Acting credits
62
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Philip Ober
Acting
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Movies: 32Series: 30
TMDB ID: 2644
IMDb ID: nm0643211
Known for: Acting
Born: March 23, 1902
Died: September 13, 1982
Age: 80
Place of birth: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 1968
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 7.05
Wikidata: Q2073712
Also known 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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Philip Ober.
6.0
Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
1968 Movie
6.7
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
1966 Movie
The Adventures of Gallegher
as Hade
1965 Movie
6.1
The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor
1964 Movie
6.6
The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears
1963 Movie
I Saw the Whole Thing
as Colonel John Hoey
1962 Movie
4.6
Go Naked in the World
as Josh Kebner
1961 Movie
5.1
The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
1960 Movie
5.6
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
1960 Movie
7.3
Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
1960 Movie
5.9
Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
1959 Movie
8.0
North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
1959 Movie
6.2
The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
1959 Movie
6.0
Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
1958 Movie
6.9
Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
1958 Movie
5.7
The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
1958 Movie
5.5
Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
1957 Movie
7.0
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
1957 Movie
6.5
Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
1954 Movie
7.0
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
1954 Movie
7.3
From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes
1953 Movie
6.7
Scandal at Scourie
as B. G. Belney
1953 Movie
5.0
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Col. Reade
1953 Movie
7.2
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson
1953 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Philip Ober.
6.5
The Monkees
1 eps
1966 Series
6.7
Family Affair
1 eps
1966 Series
7.8
I Dream of Jeannie
as General Stone • 2 eps
1965 Series
7.0
Honey West
as J. J. Vanderhyden • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.9
The Munsters
1 eps
1964 Series
7.0
Channing
as Partridge • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.0
The Eleventh Hour
1 eps
1962 Series
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Colonel Hoey • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.0
Sam Benedict
1 eps
1962 Series
5.0
The Investigators
as Charley Brent • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.5
Ripcord
as Dr. Ladd • 1 eps
1961 Series
4.7
Cain's Hundred
as Herman Hausner • 2 eps
1961 Series
4.1
Checkmate
as Marshall Winslow • 1 eps
1960 Series
6.6
Thriller
as Elmer Hooper • 1 eps
1960 Series
6.4
Mr. Lucky
1 eps
1959 Series
6.0
Startime
1 eps
1959 Series
8.5
The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Henderson • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.1
Bat Masterson
as General Silas Guild • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.8
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1 eps
1958 Series
7.7
Perry Mason
as Ralph Davis • 1 eps
1957 Series
5.2
M Squad
as George Brayden • 1 eps
1957 Series
4.8
Sugarfoot
as General Humphrey • 1 eps
1957 Series
5.0
Matinee Theater
1 eps
1955 Series
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 eps
1955 Series