor

Dave O'Brien

Acting

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Acting credits

165

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.5

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Movies: 175Series: 2Crew credits: 25

TMDB ID: 118633

IMDb ID: nm0639495

Known for: Acting

Born: May 31, 1912

Died: November 8, 1969

Age: 57

Place of birth: Big Spring, Texas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1930 - 2006

Years active: 77

Average TMDB rating: 6.01

Wikidata: Q3017220

Also known as

David Poole Fronabarger • David Fronabarger • David O'Brien • Dave O'Brian • Dave Tex O'Brien • Dave 'Tex' O'Brien • Tex O'Brien • Tex Coe • David Barclay • Dave Barclay

Other jobs

Director (16)Writer (4)Stunts (3)Original Story (1)Teleplay (1)

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Biography

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.