
Dave O'Brien
- Date of Birth: 1912-05-31
- Date of Death: 1969-11-08
- Place of Birth: Big Spring, Texas, USA
Biography
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... 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.

That's Entertainment, Part II
Documentary, Music • 1976 May

The Dawn Patrol
War, Drama, Action • 1930 July

East Side Kids
Comedy, Drama, Thriller • 1940 February

Hot Saturday
Drama, Romance • 1932 October

Wanted - A Master
Family, Drama • 1936 December

The Kettles in the Ozarks
Comedy • 1956 April

Kiss Me Kate
Music, Comedy, Romance • 1953 November

T.V. of Tomorrow
Animation, Comedy • 1953 June

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Comedy, Drama, Romance, War • 1942 November

The Big Parade of Comedy
Comedy, Documentary • 1964 September