Overview
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Oscar-winner Edmond O'Brien was one of the most respected character actors...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another
5 wins
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1 nomination
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Alternate Names:
Edmund O'Brien | Sgt. Edmond O'Brien
Filmography
- 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) .... Uncle Frank Kelly
... aka Call Harry Crown (UK) - "Police Story" .... Frank Modeer (1 episode, 1974)
- Chain of Command (1974) TV episode .... Frank Modeer - Lucky Luciano (1973) (as Edmund O'Brien) .... Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
... aka A proposito Lucky Luciano (Italy)
... aka Lucky Luciano (France)
... aka Re: Lucky Luciano (International: English title) - Isn't It Shocking? (1973) (TV) .... Justin Oates
- "Temperatures Rising" .... Dr. Banning (1 episode, 1973)
... aka "The New Temperatures Rising Show" (USA: new title)
- Super Doc (1973) TV episode .... Dr. Banning - They Only Kill Their Masters (1972) .... George (liquor store owner)
- "McMillan & Wife" .... Mr. Fontaine (1 episode, 1972)
... aka "McMillan" (USA: sixth season title)
- Cop of the Year (1972) TV episode .... Mr. Fontaine - "The Streets of San Francisco" .... Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD (1 episode, 1972)
- The Thirty-Year Pin (1972) TV episode .... Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD - Jigsaw (1972) (TV) .... Det. Ed Burtelson
... aka Man on the Move (USA: reissue title) - "Cade's County" .... Clint Pritchard (1 episode, 1972)
- The Brothers (1972) TV episode .... Clint Pritchard - The Other Side of the Wind (1972) .... Pat
- What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971) (TV) .... Morton Stillman
- River of Mystery (1971) (TV) .... R.J. Twitchell
- "The High Chaparral" .... Morgan MacQuarie (1 episode, 1971)
- The Hostage (1971) TV episode .... Morgan MacQuarie - "The Name of the Game" .... Bergman (1 episode, 1971)
- LA 2017 (1971) TV episode .... Bergman - "The Young Lawyers" .... MacGillicuddy (1 episode, 1970)
- MacGillicuddy Always Was a Pain in the Neck (1970) TV episode .... MacGillicuddy - The Intruders (1970) (TV) .... Col. William Bodeen
- "Insight" (1 episode, 1970)
- The 7 Minute Life of James Houseworthy (1970) TV episode - Dream No Evil (1970) .... Timothy MacDonald
... aka Now I Lay Me Down to Die
... aka The Faith Healer (USA)
- "The Bold Ones: The Protectors" .... Warden Millbank (1 episode, 1969)
- If I Should Wake Before I Die (1969) TV episode .... Warden Millbank - The Love God? (1969) .... Osborn Tremaine (end credits: Osborn Tremain)
- The Wild Bunch (1969) .... Freddie Sykes
- "It Takes a Thief" .... Rocky McCauley (1 episode, 1969)
- Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby (1969) TV episode .... Rocky McCauley - "Mission: Impossible" .... Raymond Halder (1 episode, 1968)
- The Counterfeiter (1968) TV episode .... Raymond Halder - Flesh and Blood (1968) (TV) .... Harry
- The Outsider (1967) (TV) .... Marvin Bishop
- "The Virginian" .... Thomas Manstead (1 episode, 1967)
... aka "The Men from Shiloh" (USA: new title)
- Ah Sing vs. Wyoming (1967) TV episode .... Thomas Manstead - Peau d'espion (1967) .... Sphax (publisher)
... aka To Commit a Murder (UK) (USA)
... aka Congiura di spie (Italy)
... aka Der grausame Job (West Germany) - Le vicomte règle ses comptes (1967) (unconfirmed)
... aka Atraco al hampa (Spain)
... aka The Viscount
... aka The Viscount: Furto alla banca mondiale (Italy) - The Doomsday Flight (1966) (TV) .... The Madman
- Fantastic Voyage (1966) .... General Carter
... aka Microscopia
... aka Strange Journey - "The Long, Hot Summer" .... 'Boss' Will Varner (13 episodes, 1965)
- The Return of the Quicks (1965) TV episode .... 'Boss' Will Varner
- Nor Hell a Fury (1965) TV episode .... 'Boss' Will Varner
- Hunter to the Wind (1965) TV episode .... 'Boss' Will Varner
- Bitter Harvest (1965) TV episode .... 'Boss' Will Varner
- The Desperate Innocent (1965) TV episode .... 'Boss' Will Varner
(8 more) - "Disneyland" .... Crowley / ... (6 episodes, 1965)
... aka "Disney's Wonderful World" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Disney Sunday Movie" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Magical World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Wonderful World of Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney Presents" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney" (USA: new title)
... aka "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" (USA: new title)
- The Further Adventures of Gallegher: The Daily Press vs. City Hall (1965) TV episode .... Jefferson Crowley
- The Further Adventures of Gallegher: The Big Swindle (1965) TV episode .... Jefferson Crowley
- The Further Adventures of Gallegher: A Case of Murder (1965) TV episode .... Crowley
- The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 3 (1965) TV episode .... Crowley
- The Adventures of Gallegher: Part 2 (1965) TV episode .... Crowley
(1 more) - Synanon (1965) .... Chuck Dederich
... aka Get Off My Back - Sylvia (1965) .... Oscar Stewart
- The Hanged Man (1964) (TV) .... Arnie Seeger
- Rio Conchos (1964) .... Col. Theron 'Gray Fox' Pardee
- "The Eleventh Hour" .... Buck Denholt (1 episode, 1964)
- The Color of Sunset (1964) TV episode .... Buck Denholt - "Breaking Point" .... Roger Conning (1 episode, 1964)
- Tide of Darkness (1964) TV episode .... Roger Conning - "The Greatest Show on Earth" .... Mike O'Kelley (1 episode, 1964)
- Clancy (1964) TV episode .... Mike O'Kelley - Seven Days in May (1964) .... Sen. Raymond Clark
- "Sam Benedict" .... Sam Benedict / ... (28 episodes, 1962-1963)
- Season for Vengeance (1963) TV episode .... Sam Benedict
- Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows (1963) TV episode .... Sam Benedict
- Read No Evil (1963) TV episode .... Sam Benedict
- Accomplice (1963) TV episode .... Sam Benedict
- Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie (1963) TV episode .... Charlie Dunphie
(23 more) - The Longest Day (1962) .... Gen. Raymond D. Barton
- Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) .... Thomas E. 'Tom' Gaddis
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) .... Dutton Peabody
- Moon Pilot (1962) .... McClosky
- "Target: The Corruptors" .... Ollie Crown (1 episode, 1961)
- The Invisible Government (1961) TV episode .... Ollie Crown - "The Dick Powell Show" .... Sid Williams (1 episode, 1961)
... aka "The Dick Powell Theatre" (USA: new title)
- Killer in the House (1961) TV episode .... Sid Williams - "Frontier Justice" .... Russell Andrews (1 episode, 1961)
- A Gun Is for Killing (1961) TV episode .... Russell Andrews - Man-Trap (1961) (uncredited) .... Voice of Photographer
- The Great Impostor (1961) .... Captain Glover - HMCS Cayuga
- The 3rd Voice (1960) .... The Voice
- The Last Voyage (1960) .... Second Engineer Walsh
- "Johnny Midnight" (1960) TV series .... Johnny Midnight
- "Zane Grey Theater" .... Marshal Ben Clark / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1959)
... aka "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" (USA: complete title)
... aka "The Westerners" (USA: rerun title)
- Lonesome Road (1959) TV episode .... Marshal Ben Clark
- A Gun Is for Killing (1957) TV episode .... Russ Andrews - "Laramie" .... Captain Sam Prado (1 episode, 1959)
- The Iron Captain (1959) TV episode .... Captain Sam Prado - L'ambitieuse (1959) .... Mike Buchanan
... aka The Ambitious One (USA)
... aka The Climbers (USA: TV title)
... aka The Dispossessed (UK)
... aka The Restless and the Damned (USA) - Up Periscope (1959) .... Commander Paul Stevenson
- "Playhouse 90" .... Al Preston / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1959)
- The Blue Men (1959) TV episode .... Roy Brenner
- The Male Animal (1958) TV episode .... Joe Ferguson
- The Comedian (1957) TV episode .... Al Preston - "Lux Playhouse" .... Big Jim Webber (1 episode, 1958)
- Coney Island Winter (1958) TV episode .... Big Jim Webber - "Suspicion" .... Sgt. Miles Odeen (1 episode, 1958)
- Death Watch (1958) TV episode .... Sgt. Miles Odeen - "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" .... Jim Reardon (5 episodes, 1953-1958)
... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
- The Town That Slept with the Lights On (1958) TV episode .... Jim Reardon
- Tower Room 14-A (1957) TV episode
- The Net Draws Tight (1954) TV episode
- Lineman's Luck (1953) TV episode
- The Long Shot (1953) TV episode - Sing Boy Sing (1958) .... Joseph Sharkey
- The World Was His Jury (1958) .... David Carson
- Stopover Tokyo (1957) .... George Underwood
- The Big Land (1957) .... Joe Jagger
... aka Stampeded (UK) - The Comedian (1957) (TV) .... Al Preston
- "Lux Video Theatre" .... Major Jepelo / ... (7 episodes, 1951-1957)
... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
- To Have and Have Not (1957) TV episode
- A Bell for Adano (1955) TV episode .... Major Jepelo
- Five Star Final (1954) TV episode .... Randall
- Lady of Suspicion (1953) TV episode
- Ceylon Treasure (1952) TV episode
(2 more) - The Girl Can't Help It (1956) .... Marty 'Fats' Murdock
- The Rack (1956) .... Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
- A Cry in the Night (1956) .... Dan Taggart
- "Climax!" .... Joel Flint / ... (2 episodes, 1954-1956)
... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
- Figures in Clay (1956) TV episode .... Leo Waldek
- An Error in Chemistry (1954) TV episode .... Joel Flint - D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) .... Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
- "Screen Directors Playhouse" .... Thaddeus Kubaczik (1 episode, 1956)
- A Ticket for Thaddeus (1956) TV episode .... Thaddeus Kubaczik - 1984 (1956) .... Winston Smith
- "The Star and the Story" .... Ray Ericson (2 episodes, 1955)
... aka "The Henry Fonda Show" (USA)
- End of Flight (1955) TV episode
- Dark Stranger (1955) TV episode .... Ray Ericson - "Playwrights '56" .... Sidney (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "Pontiac Playwrights '56" (USA)
... aka "The Playwright Hour"
- The Heart's a Forgotten Hotel (1955) TV episode .... Sidney - Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) .... Fran McCarg
- "Damon Runyon Theater" .... Duke Martin (1 episode, 1955)
- Old Em's Kentucky Home (1955) TV episode .... Duke Martin - "The Red Skelton Show" .... Grizzled Old Prospector (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "The Red Skelton Hour" (USA: new title)
- Episode #4.23 (1955) TV episode .... Grizzled Old Prospector - "Stage 7" .... Clinton Sturgess (1 episode, 1955)
- Debt of Honor (1955) TV episode .... Clinton Sturgess - "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Captain Joyce (2 episodes, 1953-1954)
... aka "Ford Theatre" (USA: short title)
- Charlie C Company (1954) TV episode .... Captain Joyce
- To Any Soldier (1953) TV episode - The Barefoot Contessa (1954) .... Oscar Muldoon
... aka La contessa scalza (Italy) - Shield for Murder (1954) .... Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
- The Shanghai Story (1954) .... Dr. Dan Maynard
- The Bigamist (1953) .... Harry Graham/Harrison Graham
- China Venture (1953) .... Capt. Matt Reardon
- Julius Caesar (1953) .... Casca
... aka William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar - Cow Country (1953) .... Ben Anthony
- Man in the Dark (1953) .... Steve Rawley
... aka The Man Who Lived Twice (USA) - The Hitch-Hiker (1953) .... Roy Collins
- "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "Lucky Strike Theater"
... aka "Montgomery's Summer Stock"
... aka "The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater"
- Ricochet (1953) TV episode - The Turning Point (1952) .... John Conroy
- Denver and Rio Grande (1952) .... Jim Vesser
... aka Denver & Rio Grande (USA: promotional title) - The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) (uncredited) .... Midway barker
... aka Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth (USA: complete title) - Silver City (1951) .... Larkin Moffatt
... aka High Vermilion (UK) - Warpath (1951) .... John Vickers
- Two of a Kind (1951) .... Michael "Lefty" Farrell
- "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1951)
- Icebound (1951) TV episode - The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) .... Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
- Between Midnight and Dawn (1950) .... Officer Dan Purvis
- The Admiral Was a Lady (1950) .... Jimmy Stevens
- 711 Ocean Drive (1950) .... Mal Granger
- D.O.A. (1950) .... Frank Bigelow
- Backfire (1950) .... Steve Connolly
- White Heat (1949) .... Vic Pardo
- Task Force (1949) (voice) (uncredited) .... Voice on radio announcing Pearl Harbor attack
- An Act of Murder (1948) .... David Douglas
... aka Live Today for Tomorrow - Fighter Squadron (1948) .... Maj. Ed Hardin
- For the Love of Mary (1948) .... Lt. Tom Farrington
- Another Part of the Forest (1948) .... Ben Hubbard
- A Double Life (1947) .... Bill Friend
- Brute Force (1947) (uncredited) .... Inmate
- The Web (1947) .... Bob Regan
- The Killers (1946) .... Jim Reardon
... aka A Man Alone
... aka Ernest Hemingway's The Killers (USA: complete title) - Winged Victory (1944) (as Sgt. Edmond O'Brien) .... Irving Miller
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) .... Tom Holliday
- Powder Town (1942) .... J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant
- Obliging Young Lady (1942) .... 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley
- Parachute Battalion (1941) .... William Mayberry 'Bill' Burke
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) .... Stephen Herrick
... aka The Navy Steps Out (UK)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) .... Gringoire
Additional Details
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In the days of radio, he provided the voice of Johnny Dollar, the insurance investigator with an expense account on "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar."
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