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American actor (1915–1985)

Eamon Joseph O'Brien (Éamonn Ó Briain; September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) 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).

O'Brien was born in Brooklyn, New York, His father died when he was four years old. O'Brien performed magic shows for children in his neighborhood, spelling his last name backwards and billing himself as "Neirbo the Great". An aunt who taught high school English and speech took him to the theatre from an early age and he developed an interest in acting. He began acting in plays at school. After attending Fordham University for six months, O'Brien went to Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre on a scholarship. O'Brien took classes with the Columbia Laboratory Players group, which emphasized training in Shakespeare. He played a grave digger in Hamlet, toured in Parnell, and then appeared in Maxwell Anderson's The Star Wagon with stars Lillian Gish and Burgess Meredith. In 1940, O'Brien performed with Ruth Chatterton in John Van Druten's Leave Her to Heaven on Broadway. Twelve years later, O'Brien appeared in Van Druten's I've Got Sixpence.

O'Brien's theatre work attracted the attention of Pandro Berman at RKO. Berman offered O'Brien the role of a romantic lead in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). O'Brien returned to Broadway to play Mercutio opposite Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in Romeo and Juliet. RKO offered O'Brien a long term contract. His roles included a feature spot in A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob and the co male lead in Parachute Battalion, both released in 1941. The latter starred Nancy Kelly, whom O'Brien would later marry. O'Brien played the lead in Obliging Young Lady, with Eve Arden, and was featured in Powder Town. In May 1942, Universal bought out O'Brien's contract with RKO so he could star opposite Deanna Durbin in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943). After that, O'Brien joined the armed services.

During World War II, he served in the U. S. Army Air Forces and appeared in the Air Forces' Broadway play Winged Victory. He was joined in the Moss Hart production by Red Buttons, Karl Malden, Kevin McCarthy, Gary Merrill, Barry Nelson and Martin Ritt. The play was filmed in 1944 with O'Brien reprising his stage performance and Judy Holliday co starring. O'Brien toured for two years in the stage production, appearing alongside a young Mario Lanza. voted that O'Brien had more "male magnetism" than any other man in America today. "All women adore ruggedness," league president Shirley Connolly said. "Edmund O'Brien's magnetic appearance and personality most fully stir women's imaginative impulses. We're all agreed that he has more male magnetism than any of the 60,000,000 men in the United States today. (Runners up were Ezio Pinza, William O'Dwyer and Doak Walker.) OBrien's contract with Warner Brothers ended following his appearance as the second lead in Backfire (shot in 1948 but not released until 1950).

O'Brien walked off the set of The Last Voyage in protest at safety issues during the shoot. He later came back and found out that his co starring role had been trimmed. He was cast as American reporter Jackson Bentley in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), but had a heart attack during filming and was replaced in the co starring role by Arthur Kennedy. O'Brien recovered to direct his first feature Man Trap (1961), a neo noir starring Jeffrey Hunter and Stella Stevens, co starred in the Disney comedy Moon Pilot (1962), and in the star studded ensemble cast of the World War II epic The Longest Day (1962). He continued to receive good roles, co starring in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and as the author of the Robert Stroud biography the Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) was based upon. "I've never made any kind of personality success," he admitted in a 1963 interview. "People never say 'that's an Eddie O'Brien part.' They say, 'That's a part Eddie O'Brien can play.'" He was a cast member of The Other Side of the Wind, Orson Welles' unfinished 1970s movie that finally was released in 2018. In 1971, he was hospitalized with a "slight pulmonary condition." His last works, both in 1974, were an episode of the television series Police Story and main role in the film 99 and 44/100% Dead.

In 1957 O'Brien recorded a spoken word album of The Red Badge of Courage (Caedmon TC 1040). Billboard said, "Edmond O'Brien brings intensity in the narrative portions and successfully impersonates the varied characters in dialog."

O'Brien was first married to actress Nancy Kelly from 1941 until 1942. He married his second wife, actress Olga San Juan in 1948. San Juan was the mother of his three children, television producer Bridget O'Brien and actors Maria O'Brien and Brendan O'Brien.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Edmond O'Brien has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street, and a second star at 6523 Hollywood Blvd. for his contribution to the television industry. Both were dedicated on February 8, 1960.

Year Title Role Notes 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Gringoire1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob Stephen Herrick Parachute Battalion William "Bill" Mayberry Burke1942 Obliging Young Lady "Red" Reddy, aka Professor Stanley Powder Town J. Quincy "Penji" Pennant 1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Tom Holliday 1944 Winged Victory Irving Miller Credited as Sgt. Edmond O'Brien 1946 The Killers Jim Riordan1947 The Web Bob Regan A Double Life Bill Friend1948 Another Part of the Forest Benjamin "Ben" HubbardFor the Love of Mary Lt. Tom Farrington Fighter Squadron Major Ed HardinAn Act of Murder David Douglas1949 Task Force Radio Announcing Pearl Harbor Attack Voice, uncredited White Heat Hank FallonVic Pardo Under Capricorn Narrator Voice, uncreditedD. O. A. Frank Bigelow1950Backfire Steve Connelly Filmed in 1948711 Ocean Drive Mal Granger The Admiral Was a Lady Jimmy Stevens Between Midnight and Dawn Officer Dan Purvis1951 The Redhead and the Cowboy Maj. Dunn Jeffers Two of a Kind Michael "Lefty" Farrell Warpath John VickersSilver City Larkin Moffatt1952 The Greatest Show on Earth Midway Barker at End Uncredited Denver and Rio Grande Jim Vesser The Turning Point John Conroy1953 The Hitch Hiker Roy Collins Man in the Dark Steve Rawley Cow Country Ben AnthonyJulius Caesar Casca China Venture Capt. Matt ReardonThe Bigamist Harry GrahamHarrison Graham1954 Shield for Murder Detective Lt. Barney Nolan Also co directed The Shanghai Story Dr. Dan MaynardThe Barefoot Contessa Oscar Muldoon Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor 1955Pete Kelly's Blues Fran McCarg1956 1984 Winston Smith of the Outer Party D Day the Sixth of June Lt. Col. Alexander Timmer A Cry in the Night Capt. Dan TaggartThe Rack Lt. Col. Frank WasnickThe Girl Can't Help It Marty "Fats" Murdock1957 The Big Land Joe Jagger Stopover Tokyo George Underwood1958 The World Was His Jury David CarsonSing, Boy, Sing Joseph Sharkey1959 Up Periscope Commander Paul Stevenson The Restless and the Damned Mike Buchanan aka L'Ambitieuse1960 The Last Voyage Second Engineer WalshThe 3rd Voice The Voice Voice1961 The Great Impostor Capt. Glover – HMCS Cayuga Man Trap Voice of Photographer Uncredited, O'Brien is the director of this film1962 Moon Pilot McClosky ("Mac") The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Dutton Peabody Western Heritage Award for Best Theatrical Motion PictureBirdman of Alcatraz Tom GaddisThe Longest Day Maj. Gen. Raymond D. Barton1964 Seven Days in May Sen. Raymond Clark Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorRio Conchos Col. Theron PardeeThe Hanged Man Arnie Seeger1965 Sylvia Oscar Stewart Synanon Chuck Dederich1966Fantastic Voyage General Alan Carter The Doomsday Flight The Man TV movie1967 The Viscount Ricco Barone To Commit a Murder Sphax (publisher)The Outsider Marvin Bishop TV movie 1968 Flesh and Blood Harry TV movie1969The Wild Bunch Freddie SykesThe Love God? Osborn Tremaine1970 The Intruders Col. William Bodeen TV movie filmed in 1967 Dream No Evil Timothy MacDonald1971 River of Mystery R. J. Twitchell TV movieWhat's a Nice Girl Like You ? Morton Stillman TV movie1972Jigsaw Det. Ed Burtelson TV movieThey Only Kill Their MastersGeorge1973Isn't It Shocking? Justin Oates TV movieLucky Luciano Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger Credited as Edmund O'Brien197499 and 44/100% Dead Uncle Frank Kelly Juicio de Socrates Socrates Short 2018 The Other Side of the Wind Pat Filmed in the 1970s

Year Series Role Episode(s) 1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse Ben Jordan "Icebound" 1953–1958 Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars Captain SimpsonRick SaundersJim Reardon "The Long Shot" (1953)"Lineman's Luck" (1953)"The Net Draws Tight" (1954)"Tower Room 14 A (1957)""The Town That Slept with the Lights On" (1957) 1954 The Ford Television Theatre Captain Joyce "Charlie C Company" 1954–1956Climax! Joel FlintLeo Waldek "An Error in Chemistry" (1954)"Figures in Clay" (1956)1955 Stage 7 Clinton Sturgess "Debt in Honor" The Red Skelton Show Grizzled Old Prospector Episode #4.23 Damon Runyon Theater Duke Martin "Old Em's Kentucky Home" Playwrights '56 Sidney "The Heart's a Forgotten Hotel" The Star and the Story Ray Ericson "Dark Stranger" 1956Screen Directors Playhouse Thaddeus Kubaczik "A Ticket for Thaddeus"1957–1959 Playhouse 90 Al PrestonJoe FergusonRoy Brenner "The Comedian" (1957)"The Male Animal" (1958)"The Blue Men" (1959) Zane Grey Theatre Russ AndrewsMarshal Ben Clark "A Gun Is for Killing" (1957)"Lonesome Road" (1959)1958Suspicion (TV series) Sgt. Miles Odeen "Death Watch" Lux Playhouse Big Jim Webber "Coney Island Winter" 1959 Laramie Captain Sam Prado "The Iron Captain" 1960 Johnny Midnight Johnny Midnight 39 episodes1961 The Dick Powell Show Sid Williams "Killer in the House" Target: The Corruptors! Ollie Crown "The Invisible Government" 1962–1963 Sam Benedict Sam Benedict 28 episodes1964 The Greatest Show on Earth Mike O'Kelley "Clancy" Breaking Point Roger Conning "The Tides of Darkness"The Eleventh Hour Buck Denholt "The Color of Sunset"1965Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Jefferson Crowley 6 episodesThe Long, Hot Summer Will "Boss" Varner 13 episodes 1967 The Virginian Thomas Manstead "Ah Sing vs. Wyoming" 1968 Mission: Impossible Raymond Halder The Counterfeiter 1969 The Bold Ones: The Protectors Warden Millbank "If I Should Wake Before I Die"1970 Insight Houseworthy – Tycoon "The 7 Minute Life of James Houseworthy" The Young Lawyers MacGillicuddy "MacGillicuddy Always Was a Pain in the Neck"1971The Name of the Game Bergman "LA 2017"The High Chaparral Morgan MacQuarie "The Hostage" 1972 Cade's County Clint Pritchard "The Brothers"The Streets of San Francisco Officer Gustav "Gus" Charnovski, SFPD "The Thirty Year Pin"McMillan & Wife Mr. Fontaine "Cop of the Year" 1973The New Temperatures Rising Show Dr. Banning "Super Doc" 1974 Police Story Chief Frank Modeer "Chain of Command"