Philip Ober
Acting • Born 1902-03-23 – Died 1982-09-13
Biography
Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor. He later retired from acting to work as a diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films From Here to Eternity (1953) and North by Northwest (1959). His other notable credits include The Magnificent Yankee (1950), Broken Lance (1954), Torpedo Run (1958) and The Ugly American (1963).
Filmography
73 credits
North by Northwest
Movie • 1959
Lester Townsend
Elmer Gantry
Movie • 1960
Reverend Planck
From Here to Eternity
Movie • 1953
Capt. Dana Holmes
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie • 1966
Nicholas Simmons
Broken Lance
Movie • 1954
Van Cleve
The Mating Game
Movie • 1959
Wendell Burnshaw
The Facts of Life
Movie • 1960
Doc Mason
The Unknown Man
Movie • 1951
Wayne Kellwin
Torpedo Run
Movie • 1958
Adm. Samuel Setton
The Secret Fury
Movie • 1950
Gregory Kent
Come Back, Little Sheba
Movie • 1953
Ed Anderson
The Clown
Movie • 1953
Ralph Z. Henderson
The Magnificent Yankee
Movie • 1950
Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
About Mrs. Leslie
Movie • 1954
Mort Finley
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Movie • 1953
Col. Reade
Escapade in Japan
Movie • 1957
Lt. Col. Hargrave
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Movie • 1934
Jim
Go Naked in the World
Movie • 1961
Josh Kebner
Washington Story
Movie • 1952
Gilbert Nunnally
Scandal at Scourie
Movie • 1953
B. G. Belney
Beloved Infidel
Movie • 1959
John Wheeler
Assignment to Kill
Movie • 1968
Bohlen
Never a Dull Moment
Movie • 1950
Jed
Tammy and the Bachelor
Movie • 1957
Alfred Bissle
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie • 1960
Grant Holloway
The Ugly American
Movie • 1963
Ambassador Sears
Ten North Frederick
Movie • 1958
Lloyd Williams
The Brass Bottle
Movie • 1964
William J. Beevor
The Adventures of Gallegher
Movie • 1965
Hade
The High Cost of Loving
Movie • 1958
Herb Zorn
The Glass Case
Movie • 1939
Walter Drummond
Little Me
Movie • 1938
Family Affair
TV • 1966
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Herman Hausner
Mr. Lucky
TV • 1959
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
General Stone
The Munsters
TV • 1964
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Arnold (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Ralph Davis
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Mr. Goodwin
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Mr. Henderson
Bringing Up Buddy
TV • 1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Wilton Stark
The Monkees
TV • 1966
Mr. Weatherwax
Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
The Eleventh Hour
TV • 1962
Thriller
TV • 1960
Elmer Hooper
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
M Squad
TV • 1957
George Brayden
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Anderson
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Grindl
TV • 1963
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
General Humphrey
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
General Silas Guild
Honey West
TV • 1965
J. J. Vanderhyden
City Detective
TV • 1953
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Tom
The Tammy Grimes Show
TV • 1966
Channing
TV • 1963
Partridge
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
George McManus
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Walter Craig
Checkmate
TV • 1960
Marshall Winslow
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Peter Dawson
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Albert Keller
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Harvey Farrell
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge
Startime
TV • 1959
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Colonel Hoey
Ripcord
TV • 1961
Dr. Ladd
The Danny Thomas Show
TV • 1953
Hal Raskin
The Investigators
TV • 1961
Charley Brent