Dave O'Brien
Acting
🎂 1912-05-31
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.
Cast credits(175)
Dave Wyatt
1945
Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
1942
Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
1932
Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
1964
Self (archive footage)
2006
Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
1943
Dave Wyatt
1944
Dave Wyatt
1944
Tex Wyatt
1943
Jeff Dixon
1941
Dave Wyatt
1945
1942
Tex Wyatt
1944
(archive footage)
1976
Ralph
1953
Dave Wyatt
1945
Fred Chambers
1939
Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
1945
O'Brien
1946
Constable Kelly
1939
Tex Wyatt
1943
Tex Wyatt
1942
Tex Wyatt
1944
Jeff
1942
Dave Wyatt
1944
Tex Wyatt
1943
Det. Pete Crawford
1942
Soldier
1939
Tex Wyatt
1943
Tex Wyatt
1944
Marion Scott
1945
Dancer (uncredited)
1931
Henchman
1938
Young Man (uncredited)
1935
Corporal Kelly
1940
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1932
Dave Wyatt
1945
Tony Woolrich
1945
Tex Wyatt
1944
Thaddeus E. Thud III
1953
Man in Audience
1939
Trucker (uncredited)
1938
Student
1930
Pete (uncredited)
1934
Red Baker - Henchman
1938
Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
1932
Texas Joe
1941
Tex Wyatt
1944
Ralph
1938
Tex Wyatt
1943
Henchman Meggs
1939
Jason Braddock
1939
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1934
Johnny Henessey
1937
Ralph Spencer
1941
Pilot (uncredited)
1930
Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
1933
Party Guest (uncredited)
1935
Michael, the chauffeur
1941
Tex Wyatt
1943
Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
1955
Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
1931
Horace
1946
Ed Arden
1939
Sgt. Callahan
1942
Billiards Player
1939
Knuckles Dolan
1940
Bob Swane
1939
Shopper
1935
Tom Lawson
1941
Student
1934
Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
1947
Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
1956
Jeff
1942
Tex Wyatt
1944
Student
1933
Nightclub Patron
1936
Dance Extra (uncredited)
1933
Carson
1939
Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
1933
Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
1954
Miles Hanover
1940
Submarine Crewman
1932
Arthur - Harry's Friend
1942
Dr. Jerry Leonard
1939
Jeff
1941
Mason - Bookkeeper
1938
Bob Lawson
1939
Tom Martin
1939
Johnny Layton
1940
Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
1943
Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
1944
Jeff Gray
1938
Whitey - Navy Radio Man
1940
Knuckles Dolan
1940
Soldier (uncredited)
1932
Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
1941
U. S. Marine
1942
Terry Navarro
1936
Member of Audience
1935
Football Player (uncredited)
1932
Oliver T. Aseltafel
1948
Acacia Park Game Warden
1939
Dancer (uncredited)
1934
Xavier T. Schneckendorf
1946
Husband (uncredited)
1948
Luke MacWade
1954
Steve Norris
1938
Daniels
1939
Duke
1939
Constable Kelly
1940
Harry Horseknuckle
1955
Dick Williams
1938
Knuckles Dolan
1940
Bat
1938
Henchman Lucke
1940
Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
1935
Jack
1944
Man on Bench (uncredited)
1952
Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
1938
1947
Jerry Morgan
1939
Sgt. Phil Lyons
1942
The Husband
1946
Ranch hand Red
1939
Party Guest (Uncredited)
1932
Jim Dana
1941
Dog's Master (uncredited)
1936
Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
1955
Tommy Shannon
1937
Stanley Phillips
1935
Henchman Trigger
1939
Bart
1937
Joe Martin
1941
Charlie
1940
Zeppelin Reveler
1930
The Husband
1947
Jeff Travis
1942
Man on TV
1953
Henchman Gale
1940
Frank Gordon
1939
The Son-In-Law / Husband
1948
Bob Adams
1940
Party Boy (uncredited)
1933
Constable Kelly
1940
Joe Thunderstruck
1942
Careless Man
1944
Alonzo T. Mousebrain
1946
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1934
Constable Kelly
1940
Conductor
1956
A Shmoe Named Joe
1953
Henchman Slade
1938
The Daddy
1952
Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
1950
Buzz Weston
1941
Interne (uncredited)
1934
The Husband
1942
1949
Businessman Seeking Relaxation
1954
Butch
1950
Nelson
1940
George Dibson
1954
George Baldwin
1936
Sparky Barton
1941
Dave Dodge
1942
1942
Harried Homeowner
1948
Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
1944
George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
1950
Detective Waters
1937
Steve Davis
1940
Jim Cramer
1941
Tex Alden
1938
Talent Contestant (uncredited)
1934
Crew (3)
Writing (36)
Screenplay
1953
Story
1953
Story
1955
Screenplay
1955
Writer
1946
Screenplay
1953
Original Story
1953
Writer
1951
Writer
1947
Story
1954
Writer
1946
Writer
1948
Screenplay
1955
Screenplay
1952
Original Story
1952
Screenplay
1946
Story
1946
Writer
1947
Story
1947
Screenplay
1947
Writer
1951
Screenplay
1948
Original Story
1948
Screenplay
1946
Story
1953
Screenplay
1953
Writer
1952
Screenplay
1950
Writer
1948
Writer
1954
Original Story
1950
Screenplay
1950
Screenplay
1954
Writer
1948
Screenplay
1950
Story
1950
Directing (40)
Director
1953
Director
1955
Director
1946
Director
1947
Director
1951
Director
1947
Director
1954
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1947
Director
1948
Director
1946
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1948
Director
1955
Director
1948
Director
1952
Director
1947
Director
1946
Director
1950
Director
1953
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1955
Director
1947
Director
1947
Director
1951
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1948
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1946
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1949
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1953
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1952
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1950
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1950
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1948
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1952
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1954
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1950
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1947
Director
1954