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Edmond O'Brien is a Actor and Director American born on 10 september 1915 at New York City (USA)

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien
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Birth name Redmond O'Brien
Nationality USA
Birth 10 september 1915 at New York City (USA)
Death 9 may 1985 (at 69 years) at Inglewood (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 films from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing character parts. He received an Academy Award for his supporting role in The Barefoot Contessa (1954). His other notable films include The Killers (1946), White Heat (1949), D.O.A. (1950), Julius Caesar (1953), 1984 (1956), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1961), Seven Days in May (1964) – for which he received an Oscar nomination – and The Wild Bunch (1969).

Biography

O'Brien was divorced from actresses Nancy Kelly 1941-1942 and Olga San Juan. San Juan was the mother of his three children, including television producer Bridget O'Brien and actors Maria O'Brien and Brendan O'Brien.

Best films

Fantastic Voyage (1966)
(Actor)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
(Actor)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
(Actor)
Julius Caesar (1953)
(Actor)
A Double Life (1947)
(Actor)

Usually with

Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
(10 films)
Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell
(8 films)
Collier Young
Collier Young
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Edmond O'Brien (79 films)

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Actor

The Other Side of the Wind, 2h2
Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich, Norman Foster, Lilli Palmer, Robert Random, Joseph McBride
Roles Pat Mullins
Rating66% 3.3492553.3492553.3492553.3492553.349255
Un vieux réalisateur, J.J. Hannaford, mélange de John Ford et d'Ernest Hemingway fait son retour à Hollywood après plusieurs années d'exil en Europe. Il est en train de finir un nouveau film avec lequel il veut mettre au défi, sur le terrain, « toute la palette du jeune cinéma américain, depuis les cinéphiles mélancoliques jusqu'à Andy Warhol ». Une fête est organisée en son honneur dans son ranch par tout le gratin hollywoodien à l'occasion de son soixante-dixième anniversaire. Cette soirée se terminera par la mort du réalisateur au volant de la voiture de sport qu'il voulait offrir à son acteur favori, sans que l'on sache s'il s'agit d'un accident ou d'un suicide.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, 1h26
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas
Roles Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)
Rating76% 3.83343.83343.83343.83343.8334
En 2001, Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) est devenu le premier directeur de la photographie de l'histoire des Oscars à recevoir un Oscar d'honneur. Mais la première fois qu'il a serré la célèbre statuette dans sa main, c'était un demi-siècle plus tôt, lorsque son travail de caméra en Technicolor avait été récompensé pour le Narcisse noir de Powell et Pressburger. Au-delà de The African Queen de John Huston et de War and Peace de King Vidor, les films du duo créatif britannico-hongrois (The Red Shoes et A Matter of Life and Death également) garantissent l'immortalité au célèbre caméraman dont la carrière s'étend sur soixante-dix ans.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1h28
Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner, Alan Ladd, Reni Santoni, Barbara Stanwyck
Roles (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
Rating67% 3.398263.398263.398263.398263.39826
In the opening scene, John Hay Forrest (George Gaynes), noted scientist and cheesemaker, dies in a single-vehicle car accident (represented by the car wreck scene from Keeper of the Flame). In the next scene, private investigator Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) is reading a newspaper when Forrest's daughter, Juliet (Rachel Ward), enters his office and faints when the paper's headline reminds her of her father's death. Upon coming to, she hires Rigby to investigate the death, which she thinks was murder. In Dr. Forrest's lab, Rigby finds two lists, one titled "Friends of Carlotta" and the other "Enemies of Carlotta", as well as an affectionately autographed photo of singer Kitty Collins, whose name appears on one of the lists. His search is interrupted by a man posing as an exterminator (Alan Ladd, in This Gun for Hire), who shoots Rigby in the arm and frisks the lists from the seemingly dead investigator.
99 and 44/100% Dead, 1h38
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Harris, Edmond O'Brien, Bradford Dillman, Chuck Connors, Ann Turkel, Constance Ford
Roles Uncle Frank Kelly
Rating55% 2.752742.752742.752742.752742.75274
Harry Crown (Richard Harris), a stylish professional hit man with a pair of Browning Hi-Power 9mm pistols with ivory grips, carried in a shoulder holster, is brought in by mob boss "Uncle Frank" Kelly (Edmond O'Brien) when his operation is challenged by Big Eddie (Bradford Dillman), a grinning, lisping rival.
Lucky Luciano, 1h45
Directed by Francesco Rosi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Biography, Mob film, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Gian Maria Volonté, Vincent Gardenia, Rod Steiger, Charles Cioffi, Larry Gates, Silverio Blasi
Roles Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger
Rating63% 3.194863.194863.194863.194863.19486
Le film retrace la biographie de la figure mythique de la mafia italo-américaine, Salvatore Lucania, alias Lucky Luciano. Après la guerre des Castellammarese et l'élimination d'une quarantaine d'adversaires, il devient l'indiscuté capo di tutti capi de la Commission en 1931.
They Only Kill Their Masters
Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Romance
Actors James Garner, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook, June Allyson, Tom Ewell, Harry Guardino
Roles George
Rating61% 3.0970053.0970053.0970053.0970053.097005
Abel Marsh is a sarcastic, thick-skinned police chief in a small West Coast seaside town — the fictional Eden Landing, located somewhere between San Francisco and Los Angeles, where everyone knows each other. When one of its citizens is killed under mysterious circumstances many rumors arise, the most notorious of them being that the victim was killed by her own Doberman Pinscher.
The Wild Bunch, 2h25
Directed by Sam Peckinpah, Howard Kazanjian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson
Roles Freddie Sykes
Rating78% 3.948063.948063.948063.948063.94806
In 1913 Texas, Pike Bishop (William Holden), the leader of a gang of aging outlaws, is seeking retirement with one final score: the robbery of a railroad office containing a cache of silver. They are ambushed by Pike's former partner, Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan), who is leading a posse of bounty hunters hired and deputized by the railroad. A bloody shootout kills several of the gang. Pike uses a serendipitous temperance union parade to shield their getaway, and many citizens are killed in the crossfire.
The Love God?, 1h41
Directed by Nat Hiken
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Don Knotts, Anne Francis, Edmond O'Brien, James Gregory, Maureen Arthur, Maggie Peterson
Roles Osborn Tremaine
Rating62% 3.1471153.1471153.1471153.1471153.147115
Abner Peacock's beloved bird-watcher's magazine, The Peacock, is in financial crisis. Desperate to stay afloat, Abner takes on a new partner, Osborn Tremain (Edmond O'Brien), who has an agenda of his own: to publish a sexy gentleman's magazine, which he can only do by taking over Abner's, since he has been convicted too often of sending obscene material through the mails.
To Commit a Murder, 1h31
Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Origin France
Genres Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Louis Jourdan, Senta Berger, Edmond O'Brien, Maurice Garrel, Bernard Blier, Fabrizio Capucci
Roles Sphax (publisher)
Rating59% 2.9548152.9548152.9548152.9548152.954815
A playboy writer gets involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist and take him to Red China.
The Viscount, 1h30
Directed by Maurice Cloche, Fabien Collin
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Spy films
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Kerwin Mathews, Sylvia Sorrente, Jean Yanne, Fernando Rey, Franco Fabrizi
Roles Rico Barone
Rating47% 2.365162.365162.365162.365162.36516
Inspecteur d'une importante compagnie d'assurances, Clint de La Roche, dit « le vicomte », passe d'agréables vacances sur le littoral espagnol en compagnie de quelques jolies filles et de son assistant, Billette, lorsqu'il est rappelé d'urgence à Paris pour enquêter sur un vol commis dans une banque. Le directeur de l'établissement s'est fait dérober la clé qui commande le système de sécurité par une certaine Tania. Mais celle-ci trouve la mort dans un attentat à la voiture piégée. Clint ne tarde pas malgré tout à découvrir que derrière cette affaire se cache une rivalité entre les bandes de Rico Barone et Marco Demoygne, qui luttent pour contrôler le marché de la drogue.
Fantastic Voyage, 1h40
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, John Arthur Kennedy, Arthur O'Connell
Roles General Carter
Rating67% 3.3987253.3987253.3987253.3987253.398725
The United States and the Soviet Union have both developed technology that can miniaturize matter by shrinking individual atoms, but only for a limited amount of time, depending on how small the item is miniaturized.