Edmond O'Brien

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). His many memorable films included The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Wild Bunch. He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which aired during the 1962-1963 television season.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

10 September 1915, 110 years old

Known For

The Wild Bunch

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Longest Day

White Heat

Fantastic Voyage

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

The Killers

Birdman of Alcatraz

The Greatest Show on Earth

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

Self - (archive footage)

2022

The Other Side of the Wind

Pat Mullins

2018

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)

2010

White Heat: Top of the World

Self (archive footage)

2005

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)

2004

Déjà-Vu

2000

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Self (archive footage)

1996

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "White Heat") (archive footage)

1982

99 and 44/100% Dead

Uncle Frank Kelly

1974

Lucky Luciano

Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger

1973

Isn't It Shocking?

Justin Oates

1973

They Only Kill Their Masters

George

1972

Jigsaw

Det. Ed Burtelson

1972

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

Morton Stillman

1971

River of Mystery

R.J. Twitchell

1971

The Intruders

Col. William Bodeen

1970

Dream No Evil

Timothy MacDonald

1970

The Love God?

Osborn Tremaine

1969

The Wild Bunch

Freddie Sykes

1969

The Outsider

Marvin Bishop

1967

To Commit a Murder

Sphax (publisher)

1967

The Viscount

Ricco Barone

1967

The Doomsday Flight

The Man

1966

Fantastic Voyage

General Carter

1966

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

Jefferson Crowley

1965

Synanon

Chuck Dederich

1965

Sylvia

Oscar Stewart

1965

The Adventures of Gallegher

Jefferson Crowley

1965

The Hanged Man

Arnie Seeger

1964

Rio Conchos

Col. Theron Pardee

1964

Seven Days in May

Sen. Raymond Clark

1964

The Longest Day

Gen. Raymond D. Barton

1962

Birdman of Alcatraz

Tom Gaddis

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Dutton Peabody

1962

Moon Pilot

McClosky aka 'Mac'

1962

The Great Impostor

Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga

1960

The 3rd Voice

The Voice

1960

The Last Voyage

Second Engineer Walsh

1960

The Ambitious One

Mike Buchanan

1959

Up Periscope

Commander Paul Stevenson

1959

Sing Boy Sing

Joseph Sharkey

1958

The World Was His Jury

David Carson

1958

Stopover Tokyo

George Underwood

1957

The Big Land

Joe Jagger

1957

The Comedian

Al Preston

1957

The Girl Can't Help It

Marty 'Fats' Murdock

1956

The Rack

Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick

1956

A Cry in the Night

Dan Taggart

1956

D-Day the Sixth of June

Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer

1956

A Ticket for Thaddeus

1956

1984

Winston Smith of the Outer Party

1956

Pete Kelly's Blues

Fran McCarg

1955

Dark Stranger

Ray Ericson

1955

The Barefoot Contessa

Oscar Muldoon

1954

The Shanghai Story

Daniel Maynard

1954

Shield for Murder

Det. Lt. Barney Nolan

1954

The Bigamist

Harry Graham / Harrison Graham

1953

China Venture

Capt. Matt Reardon

1953

Julius Caesar

Casca

1953

Cow Country

Ben Anthony

1953

Man in the Dark

Steve Rawley

1953

The Hitch-Hiker

Roy Collins

1953

The Turning Point

John Conroy

1952

Denver and Rio Grande

Jim Vesser

1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

1952

Silver City

Larkin Moffat

1951

Warpath

John Vickers

1951

Two of a Kind

Michael "Lefty" Farrell

1951

The Redhead and The Cowboy

Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)

1951

Between Midnight and Dawn

Officer Dan Purvis

1950

The Admiral Was a Lady

Jimmy Stevens

1950

711 Ocean Drive

Mal Granger

1950

Backfire

Steve Connolly

1950

D.O.A.

Frank Bigelow

1949

Under Capricorn

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1949

White Heat

Vic Pardo

1949

Task Force

Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)

1949

An Act of Murder

David Douglas

1948

Fighter Squadron

Maj. Ed Hardin

1948

For the Love of Mary

Lt. Tom Farrington

1948

Another Part of the Forest

Benjamin Hubbard

1948

A Double Life

Bill Friend

1947

Something in the Wind

Lt. Tom Farrington

1947

The Web

Bob Regan

1947

The Killers

Jim Reardon

1946

Winged Victory

Irving Miller

1944

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Tom Holliday

1943

Powder Town

J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant

1942

Obliging Young Lady

'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley

1942

Parachute Battalion

William Mayberry Burke

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Stephen Herrick

1941

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Gringoire

1939