Philip Ober

Philip Ober

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

23/03/1902

Day of Death

13/09/1982
(80) years old

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 Mag... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1968

Assignment to Kill

as Bohlen

1966

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

as Nicholas Simmons

1964

The Brass Bottle

as William J. Beevor

1963

The Ugly American

as Ambassador Sears

1961

Go Naked in the World

as Josh Kebner

1960

The Facts of Life

as Doc Mason

1960

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

as Grant Holloway

1960

Elmer Gantry

as Reverend Planck

1959

Beloved Infidel

as John Wheeler

1959

North by Northwest

as Lester Townsend

1959

The Mating Game

as Wendell Burnshaw

1958

Torpedo Run

as Adm. Samuel Setton

1958

Ten North Frederick

as Lloyd Williams

1958

The High Cost of Loving

as Herb Zorn

1957

Escapade in Japan

as Lt. Col. Hargrave

1957

Tammy and the Bachelor

as Alfred Bissle

1954

Broken Lance

as Van Cleve

1954

About Mrs. Leslie

as Mort Finley

1953

From Here to Eternity

as Capt. Dana Holmes

1953

Scandal at Scourie

as B. G. Belney

1953

Come Back, Little Sheba

as Ed Anderson

1953

The Clown

as Ralph Z. Henderson

1952

Washington Story

as Gilbert Nunnally

1951

The Unknown Man

as Wayne Kellwin

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)

1950

The Secret Fury

as Gregory Kent

1939

The Glass Case

as Walter Drummond