Philip Ober

Acting

Born March 23, 1902, Fort Payne, Alabama, USA

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).

Filmography

• 1968Assignment to Kill — Bohlen
• Family Affair
• 1966The Ghost and Mr. Chicken — Nicholas Simmons
• The Monkees — Mr. Weatherwax
• The Tammy Grimes Show
• Honey West — J. J. Vanderhyden
• I Dream of Jeannie — General Stone
• The Adventures of Gallegher — Hade
• Profiles in Courage — Anderson
• 1964The Brass Bottle — William J. Beevor
• The Munsters
• Channing — Partridge
• Grindl
• 1963The Ugly American — Ambassador Sears
• Sam Benedict
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Colonel Hoey
• The Eleventh Hour
• Cain's Hundred — Herman Hausner
• 1961Go Naked in the World — Josh Kebner
• Hazel — Mr. Sudley
• Ripcord — Dr. Ladd
• The Investigators — Charley Brent
• Bringing Up Buddy
• Checkmate — Marshall Winslow
• 1960Elmer Gantry — Reverend Planck
• 1960Let No Man Write My Epitaph — Grant Holloway
• 1960The Facts of Life — Doc Mason
• Thriller — Elmer Hooper
• 1959Beloved Infidel — John Wheeler
• Mr. Lucky
• 1959North by Northwest — Lester Townsend
• Startime — Malcolm Tawley
• 1959The Mating Game — Wendell Burnshaw
• The Twilight Zone — Mr. Henderson
• Bat Masterson — General Silas Guild
• 1958Ten North Frederick — Lloyd Williams
• 1958The High Cost of Loving — Herb Zorn
• 1958Torpedo Run — Adm. Samuel Setton
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• 1957Escapade in Japan — Lt. Col. Hargrave
• M Squad — George Brayden
• Perry Mason — Ralph Davis, Peter Dawson, Albert Keller, Harvey Farrell, Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge
• Sugarfoot — General Humphrey
• 1957Tammy and the Bachelor — Alfred Bissle
• On Trial — Andrews
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Wilton Stark
• Matinee Theater
• The 20th Century Fox Hour
• 1954About Mrs. Leslie — Mort Finley
• 1954Broken Lance — Van Cleve
• City Detective
• 1953Come Back, Little Sheba — Ed Anderson
• 1953From Here to Eternity — Capt. Dana Holmes
• General Electric Theater — Mr. Goodwin, George McManus
• Letter to Loretta — Tom
• 1953Scandal at Scourie — B. G. Belney
• 1953The Clown — Ralph Z. Henderson
• The Danny Thomas Show — Hal Raskin
• 1953The Girls of Pleasure Island — Col. Reade
• 1952Washington Story — Gilbert Nunnally
• I Love Lucy — Arnold (uncredited)
• 1951The Unknown Man — Wayne Kellwin
• Lux Video Theatre — Walter Craig
• 1950Never a Dull Moment — Jed
• 1950The Magnificent Yankee — Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
• 1950The Secret Fury — Gregory Kent
• 1939The Glass Case — Walter Drummond
• 1938Little Me
• 1934Chloe, Love Is Calling You — Jim