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Philip Ober

AKA: Phil Ober
Birthday: 1902-03-23
Died: 1982-09-13
Birthplace: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA


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

North by Northwest
Character: Lester Townsend
Elmer Gantry
Character: Reverend Planck
From Here to Eternity
Character: Capt. Dana Holmes

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Character: Nicholas Simmons
Broken Lance
Character: Van Cleve
The Mating Game
Character: Wendell Burnshaw

The Facts of Life
Character: Doc Mason
The Unknown Man
Character: Wayne Kellwin
Torpedo Run
Character: Adm. Samuel Setton

The Secret Fury
Character: Gregory Kent
Come Back, Little Sheba
Character: Ed Anderson
The Clown
Character: Ralph Z. Henderson

The Magnificent Yankee
Character: Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Character: Col. Reade
About Mrs. Leslie
Character: Mort Finley

Escapade in Japan
Character: Lt. Col. Hargrave
Go Naked in the World
Character: Josh Kebner

Washington Story
Character: Gilbert Nunnally
Scandal at Scourie
Character: B. G. Belney
Beloved Infidel
Character: John Wheeler

Assignment to Kill
Character: Bohlen
Never a Dull Moment
Character: Jed
Tammy and the Bachelor
Character: Alfred Bissle

Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Character: Grant Holloway
The Ugly American
Character: Ambassador Sears
Ten North Frederick
Character: Lloyd Williams

The Brass Bottle
Character: William J. Beevor
The High Cost of Loving
Character: Herb Zorn