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Dave O'Brien

Dave O'Brien

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1912-05-31

Birth Place

Big Spring, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942

6.8

Movie
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

6.0

Movie
70,000 Witnesses

70,000 Witnesses

1932

4.8

Movie
A Wife's Life

A Wife's Life

1950

6.0

Movie
Ain't It Aggravatin'

Ain't It Aggravatin'

1954

6.0

Movie
Bad Men of Thunder Gap

Bad Men of Thunder Gap

1943

0.0

Movie
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

1941

4.0

Movie
Billy the Kid Wanted

Billy the Kid Wanted

1941

5.7

Movie
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

1942

4.5

Movie
Border Buckaroos

Border Buckaroos

1943

0.0

Movie
Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild

1938

7.0

Movie
Boss of Rawhide

Boss of Rawhide

1943

5.5

Movie
Bowery at Midnight

Bowery at Midnight

1942

5.1

Movie
Boys of the City

Boys of the City

1940

5.4

Movie
Brand of the Devil

Brand of the Devil

1944

5.0

Movie
Brothers of the West

Brothers of the West

1937

6.0

Movie
Buried Alive

Buried Alive

1939

4.6

Movie
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto

1941

0.0

Movie
Calling All Pa's

Calling All Pa's

1942

6.0

Movie
Captain Midnight

Captain Midnight

1942

5.0

Movie
Carry Harry

Carry Harry

1942

0.0

Movie
Cash Stashers

Cash Stashers

1953

6.0

Movie
Code of the Cactus

Code of the Cactus

1939

5.5

Movie
College Coach

College Coach

1933

4.3

Movie
College Humor

College Humor

1933

5.6

Movie
Consolation Marriage

Consolation Marriage

1931

6.1

Movie
Crashing Thru

Crashing Thru

1939

6.0

Movie
Danger Ahead

Danger Ahead

1940

0.0

Movie
Daughter of the Tong

Daughter of the Tong

1939

5.0

Movie
Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

1944

5.3

Movie
Did'ja Know?

Did'ja Know?

1950

6.0

Movie
Do Someone a Favor!

Do Someone a Favor!

1954

0.0

Movie
Double Trouble

Double Trouble

1941

0.0

Movie
Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas

1935

7.0

Movie
Down Texas Way

Down Texas Way

1942

0.0

Movie
Drifting Westward

Drifting Westward

1939

0.0

Movie
East Side Kids

East Side Kids

1940

7.0

Movie
Enemy of the Law

Enemy of the Law

1945

5.0

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

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

1946

0.0

Movie
Fighting Mad

Fighting Mad

1939

4.0

Movie
Fighting Valley

Fighting Valley

1943

0.0

Movie
Flaming Bullets

Flaming Bullets

1945

5.0

Movie
Flaming Lead

Flaming Lead

1939

4.0

Movie
Flying High

Flying High

1931

4.8

Movie
Flying Wild

Flying Wild

1941

5.9

Movie
Forbidden Trails

Forbidden Trails

1941

5.4

Movie
Frontier Fugitives

Frontier Fugitives

1945

0.0

Movie
Frontier Scout

Frontier Scout

1938

4.5

Movie
Gangsters of the Frontier

Gangsters of the Frontier

1944

3.8

Movie
Gift of Gab

Gift of Gab

1934

1.0

Movie
Good News

Good News

1930

5.0

Movie
Gun Code

Gun Code

1940

0.0

Movie
Gun Packer

Gun Packer

1938

0.0

Movie
Guns of the Law

Guns of the Law

1944

5.0

Movie
Gunsmoke Mesa

Gunsmoke Mesa

1944

1.0

Movie
Have You Ever Wondered?

Have You Ever Wondered?

1947

0.0

Movie
Hold That Woman!

Hold That Woman!

1940

5.0

Movie
Hot Saturday

Hot Saturday

1932

6.6

Movie
I Love Children, But!

I Love Children, But!

1952

0.0

Movie
I Love My Husband, But!

I Love My Husband, But!

1946

0.0

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

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

1948

7.3

Movie
I Love My Wife BUT!

I Love My Wife BUT!

1947

7.5

Movie
Is My Face Red?

Is My Face Red?

1932

5.0

Movie
Isle Of Destiny

Isle Of Destiny

1940

5.0

Movie
Just Suppose

Just Suppose

1948

6.0

Movie
Just What I Needed

Just What I Needed

1955

0.0

Movie
King of the Stallions

King of the Stallions

1942

6.0

Movie
Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

1953

6.4

Movie
Law and Order

Law and Order

1942

6.0

Movie
Let's Cogitate

Let's Cogitate

1948

5.0

Movie
Lightnin' Crandall

Lightnin' Crandall

1937

3.0

Movie
Madam Satan

Madam Satan

1930

5.8

Movie
Man's Country

Man's Country

1938

0.0

Movie
Marked for Murder

Marked for Murder

1945

4.2

Movie
Million Dollar Racket

Million Dollar Racket

1937

6.0

Movie
Movie Pests

Movie Pests

1944

5.6

Movie
Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities

1934

5.4

Movie
Murder by Invitation

Murder by Invitation

1941

5.6

Movie
Murder on the Yukon

Murder on the Yukon

1940

3.5

Movie
Mutiny in the Big House

Mutiny in the Big House

1939

4.4

Movie
Neighbor Pests

Neighbor Pests

1947

0.0

Movie
New Frontier

New Frontier

1939

5.5

Movie
No More Ladies

No More Ladies

1935

5.1

Movie
On the Spot

On the Spot

1940

5.3

Movie
On Your Toes

On Your Toes

1939

3.9

Movie
One Man's Journey

One Man's Journey

1933

7.1

Movie
Out for Fun

Out for Fun

1954

0.0

Movie
Outlaw Roundup

Outlaw Roundup

1944

0.0

Movie
Outlaws' Paradise

Outlaws' Paradise

1939

0.0

Movie
Phantom Rancher

Phantom Rancher

1940

3.5

Movie
Pick-up

Pick-up

1933

4.8

Movie
Prisoner of Japan

Prisoner of Japan

1942

4.3

Movie
Queen of the Yukon

Queen of the Yukon

1940

5.0

Movie
Rasputin and the Empress

Rasputin and the Empress

1932

5.3

Movie
Reducing

Reducing

1952

2.0

Movie
Riders of the Sage

Riders of the Sage

1939

5.0

Movie
Roar of the Dragon

Roar of the Dragon

1932

6.2

Movie
Rollin' Westward

Rollin' Westward

1939

5.0

Movie
Rough Riding Rhythm

Rough Riding Rhythm

1937

0.0

Movie
Safety Sleuth

Safety Sleuth

1944

0.0

Movie
Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty

1934

5.9

Movie
Seventh Column

Seventh Column

1943

0.0

Movie
She Married Her Boss

She Married Her Boss

1935

7.0

Movie
Sheriff of Sage Valley

Sheriff of Sage Valley

1942

5.6

Movie
Ship Cafe

Ship Cafe

1935

0.0

Movie
Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

1933

7.5

Movie
Sky Bandits

Sky Bandits

1940

5.0

Movie
Son of the Navy

Son of the Navy

1940

5.5

Movie
Song of the Buckaroo

Song of the Buckaroo

1938

0.0

Movie
Spook Town

Spook Town

1944

0.0

Movie
Spooks Run Wild

Spooks Run Wild

1941

4.8

Movie
Sportsman's Memories

Sportsman's Memories

1944

0.0

Movie
Starlight Over Texas

Starlight Over Texas

1938

0.0

Movie
Student Tour

Student Tour

1934

5.0

Movie
Studio Visit

Studio Visit

1946

3.5

Movie
Sure Cures

Sure Cures

1946

5.0

Movie
T.V. of Tomorrow

T.V. of Tomorrow

1953

6.4

Movie
Tahiti Nights

Tahiti Nights

1944

0.0

Movie
Tell Your Children

Tell Your Children

1938

4.2

Movie
Tennessee Champ

Tennessee Champ

1954

5.8

Movie
Texas Wildcats

Texas Wildcats

1939

0.0

Movie
That Gang of Mine

That Gang of Mine

1940

5.6

Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

6.8

Movie
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936

4.0

Movie
The Arizona Kid

The Arizona Kid

1939

5.8

Movie
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

6.3

Movie
The Black Coin

The Black Coin

1936

6.0

Movie
The Cowboy from Sundown

The Cowboy from Sundown

1940

0.0

Movie
The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

1930

6.6

Movie
The Deadly Game

The Deadly Game

1941

6.0

Movie
The Desperados Are in Town

The Desperados Are in Town

1956

0.0

Movie
The Devil Bat

The Devil Bat

1940

5.3

Movie
The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

1955

6.0

Movie
The Fighting Renegade

The Fighting Renegade

1939

5.7

Movie
The Girl on the Front Page

The Girl on the Front Page

1936

0.0

Movie
The Gunman From Bodie

The Gunman From Bodie

1941

7.0

Movie
The Kettles in the Ozarks

The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956

6.4

Movie
The Man Around the House

The Man Around the House

1955

0.0

Movie
The Man Who Walked Alone

The Man Who Walked Alone

1945

5.5

Movie
The Phantom of 42nd Street

The Phantom of 42nd Street

1945

4.5

Movie
The Pinto Bandit

The Pinto Bandit

1944

0.0

Movie
The Rangers Take Over

The Rangers Take Over

1942

6.0

Movie
The Return of the Rangers

The Return of the Rangers

1943

0.0

Movie
The Secret of Treasure Island

The Secret of Treasure Island

1938

4.0

Movie
The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

1932

6.2

Movie
The Singing Cowgirl

The Singing Cowgirl

1938

5.0

Movie
The Spider Returns

The Spider Returns

1941

8.7

Movie
The Texas Marshal

The Texas Marshal

1941

0.0

Movie
The Whispering Skull

The Whispering Skull

1944

6.5

Movie
The Yanks Are Coming

The Yanks Are Coming

1942

4.5

Movie
Things We Can Do Without

Things We Can Do Without

1953

8.0

Movie
Those Good Old Days

Those Good Old Days

1949

0.0

Movie
Three in the Saddle

Three in the Saddle

1945

0.0

Movie
Tomorrow's Children

Tomorrow's Children

1934

5.2

Movie
Trail of Terror

Trail of Terror

1943

0.0

Movie
Treasures from Trash

Treasures from Trash

1946

8.0

Movie
Trigger Smith

Trigger Smith

1939

0.0

Movie
Undercover Agent

Undercover Agent

1939

4.8

Movie
Utah Trail

Utah Trail

1938

5.0

Movie
Victory Quiz

Victory Quiz

1942

6.0

Movie
Wanted - A Master

Wanted - A Master

1936

6.3

Movie
Water Rustlers

Water Rustlers

1939

4.0

Movie
We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again

1934

4.0

Movie
Welcome Home

Welcome Home

1935

0.0

Movie
West of Texas

West of Texas

1943

0.0

Movie
Where the Buffalo Roam

Where the Buffalo Roam

1938

5.0

Movie
Whirlwind Horseman

Whirlwind Horseman

1938

4.0

Movie
Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted

1935

6.3

Movie
Wonder Bar

Wonder Bar

1934

6.2

Movie
Wrong Way Butch

Wrong Way Butch

1950

5.8

Movie
Wyoming Outlaw

Wyoming Outlaw

1939

5.8

Movie
You Can't Win

You Can't Win

1948

3.7

Movie
Yukon Flight

Yukon Flight

1940

3.9

Movie