Edmond O'Brien
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
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Dutton Peabody
The Wild Bunch
Freddie Sykes
The Longest Day
Gen. Raymond D. Barton
White Heat
Vic Pardo
The Killers
Jim Reardon
Birdman of Alcatraz
Tom Gaddis
Fantastic Voyage
General Carter
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)
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Filmography
Acting (126)
Movies (92)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022as Self - (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind
2018as Pat Mullins
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)
White Heat: Top of the World
2005as Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004as Frank Bigelow in D.O.A (archive footage)
Déjà-Vu
2000
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996as Self (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974as Uncle Frank Kelly
Lucky Luciano
1973as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Isn't It Shocking?
1973as Justin Oates
Jigsaw
1972as Det. Ed Burtelson
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972as George
River of Mystery
1971as R.J. Twitchell
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971as Morton Stillman
Dream No Evil
1970as Timothy MacDonald
The Intruders
1970as Col. William Bodeen
The Wild Bunch
1969as Freddie Sykes
The Love God?
1969as Osborn Tremaine
The Outsider
1967as Marvin Bishop
To Commit a Murder
1967as Sphax (publisher)
The Viscount
1967as Ricco Barone
Fantastic Voyage
1966as General Carter
The Doomsday Flight
1966as The Man
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965as Jefferson Crowley
Sylvia
1965as Oscar Stewart
The Adventures of Gallegher
1965as Jefferson Crowley
Synanon
1965as Chuck Dederich
The Hanged Man
1964as Arnie Seeger
Rio Conchos
1964as Pardee
Seven Days in May
1964as Sen. Raymond Clark
The Longest Day
1962as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962as Dutton Peabody
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962as Tom Gaddis
Moon Pilot
1962as McClosky aka 'Mac'
The 3rd Voice
1960as The Voice
The Great Impostor
1960as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga
The Last Voyage
1960as Second Engineer Walsh
Up Periscope
1959as Commander Paul Stevenson
The Ambitious One
1959as Mike Buchanan
Sing Boy Sing
1958as Joseph Sharkey
The World Was His Jury
1958as David Carson
Stopover Tokyo
1957as George Underwood
The Comedian
1957as Al Preston
The Big Land
1957as Joe Jagger
The Girl Can't Help It
1956as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
1984
1956as Winston Smith of the Outer Party
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
The Rack
1956as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
A Cry in the Night
1956as Dan Taggart
A Ticket for Thaddeus
1956
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955as Fran McCarg
Dark Stranger
1955as Ray Ericson
The Barefoot Contessa
1954as Oscar Muldoon
The Shanghai Story
1954as Daniel Maynard
Shield for Murder
1954as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
Man in the Dark
1953as Steve Rawley
Julius Caesar
1953as Casca
The Bigamist
1953as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
Cow Country
1953as Ben Anthony
The Hitch-Hiker
1953as Roy Collins
China Venture
1953as Capt. Matt Reardon
The Turning Point
1952as John Conroy
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Denver and Rio Grande
1952as Jim Vesser
Silver City
1951as Larkin Moffat
Two of a Kind
1951as Michael "Lefty" Farrell
Warpath
1951as John Vickers
The Redhead and the Cowboy
1951as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950as Officer Dan Purvis
711 Ocean Drive
1950as Mal Granger
Backfire
1950as Steve Connolly
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950as Jimmy Stevens
Task Force
1949as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)
White Heat
1949as Vic Pardo
Under Capricorn
1949as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
D.O.A.
1949as Frank Bigelow
Another Part of the Forest
1948as Benjamin Hubbard
An Act of Murder
1948as David Douglas
Fighter Squadron
1948as Maj. Ed Hardin
For the Love of Mary
1948as Lt. Tom Farrington
A Double Life
1947as Bill Friend
The Web
1947as Bob Regan
Something in the Wind
1947as Lt. Tom Farrington
The Killers
1946as Jim Reardon
Winged Victory
1944as Irving Miller
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943as Tom Holliday
Obliging Young Lady
1942as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley
Powder Town
1942as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant
Parachute Battalion
1941as William Mayberry Burke
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941as Stephen Herrick
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939as Gringoire
Television (34)
Police Story
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972as Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD
Temperatures Rising
1972as Dr. Banning
McMillan & Wife
1971as Mr. Fontaine
The Name of the Game
1968as John Bergman
It Takes a Thief
1968as Rocky McCauley
The High Chaparral
1967as Morgan MacQuarie
Mission: Impossible
1966as Raymond Halder
The Long, Hot Summer
1965 The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Breaking Point
1963
The Virginian
1962as Thomas Manstead
Sam Benedict
1962as Sam Benedict
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Johnny Midnight
1960
Laramie
1959
Suspicion
1957as Sgt. Miles Odeen
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Russ Andrews
Playhouse 90
1956as Al Preston
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955as Thaddeus Kubaczik
The Star and the Story
1955as Ray Ericson
Playwrights '56
1955
Climax!
1954as Joel Flint
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Crowley
The George Gobel Show
1954as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Red Skelton Show
1951as Grizzled Old Prospector
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951as Capt. Simpson
The Bob Hope Show
1950as Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 Lux Video Theatre
1950as Hal
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
Stage 7
as Clinton Sturges
Crew (3)
Television (1)
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