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Philip Ober

Actor
Died September 13, 1982 (80 years)
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).
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show
  • Bonanza
  • The Real McCoys
  • Make Room for Daddy
  • Death Valley Days
  • Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Known For
  • North by Northwest
  • From Here to Eternity
  • Come Back, Little Sheba
  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
  • Torpedo Run
  • Tammy and the Bachelor
  • The Mating Game
  • Beloved Infidel
  • The Facts of Life
  • The Secret Fury
  • The Magnificent Yankee
  • The Brass Bottle
  • The Clown
  • Chloe, Love Is Calling You
  • Assignment to Kill
  • Washington Story
  • The Girls of Pleasure Island
  • The Crimebusters

Filmography

1968
Assignment to Kill · as Bohlen
1966
Family Affair (TV Series)
1966
The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Cal Diver
1966
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken · as Nicholas Simmons
1965
The Monkees (TV Series)
1965
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as General Stone
1965
Tammy (TV Series) · as Mr. Walter Danford
1965
Honey West (TV Series) · as J. J. Vanderhyden
1965
I Spy (TV Series) · as Mr. Sommers
1964
Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as Anderson
1964
No Time for Sergeants (TV Series) · as Colonel Newton
1964
The Brass Bottle · as William J. Beevor
1964
The Munsters (TV Series)
1963
The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series) · as Mr. Page
1963
Temple Houston (TV Series) · as Bert Clarke
1963
Channing (TV Series) · as Partridge
1963
Grindl (TV Series)
1963
Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Judge Perry
1963
The Ugly American · as Ambassador Sears
1962
McHale's Navy (TV Series) · as Admiral Rafferty
1962
The Eleventh Hour (TV Series)
1962
Empire (TV Series) · as Walter Kenner
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Colonel Hoey
1962
Sam Benedict (TV Series)
1962
The Crimebusters · as Herman Hauzner
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Howard
1961
Hazel (TV Series) · as Addison Sudley
1961
Ripcord (TV Series) · as Brunner
1961
Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Herman Hausner
1961
Go Naked in the World · as Josh Kebner
1960
The Facts of Life · as Doc Mason
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph · as Grant Holloway
1960
Outlaws (TV Series) · as Davies
1960
Checkmate (TV Series) · as Marshall Winslow
1960
Thriller (TV Series) · as Elmer Hooper
1960
Elmer Gantry · as Reverend Planck
1959
Beloved Infidel · as John Wheeler
1959
Mr. Lucky (TV Series)
1959
Ford Startime (TV Series)
1959
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Mr. Henderson
1959
The Man and the Challenge (TV Series) · as Clifford Beck
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Hal Oliver
1959
North by Northwest · as Lester Townsend
1959
The Mating Game · as Wendell Burnshaw
1958
The High Cost of Loving · as Herb Zorn
1958
Torpedo Run · as Adm. Samuel Setton
1958
Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as General Silas Guild
1958
1958
Ten North Frederick · as Lloyd Williams
1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) (TV Series) · as Norman Sheridan
1957
Escapade in Japan · as Lt. Col. Hargrave
1957
The Real McCoys (TV Series) · as Mr. Cooperton
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge
1957
M Squad (TV Series) · as George Brayden
1957
Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as General Humphrey
1957
Tammy and the Bachelor · as Alfred Bissle
1957
Date with the Angels (TV Series) · as Cast
1957
Whirlybirds (TV Series) · as Mr. Waters
1956
Broken Arrow (TV Series) · as Costain
1955
Matinee Theater (TV Series)
1955
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Wilton Stark
1955
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as Andrews
1955
The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Lawyer
1955
Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) · as Prof. Carl Schneider
1955
The Star and the Story (TV Series) · as Richard Harenger
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as Hade
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Frank Sumner
1954
Broken Lance · as Van Cleve
1954
Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Capt. Burton
1954
About Mrs. Leslie · as Mort Finley
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Paul
1953
Make Room for Daddy (TV Series) · as Dr. Edwards
1953
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Tom
1953
From Here to Eternity · as Capt. Dana Holmes
1953
Scandal at Scourie · as B. G. Belney
1953
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Chief George Mcmanus
1953
The Clown · as Ralph Z. Henderson
1952
Come Back, Little Sheba · as Ed Anderson
1952
Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as John Compton
1952
Washington Story · as Gilbert Nunnally
1952
Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Major Galloway
1951
The Unknown Man · as Wayne Kellwin
1951
I Love Lucy (TV Series) · as Arnold (uncredited)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
The Magnificent Yankee · as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
1950
The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) · as 1st Executive
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Walter Craig
1950
1950
The Secret Fury · as Gregory Kent
1934

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