Philip Ober
Birthday
1902/03/23
Day of death
1982/09/13 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Also know 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).
Acting
(1959) North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
(1960) Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
(1953) From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes
(1966) The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
(1954) Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
(1959) The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
(1960) The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
(1951) The Unknown Man
as Wayne Kellwin
(1958) Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
(1950) The Secret Fury
as Gregory Kent
(1952) Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson
(1953) The Clown
as Ralph Z. Henderson
(1950) The Magnificent Yankee
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
(1954) About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
(1953) The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Col. Reade
(1957) Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
(1934) Chloe, Love Is Calling You
as Jim
(1961) Go Naked in the World
as Josh Kebner
(1952) Washington Story
as Gilbert Nunnally
(1953) Scandal at Scourie
as B. G. Belney
(1959) Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
(1968) Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
(1950) Never a Dull Moment
as Jed
(1957) Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
(1960) Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
(1963) The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears
(1958) Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
(1964) The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor
(1964) The Adventures of Gallegher
as Hade
(1958) The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
(1939) The Glass Case
as Walter Drummond
(1966) Family Affair
as ---
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Herman Hausner
(1959) Mr. Lucky
as ---
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as General Stone
(1964) The Munsters
as ---
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Arnold (uncredited)
(1957) Perry Mason
as Ralph Davis
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Mr. Goodwin
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Henderson
(1960) Bringing Up Buddy
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Wilton Stark
(1966) The Monkees
as ---
(1962) Sam Benedict
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1962) The Eleventh Hour
as ---
(1960) Thriller
as Elmer Hooper
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as ---
(1957) M Squad
as George Brayden
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Anderson
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1963) Grindl
as ---
(1957) Sugarfoot
as General Humphrey
(1958) Bat Masterson
as General Silas Guild
(1965) Honey West
as J. J. Vanderhyden
(1953) City Detective
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Tom
(1966) The Tammy Grimes Show
as ---
(1963) Channing
as Partridge
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Chief George McManus
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Walter Craig
(1960) Checkmate
as Marshall Winslow
(1957) Perry Mason
as Peter Dawson
(1957) Perry Mason
as Albert Keller
(1957) Perry Mason
as Harvey Farrell
(1957) Perry Mason
as Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge
(1959) Startime
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Malcolm Tawley
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Colonel Hoey
(1961) Ripcord
as Dr. Ladd