Dave O'Brien
AKA: David Poole Fronabarger
Birthday: 1912-05-31
Died: 1969-11-08
Birthplace: Big Spring, Texas, USA
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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.
Filmography
Character: Det. Pete Crawford
Character: Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Character: Henchman Slade
Character: Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Character: Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
Character: Mason - Bookkeeper
Character: Dance Extra (uncredited)
Character: Henchman Lucke
Character: Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
Character: Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Character: Man in Audience
Character: Submarine Crewman
Character: Henchman Meggs
Character: Billiards Player
Character: Acacia Park Game Warden
Character: Jason Braddock
Character: Dr. Jerry Leonard
Character: Constable Kelly
Character: Corporal Kelly
Character: Constable Kelly
Character: Constable Kelly
Character: Constable Kelly
Character: Ranch hand Red
Character: George Baldwin
Character: Thaddeus E. Thud III
Character: Talent Contestant (uncredited)
Character: Knuckles Dolan
Character: Knuckles Dolan
Character: Knuckles Dolan
Character: Sgt. Phil Lyons
Character: Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
Character: Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
Character: Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
Character: Detective Waters
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Character: Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
Character: Interne (uncredited)
Character: Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
Character: Whitey - Navy Radio Man
Character: Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
Character: Xavier T. Schneckendorf
Character: Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
Character: Pete (uncredited)
Character: Member of Audience
Character: Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Character: Party Boy (uncredited)
Character: Nightclub Patron
Character: Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
Character: Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
Character: Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
Character: Michael, the chauffeur
Character: Pilot (uncredited)
Character: George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
Character: The Son-In-Law / Husband
Character: A Shmoe Named Joe
Character: Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
Character: Harry Horseknuckle
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Character: Harried Homeowner
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Husband (uncredited)
Character: Man on Bench (uncredited)
Character: Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
Character: Joe Thunderstruck
Character: Alonzo T. Mousebrain
Character: Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
Character: Young Man (uncredited)
Character: Football Player (uncredited)
Character: Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
Character: Dog's Master (uncredited)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Character: Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
Character: Stanley Phillips
Character: Johnny Henessey
Character: Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
Character: Oliver T. Aseltafel
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Red Baker - Henchman
Character: Henchman Trigger
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Character: Trucker (uncredited)
Character: Businessman Seeking Relaxation
Character: Arthur - Harry's Friend