Dave O'Brien [118633] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.1532 Birthplace: Big Spring, Texas, USA Birthday: 1912-05-31 Deathday: 1969-11-08 Age: 57 years Movies: 174 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 42nd Street: From Book 2006-03-21 That's Entertainment, P1976-05-16 The Big Parade of Comed1964-09-02 The Desperados Are in T1956-11-01 The Kettles in the Ozar1956-04-01 The Fall Guy1955-06-04 Just What I Needed1955-04-15 The Man Around the Hous1955-01-01 Out for Fun1954-05-08 Do Someone a Favor!1954-04-10 Tennessee Champ1954-03-03 Ain't It Aggravatin'1954-02-06 Things We Can Do Withou1953-12-05 Kiss Me Kate1953-11-26 Cash Stashers1953-08-29 T.V. of Tomorrow1953-06-06 I Love Children, But!1952-12-27 Reducing1952-03-22 Wrong Way Butch1950-09-02 A Wife's Life1950-09-01 Did'ja Know?1950-05-06 Those Good Old Days1949-04-16 Let's Cogitate1948-12-25 Just Suppose1948-07-17 You Can't Win1948-05-29 I Love My Mother-In-Law1948-02-07 Have You Ever Wondered?1947-12-13 Neighbor Pests1947-05-03 I Love My Wife BUT!1947-04-05 I Love My Husband, But!1946-12-07 Sure Cures1946-11-02 Treasures from Trash1946-06-08 Equestrian Quiz: What's1946-05-18 Studio Visit1946-05-11 Flaming Bullets1945-10-14 Frontier Fugitives1945-09-01 Three in the Saddle1945-07-26 Enemy of the Law1945-05-07 The Phantom of 42nd Str1945-05-02 The Man Who Walked Alon1945-03-15 Marked for Murder1945-02-08 The Whispering Skull1944-12-29 Tahiti Nights1944-12-28 Safety Sleuth1944-11-25 Dead or Alive1944-11-09 Gangsters of the Fronti1944-09-22 Gunsmoke Mesa1944-09-01 Brand of the Devil1944-07-30 Movie Pests1944-07-08 Spook Town1944-06-03 The Pinto Bandit1944-04-26 Sportsman's Memories1944-04-22 Guns of the Law1944-03-30 Outlaw Roundup1944-02-10 Boss of Rawhide1943-11-20 The Return of the Range1943-10-26 Trail of Terror1943-09-06 Fighting Valley1943-08-08 Seventh Column1943-07-31 Border Buckaroos1943-06-15 West of Texas1943-05-10 Bad Men of Thunder Gap1943-03-05 The Rangers Take Over1942-12-25 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge1942-11-20 The Yanks Are Coming1942-11-09 Bowery at Midnight1942-10-30 Calling All Pa's1942-10-24 King of the Stallions1942-09-18 Carry Harry1942-09-03 Sheriff of Sage Valley1942-09-02 Law and Order1942-08-21 Prisoner of Japan1942-07-22 Down Texas Way1942-05-22 Victory Quiz1942-05-09 Billy the Kid's Smoking1942-05-01 What About Daddy?1942-02-28 Captain Midnight1942-02-15 Forbidden Trails1941-12-25 Double Trouble1941-11-21 Spooks Run Wild1941-10-24 Billy the Kid Wanted1941-10-03 The Gunman From Bodie1941-09-19 The Deadly Game1941-08-08 The Texas Marshal1941-07-12 Billy the Kid in Santa 1941-07-11 Murder by Invitation1941-06-30 The Spider Returns1941-05-09 Buzzy and the Phantom P1941-05-05 Flying Wild1941-03-10 The Devil Bat1940-12-13 That Gang of Mine1940-09-23 The Cowboy from Sundown1940-09-05 Queen of the Yukon1940-08-26 Gun Code1940-08-03 Boys of the City1940-07-15 Sky Bandits1940-07-06 Hold That Woman!1940-06-28 On the Spot1940-06-11 Phantom Rancher1940-03-31 Son of the Navy1940-03-30 Isle Of Destiny1940-03-08 Murder on the Yukon1940-02-25 East Side Kids1940-02-10 Danger Ahead1940-01-22 Yukon Flight1940-01-02 Crashing Thru1939-12-11 Buried Alive1939-11-06 Fighting Mad1939-11-05 Flaming Lead1939-11-01 Mutiny in the Big House1939-10-24 On Your Toes1939-10-14 The Arizona Kid1939-09-28 The Fighting Renegade1939-08-31 Daughter of the Tong1939-08-28 New Frontier1939-08-10 Riders of the Sage1939-08-01 Wyoming Outlaw1939-06-27 Undercover Agent1939-04-19 Outlaws' Paradise1939-04-18 Texas Wildcats1939-04-09 Trigger Smith1939-03-22 Rollin' Westward1939-03-01 Code of the Cactus1939-02-25 Drifting Westward1939-01-25 Water Rustlers1939-01-06 Song of the Buckaroo1938-12-07 Gun Packer1938-11-16 Where the Buffalo Roam1938-10-12 Frontier Scout1938-09-16 Starlight Over Texas1938-09-06 Utah Trail1938-08-12 Man's Country1938-07-06 The Singing Cowgirl1938-06-02 Whirlwind Horseman1938-04-29 The Secret of Treasure 1938-03-17 Born to Be Wild1938-02-16 Million Dollar Racket1937-09-30 Rough Riding Rhythm1937-08-14 Brothers of the West1937-06-29 Lightnin' Crandall1937-03-24 Wanted - A Master1936-12-26 The Girl on the Front P1936-09-26 The Black Coin1936-09-01 The Adventures of Frank1936-01-13 Tell Your Children1938-06-15 Ship Cafe1935-11-09 She Married Her Boss1935-09-19 Welcome Home1935-08-09 Woman Wanted1935-08-02 Doubting Thomas1935-07-10 No More Ladies1935-06-14 Student Tour1934-10-05 Gift of Gab1934-09-01 We're Rich Again1934-07-13 Tomorrow's Children1934-07-02 Murder at the Vanities1934-05-18 Wonder Bar1934-03-31 Search for Beauty1934-02-02 Sitting Pretty1933-11-23 College Coach1933-11-04 One Man's Journey1933-08-31 College Humor1933-07-05 Pick-up1933-03-24 Rasputin and the Empres1932-12-23 The Sign of the Cross1932-11-30 Hot Saturday1932-10-28 70,000 Witnesses1932-09-09 Roar of the Dragon1932-07-08 Is My Face Red?1932-06-17 Flying High1931-11-14 Consolation Marriage1931-11-21 Madam Satan1930-09-20 Good News1930-08-22 The Dawn Patrol1930-07-10