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.
182 acting credits · 40 directing credits
Acting · 182
MGM Parade
1955
The Sign of the Cross
1932
Kiss Me Kate
1953
42nd Street
1933
Ship Cafe
1935
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Madam Satan
1930
Tell Your Children
1938
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
Buried Alive
1939
Wonder Bar
1934
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
Flying Wild
1941
New Frontier
1939
The Devil Bat
1940
Wyoming Outlaw
1939
Whirlwind Horseman
1938
Forbidden Trails
1941
Flying High
1931
One Man's Journey
1933
Murder at the Vanities
1934
The World Changes
1933
The Phantom of 42nd Street
1945
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943
Devil and the Deep
1932
Good News
1930
College Coach
1933
Fighting Mad
1939
The Deadly Game
1941
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945
Doubting Thomas
1935
Frontier Fugitives
1945
On Your Toes
1939
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942
Rollin' Westward
1939
The Desperados Are in Town
1956
Sky Bandits
1940
Son of the Navy
1940
Hot Saturday
1932
Woman Wanted
1935
Isle Of Destiny
1940
On the Spot
1940
Murder on the Yukon
1940
Pick-up
1933
Welcome Home
1935
Born to Be Wild
1938
Tahiti Nights
1944
Brand of the Devil
1944
Just Suppose
1948
Double Trouble
1941
Bowery at Midnight
1942
The Dawn Patrol
1930
Music in the Air
1934
The Girl on the Front Page
1936
Consolation Marriage
1931
The Gunman From Bodie
1941
We're Rich Again
1934
College Humor
1933
Billy the Kid Wanted
1941
Undercover Agent
1939
Texas Wildcats
1939
Tennessee Champ
1954
Boss of Rawhide
1943
Roar of the Dragon
1932
Gift of Gab
1934
Water Rustlers
1939
Spooks Run Wild
1941
Riders of the Sage
1939
No More Ladies
1935
Outlaw Roundup
1944
Victory Quiz
1942
Brothers of the West
1937
The Black Coin
1936
Flaming Lead
1939
Enemy of the Law
1945
Spook Town
1944
That Gang of Mine
1940
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
Studio Visit
1946
Frontier Scout
1938
Yukon Flight
1940
Is My Face Red?
1932
Murder by Invitation
1941
Student Tour
1934
Captain Midnight
1942
Crashing Thru
1939
Starlight Over Texas
1938
The Fighting Renegade
1939
Down Texas Way
1942
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
The Spider Returns
1941
Hold That Woman!
1940
The Arizona Kid
1939
Phantom Rancher
1940
Three in the Saddle
1945
Mutiny in the Big House
1939
The Yanks Are Coming
1942
T.V. of Tomorrow
1953
The Fall Guy
1955
Reducing
1952
Law and Order
1942
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
1942
East Side Kids
1940
She Married Her Boss
1935
Lover Come Back
1931
Carry Harry
1942
Outlaws' Paradise
1939
Prisoner of Japan
1942
The Return of the Rangers
1943
Daughter of the Tong
1939
Sheriff of Sage Valley
1942
The Whispering Skull
1944
Tomorrow's Children
1934
Gun Packer
1938
The Secret of Treasure Island
1938
The Rangers Take Over
1942
Guns of the Law
1944
Danger Ahead
1940
Man's Country
1938
Wanted - A Master
1936
70,000 Witnesses
1932
Trail of Terror
1943
Drifting Westward
1939
Flaming Bullets
1945
Gunsmoke Mesa
1944
Do Someone a Favor!
1954
Utah Trail
1938
Search for Beauty
1934
Lightnin' Crandall
1937
Marked for Murder
1945
Cash Stashers
1953
The Cowboy from Sundown
1940
King of the Stallions
1942
Sure Cures
1946
Did'ja Know?
1950
Gun Code
1940
Movie Pests
1944
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947
Where the Buffalo Roam
1938
Dead or Alive
1944
Code of the Cactus
1939
The Pinto Bandit
1944
The Singing Cowgirl
1938
Boys of the City
1940
Million Dollar Racket
1937
Fighting Valley
1943
Rough Riding Rhythm
1937
Trigger Smith
1939
Queen of the Yukon
1940
Border Buckaroos
1943
Sitting Pretty
1933
The Texas Marshal
1941
Sportsman's Memories
1944
Wrong Way Butch
1950
Gangsters of the Frontier
1944
The Man Around the House
1955
Seventh Column
1943
Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto
1941
Song of the Buckaroo
1938
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948
Pest Control
1950
West of Texas
1943
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
1946
I Love My Husband, But!
1946
Have You Ever Wondered?
1947
Let's Cogitate
1948
Calling All Pa's
1942
Treasures from Trash
1946
Things We Can Do Without
1953
Meet the O'Briens
1954
Just What I Needed
1955
A Wife's Life
1950
Safety Sleuth
1944
Out for Fun
1954
Those Good Old Days
1949
Neighbor Pests
1947
You Can't Win
1948
What About Daddy?
1942
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954
I Love Children, But!
1952
Directing · 40
Just Suppose
1948
Diamond Demon
1947
The Fall Guy
1955
Reducing
1952
Camera Sleuth
1951
Film Antics
1954
Do Someone a Favor!
1954
Musiquiz
1952
Cash Stashers
1953
Sure Cures
1946
Did'ja Know?
1950
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947
Bargain Madness
1951
Ice Aces
1948
Wrong Way Butch
1950
The Man Around the House
1955
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948
Pest Control
1950
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
1946
I Love My Husband, But!
1946
Have You Ever Wondered?
1947
Let's Cogitate
1948
Treasures from Trash
1946
Crashing the Movies
1950
Things We Can Do Without
1953
We Can Dream, Can't We?
1949
Just What I Needed
1955
A Wife's Life
1950
Out for Fun
1954
Those Good Old Days
1949
Neighbor Pests
1947
You Can't Win
1948
Football Thrills No. 10
1947
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954
Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13
1947
Bowling Tricks
1948
Super Cue Men
1949
The Mosconi Story
1953
I Love Children, But!
1952
Surfboard Rhythm
1947