Cast
Philip Ober
Acting
Cast
Philip Ober
Known for
Acting
Born
1902-03-23
From
Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Died
1982-09-13
Also known as Phil Ober, Philip Nott Ober
Biography
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).
★8.0
MOVIE1959
North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
★7.3
MOVIE1953
From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
MOVIE1938
Little Me
★6.8
MOVIE1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
★6.6
MOVIE1963
The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears
★7.3
MOVIE1960
Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
★6.1
MOVIE1958
Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
★3.9
MOVIE1934
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
as Jim
★6.0
MOVIE1968
Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
★6.5
MOVIE1954
Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
★5.1
MOVIE1961
Go Naked in the World
as Josh Kebner
★7.3
MOVIE1953
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson
★5.8
MOVIE1953
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Col. Reade
★5.1
MOVIE1951
The Unknown Man
as Wayne Kellwin
★6.0
MOVIE1959
Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
★5.5
MOVIE1950
The Secret Fury
as Gregory Kent
★7.1
MOVIE1958
Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
★7.4
MOVIE1954
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
★5.9
MOVIE1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
★5.9
MOVIE1950
The Magnificent Yankee
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE1960
The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
★6.9
MOVIE1953
Scandal at Scourie
as B. G. Belney
★6.3
MOVIE1964
The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor
★6.6
MOVIE1958
The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
★6.4
MOVIE1959
The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
★5.6
MOVIE1953
The Clown
as Ralph Z. Henderson
★5.7
MOVIE1957
Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Never a Dull Moment
as Jed
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Washington Story
as Gilbert Nunnally
MOVIE1939
The Glass Case
as Walter Drummond