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Born May 31, 1912 · Big Spring, Texas, USA
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 David Barclay. He also appeared in many low-budget Westerns, often billed as Tex O'Brien. In 1942, O'Brien starred in the movie serial Captain Midnight. Modern audiences perhaps best remember O'Brien as a frantic dope addict in the 1936 low-budget exploitation film Tell Your Children (better known under its reissue title, Reefer Madness). As a writer for The Red Skelton Show, O'Brien shared an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1961 and shared a nomination for the same award in 1963. O'Brien died, aged 57, of a heart attack while competing in a yachting race.
The Fall Guy
1955
Just What I Needed
1955
The Man Around the House
1955

Film Antics
1954
Out for Fun
1954
Do Someone a Favor!
1954
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954

Things We Can Do Without
1953

Cash Stashers
1953
The Mosconi Story
1953

I Love Children, But!
1952

Reducing
1952
Musiquiz
1952

Bargain Madness
1951

Camera Sleuth
1951

Wrong Way Butch
1950
A Wife's Life
1950

Did'ja Know?
1950

Crashing the Movies
1950
Pest Control
1950
We Can Dream, Can't We?
1949
Those Good Old Days
1949
Super Cue Men
1949

Let's Cogitate
1948

Ice Aces
1948

Just Suppose
1948

You Can't Win
1948
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948

Bowling Tricks
1948
Have You Ever Wondered?
1947
Surfboard Rhythm
1947
Football Thrills No. 10
1947
Neighbor Pests
1947
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947
Early Sports Quiz: What's Your I.Q. No. 13
1947

Diamond Demon
1947
I Love My Husband, But!
1946

Sure Cures
1946

Treasures from Trash
1946
Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
1946

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964

The Desperados Are in Town
1956

The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956
The Fall Guy
1955
Just What I Needed
1955
The Man Around the House
1955

Meet the O'Briens
1954
Out for Fun
1954
Do Someone a Favor!
1954

Tennessee Champ
1954
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954

Things We Can Do Without
1953

Kiss Me Kate
1953

Cash Stashers
1953

T.V. of Tomorrow
1953

I Love Children, But!
1952

Reducing
1952

Wrong Way Butch
1950
A Wife's Life
1950

Did'ja Know?
1950
Those Good Old Days
1949

Let's Cogitate
1948

Just Suppose
1948

You Can't Win
1948
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
1948
Have You Ever Wondered?
1947
Neighbor Pests
1947
I Love My Wife BUT!
1947
I Love My Husband, But!
1946

Sure Cures
1946

Treasures from Trash
1946