Philip Ober
Biography
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).
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Movies (20)
Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
1968
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
1966
The Adventures of Gallegher
as Hade
1965
The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor
1964
The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears
1963
Go Naked in the World
as Josh Kebner
1961
The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
1960
Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
1960
Incident at a Corner
as Malcolm Tawley
1960
Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
1959
North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
1959
The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
1959
Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
1958
Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
1958
The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
1958
Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
1957
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
1957
Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
1954
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
1954
TV Shows (30)
Family Affair
1966
The Monkees
1966
The Tammy Grimes Show
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
as General Stone
1965
Honey West
as J. J. Vanderhyden
1965
Profiles in Courage
as Anderson
1964
The Munsters
1964
Channing
as Partridge
1963
Grindl
1963
The Eleventh Hour
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Colonel Hoey
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
The Investigators
as Charley Brent
1961
Ripcord
as Dr. Ladd
1961
Cain's Hundred
as Herman Hausner
1961
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
Checkmate
as Marshall Winslow
1960
Thriller
as Elmer Hooper
1960
Mr. Lucky
1959
Startime
1959
The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Henderson
1959
Bat Masterson
as General Silas Guild
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Perry Mason
as Ralph Davis
1957
M Squad
as George Brayden
1957
Sugarfoot
as General Humphrey
1957
Matinee Theater
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Wilton Stark
1955
The Danny Thomas Show
as Hal Raskin
1953