Dave O'Brien

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

176

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

  • The Yanks Are Coming

    The Yanks Are Coming

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • Sheriff of Sage Valley

    Sheriff of Sage Valley

  • Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

    Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

  • Good News

    Good News

  • We're Rich Again

    We're Rich Again

  • Riders of the Sage

    Riders of the Sage

  • Devil and the Deep

    Devil and the Deep

  • Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

    Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

  • Flying High

    Flying High

  • Mutiny in the Big House

    Mutiny in the Big House

  • Gunsmoke Mesa

    Gunsmoke Mesa

  • Murder on the Yukon

    Murder on the Yukon

  • Million Dollar Racket

    Million Dollar Racket

  • Bowery at Midnight

    Bowery at Midnight

  • Flying Wild

    Flying Wild

  • Reducing

    Reducing

  • Murder by Invitation

    Murder by Invitation

  • Starlight Over Texas

    Starlight Over Texas

  • Texas Wildcats

    Texas Wildcats

  • The Phantom of 42nd Street

    The Phantom of 42nd Street

  • Trail of Terror

    Trail of Terror

  • Phantom Rancher

    Phantom Rancher

  • Seventh Column

    Seventh Column

  • The Arizona Kid

    The Arizona Kid

  • Gun Packer

    Gun Packer

  • Wonder Bar

    Wonder Bar

  • East Side Kids

    East Side Kids

  • Whirlwind Horseman

    Whirlwind Horseman

  • Tahiti Nights

    Tahiti Nights

  • The Spider Returns

    The Spider Returns

  • One Man's Journey

    One Man's Journey

  • The Gunman From Bodie

    The Gunman From Bodie

  • Border Buckaroos

    Border Buckaroos

  • Wyoming Outlaw

    Wyoming Outlaw

  • Madam Satan

    Madam Satan

  • Crashing Thru

    Crashing Thru

  • Sure Cures

    Sure Cures

  • Kiss Me Kate

    Kiss Me Kate

  • On the Spot

    On the Spot

  • Yukon Flight

    Yukon Flight

  • Hold That Woman!

    Hold That Woman!

  • Queen of the Yukon

    Queen of the Yukon

  • The Man Who Walked Alone

    The Man Who Walked Alone

  • The Rangers Take Over

    The Rangers Take Over

  • The Sign of the Cross

    The Sign of the Cross

  • Brothers of the West

    Brothers of the West

  • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

  • Just What I Needed

    Just What I Needed

  • Boss of Rawhide

    Boss of Rawhide

  • The Pinto Bandit

    The Pinto Bandit

  • Buried Alive

    Buried Alive

  • Rasputin and the Empress

    Rasputin and the Empress

  • The Return of the Rangers

    The Return of the Rangers

  • Movie Pests

    Movie Pests

  • Spook Town

    Spook Town

  • The Desperados Are in Town

    The Desperados Are in Town

  • Outlaws' Paradise

    Outlaws' Paradise

  • West of Texas

    West of Texas

  • No More Ladies

    No More Ladies

  • Gun Code

    Gun Code

  • The Secret of Treasure Island

    The Secret of Treasure Island

  • Welcome Home

    Welcome Home

  • Tell Your Children

    Tell Your Children

  • The Fighting Renegade

    The Fighting Renegade

  • The Deadly Game

    The Deadly Game

  • Billy the Kid Wanted

    Billy the Kid Wanted

  • 70,000 Witnesses

    70,000 Witnesses

  • Daughter of the Tong

    Daughter of the Tong

  • Ship Cafe

    Ship Cafe

  • The Dawn Patrol

    The Dawn Patrol

  • Frontier Fugitives

    Frontier Fugitives

  • Doubting Thomas

    Doubting Thomas

  • Sitting Pretty

    Sitting Pretty

  • 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

    'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

  • New Frontier

    New Frontier

  • Guns of the Law

    Guns of the Law

  • Isle Of Destiny

    Isle Of Destiny

  • Drifting Westward

    Drifting Westward

  • Danger Ahead

    Danger Ahead

  • Water Rustlers

    Water Rustlers

  • Spooks Run Wild

    Spooks Run Wild

  • Consolation Marriage

    Consolation Marriage

  • Frontier Scout

    Frontier Scout

  • Calling All Pa's

    Calling All Pa's

  • On Your Toes

    On Your Toes

  • Student Tour

    Student Tour

  • Woman Wanted

    Woman Wanted

  • College Coach

    College Coach

  • Roar of the Dragon

    Roar of the Dragon

  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

  • Cash Stashers

    Cash Stashers

  • Music in the Air

    Music in the Air

  • Song of the Buckaroo

    Song of the Buckaroo

  • Wanted - A Master

    Wanted - A Master

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • Double Trouble

    Double Trouble

  • Gift of Gab

    Gift of Gab

  • Tennessee Champ

    Tennessee Champ

  • Is My Face Red?

    Is My Face Red?

  • Enemy of the Law

    Enemy of the Law

  • The Black Coin

    The Black Coin

  • Did'ja Know?

    Did'ja Know?

  • Boys of the City

    Boys of the City

  • College Humor

    College Humor

  • Trigger Smith

    Trigger Smith

  • Pick-up

    Pick-up

  • Hot Saturday

    Hot Saturday

  • Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

    Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

  • Brand of the Devil

    Brand of the Devil

  • The Kettles in the Ozarks

    The Kettles in the Ozarks

  • Rollin' Westward

    Rollin' Westward

  • The Devil Bat

    The Devil Bat

  • I Love My Husband, But!

    I Love My Husband, But!

  • Outlaw Roundup

    Outlaw Roundup

  • Fighting Valley

    Fighting Valley

  • T.V. of Tomorrow

    T.V. of Tomorrow

  • Gangsters of the Frontier

    Gangsters of the Frontier

  • Rough Riding Rhythm

    Rough Riding Rhythm

  • The Singing Cowgirl

    The Singing Cowgirl

  • The Girl on the Front Page

    The Girl on the Front Page

  • Fighting Mad

    Fighting Mad

  • I Love My Mother-In-Law But...

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

  • Utah Trail

    Utah Trail

  • She Married Her Boss

    She Married Her Boss

  • Flaming Bullets

    Flaming Bullets

  • That Gang of Mine

    That Gang of Mine

  • Dead or Alive

    Dead or Alive

  • Murder at the Vanities

    Murder at the Vanities

  • Captain Midnight

    Captain Midnight

  • Man's Country

    Man's Country

  • Prisoner of Japan

    Prisoner of Japan

  • Tomorrow's Children

    Tomorrow's Children

  • Ain't It Aggravatin'

    Ain't It Aggravatin'

  • Three in the Saddle

    Three in the Saddle

  • Where the Buffalo Roam

    Where the Buffalo Roam

  • I Love Children, But!

    I Love Children, But!

  • Down Texas Way

    Down Texas Way

  • Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be Wild

  • Carry Harry

    Carry Harry

  • Undercover Agent

    Undercover Agent

  • Forbidden Trails

    Forbidden Trails

  • King of the Stallions

    King of the Stallions

  • Things We Can Do Without

    Things We Can Do Without

  • I Love My Wife BUT!

    I Love My Wife BUT!

  • Just Suppose

    Just Suppose

  • You Can't Win

    You Can't Win

  • The Texas Marshal

    The Texas Marshal

  • Let's Cogitate

    Let's Cogitate

  • Lightnin' Crandall

    Lightnin' Crandall

  • Studio Visit

    Studio Visit

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

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

  • 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

  • Treasures from Trash

    Treasures from Trash

  • Flaming Lead

    Flaming Lead

  • Safety Sleuth

    Safety Sleuth

  • Code of the Cactus

    Code of the Cactus

  • Bad Men of Thunder Gap

    Bad Men of Thunder Gap

  • The Cowboy from Sundown

    The Cowboy from Sundown

  • Victory Quiz

    Victory Quiz

  • Do Someone a Favor!

    Do Someone a Favor!

  • The Whispering Skull

    The Whispering Skull

  • The Man Around the House

    The Man Around the House

  • What About Daddy?

    What About Daddy?

  • Those Good Old Days

    Those Good Old Days

  • The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy

  • Wrong Way Butch

    Wrong Way Butch

  • Son of the Navy

    Son of the Navy

  • Sportsman's Memories

    Sportsman's Memories

  • A Wife's Life

    A Wife's Life

  • Have You Ever Wondered?

    Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Out for Fun

    Out for Fun

  • Marked for Murder

    Marked for Murder

  • Search for Beauty

    Search for Beauty

  • Sky Bandits

    Sky Bandits

  • Neighbor Pests

    Neighbor Pests