Philip Ober
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1902-03-23
Day of Death
1982-09-13 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Philip Ober
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 Magnificent Yankee (1950), Broken Lance (1954), Torpedo Run (1958) and The Ugly American (1963).
Known For
Acting
(1968)
Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
(1966)
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
(1965)
The Adventures of Gallegher
as Hade
(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)
Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
(1960)
The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
(1960)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
(1959)
North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
(1959)
Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
(1959)
The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
(1958)
Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
(1958)
The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
(1958)
Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
(1957)
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
(1957)
Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
(1954)
Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
(1954)
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
(1953)
From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes
(1953)
The Clown
as Ralph Z. Henderson
(1953)
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Col. Reade
(1953)
Scandal at Scourie
as B. G. Belney
(1952)
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson
(1952)
Washington Story
as Gilbert Nunnally
(1951)
The Unknown Man
as Wayne Kellwin
(1950)
The Secret Fury
as Gregory Kent
(1950)
The Magnificent Yankee
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
(1950)
Never a Dull Moment
as Jed
(1939)
The Glass Case
as Walter Drummond
(1938)
(1934)