Donald O'Brien
Date of birth: 1930-09-15
Place of birth: Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Donald O'Brian, Donal O'Brian, Daniel O'Brien, Donal O'Brien
Biography
Donal "Donald" O'Brien (September 15, 1930) is a French-born Irish film and television actor. In his near 40-year career, O'Brien appeared in dozens of stage performances and in more than 60 film and television productions. O'Brien was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, raised in both Northern France and Dublin, Ireland with his family, and made his feature film debut in 1953 with Anatole Litvak's war drama Act of Love. He studied acting in Dublin and initially joined the Gate Theatre at age 19 before making the transition to film several years later. O'Brien's performance in The Train (1964), in which he played an SSFeldwebel, led to his first breakout role in Grand Prix (1966) starring alongside James Garner and Eva Marie Saint.
Movie Credits
Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000
1991-01-01
When a woman is beaten into a coma and saved from being raped by her handyman (Donald O'Brien), the
The Train
1964-09-24
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take
Finders Killers
1971-03-27
A farmer returns home from the forest to find his family butchered. He decides to hunt down the murd
Quest for the Mighty Sword
1990-08-29
Once upon a time a god gave a mighty sword to the king of Aquiles to bring justice to his people. No
Ghosthouse
1988-05-21
A group of unlikely companions receive a radio call leading to a deserted house with a grisly past.
Images in a Convent
1979-08-07
Locked behind the walls of a convent are an order of beautiful nuns whose vows force them to forget
Keoma
1976-11-25
Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under th
Mortacci
1989-02-24
Before finally entering the afterlife, the dead spend a period in a limbo from which they depart onl
Cloportes
1965-09-08
Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack
Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
1977-10-21
Intrepid photographer Emanuelle is taken deep into the Amazonian jungle to search for a cannibalisti
Warriors of the Year 2072
1984-01-28
In the future, two television networks compete for ratings by producing violent game shows. One netw
Flying Sex
1980-02-07
An ice queen takes a plane ride and discovers that flying is her g-spot, or least the gateway to sex
Silver Saddle
1978-04-20
Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be a s
Hands of Steel
1986-03-26
A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in his ha
A Man Called Blade
1977-08-13
Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more desperate
The Sect
1991-03-01
A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely scho
Two Brothers in Trinity
1972-04-26
Charming, blithely amoral devil-may-care rogue Jesse Smith and peaceful, devout straight-arrow Mormo
A Matter of Resistance
1966-01-25
In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme,
The Sheriff of Rock Spring
1971-12-17
In the village of Rockspring, the election of "little sheriff" is taking place, whereby a child is c
The Last Traitor
1971-03-12
Wedding guests awaiting the arrival of the bride suddenly become nervous when they notice that the t
The Executioner of God
1973-06-02
A former gunman turned priest seeks vengeance on three bandits who are masquerading as law-abiding c
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
1973-01-01
The Governor of Kansas hires six gunfighters to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the self-appointed
White Fang to the Rescue
1975-02-09
Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up
Grand Prix
1966-12-21
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship.
Dynamite Jack
1961-11-03
Antoine Espérandieu, a French tenderfoot, lands in Windows Canyon, Arizona, a remote place under the
L'homme de l'Interpol
1966-05-17
A months-long investigation by Interpol's special services has already revealed the identity of the
Tales of Paris
1962-01-17
A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a love
On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
1964-11-19
The habits and customs of a strange association, "La Sociéte des Gentlemen Redempteurs", which has t
Operation Diplomatic Passport
1965-03-31
The daughter of a foreign diplomat in Paris is courted by two men. One of them entrusts her with a h
Sex of the Witch
1973-10-18
An old man dies and as his relatives await their dosh they start getting killed, sort of by a witch!
Four of the Apocalypse
1975-08-12
Four petty criminals, three men and a woman, wander through the trackless terrain of the Wild West U
Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century
1977-12-23
Professor Wassermann is asked by industry magnate Morgan Hunnicut to lead an expedition to study the
Run, Man, Run
1968-08-29
The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandi
Panther Squad
1984-01-15
An astronaut has been abducted by a group of environmental terrorists. The New Organization of Natio
2020 Texas Gladiators
1983-06-10
In a post-apocalyptic Texas, a band of warriors fight against a fascist regime that is trying to tak
Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West
1973-01-28
A Kung-Fu fighter and his brother run away from a very important fight in China and are trailed to t
Western, Italian Style
1968-01-01
A featurette (most likely shot for American television) about the Spaghetti Western genre during the
Hail! Mafia
1965-08-10
A couple of hit men set out to kill an old friend.
Flight from Paradise
1990-01-01
In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashbac
Bandits: Love and Liberty
1994-10-23
In 1838 in the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, Malacarne, gamekeeper of Baron San Germano, k
The Name of the Rose
1986-09-24
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to f
The Inglorious Bastards
1978-02-08
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset up
Tough to Kill
1979-03-15
A group of mercenaries escort a man with a million dollar bounty on his head across the African terr
The Day Christ Died
1980-03-26
A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Cruc
Weekend at Dunkirk
1964-12-18
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Mail
The Wretches
1960-05-08
Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this slo
Paid in Blood
1971-11-14
Luigi Batzella directed this spaghetti western under the pseudonym "Paolo Solvay." Gioffredo Scarcio
God Is My Colt
1972-11-18
A gang of landgrabbers, led by Mexican bandit Manuel, terrorizes the small town of Landford City. Th
The Night of the Generals
1967-01-29
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He
Doctor Butcher M.D.
1980-03-28
After Malukan immigrants engage in a string of corpse mutilations at various New York City hospitals
Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience
2001-01-01
Documentary on various horror movies that Joe D'Amato directed and/or produced in the 1970's, 1980's
Erotic Games of a Respectable Family
1975-11-22
Professor Ricardo Rossi is an uncompromising moralist and a paladin of Catholic morals. He is under
Nick Carter and Red Club
1965-11-26
A secret agent uncovers four atomic rockets with a lethal gas warhead which have been stolen from a
Challenge to White Fang
1974-10-25
Sequel to Lucio Fulci's first 'White Fang' has the wolf-dog once again trying to stop the villainous
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990-05-02
The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and a