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).
North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes
Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
The Clown
as Ralph Z. Henderson
Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
Never a Dull Moment
as Jed
The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears
Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson
The Unknown Man
as Wayne Kellwin
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
Scandal at Scourie
as B. G. Belney
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
The Secret Fury
as Gregory Kent
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Col. Reade
Go Naked in the World
as Josh Kebner
The Adventures of Gallegher
as Hade
The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
The Magnificent Yankee
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
as Jim
Washington Story
as Gilbert Nunnally
The Glass Case
as Walter Drummond
