Philip Ober

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).

Actor

1934

[ ] Chloe, Love Is Calling You (Jim)

1938

[ ] Little Me (????)

1939

[ ] The Glass Case (Walter Drummond)

1950

[ ] The Secret Fury (Gregory Kent)
[ ] The Magnificent Yankee (Owen Wister / Narrator (voice))
[ ] Never a Dull Moment (Jed)

1951

[ ] The Unknown Man (Wayne Kellwin)

1952

[ ] Washington Story (Gilbert Nunnally)

1953

[ 6/10 ] From Here to Eternity (Capt. Dana Holmes)
[ ] Come Back, Little Sheba (Ed Anderson)
[ ] The Clown (Ralph Z. Henderson)
[ ] The Girls of Pleasure Island (Col. Reade)
[ ] Scandal at Scourie (B. G. Belney)

1954

[ ] Broken Lance (Van Cleve)
[ ] About Mrs. Leslie (Mort Finley)

1957

[ ] Escapade in Japan (Lt. Col. Hargrave)
[ ] Tammy and the Bachelor (Alfred Bissle)

1958

[ ] Torpedo Run (Adm. Samuel Setton)
[ ] Ten North Frederick (Lloyd Williams)
[ ] The High Cost of Loving (Herb Zorn)

1959

[ ] North by Northwest (Lester Townsend)
[ ] The Mating Game (Wendell Burnshaw)
[ ] Beloved Infidel (John Wheeler)

1960

[ ] Elmer Gantry (Reverend Planck)
[ ] The Facts of Life (Doc Mason)
[ ] Let No Man Write My Epitaph (Grant Holloway)
[ ] Incident at a Corner (Malcolm Tawley)

1961

[ ] Go Naked in the World (Josh Kebner)

1963

[ ] The Ugly American (Ambassador Sears)

1964

[ ] The Brass Bottle (William J. Beevor)