Cast
Dave O'Brien
Acting
Cast
Dave O'Brien
Known for
Acting
Born
1912-05-31
From
Big Spring, Texas, USA
Died
1969-11-08
Also known as David Poole Fronabarger, David Fronabarger, David O'Brien
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.
★10.0
MOVIE1941
Double Trouble
as Sparky Barton
★6.0
MOVIE1945
Flaming Bullets
as Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
MOVIE1943
Fighting Valley
as Tex Wyatt
★4.3
MOVIE1942
Carry Harry
as Arthur - Harry's Friend
★5.1
MOVIE1933
Pick-up
as Party Boy (uncredited)
★4.0
MOVIE1937
Lightnin' Crandall
as Tommy Shannon
★9.0
MOVIE1945
Three in the Saddle
as Dave Wyatt
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Wonder Bar
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1954
Do Someone a Favor!
as George Dibson
★4.7
MOVIE1939
Water Rustlers
as Bob Lawson
★5.6
MOVIE1941
Forbidden Trails
as Jim Cramer
★4.2
MOVIE1939
Undercover Agent
as Billiards Player
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Captain Midnight
as Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
★5.5
MOVIE1946
Studio Visit
as O'Brien
MOVIE1950
Pest Control
as Cruising Wolf
★7.5
MOVIE1935
She Married Her Boss
as Shopper
★6.4
MOVIE1932
The Sign of the Cross
as Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1930
The Dawn Patrol
as Pilot (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1953
Kiss Me Kate
as Ralph
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Victory Quiz
★5.5
MOVIE1938
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Jeff Gray
MOVIE1944
Safety Sleuth
as Careless Man
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Just Suppose
as Husband (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1933
42nd Street
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1953
T.V. of Tomorrow
as Man on TV
★5.8
MOVIE1940
That Gang of Mine
as Knuckles Dolan
★4.3
MOVIE1944
Gangsters of the Frontier
as Dave Wyatt
★4.5
MOVIE1939
On Your Toes
as Man in Audience
★4.8
MOVIE1945
The Phantom of 42nd Street
as Tony Woolrich
★5.5
MOVIE1932
Rasputin and the Empress
as Soldier (uncredited)
★5.1
MOVIE1941
Spooks Run Wild
as Jeff Dixon
★7.5
MOVIE1942
Law and Order
as Jeff Travis
MOVIE1954
Meet the O'Briens
as Dave
★7.0
MOVIE1947
I Love My Wife BUT!
as The Husband
★7.0
MOVIE1945
Frontier Fugitives
as Dave Wyatt
★5.7
MOVIE1939
New Frontier
as Jason Braddock
★5.6
MOVIE1934
Murder at the Vanities
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
as Horace
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Have You Ever Wondered?
as Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
★6.0
MOVIE1950
A Wife's Life
as George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
★4.4
MOVIE1938
Tell Your Children
as Ralph
★7.2
MOVIE1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
MOVIE1947
Neighbor Pests
★5.6
MOVIE1934
Music in the Air
as Karl Roder (singing voice) (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1934
Tomorrow's Children
as Interne (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
What About Daddy?
as The Husband
★5.0
MOVIE1935
No More Ladies
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★5.1
MOVIE1942
Bowery at Midnight
as Det. Pete Crawford
★7.5
MOVIE1955
The Fall Guy
as Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Riders of the Sage
as Tom Martin
★5.0
MOVIE1944
Dead or Alive
as Dave Wyatt
★5.0
MOVIE1942
Prisoner of Japan
as U. S. Marine
★7.1
MOVIE1956
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Conductor
★5.9
MOVIE1930
Madam Satan
as Zeppelin Reveler
★5.7
MOVIE1940
Isle Of Destiny
as Whitey - Navy Radio Man
★5.0
MOVIE1932
Devil and the Deep
as Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1932
Hot Saturday
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1931
Flying High
as Dancer (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Man's Country
as Bat
★7.5
MOVIE1948
Let's Cogitate
as Oliver T. Aseltafel
MOVIE1955
The Man Around the House
as Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1954
Ain't It Aggravatin'
as Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
★5.5
MOVIE1934
Search for Beauty
as Talent Contestant (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1931
Consolation Marriage
as Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1941
Flying Wild
as Tom Lawson
★7.0
MOVIE1944
The Pinto Bandit
as Tex Wyatt
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Tennessee Champ
as Luke MacWade
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Frontier Scout
as Steve Norris
★5.6
MOVIE1933
College Humor
as Student
★4.6
MOVIE1940
Phantom Rancher
as Henchman Lucke
MOVIE1944
Sportsman's Memories
as Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1937
Rough Riding Rhythm
as Detective Waters
★6.0
MOVIE1945
Enemy of the Law
as Dave Wyatt
★5.8
MOVIE1939
Wyoming Outlaw
as Acacia Park Game Warden
★7.2
MOVIE1948
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
as The Son-In-Law / Husband
★6.0
MOVIE2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1933
Sitting Pretty
as Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
★3.3
MOVIE1931
Lover Come Back
as Pool Party Boy (uncredited)
★8.5
MOVIE1941
The Spider Returns
as Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Deadly Game
as Ralph Spencer
★6.8
MOVIE1936
Wanted - A Master
as Dog's Master (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1936
The Girl on the Front Page
as Nightclub Patron
★7.5
MOVIE1938
The Singing Cowgirl
as Dick Williams
★5.6
MOVIE1941
Billy the Kid Wanted
as Jeff
★9.0
MOVIE1954
Out for Fun
as Businessman Seeking Relaxation
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Treasures from Trash
as Alonzo T. Mousebrain
★8.0
MOVIE1949
Those Good Old Days
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Born to Be Wild
as Trucker (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1944
Movie Pests
as Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
★7.5
MOVIE1939
Crashing Thru
as Fred Chambers
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Whirlwind Horseman
as Henchman Slade
★6.0
MOVIE1944
The Whispering Skull
as Dave Wyatt
★5.7
MOVIE1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as George Baldwin
★7.3
MOVIE1942
King of the Stallions
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Boys of the City
as Knuckles Dolan
★6.5
MOVIE1932
Roar of the Dragon
as Submarine Crewman
★4.8
MOVIE1933
The World Changes
as Otto Peterson (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1934
Gift of Gab
as Dancer (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
The Rangers Take Over
as Tex Wyatt
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Son of the Navy
as Nelson
★6.1
MOVIE1939
The Arizona Kid
as Soldier
★8.0
MOVIE1956
The Desperados Are in Town
as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Hold That Woman!
as Miles Hanover
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Outlaws' Paradise
as Henchman Meggs
★6.8
MOVIE1935
Woman Wanted
as Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1934
Student Tour
as Student
★5.8
MOVIE1940
On the Spot
as Charlie
★6.2
MOVIE1934
We're Rich Again
as Pete (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Doubting Thomas
as Member of Audience
★5.1
MOVIE1939
Buried Alive
as Carson
★6.3
MOVIE1930
Good News
as Student
★6.2
MOVIE1939
Code of the Cactus
as Bob Swane
★6.3
MOVIE1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
as Sgt. Phil Lyons
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Down Texas Way
as Dave Dodge
★5.2
MOVIE1939
Daughter of the Tong
as Jerry Morgan
★6.4
MOVIE1940
East Side Kids
as Knuckles Dolan
★4.6
MOVIE1933
College Coach
as Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
as Tex Wyatt
★5.9
MOVIE1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
as Marion Scott
★5.3
MOVIE1939
Mutiny in the Big House
as Daniels
★6.7
MOVIE1943
Boss of Rawhide
as Tex Wyatt
★5.3
MOVIE1942
The Yanks Are Coming
as Sgt. Callahan
★5.0
MOVIE1932
Is My Face Red?
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1952
I Love Children, But!
as The Daddy
★8.0
MOVIE1941
The Texas Marshal
as Buzz Weston
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Million Dollar Racket
as Johnny Henessey
★5.3
MOVIE1941
The Gunman From Bodie
as Joe Martin
★6.0
MOVIE1944
Guns of the Law
as Tex Wyatt
★6.7
MOVIE1933
One Man's Journey
as Dance Extra (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1938
The Secret of Treasure Island
as Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
★9.0
MOVIE1940
The Cowboy from Sundown
as Steve Davis
★6.7
MOVIE1942
Calling All Pa's
as Joe Thunderstruck
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Starlight Over Texas
as Henchman
★6.8
MOVIE1939
The Fighting Renegade
as Dr. Jerry Leonard
★5.7
MOVIE1932
70,000 Witnesses
as Football Player (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Sheriff of Sage Valley
as Jeff
★4.5
MOVIE1939
Fighting Mad
as Constable Kelly
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Gun Packer
as Red Baker - Henchman
★5.3
MOVIE1940
The Devil Bat
as Johnny Layton
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Murder by Invitation
as Michael, the chauffeur
★10.0
MOVIE1946
I Love My Husband, But!
as The Husband
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Trail of Terror
as Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Brothers of the West
as Bart
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Danger Ahead
as Corporal Kelly
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Flaming Lead
as Frank Gordon
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
as Jeff
★5.7
MOVIE1940
Sky Bandits
as Constable Kelly
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Queen of the Yukon
as Bob Adams
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Spook Town
as Tex Wyatt
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Texas Wildcats
as Ed Arden
★4.1
MOVIE1940
Yukon Flight
as Constable Kelly
★5.7
MOVIE1946
Sure Cures
as Xavier T. Schneckendorf
★4.5
MOVIE1944
Gunsmoke Mesa
as Tex Wyatt
★5.0
MOVIE1945
Marked for Murder
as Dave Wyatt
★7.0
MOVIE1944
Brand of the Devil
as Tex Wyatt
★9.0
MOVIE1939
Trigger Smith
as Duke
★8.0
MOVIE1935
Ship Cafe
as Young Man (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Gun Code
as Henchman Gale
★10.0
MOVIE1944
Outlaw Roundup
as Tex Wyatt
★10.0
MOVIE1938
Song of the Buckaroo
as Tex Alden
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Cash Stashers
as A Shmoe Named Joe
★9.0
MOVIE1935
Welcome Home
as Stanley Phillips
★5.8
MOVIE1939
Rollin' Westward
as Ranch hand Red
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Texas Joe
★5.0
MOVIE1950
Did'ja Know?
as Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
★9.0
MOVIE1944
Tahiti Nights
as Jack
★5.7
MOVIE1940
Murder on the Yukon
as Constable Kelly
★10.0
MOVIE1943
Border Buckaroos
as Tex Wyatt
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Return of the Rangers
as Tex Wyatt
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Wrong Way Butch
as Butch
★10.0
MOVIE1941
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
as Jim Dana
★4.9
MOVIE1948
You Can't Win
as Harried Homeowner
★8.0
MOVIE1943
West of Texas
as Tex Wyatt
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Drifting Westward
as Henchman Trigger
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Utah Trail
as Mason - Bookkeeper
★6.5
MOVIE1936
The Black Coin
as Terry Navarro
★7.3
MOVIE1953
Things We Can Do Without
as Thaddeus E. Thud III
★5.3
MOVIE1952
Reducing
as Man on Bench (uncredited)
MOVIE1955
Just What I Needed
as Harry Horseknuckle
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Seventh Column
as Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man