Edmond O'Brien

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Eamon Joseph O'Brien (Irish: Éamonn Ó Briain; September 10, 1915 – May 8, 1985), known professionally as Edmond O'Brien, was an American actor of stage, screen, and television, and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he won one Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. O'Brien was both leading man and a character actor of American cinema, with his co-starring performances in The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and Seven Days in May (1964) each earning him the nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; he won for his role in The Barefoot Contessa. His other notable films include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Killers (1946), A Double Life (1947), White Heat (1949), D.O.A. (1950), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Julius Caesar (1953), 1984 (1956), The Girl Can't Help It (1956), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Fantastic Voyage (1966), The Wild Bunch (1969), and The Other Side of the Wind (2018).

Filmography (88 movies)

Déjà-Vu movie poster
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Déjà-Vu

2000

The Comedian movie poster
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9.0

The Comedian

1957

as Al Preston

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance movie poster
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7.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

as Dutton Peabody

White Heat movie poster
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7.6

White Heat

1949

as Vic Pardo

Another Part of the Forest movie poster
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Another Part of the Forest

1948

as Benjamin Hubbard

The Wild Bunch movie poster
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The Wild Bunch

1969

as Freddie Sykes

White Heat: Top of the World movie poster
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White Heat: Top of the World

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Birdman of Alcatraz movie poster
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Birdman of Alcatraz

1962

as Tom Gaddis

The Hunchback of Notre Dame movie poster
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7.3

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

as Gringoire

China Venture movie poster
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China Venture

1953

as Capt. Matt Reardon

The Killers movie poster
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The Killers

1946

as Jim Reardon

Seven Days in May movie poster
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Seven Days in May

1964

as Sen. Raymond Clark

The Web movie poster
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The Web

1947

as Bob Regan

Julius Caesar movie poster
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Julius Caesar

1953

as Casca

The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage movie poster
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The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

1996

as Self (archive footage)

Task Force movie poster
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Task Force

1949

as Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack (voice) (uncredited)

D.O.A. movie poster
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D.O.A.

1949

as Frank Bigelow

The Great Impostor movie poster
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The Great Impostor

1960

as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga

The Hitch-Hiker movie poster
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The Hitch-Hiker

1953

as Roy Collins

The Barefoot Contessa movie poster
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The Barefoot Contessa

1954

as Oscar Muldoon

Fantastic Voyage movie poster
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Fantastic Voyage

1966

as General Carter

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday movie poster
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943

as Tom Holliday

Two of a Kind movie poster
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Two of a Kind

1951

as Michael "Lefty" Farrell

The Other Side of the Wind movie poster
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The Other Side of the Wind

2018

as Pat Mullins

An Act of Murder movie poster
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An Act of Murder

1948

as David Douglas

The Rack movie poster
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The Rack

1956

as Lt. Col. Frank Wasnick

Silver City movie poster
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Silver City

1951

as Larkin Moffat

1984 movie poster
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6.5

1984

1956

as Winston Smith of the Outer Party

Shield for Murder movie poster
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Shield for Murder

1954

Director

The Ambitious One movie poster
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The Ambitious One

1959

as Mike Buchanan

The Big Land movie poster
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6.4

The Big Land

1957

as Joe Jagger

The Bigamist movie poster
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The Bigamist

1953

as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham

The Doomsday Flight movie poster
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The Doomsday Flight

1966

as The Man

711 Ocean Drive movie poster
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711 Ocean Drive

1950

as Mal Granger

Up Periscope movie poster
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Up Periscope

1959

as Commander Paul Stevenson

Lucky Luciano movie poster
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Lucky Luciano

1973

as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger

A Double Life movie poster
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A Double Life

1947

as Bill Friend

Something in the Wind movie poster
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Something in the Wind

1947

as Lt. Tom Farrington

Rio Conchos movie poster
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Rio Conchos

1964

as Col. Theron Pardee

Sylvia movie poster
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Sylvia

1965

as Oscar Stewart

The Turning Point movie poster
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The Turning Point

1952

as John Conroy

The Last Voyage movie poster
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The Last Voyage

1960

as Second Engineer Walsh

The Girl Can't Help It movie poster
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The Girl Can't Help It

1956

as Marty 'Fats' Murdock

Isn't It Shocking? movie poster
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Isn't It Shocking?

1973

as Justin Oates

The Admiral Was a Lady movie poster
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The Admiral Was a Lady

1950

as Jimmy Stevens

Pete Kelly's Blues movie poster
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Pete Kelly's Blues

1955

as Fran McCarg

Under Capricorn movie poster
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Under Capricorn

1949

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Sing Boy Sing movie poster
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Sing Boy Sing

1958

as Joseph Sharkey

Man in the Dark movie poster
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Man in the Dark

1953

as Steve Rawley

The Outsider movie poster
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The Outsider

1967

as Marvin Bishop

Synanon movie poster
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Synanon

1965

as Chuck Dederich

The World Was His Jury movie poster
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The World Was His Jury

1958

as David Carson

For the Love of Mary movie poster
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For the Love of Mary

1948

as Lt. Tom Farrington

Warpath movie poster
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Warpath

1951

as John Vickers

The 3rd Voice movie poster
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The 3rd Voice

1960

as The Voice

Backfire movie poster
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5.8

Backfire

1950

as Steve Connolly

The Love God? movie poster
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The Love God?

1969

as Osborn Tremaine

Fighter Squadron movie poster
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Fighter Squadron

1948

as Maj. Ed Hardin

Between Midnight and Dawn movie poster
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Between Midnight and Dawn

1950

as Officer Dan Purvis

Dream No Evil movie poster
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Dream No Evil

1970

as Timothy MacDonald

Man-Trap movie poster
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Man-Trap

1961

Director

Winged Victory movie poster
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Winged Victory

1944

as Irving Miller

Denver and Rio Grande movie poster
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Denver and Rio Grande

1952

as Jim Vesser

Stopover Tokyo movie poster
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Stopover Tokyo

1957

as George Underwood

Parachute Battalion movie poster
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Parachute Battalion

1941

as William Mayberry Burke

Moon Pilot movie poster
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Moon Pilot

1962

as McClosky aka 'Mac'

What's a Nice Girl Like You...? movie poster
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5.3

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

1971

as Morton Stillman

A Cry in the Night movie poster
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A Cry in the Night

1956

as Dan Taggart

The Viscount movie poster
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The Viscount

1967

as Ricco Barone

D-Day the Sixth of June movie poster
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D-Day the Sixth of June

1956

as Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer

Obliging Young Lady movie poster
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Obliging Young Lady

1942

as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley

They Only Kill Their Masters movie poster
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They Only Kill Their Masters

1972

as George

The Redhead and The Cowboy movie poster
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The Redhead and The Cowboy

1951

as Maj. Dunn Jeffers (Union intelligence officer)

99 and 44/100% Dead movie poster
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99 and 44/100% Dead

1974

as Uncle Frank Kelly

The Shanghai Story movie poster
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The Shanghai Story

1954

as Daniel Maynard

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob movie poster
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A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

1941

as Stephen Herrick

The Hanged Man movie poster
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The Hanged Man

1964

as Arnie Seeger

The Intruders movie poster
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The Intruders

1970

as Col. William Bodeen

To Commit a Murder movie poster
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To Commit a Murder

1967

as Sphax (publisher)

Cow Country movie poster
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Cow Country

1953

as Ben Anthony

Powder Town movie poster
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Powder Town

1942

as J. Quincy 'Penji' Pennant

River of Mystery movie poster

River of Mystery

1971

as R.J. Twitchell

Jigsaw movie poster

Jigsaw

1972

as Det. Ed Burtelson

The Adventures of Gallegher movie poster

The Adventures of Gallegher

1965

as Jefferson Crowley

Dark Stranger movie poster

Dark Stranger

1955

as Ray Ericson

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies movie poster

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022

as Self - (archive footage)

A Ticket for Thaddeus movie poster

A Ticket for Thaddeus

1956

The Further Adventures of Gallegher movie poster

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

1965

as Jefferson Crowley

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