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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 as a frantic dope addict in the 1936 low-budget exploitation film Tell Your Children (better known under its reissue title, Reefer Madness).
As a writer for The Red Skelton Show, O'Brien shared an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1961 and shared a nomination for the same award in 1963.
O'Brien died, aged 57, of a heart attack while competing in a yachting race.
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Soldier
Tony Woolrich
Ralph
Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Zeppelin Reveler
Dave Dodge
Ralph
Dave Wyatt
Det. Pete Crawford
(archive footage)
Tex Wyatt
Whitey - Navy Radio Man
Constable Kelly
Joe Martin
Knuckles Dolan
Marion Scott
Soldier (uncredited)
Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts (archive footage)
Det. Jameson [Chs. 4-7]
Shopper
Dock Lapman / Mr. Brown
Pilot (uncredited)
Johnny Layton
Dancer (uncredited)
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Michael, the chauffeur
Jason Braddock
Tom Martin
Party Guest (Uncredited)
Man in Audience
Carson
Jeff Dixon
Steve - Tap Dancer at Baxter's Party (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Spencer
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Fred Chambers
Young Man (uncredited)
Dave Wyatt
Jeff
Tex Wyatt
Dave Wyatt
Tex Wyatt
Knuckles Dolan
Luke MacWade
Henchman Slade
Tex Wyatt
Student on Tennis Court (uncredited)
Jim Cramer
Party Boy (uncredited)
Student
Henchman
Dancer (uncredited)
Daniels
Dave Wyatt
Sgt. Phil Lyons
Member of Audience
Tex Wyatt
George Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Talent Contestant (uncredited)
Bart
Dave Wyatt / Steve Carson
Jeff
Dr. Jerry Leonard
Bat
Billiards Player
Jerry Morgan
Conductor
Constable Kelly
Constable Kelly
Falstaff Pratt the Indestructible Man
Bob Adams
Dave Wyatt
Knuckles Dolan
Miles Hanover
Corporal Kelly
Dave Wyatt
Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)
Nelson
Tex Wyatt
Texas Joe
Interne (uncredited)
Acacia Park Game Warden
Football Player (uncredited)
Johnny Henessey
Nightclub Patron
Tex Wyatt
Tex Wyatt
Bob Swane
Tex Wyatt / Curly Wyatt
Tommy Shannon
Jeff Gray
Frank Gordon
Student
Trucker (uncredited)
Charlie
Duke
Jack
Sparky Barton
Henchman Lucke
Man on TV
Steve Norris
Tex Wyatt
Henchman Meggs
Dave Wyatt
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Terry Navarro
Tex Wyatt
Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
Submarine Crewman
Sgt. Callahan
Mason - Bookkeeper
Student
Tex Wyatt
Jackson, Wentworth's Aide
Steve Davis
Dick Williams
Red Baker - Henchman
Thaddeus E. Thud III
Constable Kelly
Stanley Phillips
Tex Alden
Man on Bench (uncredited)
Tom Lawson
Detective Waters
Pete (uncredited)
Jim Dana
U. S. Marine
Bob Lawson
Jeff
Henchman Gale
Ranch hand Red
The Son-In-Law / Husband
Horace
Buzz Weston
The Husband
Expectant Father / Greeting Card Shopper / Hospital Patient / Job Applicant
Feet-in-the-Aisle Pest
Himself as Various Characters (archive footage)
Fabian Tecumseh 'Joe' Funk (uncredited)
Jeff Travis
Tex Wyatt
Captain Albright / Captain Midnight
Tex Wyatt
Parking Space Hog / Apartment House Manager / Frugal Man / Harry Hollowhead
George Dibson
Arthur - Harry's Friend
Xavier T. Schneckendorf
Ed Arden
Henchman Trigger
Dog's Master (uncredited)
A Shmoe Named Joe
Joe Thunderstruck
Hugo Hightonsil (uncredited)
The Husband
O'Brien
Careless Man
Oliver T. Aseltafel
The Daddy
The Husband
Husband (uncredited)
Butch
Alonzo T. Mousebrain
Businessman Seeking Relaxation
Husband / Driver / Man at Gumball Machine / Toupee Wearer
Harried Homeowner
George T. Hardnose (uncredited)
Harry Horseknuckle