Dave O'Brien
1912-05-31 ( 112 years old ) in Big Spring, Texas, USA

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.

Movies

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage 2006-03-21
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976-05-16
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964-09-02
The Desperados Are in Town 1956-11-01
The Kettles in the Ozarks 1956-04-01
The Fall Guy 1955-06-04
Just What I Needed 1955-04-15
The Man Around the House 1955-01-01
Out for Fun 1954-05-08
Do Someone a Favor! 1954-04-10
Tennessee Champ 1954-03-03
Ain't It Aggravatin' 1954-02-06
Things We Can Do Without 1953-12-05
Kiss Me Kate 1953-11-26
Cash Stashers 1953-08-29
T.V. of Tomorrow 1953-06-06
I Love Children, But! 1952-12-27
Reducing 1952-03-22
Wrong Way Butch 1950-09-02
A Wife's Life 1950-09-01
Did'ja Know? 1950-05-06
Those Good Old Days 1949-04-16
Let's Cogitate 1948-12-25
Just Suppose 1948-07-17
You Can't Win 1948-05-29
I Love My Mother-In-Law But... 1948-02-07
Have You Ever Wondered? 1947-12-13
Neighbor Pests 1947-05-03
I Love My Wife BUT! 1947-04-05
I Love My Husband, But! 1946-12-07
Sure Cures 1946-11-02
Treasures from Trash 1946-06-08
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11 1946-05-18
Studio Visit 1946-05-11
Flaming Bullets 1945-10-14
Frontier Fugitives 1945-09-01
Three in the Saddle 1945-07-26
Enemy of the Law 1945-05-07
The Phantom of 42nd Street 1945-05-02
The Man Who Walked Alone 1945-03-15
Marked for Murder 1945-02-08
The Whispering Skull 1944-12-29
Tahiti Nights 1944-12-28
Safety Sleuth 1944-11-25
Dead or Alive 1944-11-09
Gangsters of the Frontier 1944-09-22
Gunsmoke Mesa 1944-09-01
Brand of the Devil 1944-07-30
Movie Pests 1944-07-08
Spook Town 1944-06-03
The Pinto Bandit 1944-04-26
Sportsman's Memories 1944-04-22
Guns of the Law 1944-03-30
Outlaw Roundup 1944-02-10
Boss of Rawhide 1943-11-20
The Return of the Rangers 1943-10-26
Trail of Terror 1943-09-06
Fighting Valley 1943-08-08
Seventh Column 1943-07-31
Border Buckaroos 1943-06-15
West of Texas 1943-05-10
Bad Men of Thunder Gap 1943-03-05
The Rangers Take Over 1942-12-25
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge 1942-11-20
The Yanks Are Coming 1942-11-09
Bowery at Midnight 1942-10-30
Calling All Pa's 1942-10-24
King of the Stallions 1942-09-18
Carry Harry 1942-09-03
Sheriff of Sage Valley 1942-09-02
Law and Order 1942-08-21
Prisoner of Japan 1942-07-22
Down Texas Way 1942-05-22
Victory Quiz 1942-05-09
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns 1942-05-01
What About Daddy? 1942-02-28
Captain Midnight 1942-02-15
Forbidden Trails 1941-12-25
Double Trouble 1941-11-21
Spooks Run Wild 1941-10-24
Billy the Kid Wanted 1941-10-03
The Gunman From Bodie 1941-09-19
The Deadly Game 1941-08-08
The Texas Marshal 1941-07-12
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe 1941-07-11
Murder by Invitation 1941-06-30
The Spider Returns 1941-05-09
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto 1941-05-05
Flying Wild 1941-03-10
The Devil Bat 1940-12-13
That Gang of Mine 1940-09-23
The Cowboy from Sundown 1940-09-05
Queen of the Yukon 1940-08-26
Gun Code 1940-08-03
Boys of the City 1940-07-15
Sky Bandits 1940-07-06
Hold That Woman! 1940-06-28
On the Spot 1940-06-11
Phantom Rancher 1940-03-31
Son of the Navy 1940-03-30
Isle Of Destiny 1940-03-08
Murder on the Yukon 1940-02-25
East Side Kids 1940-02-10
Danger Ahead 1940-01-22
Yukon Flight 1940-01-02
Crashing Thru 1939-12-11
Buried Alive 1939-11-06
Fighting Mad 1939-11-05
Flaming Lead 1939-11-01
Mutiny in the Big House 1939-10-24
On Your Toes 1939-10-14
The Arizona Kid 1939-09-28
The Fighting Renegade 1939-08-31
Daughter of the Tong 1939-08-28
New Frontier 1939-08-10
Riders of the Sage 1939-08-01
Wyoming Outlaw 1939-06-27
Undercover Agent 1939-04-19
Outlaws' Paradise 1939-04-18
Texas Wildcats 1939-04-09
Trigger Smith 1939-03-22
Rollin' Westward 1939-03-01
Code of the Cactus 1939-02-25
Drifting Westward 1939-01-25
Water Rustlers 1939-01-06
Song of the Buckaroo 1938-12-07
Gun Packer 1938-11-16
Where the Buffalo Roam 1938-10-12
Frontier Scout 1938-09-16
Starlight Over Texas 1938-09-06
Utah Trail 1938-08-12
Man's Country 1938-07-06
Tell Your Children 1938-06-15
The Singing Cowgirl 1938-06-02
Whirlwind Horseman 1938-04-29
The Secret of Treasure Island 1938-03-17
Born to Be Wild 1938-02-16
Million Dollar Racket 1937-09-30
Rough Riding Rhythm 1937-08-14
Brothers of the West 1937-06-29
Lightnin' Crandall 1937-03-24
Wanted - A Master 1936-12-26
The Girl on the Front Page 1936-09-26
The Black Coin 1936-09-01
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell 1936-01-13
Ship Cafe 1935-11-09
She Married Her Boss 1935-09-19
Welcome Home 1935-08-09
Woman Wanted 1935-08-02
Doubting Thomas 1935-07-10
No More Ladies 1935-06-14
Student Tour 1934-10-05
Gift of Gab 1934-09-01
We're Rich Again 1934-07-13
Tomorrow's Children 1934-07-02
Murder at the Vanities 1934-05-18
Wonder Bar 1934-03-31
Search for Beauty 1934-02-02
Sitting Pretty 1933-11-23
College Coach 1933-11-04
One Man's Journey 1933-08-31
College Humor 1933-07-05
Pick-up 1933-03-24
Rasputin and the Empress 1932-12-23
The Sign of the Cross 1932-11-30
Hot Saturday 1932-10-28
70,000 Witnesses 1932-09-09
Roar of the Dragon 1932-07-08
Is My Face Red? 1932-06-17
Consolation Marriage 1931-11-21
Flying High 1931-11-14
Madam Satan 1930-09-20
Good News 1930-08-22
The Dawn Patrol 1930-07-10

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