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

Double TroubleDouble Trouble · 1941
Double Trouble
10.01941
MovieComedy
Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.
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.
Madam SatanMadam Satan · 1930
Madam Satan
5.91930
MovieRomanceMusic
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
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.
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.
Pick-upPick-up · 1933
Pick-up
5.11933
MovieCrimeDrama
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
Flaming BulletsFlaming Bullets · 1945
Flaming Bullets
6.01945
MovieWestern
Bullets fly as the Texas rangers fight an outlaw gang.
Wonder BarWonder Bar · 1934
Wonder Bar
6.01934
MovieCrimeDrama
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.

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