Philip Ober
Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, USA — Mar 23 1902• Died Sep 13 1982
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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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Philip Ober's Credits
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Perry Mason
Ralph Davis
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Colonel Hoey
The Twilight Zone
Mr. Henderson
I Love Lucy
Arnold (uncredited)
Matinee Theater
Family Affair
I Dream of Jeannie
General Stone
The Monkees
Mr. Weatherwax
M Squad
George Brayden
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Wilton Stark
The Munsters
Bat Masterson
General Silas Guild
Checkmate
Marshall Winslow
Thriller
Elmer Hooper
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Sam Benedict
Sugarfoot
General Humphrey
Cain's Hundred
Herman Hausner
Hazel
Mr. Sudley
Honey West
J. J. Vanderhyden
Mr. Lucky
Lux Video Theatre
The Danny Thomas Show
Hal Raskin
City Detective
Startime
Letter to Loretta
Tom
The Investigators
Charley Brent
The Eleventh Hour
Channing
Partridge
Profiles in Courage
Anderson
From Here to Eternity
Capt. Dana Holmes
Ripcord
Dr. Ladd
North by Northwest
Lester Townsend
Grindl
Bringing Up Buddy
General Electric Theater
Mr. Goodwin
Beloved Infidel
John Wheeler
The Ugly American
Ambassador Sears
Broken Lance
Van Cleve
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Nicholas Simmons
Elmer Gantry
Reverend Planck
The Clown
Ralph Z. Henderson
The Mating Game
Wendell Burnshaw
Assignment to Kill
Bohlen
Ten North Frederick
Lloyd Williams
Come Back, Little Sheba
Ed Anderson
The Unknown Man
Wayne Kellwin
Scandal at Scourie
B. G. Belney
Torpedo Run
Adm. Samuel Setton
Washington Story
Gilbert Nunnally
The High Cost of Loving
Herb Zorn
Escapade in Japan
Lt. Col. Hargrave
Go Naked in the World
Josh Kebner
The Facts of Life
Doc Mason
The Magnificent Yankee
Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Grant Holloway
Tammy and the Bachelor
Alfred Bissle
About Mrs. Leslie
Mort Finley
Little Me
The Tammy Grimes Show
The Brass Bottle
William J. Beevor
The Adventures of Gallegher
Hade
The Secret Fury
Gregory Kent
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Jim
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Col. Reade
Never a Dull Moment
Jed
The Glass Case
Walter Drummond