Donald O'Brien
Acting • Born 1930-09-15 – Died 2018-04-23
Biography
Donal "Donald" O'Brien (September 15, 1930) is a French-born Irish film and television actor. In his near 40-year career, O'Brien appeared in dozens of stage performances and in more than 60 film and television productions. O'Brien was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, raised in both Northern France and Dublin, Ireland with his family, and made his feature film debut in 1953 with Anatole Litvak's war drama Act of Love. He studied acting in Dublin and initially joined the Gate Theatre at age 19 before making the transition to film several years later. O'Brien's performance in The Train (1964), in which he played an SSFeldwebel, led to his first breakout role in Grand Prix (1966) starring alongside James Garner and Eva Marie Saint.
Filmography
56 credits
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
Movie • 1991
Rico
The Train
Movie • 1964
Schwartz
Finders Killers
Movie • 1971
Jack Forest
Quest for the Mighty Sword
Movie • 1990
Gunther
Ghosthouse
Movie • 1988
Valkos
Images in a Convent
Movie • 1979
Exorcist
Keoma
Movie • 1976
Caldwell
Mortacci
Movie • 1989
Archibald Williams
Cloportes
Movie • 1965
Gallery visitor
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
Movie • 1977
Donald McKenzie
Warriors of the Year 2072
Movie • 1984
Monk
Flying Sex
Movie • 1980
Mr. Slider
Silver Saddle
Movie • 1978
Flertcher
Hands of Steel
Movie • 1986
Professor Olster
A Man Called Blade
Movie • 1977
Burt Craven
The Sect
Movie • 1991
Justice Jonathan Ford
Two Brothers in Trinity
Movie • 1972
Lester O'Hara
A Matter of Resistance
Movie • 1966
American Officer
The Sheriff of Rock Spring
Movie • 1971
Burt Jones
The Last Traitor
Movie • 1971
Captain Ned Carter
The Executioner of God
Movie • 1973
Frank
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
Movie • 1973
Frank
White Fang to the Rescue
Movie • 1975
Caroll
Grand Prix
Movie • 1966
Wallace Bennett
Dynamite Jack
Movie • 1961
L'homme de l'Interpol
Movie • 1966
Polard
Tales of Paris
Movie • 1962
American tourist (segment "Ella") (uncredited)
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
Movie • 1964
Operation Diplomatic Passport
Movie • 1965
Dolbry
Sex of the Witch
Movie • 1973
Inspector
Four of the Apocalypse
Movie • 1975
Sheriff of Salt Flat
Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century
Movie • 1977
Sgt. Stricker
Run, Man, Run
Movie • 1968
Daniel Cassidy
Panther Squad
Movie • 1984
General
2020 Texas Gladiators
Movie • 1983
Black One
Western, Italian Style
Movie • 1968
Self
Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West
Movie • 1973
Outlaw
Hail! Mafia
Movie • 1965
Mafia Thug
Flight from Paradise
Movie • 1990
Bandits: Love and Liberty
Movie • 1994
Barone
The Name of the Rose
Movie • 1986
Pietro d'Assisi
The Inglorious Bastards
Movie • 1978
SS Officer
Tough to Kill
Movie • 1979
Major Hagerty
The Day Christ Died
Movie • 1980
Roman Soldier
Weekend at Dunkirk
Movie • 1964
L'officier anglais
The Wretches
Movie • 1960
God Is My Colt
Movie • 1972
Collins
Paid in Blood
Movie • 1971
Lee Rast
The Night of the Generals
Movie • 1967
Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
Doctor Butcher M.D.
Movie • 1980
Dr. Obrero / Dr. Butcher
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
Movie • 2001
Self
Erotic Games of a Respectable Family
Movie • 1975
Professor Riccardo Rossi
Nick Carter and Red Club
Movie • 1965
Challenge to White Fang
Movie • 1974
Liverpool
Cellini: A Violent Life
Movie • 1990
Bernardino, hermit
Line of Demarcation
Movie • 1966