Philip Ober

Actor Mar 23 (died age 80) Fort Payne, Alabama, USA 1934–1968 (34 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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).

Known For

Film

North by Northwest

Lester Townsend

Film

From Here to Eternity

Capt. Dana Holmes

Film

Elmer Gantry

Reverend Planck

Film

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Nicholas Simmons

Film

Broken Lance

Van Cleve

Film

Come Back, Little Sheba

Ed Anderson

Film

The Ugly American

Ambassador Sears

Film

Tammy and the Bachelor

Alfred Bissle

Filmography

Acting (70)

Movies (34)

Assignment to Kill

1968

as Bohlen

6.0

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

1966

as Nicholas Simmons

6.7

The Adventures of Gallegher

1965

as Hade

The Brass Bottle

as William J. Beevor

The Ugly American

as Ambassador Sears

I Saw the Whole Thing

1962

as Colonel John Hoey

Go Naked in the World

as Josh Kebner

Elmer Gantry

as Reverend Planck

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

1960

as Grant Holloway

5.6

Incident at a Corner

1960

as Malcolm Tawley

The Facts of Life

as Doc Mason

North by Northwest

as Lester Townsend

Beloved Infidel

as John Wheeler

The Mating Game

as Wendell Burnshaw

Ten North Frederick

as Lloyd Williams

Torpedo Run

as Adm. Samuel Setton

6.0

The High Cost of Loving

1958

as Herb Zorn

5.7

Tammy and the Bachelor

as Alfred Bissle

Escapade in Japan

as Lt. Col. Hargrave

About Mrs. Leslie

as Mort Finley

Broken Lance

as Van Cleve

From Here to Eternity

1953

as Capt. Dana Holmes

7.3

Come Back, Little Sheba

1953

as Ed Anderson

7.2

The Clown

1953

as Ralph Z. Henderson

5.3

The Girls of Pleasure Island

as Col. Reade

Scandal at Scourie

as B. G. Belney

Washington Story

as Gilbert Nunnally

The Unknown Man

as Wayne Kellwin

Never a Dull Moment

as Jed

The Magnificent Yankee

1950

as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)

The Secret Fury

as Gregory Kent

The Glass Case

as Walter Drummond

Little Me

1938

Chloe, Love Is Calling You

1934

as Jim

3.4

Television (36)

The Monkees

as Mr. Weatherwax

Family Affair

The Tammy Grimes Show

I Dream of Jeannie

as General Stone

Honey West

as J. J. Vanderhyden

The Munsters

Profiles in Courage

as Anderson

Channing

as Partridge

Grindl

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Colonel Hoey

Sam Benedict

The Eleventh Hour

Hazel

as Mr. Sudley

Cain's Hundred

as Herman Hausner

Ripcord

as Dr. Ladd

The Investigators

as Charley Brent

Thriller

as Elmer Hooper

Checkmate

as Marshall Winslow

Bringing Up Buddy

The Twilight Zone

as Mr. Henderson

Mr. Lucky

Startime

Bat Masterson

as General Silas Guild

6.1

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Perry Mason

as Ralph Davis

M Squad

as George Brayden

Sugarfoot

as General Humphrey

Matinee Theater

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Malcolm Tawley

7.8

The 20th Century Fox Hour

City Detective

The Danny Thomas Show

1953

as Hal Raskin

6.0

General Electric Theater

as Mr. Goodwin

Letter to Loretta

as Tom

I Love Lucy

as Arnold (uncredited)

7.9

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.3