Philip Ober
Actor
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).
Filmography
From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes 1953
Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck 1960
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons 1966
Broken Lance
as Van Cleve 1954
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson 1953
The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears 1963
The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason 1960
Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler 1959
Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton 1958
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle 1957
The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor 1964
The Secret Fury
as Gregory Kent 1950
The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw 1959
The Unknown Man
as Wayne Kellwin 1951
Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave 1957
Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams 1958