
Edmond O'Brien
Acting • Born 1915-09-10 – Died 1985-05-09
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.
Filmography
139 credits
Birdman of Alcatraz
Movie • 1962
Tom Gaddis

The Wild Bunch
Movie • 1969
Freddie Sykes

Fantastic Voyage
Movie • 1966
General Carter

White Heat: Top of the World
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)

1984
Movie • 1956
Winston Smith of the Outer Party

Shield for Murder
Movie • 1954
Det. Lt. Barney Nolan

Julius Caesar
Movie • 1953
Casca

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie • 1962
Dutton Peabody

Seven Days in May
Movie • 1964
Sen. Raymond Clark

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie • 1939
Gringoire

The Comedian
Movie • 1957
Al Preston

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie • 1982
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)

The Longest Day
Movie • 1962
Gen. Raymond D. Barton

Backfire
Movie • 1950
Steve Connolly

The Barefoot Contessa
Movie • 1954
Oscar Muldoon

Two of a Kind
Movie • 1951
Michael "Lefty" Farrell

The Love God?
Movie • 1969
Osborn Tremaine

The Web
Movie • 1947
Bob Regan

The Hitch-Hiker
Movie • 1953
Roy Collins

A Double Life
Movie • 1947
Bill Friend

A Cry in the Night
Movie • 1956
Dan Taggart

The 3rd Voice
Movie • 1960
The Voice

The Killers
Movie • 1946
Jim Reardon

The Girl Can't Help It
Movie • 1956
Marty 'Fats' Murdock

Pete Kelly's Blues
Movie • 1955
Fran McCarg

711 Ocean Drive
Movie • 1950
Mal Granger

An Act of Murder
Movie • 1948
David Douglas

The Turning Point
Movie • 1952
John Conroy

The Admiral Was a Lady
Movie • 1950
Jimmy Stevens

Between Midnight and Dawn
Movie • 1950
Officer Dan Purvis

The Last Voyage
Movie • 1960
Second Engineer Walsh

They Only Kill Their Masters
Movie • 1972
George

White Heat
Movie • 1949
Vic Pardo

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie • 1943
Tom Holliday

The Great Impostor
Movie • 1960
Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga

D-Day the Sixth of June
Movie • 1956
Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer

Moon Pilot
Movie • 1962
McClosky aka 'Mac'

Up Periscope
Movie • 1959
Commander Paul Stevenson

Man in the Dark
Movie • 1953
Steve Rawley

D.O.A.
Movie • 1949
Frank Bigelow

99 and 44/100% Dead
Movie • 1974
Uncle Frank Kelly

Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)

The Rack
Movie • 1956
Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick

The Bigamist
Movie • 1953
Harry Graham / Harrison Graham

Task Force
Movie • 1949
Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)

For the Love of Mary
Movie • 1948
Lt. Tom Farrington

Lucky Luciano
Movie • 1973
Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger

The Hanged Man
Movie • 1964
Arnie Seeger

Sylvia
Movie • 1965
Oscar Stewart

Fighter Squadron
Movie • 1948
Maj. Ed Hardin

The Redhead and the Cowboy
Movie • 1951
Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)

Synanon
Movie • 1965
Chuck Dederich

The World Was His Jury
Movie • 1958
David Carson

Powder Town
Movie • 1942
J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant

China Venture
Movie • 1953
Capt. Matt Reardon

Another Part of the Forest
Movie • 1948
Benjamin Hubbard

Stopover Tokyo
Movie • 1957
George Underwood

Denver and Rio Grande
Movie • 1952
Jim Vesser

Obliging Young Lady
Movie • 1942
'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley

Winged Victory
Movie • 1944
Irving Miller

Warpath
Movie • 1951
John Vickers

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie • 1941
Stephen Herrick

To Commit a Murder
Movie • 1967
Sphax (publisher)

The Shanghai Story
Movie • 1954
Daniel Maynard

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
Movie • 1971
Morton Stillman

Isn't It Shocking?
Movie • 1973
Justin Oates

Parachute Battalion
Movie • 1941
William Mayberry Burke

The Viscount
Movie • 1967
Ricco Barone

Sing Boy Sing
Movie • 1958
Joseph Sharkey

The Intruders
Movie • 1970
Col. William Bodeen

The Big Land
Movie • 1957
Joe Jagger

The Doomsday Flight
Movie • 1966
The Man

River of Mystery
Movie • 1971
R.J. Twitchell

Jigsaw
Movie • 1972
Det. Ed Burtelson

Cow Country
Movie • 1953
Ben Anthony

The Other Side of the Wind
Movie • 2018
Pat Mullins

Something in the Wind
Movie • 1947
Lt. Tom Farrington

Rio Conchos
Movie • 1964
Pardee

Silver City
Movie • 1951
Larkin Moffat

Dark Stranger
Movie • 1955
Ray Ericson

Dream No Evil
Movie • 1970
Timothy MacDonald

The Ambitious One
Movie • 1959
Mike Buchanan

Déjà-Vu
Movie • 2000

The Outsider
Movie • 1967
Marvin Bishop

The Greatest Show on Earth
Movie • 1952
Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

The Adventures of Gallegher
Movie • 1965
Jefferson Crowley

The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Movie • 1965
Jefferson Crowley

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie • 2010
Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)

Under Capricorn
Movie • 1949
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

A Ticket for Thaddeus
Movie • 1956

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie • 2022
Self - (archive footage)

Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Raymond Halder

The Long, Hot Summer
TV • 1965

The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963

Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961

Temperatures Rising
TV • 1972
Dr. Banning

Police Story
TV • 1973

The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Morgan MacQuarie

The Virginian
TV • 1962
Thomas Manstead

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Hal

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Capt. Simpson

Climax!
TV • 1954
Joel Flint

Laramie
TV • 1959

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Russ Andrews

Playwrights '56
TV • 1955

Breaking Point
TV • 1963

Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Thaddeus Kubaczik

The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self

Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960

The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952

Sam Benedict
TV • 1962
Sam Benedict

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Jefferson Crowley

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Crowley

The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self

The George Gobel Show
TV • 1954
Self

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Harry 'Steve' Morgan

Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Al Preston

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Rick Saunders

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Jim Reardon

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Mr. Protis

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Rorsford

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Mike Dixon

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Randall

Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Maj. Jepelo

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Marshal Ben Clark

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self

Stage 7
TV
Clinton Sturges

The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
John Bergman

The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD

The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Capt. Joyce

The Star and the Story
TV • 1955
Ray Ericson

Climax!
TV • 1954
Leo Waldek

It Takes a Thief
TV • 1968
Rocky McCauley

McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Mr. Fontaine

Suspicion
TV • 1957
Sgt. Miles Odeen

The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Grizzled Old Prospector