Dave O'Brien

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

177

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-05-31

Day of death

1969-11-08 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Big Spring, Texas, USA

Dave O'Brien

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 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.

Known For

  • No More Ladies

    No More Ladies

  • Danger Ahead

    Danger Ahead

  • Utah Trail

    Utah Trail

  • Gunsmoke Mesa

    Gunsmoke Mesa

  • Good News

    Good News

  • Yukon Flight

    Yukon Flight

  • Border Buckaroos

    Border Buckaroos

  • Student Tour

    Student Tour

  • Pick-up

    Pick-up

  • Double Trouble

    Double Trouble

  • Crashing Thru

    Crashing Thru

  • Gun Packer

    Gun Packer

  • Madam Satan

    Madam Satan

  • Wyoming Outlaw

    Wyoming Outlaw

  • Doubting Thomas

    Doubting Thomas

  • Buried Alive

    Buried Alive

  • Flying Wild

    Flying Wild

  • Frontier Fugitives

    Frontier Fugitives

  • Tennessee Champ

    Tennessee Champ

  • Phantom Rancher

    Phantom Rancher

  • Wonder Bar

    Wonder Bar

  • Sitting Pretty

    Sitting Pretty

  • New Frontier

    New Frontier

  • Outlaws' Paradise

    Outlaws' Paradise

  • Outlaw Roundup

    Outlaw Roundup

  • Gun Code

    Gun Code

  • Consolation Marriage

    Consolation Marriage

  • Hot Saturday

    Hot Saturday

  • Woman Wanted

    Woman Wanted

  • The Sign of the Cross

    The Sign of the Cross

  • Rollin' Westward

    Rollin' Westward

  • Fighting Valley

    Fighting Valley

  • Drifting Westward

    Drifting Westward

  • Things We Can Do Without

    Things We Can Do Without

  • Ship Cafe

    Ship Cafe

  • Reducing

    Reducing

  • Fighting Mad

    Fighting Mad

  • Sure Cures

    Sure Cures

  • Murder on the Yukon

    Murder on the Yukon

  • Frontier Scout

    Frontier Scout

  • Tahiti Nights

    Tahiti Nights

  • Queen of the Yukon

    Queen of the Yukon

  • The Desperados Are in Town

    The Desperados Are in Town

  • The Gunman From Bodie

    The Gunman From Bodie

  • College Coach

    College Coach

  • Seventh Column

    Seventh Column

  • Trigger Smith

    Trigger Smith

  • Texas Wildcats

    Texas Wildcats

  • Welcome Home

    Welcome Home

  • The Phantom of 42nd Street

    The Phantom of 42nd Street

  • The Yanks Are Coming

    The Yanks Are Coming

  • Lightnin' Crandall

    Lightnin' Crandall

  • Rasputin and the Empress

    Rasputin and the Empress

  • Devil and the Deep

    Devil and the Deep

  • The Kettles in the Ozarks

    The Kettles in the Ozarks

  • We're Rich Again

    We're Rich Again

  • The Rangers Take Over

    The Rangers Take Over

  • Song of the Buckaroo

    Song of the Buckaroo

  • Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

    Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

  • Murder by Invitation

    Murder by Invitation

  • 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

    'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

  • Just Suppose

    Just Suppose

  • Kiss Me Kate

    Kiss Me Kate

  • The Return of the Rangers

    The Return of the Rangers

  • The Dawn Patrol

    The Dawn Patrol

  • Flying High

    Flying High

  • The Black Coin

    The Black Coin

  • One Man's Journey

    One Man's Journey

  • Daughter of the Tong

    Daughter of the Tong

  • Gift of Gab

    Gift of Gab

  • Mutiny in the Big House

    Mutiny in the Big House

  • The Arizona Kid

    The Arizona Kid

  • Tell Your Children

    Tell Your Children

  • 70,000 Witnesses

    70,000 Witnesses

  • Boys of the City

    Boys of the City

  • The Secret of Treasure Island

    The Secret of Treasure Island

  • Where the Buffalo Roam

    Where the Buffalo Roam

  • Isle Of Destiny

    Isle Of Destiny

  • Trail of Terror

    Trail of Terror

  • Spooks Run Wild

    Spooks Run Wild

  • Bowery at Midnight

    Bowery at Midnight

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • T.V. of Tomorrow

    T.V. of Tomorrow

  • Sheriff of Sage Valley

    Sheriff of Sage Valley

  • Music in the Air

    Music in the Air

  • The Man Who Walked Alone

    The Man Who Walked Alone

  • Brothers of the West

    Brothers of the West

  • The Pinto Bandit

    The Pinto Bandit

  • Undercover Agent

    Undercover Agent

  • Riders of the Sage

    Riders of the Sage

  • West of Texas

    West of Texas

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • Did'ja Know?

    Did'ja Know?

  • Boss of Rawhide

    Boss of Rawhide

  • Tomorrow's Children

    Tomorrow's Children

  • Roar of the Dragon

    Roar of the Dragon

  • The Spider Returns

    The Spider Returns

  • College Humor

    College Humor

  • Murder at the Vanities

    Murder at the Vanities

  • Billy the Kid Wanted

    Billy the Kid Wanted

  • That Gang of Mine

    That Gang of Mine

  • Just What I Needed

    Just What I Needed

  • The Deadly Game

    The Deadly Game

  • Rough Riding Rhythm

    Rough Riding Rhythm

  • The Girl on the Front Page

    The Girl on the Front Page

  • Have You Ever Wondered?

    Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Carry Harry

    Carry Harry

  • On Your Toes

    On Your Toes

  • The Fighting Renegade

    The Fighting Renegade

  • Million Dollar Racket

    Million Dollar Racket

  • The Devil Bat

    The Devil Bat

  • Guns of the Law

    Guns of the Law

  • She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

  • Bad Men of Thunder Gap

    Bad Men of Thunder Gap

  • Wrong Way Butch

    Wrong Way Butch

  • Calling All Pa's

    Calling All Pa's

  • The World Changes

    The World Changes

  • Let's Cogitate

    Let's Cogitate

  • Man's Country

    Man's Country

  • The Texas Marshal

    The Texas Marshal

  • Is My Face Red?

    Is My Face Red?

  • Victory Quiz

    Victory Quiz

  • Forbidden Trails

    Forbidden Trails

  • Enemy of the Law

    Enemy of the Law

  • I Love My Husband, But!

    I Love My Husband, But!

  • The Singing Cowgirl

    The Singing Cowgirl

  • Wanted - A Master

    Wanted - A Master

  • Dead or Alive

    Dead or Alive

  • I Love My Wife BUT!

    I Love My Wife BUT!

  • Water Rustlers

    Water Rustlers

  • Treasures from Trash

    Treasures from Trash

  • East Side Kids

    East Side Kids

  • Prisoner of Japan

    Prisoner of Japan

  • The Man Around the House

    The Man Around the House

  • The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy

  • Brand of the Devil

    Brand of the Devil

  • Three in the Saddle

    Three in the Saddle

  • Neighbor Pests

    Neighbor Pests

  • A Wife's Life

    A Wife's Life

  • Safety Sleuth

    Safety Sleuth

  • Studio Visit

    Studio Visit

  • Flaming Bullets

    Flaming Bullets

  • Down Texas Way

    Down Texas Way

  • Gangsters of the Frontier

    Gangsters of the Frontier

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

    I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

  • The Cowboy from Sundown

    The Cowboy from Sundown

  • Spook Town

    Spook Town

  • Code of the Cactus

    Code of the Cactus

  • Sky Bandits

    Sky Bandits

  • Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be Wild

  • Do Someone a Favor!

    Do Someone a Favor!

  • The Whispering Skull

    The Whispering Skull

  • Captain Midnight

    Captain Midnight

  • What About Daddy?

    What About Daddy?

  • Hold That Woman!

    Hold That Woman!

  • Ain't It Aggravatin'

    Ain't It Aggravatin'

  • Son of the Navy

    Son of the Navy

  • Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

    Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

  • Search for Beauty

    Search for Beauty

  • Sportsman's Memories

    Sportsman's Memories

  • Starlight Over Texas

    Starlight Over Texas

  • Those Good Old Days

    Those Good Old Days

  • King of the Stallions

    King of the Stallions

  • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

  • Flaming Lead

    Flaming Lead

  • Marked for Murder

    Marked for Murder

  • Out for Fun

    Out for Fun

  • 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

  • On the Spot

    On the Spot

  • Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

    Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

  • Whirlwind Horseman

    Whirlwind Horseman

  • I Love Children, But!

    I Love Children, But!

  • Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

    Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

  • Movie Pests

    Movie Pests

  • Cash Stashers

    Cash Stashers

  • You Can't Win

    You Can't Win