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David Poole Fronabarger
David Fronabarger
David O'Brien
Dave O'Brian
Dave Tex O'Brien
Dave O'Brien
Acting
Biography
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Dave O'Brien (born David Poole Fronabarger, May 31, 1912 – November 8, 1969) was an American film actor, director, and writer.
O'Brien was best known to movie audiences in the 1940s as the hero of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy short film series Pete Smith Specialties narrated by Pete Smith. O'Brien wrote and directed many of these subjects under the name David Barclay. He also appeared in many low-budget Westerns, often billed as Tex O'Brien. In 1942, O'Brien starred in the movie serial Captain Midnight.
Modern audiences perhaps best remember O'Brien a…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
The Desperados Are in Town
as Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
The Kettles in the Ozarks
as Conductor
The Man Around the House
as Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
The Fall Guy
as Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
Just What I Needed
as Harry Horseknuckle
Tennessee Champ
as Luke MacWade
Do Someone a Favor!
as George Dibson
