Acting
Edmond O'Brien
Born 1915-09-10
New York City, New York, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). His many memorable films included The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Wild Bunch. He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which aired during the 1962-1963 television season.
Known For
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The Wild Bunch
1969
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
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The Longest Day
1962
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Mission: Impossible
1966
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White Heat
1949
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Fantastic Voyage
1966
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
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The Killers
1946
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Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
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The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (142 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies | Self - (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Other Side of the Wind | Pat Mullins | Movie | 2018 |
 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Oscar Muldoon (archive footage) | Movie | 2010 |
| White Heat: Top of the World | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2005 | |
| Déjà-Vu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 | |
 | The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1996 |
 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "White Heat") (archive footage) | Movie | 1982 |
 | 99 and 44/100% Dead | Uncle Frank Kelly | Movie | 1974 |
 | Lucky Luciano | Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger | Movie | 1973 |
 | Isn't It Shocking? | Justin Oates | Movie | 1973 |
 | Police Story | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1973 |
 | They Only Kill Their Masters | George | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Streets of San Francisco | Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Temperatures Rising | Dr. Banning | TV Series | 1972 |
 | Jigsaw | Det. Ed Burtelson | Movie | 1972 |
 | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | Morton Stillman | Movie | 1971 |
 | River of Mystery | R.J. Twitchell | Movie | 1971 |
 | McMillan & Wife | Mr. Fontaine | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Intruders | Col. William Bodeen | Movie | 1970 |
 | Dream No Evil | Timothy MacDonald | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Love God? | Osborn Tremaine | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Wild Bunch | Freddie Sykes | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Name of the Game | John Bergman | TV Series | 1968 |
 | It Takes a Thief | Rocky McCauley | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Outsider | Marvin Bishop | Movie | 1967 |
 | The High Chaparral | Morgan MacQuarie | TV Series | 1967 |
 | To Commit a Murder | Sphax (publisher) | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Viscount | Ricco Barone | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Doomsday Flight | The Man | Movie | 1966 |
 | Mission: Impossible | Raymond Halder | TV Series | 1966 |
 | Fantastic Voyage | General Carter | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Further Adventures of Gallegher | Jefferson Crowley | Movie | 1965 |
| The Long, Hot Summer | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1965 | |
 | Synanon | Chuck Dederich | Movie | 1965 |
 | Sylvia | Oscar Stewart | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Adventures of Gallegher | Jefferson Crowley | TV Series | 1965 |
 | The Hanged Man | Arnie Seeger | Movie | 1964 |
 | Rio Conchos | Pardee | Movie | 1964 |
 | Seven Days in May | Sen. Raymond Clark | Movie | 1964 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1963 | |
 | Breaking Point | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Longest Day | Gen. Raymond D. Barton | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Virginian | Thomas Manstead | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Sam Benedict | Sam Benedict | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Tom Gaddis | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Dutton Peabody | Movie | 1962 |
 | Moon Pilot | McClosky aka 'Mac' | Movie | 1962 |
 | Target: The Corruptors! | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Man-Trap | Director | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Great Impostor | Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga | Movie | 1960 |
 | The 3rd Voice | The Voice | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Last Voyage | Second Engineer Walsh | Movie | 1960 |
 | Johnny Midnight | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1960 |
 | The Ambitious One | Mike Buchanan | Movie | 1959 |
 | Laramie | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Up Periscope | Commander Paul Stevenson | Movie | 1959 |
 | Sing Boy Sing | Joseph Sharkey | Movie | 1958 |
 | The World Was His Jury | David Carson | Movie | 1958 |
 | Stopover Tokyo | George Underwood | Movie | 1957 |
 | Suspicion | Sgt. Miles Odeen | TV Series | 1957 |
 | The Big Land | Joe Jagger | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Comedian | Al Preston | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Girl Can't Help It | Marty 'Fats' Murdock | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Rack | Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick | Movie | 1956 |
 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Russ Andrews | TV Series | 1956 |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Marshal Ben Clark | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Playhouse 90 | Al Preston | TV Series | 1956 |
 | A Cry in the Night | Dan Taggart | Movie | 1956 |
 | D-Day the Sixth of June | Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer | Movie | 1956 |
 | A Ticket for Thaddeus | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1956 |
 | 1984 | Winston Smith of the Outer Party | Movie | 1956 |
 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Thaddeus Kubaczik | TV Series | 1955 |
| Playwrights '56 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1955 | |
 | Pete Kelly's Blues | Fran McCarg | Movie | 1955 |
 | Dark Stranger | Ray Ericson | Movie | 1955 |
 | The Star and the Story | Ray Ericson | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Jefferson Crowley | TV Series | 1954 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Crowley | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Climax! | Joel Flint | TV Series | 1954 |
| Climax! | Leo Waldek | TV Series | 1954 |
| The George Gobel Show | Self | TV Series | 1954 | |
 | The Barefoot Contessa | Oscar Muldoon | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Shanghai Story | Daniel Maynard | Movie | 1954 |
 | Shield for Murder | Det. Lt. Barney Nolan | Movie | 1954 |
| Shield for Murder | Director | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Bigamist | Harry Graham / Harrison Graham | Movie | 1953 |
 | China Venture | Capt. Matt Reardon | Movie | 1953 |
 | Julius Caesar | Casca | Movie | 1953 |
 | Cow Country | Ben Anthony | Movie | 1953 |
 | Man in the Dark | Steve Rawley | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Hitch-Hiker | Roy Collins | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | The Ford Television Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Capt. Joyce | TV Series | 1952 |
 | The Turning Point | John Conroy | Movie | 1952 |
 | Denver and Rio Grande | Jim Vesser | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Midway Barker at End (uncredited) | Movie | 1952 |
 | Silver City | Larkin Moffat | Movie | 1951 |
 | Warpath | John Vickers | Movie | 1951 |
 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Capt. Simpson | TV Series | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Rick Saunders | TV Series | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Jim Reardon | TV Series | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Director | TV Series | 1951 |
 | The Red Skelton Show | Grizzled Old Prospector | TV Series | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Show | Self | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Two of a Kind | Michael "Lefty" Farrell | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Redhead and the Cowboy | Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer) | Movie | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Hal | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Harry 'Steve' Morgan | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mr. Protis | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Rorsford | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mike Dixon | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Randall | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Maj. Jepelo | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | Between Midnight and Dawn | Officer Dan Purvis | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Admiral Was a Lady | Jimmy Stevens | Movie | 1950 |
 | 711 Ocean Drive | Mal Granger | Movie | 1950 |
 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Backfire | Steve Connolly | Movie | 1950 |
 | D.O.A. | Frank Bigelow | Movie | 1949 |
 | Under Capricorn | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Movie | 1949 |
 | White Heat | Vic Pardo | Movie | 1949 |
 | Task Force | Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited) | Movie | 1949 |
 | An Act of Murder | David Douglas | Movie | 1948 |
 | Fighter Squadron | Maj. Ed Hardin | Movie | 1948 |
 | For the Love of Mary | Lt. Tom Farrington | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | Another Part of the Forest | Benjamin Hubbard | Movie | 1948 |
 | A Double Life | Bill Friend | Movie | 1947 |
 | Something in the Wind | Lt. Tom Farrington | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Web | Bob Regan | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Killers | Jim Reardon | Movie | 1946 |
 | Winged Victory | Irving Miller | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Tom Holliday | Movie | 1943 |
 | Powder Town | J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant | Movie | 1942 |
 | Obliging Young Lady | 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley | Movie | 1942 |
 | Parachute Battalion | William Mayberry Burke | Movie | 1941 |
 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Stephen Herrick | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Gringoire | Movie | 1939 |
| Stage 7 | Clinton Sturges | TV Series | — |