Acting

Donald O'Brien

Born 1930-09-15

Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Department: Acting

Biography

Donal "Donald" O'Brien (September 15, 1930) is a French-born Irish film and television actor. In his near 40-year career, O'Brien appeared in dozens of stage performances and in more than 60 film and television productions. O'Brien was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, raised in both Northern France and Dublin, Ireland with his family, and made his feature film debut in 1953 with Anatole Litvak's war drama Act of Love. He studied acting in Dublin and initially joined the Gate Theatre at age 19 before making the transition to film several years later. O'Brien's performance in The Train (1964), in which he played an SSFeldwebel, led to his first breakout role in Grand Prix (1966) starring alongside James Garner and Eva Marie Saint.

1991

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (56 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience	Self	Movie	2001
Bandits: Love and Liberty	Barone	Movie	1994
The Sect	Justice Jonathan Ford	Movie	1991
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000	Rico	Movie	1991
Quest for the Mighty Sword	Gunther	Movie	1990
Cellini: A Violent Life	Bernardino, hermit	Movie	1990
Flight from Paradise	Self / Appearance	Movie	1990
Mortacci	Archibald Williams	Movie	1989
Ghosthouse	Valkos	Movie	1988
The Name of the Rose	Pietro d'Assisi	Movie	1986
Hands of Steel	Professor Olster	Movie	1986
Warriors of the Year 2072	Monk	Movie	1984
Panther Squad	General	Movie	1984
2020 Texas Gladiators	Black One	Movie	1983
Doctor Butcher M.D.	Dr. Obrero / Dr. Butcher	Movie	1980
The Day Christ Died	Roman Soldier	Movie	1980
Flying Sex	Mr. Slider	Movie	1980
Images in a Convent	Exorcist	Movie	1979
Tough to Kill	Major Hagerty	Movie	1979
Silver Saddle	Flertcher	Movie	1978
The Inglorious Bastards	SS Officer	Movie	1978
Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century	Sgt. Stricker	Movie	1977
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Donald McKenzie	Movie	1977
A Man Called Blade	Burt Craven	Movie	1977
Keoma	Caldwell	Movie	1976
Erotic Games of a Respectable Family	Professor Riccardo Rossi	Movie	1975
Four of the Apocalypse	Sheriff of Salt Flat	Movie	1975
White Fang to the Rescue	Caroll	Movie	1975
Challenge to White Fang	Liverpool	Movie	1974
Sex of the Witch	Inspector	Movie	1973
The Executioner of God	Frank	Movie	1973
Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West	Outlaw	Movie	1973
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre	Frank	Movie	1973
God Is My Colt	Collins	Movie	1972
Two Brothers in Trinity	Lester O'Hara	Movie	1972
The Sheriff of Rock Spring	Burt Jones	Movie	1971
Paid in Blood	Lee Rast	Movie	1971
Finders Killers	Jack Forest	Movie	1971
The Last Traitor	Captain Ned Carter	Movie	1971
Run, Man, Run	Daniel Cassidy	Movie	1968
Western, Italian Style	Self	Movie	1968
The Night of the Generals	Plotting German Officer (uncredited)	Movie	1967
Grand Prix	Wallace Bennett	Movie	1966
Line of Demarcation	Self / Appearance	Movie	1966
L'homme de l'Interpol	Polard	Movie	1966
A Matter of Resistance	American Officer	Movie	1966
Nick Carter and Red Club	Self / Appearance	Movie	1965
Cloportes	Gallery visitor	Movie	1965
Hail! Mafia	Mafia Thug	Movie	1965
Operation Diplomatic Passport	Dolbry	Movie	1965
Weekend at Dunkirk	L'officier anglais	Movie	1964
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts	Self / Appearance	Movie	1964
The Train	Schwartz	Movie	1964
Tales of Paris	American Tourist (segment "Ella") (uncredited)	Movie	1962
Dynamite Jack	Self / Appearance	Movie	1961
The Wretches	Self / Appearance	Movie	1960