Philip Ober
Birthday: 1902-03-23
Place of Birth: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
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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North by Northwest
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase....
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Elmer Gantry
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside e...
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From Here to Eternity
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's...
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The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted...
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Broken Lance
Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the...
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The Mating Game
Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his bac...
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The Facts of Life
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Alth...
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The Unknown Man
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty....
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Torpedo Run
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas du...
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The Secret Fury
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married...
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Come Back, Little Sheba
A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in ...
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The Clown
Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement par...
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About Mrs. Leslie
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and t...
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The Girls of Pleasure Island
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced E...
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Escapade in Japan
A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later befriend...
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Chloe, Love Is Calling You
A black voodoo priestess comes out of the Louisiana swamps to take revenge on the white plantation ...
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Go Naked in the World
A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high...
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Washington Story
A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van Johnson) is...
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Scandal at Scourie
After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitob...
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Beloved Infidel
In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At...
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Assignment to Kill
A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of delibe...
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Never a Dull Moment
Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widow...
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Tammy and the Bachelor
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional sout...
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but...
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The Ugly American
An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearin...
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Ten North Frederick
After her father's funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of ap...
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The Brass Bottle
A genie tends to get his master into more predicaments than he gets him out of....
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The Adventures of Gallegher
An energetic newspaper copyboy in 1889 wants to become a reporter, and he is soon more deeply involv...
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The High Cost of Loving
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut...
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The Glass Case
The automotive glass industry was one of the most competitive industries in America in 1939. Automob...
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