Philip Ober
Date of birth: 1902-03-23
Place of birth: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Known for: Acting
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).
Movie Credits
North by Northwest
1959-08-06
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Elmer Gantry
1960-07-07
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside e
From Here to Eternity
1953-08-28
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966-01-20
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted
Broken Lance
1954-09-25
Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the
The Mating Game
1959-04-29
Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his bac
The Facts of Life
1960-11-14
Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Alth
The Unknown Man
1951-11-16
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
Torpedo Run
1958-10-24
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas du
The Secret Fury
1950-02-21
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953-03-06
A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in
The Clown
1953-01-16
Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement par
The Magnificent Yankee
1950-12-20
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953-04-01
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced E
About Mrs. Leslie
1954-08-03
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and t
Escapade in Japan
1957-12-23
A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later befriend
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
1934-04-01
A black voodoo priestess comes out of the Louisiana swamps to take revenge on the white plantation
Go Naked in the World
1961-03-10
A domineering San Francisco businessman is determined to put an end to his son's romance with a high
Washington Story
1952-07-01
A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van Johnson) is
Scandal at Scourie
1953-05-17
After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitob
Beloved Infidel
1959-11-17
In the late 1930s, Sheilah Graham’s Hollywood column quickly becomes popular for its biting tone. At
Assignment to Kill
1968-05-01
A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of delibe
Never a Dull Moment
1950-08-19
Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widow
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957-06-14
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional sout
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960-11-10
Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but
The Ugly American
1963-04-02
An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearin
Ten North Frederick
1958-05-22
After her father's funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of ap
The Brass Bottle
1964-05-20
A genie tends to get his master into more predicaments than he gets him out of.
The Adventures of Gallegher
1965-01-24
An energetic newspaper copyboy in 1889 wants to become a reporter, and he is soon more deeply involv
The High Cost of Loving
1958-05-16
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut
The Glass Case
1939-11-26
The automotive glass industry was one of the most competitive industries in America in 1939. Automob
Little Me
1938-03-05
Incident at a Corner
1960-04-05