Edmond O'Brien

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). His many memorable films included The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Wild Bunch. He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which aired during the 1962-1963 television season. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edmond O'Brien, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Tom Gaddis

Birdman of Alcatraz

Freddie Sykes

The Wild Bunch

General Carter

Fantastic Voyage

Self (archive footage)

White Heat: Top of the World

Winston Smith of the Outer Party

1984

Det. Lt. Barney Nolan

Shield for Murder

Casca

Julius Caesar

Dutton Peabody

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Sen. Raymond Clark

Seven Days in May

Gringoire

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Al Preston

The Comedian

(in "White Heat") (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Gen. Raymond D. Barton

The Longest Day

Steve Connolly

Backfire

Oscar Muldoon

The Barefoot Contessa

Michael "Lefty" Farrell

Two of a Kind

Osborn Tremaine

The Love God?

Bob Regan

The Web

Roy Collins

The Hitch-Hiker

Bill Friend

A Double Life

Dan Taggart

A Cry in the Night

The Voice

The 3rd Voice

Jim Reardon

The Killers

Marty 'Fats' Murdock

The Girl Can't Help It

Fran McCarg

Pete Kelly's Blues

Mal Granger

711 Ocean Drive

David Douglas

An Act of Murder

John Conroy

The Turning Point

Jimmy Stevens

The Admiral Was a Lady

Officer Dan Purvis

Between Midnight and Dawn

Second Engineer Walsh

The Last Voyage

George

They Only Kill Their Masters

Vic Pardo

White Heat

Tom Holliday

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga

The Great Impostor

Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer

D-Day the Sixth of June

McClosky aka 'Mac'

Moon Pilot

Commander Paul Stevenson

Up Periscope

Steve Rawley

Man in the Dark

Frank Bigelow

D.O.A.

Uncle Frank Kelly

99 and 44/100% Dead

Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick

The Rack

Harry Graham / Harrison Graham

The Bigamist

Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)

Task Force

Lt. Tom Farrington

For the Love of Mary

Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger

Lucky Luciano

Arnie Seeger

The Hanged Man

Oscar Stewart

Sylvia

Maj. Ed Hardin

Fighter Squadron

Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)

The Redhead and The Cowboy

Chuck Dederich

Synanon

David Carson

The World Was His Jury

J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant

Powder Town

Capt. Matt Reardon

China Venture

Benjamin Hubbard

Another Part of the Forest

George Underwood

Stopover Tokyo

Jim Vesser

Denver and Rio Grande

'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley

Obliging Young Lady

Irving Miller

Winged Victory

John Vickers

Warpath

Stephen Herrick

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Sphax (publisher)

Peau d'espion

Daniel Maynard

The Shanghai Story

Morton Stillman

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

Justin Oates

Isn't It Shocking?

William Mayberry Burke

Parachute Battalion

Ricco Barone

Le vicomte règle ses comptes

Joseph Sharkey

Sing Boy Sing

Col. William Bodeen

The Intruders

Joe Jagger

The Big Land

The Man

The Doomsday Flight

R.J. Twitchell

River of Mystery

Det. Ed Burtelson

Jigsaw

Ben Anthony

Cow Country

Pat Mullins

The Other Side of the Wind

Lt. Tom Farrington

Something in the Wind

Col. Theron Pardee

Rio Conchos

Larkin Moffat

Silver City

Ray Ericson

Dark Stranger

Timothy MacDonald

Dream No Evil

Mike Buchanan

L'ambitieuse

Déjà-Vu

Marvin Bishop

The Outsider

Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

The Greatest Show on Earth

Jefferson Crowley

The Adventures of Gallegher

Jefferson Crowley

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

Self (archive footage)

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Under Capricorn

A Ticket for Thaddeus

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-09-10

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Edmund O'Brien