Edmond O'Brien

Known for: Acting

Born: 1915-09-10 – 1985-05-09 (aged 69)

From: New York City, New York, USA

Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). His many memorable films included The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Wild Bunch. He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which aired during the 1962-1963 television season.

Filmography (125)

MOVIE★ 2.0
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Pat Mullins
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.7
White Heat: Top of the World
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Déjà-Vu
2000
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.1
99 and 44/100% Dead
1974
as Uncle Frank Kelly
MOVIE★ 6.4
Lucky Luciano
1973
as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
MOVIE★ 6.3
Isn't It Shocking?
1973
as Justin Oates
TV★ 7.0
Police Story
1973
MOVIE★ 5.1
They Only Kill Their Masters
1972
as George
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD
TV★ 7.5
Temperatures Rising
1972
as Dr. Banning
MOVIE★ 7.0
Jigsaw
1972
as Det. Ed Burtelson
MOVIE★ 6.3
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971
as Morton Stillman
MOVIE★ 9.0
River of Mystery
1971
as R.J. Twitchell
TV★ 7.0
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Mr. Fontaine
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Intruders
1970
as Col. William Bodeen
MOVIE★ 5.7
Dream No Evil
1970
as Timothy MacDonald
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Love God?
1969
as Osborn Tremaine
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Freddie Sykes
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as John Bergman
TV★ 7.2
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Rocky McCauley
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Outsider
1967
as Marvin Bishop
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Morgan MacQuarie
MOVIE★ 5.0
To Commit a Murder
1967
as Sphax (publisher)
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Viscount
1967
as Ricco Barone
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Doomsday Flight
1966
as The Man
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Raymond Halder
MOVIE★ 6.7
Fantastic Voyage
1966
as General Carter
MOVIE
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
as Jefferson Crowley
TV★ 6.0
The Long, Hot Summer
1965
MOVIE★ 7.3
Synanon
1965
as Chuck Dederich
MOVIE★ 6.3
Sylvia
1965
as Oscar Stewart
TV
The Adventures of Gallegher
1965
as Jefferson Crowley
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Hanged Man
1964
as Arnie Seeger
MOVIE★ 6.3
Rio Conchos
1964
as Pardee
MOVIE★ 7.3
Seven Days in May
1964
as Sen. Raymond Clark
TV★ 7.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
TV★ 7.4
Breaking Point
1963
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Longest Day
1962
as Gen. Raymond D. Barton
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Thomas Manstead
TV★ 6.7
Sam Benedict
1962
as Sam Benedict
MOVIE★ 7.5
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
as Tom Gaddis
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Dutton Peabody
MOVIE★ 5.5
Moon Pilot
1962
as McClosky aka 'Mac'
TV★ 5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Great Impostor
1960
as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga
MOVIE★ 5.9
The 3rd Voice
1960
as The Voice
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Last Voyage
1960
as Second Engineer Walsh
TV★ 7.0
Johnny Midnight
1960
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Ambitious One
1959
as Mike Buchanan
TV★ 6.7
Laramie
1959
MOVIE★ 6.3
Up Periscope
1959
as Commander Paul Stevenson
MOVIE★ 5.0
Sing Boy Sing
1958
as Joseph Sharkey
MOVIE★ 6.1
The World Was His Jury
1958
as David Carson
MOVIE★ 5.7
Stopover Tokyo
1957
as George Underwood
TV★ 6.2
Suspicion
1957
as Sgt. Miles Odeen
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Big Land
1957
as Joe Jagger
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Comedian
1957
as Al Preston
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
as Marty 'Fats' Murdock
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Rack
1956
as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Russ Andrews
TV★ 7.6
Playhouse 90
1956
as Al Preston
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Cry in the Night
1956
as Dan Taggart
MOVIE★ 5.3
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956
as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer
MOVIE
A Ticket for Thaddeus
1956
MOVIE★ 6.5
1984
1956
as Winston Smith of the Outer Party
TV★ 7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Thaddeus Kubaczik
TV★ 6.3
Playwrights '56
1955
MOVIE★ 6.2
Pete Kelly's Blues
1955
as Fran McCarg
MOVIE
Dark Stranger
1955
as Ray Ericson
TV★ 7.5
The Star and the Story
1955
as Ray Ericson
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Jefferson Crowley
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Joel Flint
TV★ 7.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
as Oscar Muldoon
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Shanghai Story
1954
as Daniel Maynard
MOVIE★ 6.7
Shield for Murder
1954
as Det. Lt. Barney Nolan
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Bigamist
1953
as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham
MOVIE★ 7.8
China Venture
1953
as Capt. Matt Reardon
MOVIE★ 7.1
Julius Caesar
1953
as Casca
MOVIE★ 4.6
Cow Country
1953
as Ben Anthony
MOVIE★ 6.2
Man in the Dark
1953
as Steve Rawley
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Hitch-Hiker
1953
as Roy Collins
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Turning Point
1952
as John Conroy
MOVIE★ 5.6
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
as Jim Vesser
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Silver City
1951
as Larkin Moffat
MOVIE★ 6.0
Warpath
1951
as John Vickers
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Capt. Simpson
TV★ 7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Grizzled Old Prospector
MOVIE★ 6.8
Two of a Kind
1951
as Michael "Lefty" Farrell
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Redhead and the Cowboy
1951
as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Hal
MOVIE★ 5.7
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
as Officer Dan Purvis
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Admiral Was a Lady
1950
as Jimmy Stevens
MOVIE★ 6.4
711 Ocean Drive
1950
as Mal Granger
TV★ 7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
MOVIE★ 5.9
Backfire
1950
as Steve Connolly
MOVIE★ 6.9
D.O.A.
1949
as Frank Bigelow
MOVIE★ 6.0
Under Capricorn
1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.6
White Heat
1949
as Vic Pardo
MOVIE★ 7.0
Task Force
1949
as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
An Act of Murder
1948
as David Douglas
MOVIE★ 6.2
Fighter Squadron
1948
as Maj. Ed Hardin
MOVIE★ 6.2
For the Love of Mary
1948
as Lt. Tom Farrington
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
Another Part of the Forest
1948
as Benjamin Hubbard
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Double Life
1947
as Bill Friend
MOVIE★ 7.0
Something in the Wind
1947
as Lt. Tom Farrington
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Web
1947
as Bob Regan
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Killers
1946
as Jim Reardon
MOVIE★ 6.3
Winged Victory
1944
as Irving Miller
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Tom Holliday
MOVIE★ 4.4
Powder Town
1942
as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant
MOVIE★ 6.0
Obliging Young Lady
1942
as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley
MOVIE★ 6.3
Parachute Battalion
1941
as William Mayberry Burke
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Stephen Herrick
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Gringoire
TV★ 10.0
Stage 7
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as Clinton Sturges