Dave O'Brien

Acting

Dave O'Brien

Born May 31, 1912 · Big Spring, Texas, USA

Died November 8, 1969 · aged 57

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 Da…

Known For

The Sign of the CrossThe Sign of the Cross · 1932
The Sign of the Cross
★ 6.41932
MovieDramaHistory
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
That's Entertainment, Part IIThat's Entertainment, Part II · 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
★ 7.01976
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Rasputin and the EmpressRasputin and the Empress · 1932
Rasputin and the Empress
★ 5.51932
MovieDramaHistory
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.
Devil and the DeepDevil and the Deep · 1932
Devil and the Deep
★ 5.11932
MovieDrama
Naval commander Charles Sturm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane jealousy over every man she speaks to. His obsessive behavior soon drives her to the arms of a handsome lieutenant. When Charles learns of their affair, he plots revenge.
42nd Street42nd Street · 1933
42nd Street
★ 6.91933
MovieComedyDrama
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
Kiss Me KateKiss Me Kate · 1953
Kiss Me Kate
★ 6.51953
MovieMusicComedy
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
Music in the AirMusic in the Air · 1934
Music in the Air
★ 5.61934
MovieComedyRomance
A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.
Spooks Run WildSpooks Run Wild · 1941
Spooks Run Wild
★ 5.11941
MovieComedyHorror
A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.

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Born to Be WildBorn to Be Wild · 1938
Born to Be Wild
★ 7.51938
MovieActionDrama
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and offers a $1000 bonus. He tells them it is a load of lettuce. Several miles out of Los Angelese, they are stopped by a mob of lettuce-farm workers on strike. When the first crate is tossed off the truck, it explodes and the two pals learn their merchandise is a cargo of dynamite. The workers let them proceed and they crash into a car driven by Mary Stevens, whom they had met at a restaurant. She and her dog, "Butch" (played by a Credited dog named Stooge), join them and they deliver their cargo, and learn unscrupulous real-estate operators have jammed the locks on the dam in order to ruin the ranchers and farmers and take over their property.

Trucker (uncredited)