Philip Ober
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 23, 1902
- Died
- September 13, 1982
- Birthplace
- 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
Assignment to Kill 1968
as Bohlen
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966
as Nicholas Simmons
The Brass Bottle 1964
as William J. Beevor
The Ugly American 1963
as Ambassador Sears
Go Naked in the World 1961
as Josh Kebner
The Facts of Life 1960
as Doc Mason
Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960
as Grant Holloway
Elmer Gantry 1960
as Reverend Planck
Beloved Infidel 1959
as John Wheeler
North by Northwest 1959
as Lester Townsend
The Mating Game 1959
as Wendell Burnshaw
Torpedo Run 1958
as Adm. Samuel Setton
Ten North Frederick 1958
as Lloyd Williams
The High Cost of Loving 1958
as Herb Zorn
Escapade in Japan 1957
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
Tammy and the Bachelor 1957
as Alfred Bissle
Broken Lance 1954
as Van Cleve
About Mrs. Leslie 1954
as Mort Finley
From Here to Eternity 1953
as Capt. Dana Holmes
Scandal at Scourie 1953
as B. G. Belney
The Girls of Pleasure Island 1953
as Col. Reade
Come Back, Little Sheba 1953
as Ed Anderson
The Clown 1953
as Ralph Z. Henderson
Washington Story 1952
as Gilbert Nunnally
The Unknown Man 1951
as Wayne Kellwin
The Magnificent Yankee 1950
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Never a Dull Moment 1950
as Jed
The Secret Fury 1950
as Gregory Kent
- The Glass Case
The Glass Case 1939
as Walter Drummond
Little Me 1938
Actor
Chloe, Love Is Calling You 1934
as Jim
Credits from TMDB.