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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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...
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MGM ParadeSeries • 1955
42nd StreetMovie • 1933
The Sign of the CrossMovie • 1932
Kiss Me KateMovie • 1953
Wonder BarMovie • 1934
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
Madam SatanMovie • 1930
Tell Your ChildrenMovie • 1938
T.V. of TomorrowMovie • 1953
Bowery at MidnightMovie • 1942
The Devil BatMovie • 1940
New FrontierMovie • 1939
Spooks Run WildMovie • 1941
The Dawn PatrolMovie • 1930
Hot SaturdayMovie • 1932