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Dave O'Brien
Sign in to saveAlso known as David Poole Fronabarger, David Barclay, 'Tex' O'Brien
American actor and director (1912-1969)
Film & TV
Big Spring, Texas, USA
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…
Known for
- 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage — Self (archive footage)2006
- That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage) (uncredited)1976
- The Big Parade of Comedy — Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)1964
- The Kettles in the Ozarks — Conductor1956
- The Desperados Are in Town — Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown1956
- The Fall Guy — Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)1955
- Just What I Needed — Harry Horseknuckle1955
- The Man Around the House — Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)1955
- MGM Parade1955
- MGM Parade — Self1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- O'Brien
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Big Spring
- Place of death
- Santa Catalina Island
- Spouse
- Dorothy Short
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- ReeferMadness 09.JPG
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1912-05-31
- date of death
- 1969-11-08
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- pseudonym
- 'Tex' O'Brien
- birth name
- David Poole Fronabarger
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Dave O'Brien (actor)
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