Philip Ober
31 movies · 38 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 23, 1902
- Died
- Sep 13, 1982 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
- Also known as
- Phil Ober · Philip Nott Ober
Biography
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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Philip Ober: movies and TV shows
Acting (69)
- 1968 Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Go Naked in the World
as Josh Kebner
- 1960 The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
- 1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
- 1959 Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
- 1959 The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
- 1958 Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
- 1958 The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
- 1957 Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
- 1957 Perry Mason · TV
as Ralph Davis / Peter Dawson / Albert Keller / Harvey Farrell / Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge · 5 episodes
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
- 1956
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954 Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
- 1954 About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes
- 1953 Scandal at Scourie
as B. G. Belney
- 1953 The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Col. Reade
- 1953 Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson
- 1953
- 1953 The Clown
as Ralph Z. Henderson
- 1952 Washington Story
as Gilbert Nunnally
- 1951 The Unknown Man
as Wayne Kellwin
- 1951
- 1950 The Magnificent Yankee
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
- 1950
- 1950 Never a Dull Moment
as Jed
- 1950 The Secret Fury
as Gregory Kent
- 1939 The Glass Case
as Walter Drummond
- 1938
- 1934 Chloe, Love Is Calling You
as Jim