Actor
Philip Ober
124 years · Fort Payne, Alabama, USA · 30 films
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).
Best known for
Filmography 30
Assignment to Kill
1968 · Bohlen
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966 · Nicholas Simmons
On Philo
The Brass Bottle
1964 · William J. Beevor
The Ugly American
1963 · Ambassador Sears
On YouTube TV
Go Naked in the World
1961 · Josh Kebner
The Facts of Life
1960 · Doc Mason
On Philo
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Grant Holloway
Elmer Gantry
1960 · Reverend Planck
On Tubi TV
Beloved Infidel
1959 · John Wheeler
North by Northwest
1959 · Lester Townsend
On Tubi TV
The Mating Game
1959 · Wendell Burnshaw
Torpedo Run
1958 · Adm. Samuel Setton
On YouTube TV
Ten North Frederick
1958 · Lloyd Williams
The High Cost of Loving
1958 · Herb Zorn
Escapade in Japan
1957 · Lt. Col. Hargrave
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957 · Alfred Bissle
Broken Lance
1954 · Van Cleve
About Mrs. Leslie
1954 · Mort Finley
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Capt. Dana Holmes
On Fawesome
Scandal at Scourie
1953 · B. G. Belney
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953 · Col. Reade
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953 · Ed Anderson
On Kanopy
The Clown
1953 · Ralph Z. Henderson
Washington Story
1952 · Gilbert Nunnally
On TCM