Philip Ober

infobox actor

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birthdate=birthdate|1902|3|23
birthplace=Fort Payne, Alabama
deathdate=death date and age|1982|9|13|1902|3|23
deathplace=Mexico City, Mexico
occupation=Stage, television actor
spouse=Vivian Vance

Philip Ober (23 March 1902, Fort Payne, Alabama - 13 September 1982, Mexico City) was an American actor.

Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances. One of his most memorable stage role was in Lawrence Riley's Broadway hit "Personal Appearance" (1934) opposite Gladys George. From 1954 to 1967 he frequently appeared in television series. From 1941 to 1959, he was married to actress Vivian Vance, who famously portrayed Ethel Mertz in the TV series "I Love Lucy" (1951-1957). He made several appearances in I Love Lucy playing Hollywood producer Dore Schary.

He had an important, but brief role, as the UN ambassador in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" (1959) whom Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) meets, in order to clarify who had occupied his mansion. He also played Deborah Kerr's unsympathetic husband in the film version of "From Here to Eternity" (1953).

He had a recurring role as Gen. Wingard Stone in the very early episodes of long-running NBC situation comedy "I Dream of Jeannie."

Filmography

* 1934: "Chloe, Love Is Calling You" : "Jim"
* 1938: "Little Me"
* 1950: "The Magnificent Yankee" : "Owen Wister / Narrator"
* 1950: "The Secret Fury" : "Gregory Kent"
* 1950: "Never a Dull Moment" : "Jed"
* 1951: "The Unknown Man" : "Wayne Kellwin"
* 1952: "Washington Story" : "Gilbert Nunnally"
* 1952: "Come Back, Little Sheba" : "Ed Anderson"
* 1953: "The Clown" : "Ralph Z. Henderson"
* 1953: "The Girls of Pleasure Island" : "Col. Reade"
* 1953: "Scandal at Scourie" : "B. G. Belney"
* 1953: "From Here to Eternity" : "Capt. Dana 'Dynamite' Holmes"
* 1954: "About Mrs. Leslie" : "Mort Finley"
* 1954: "Broken Lance" : "Van Cleve"
* 1956: "Calling Terry Conway" (TV) : "Stan"
* 1957: "Tammy and the Bachelor" : "Alfred Bissle"
* 1957: "Escapade in Japan" : "Lt. Col. Hargrave"
* 1958: "The High Cost of Loving" : "Herb Zorn"
* 1958: "Ten North Frederick" : "Lloyd Williams"
* 1958: "Torpedo Run" : "Adm. Samuel Setton"
* 1959: "The Mating Game" : "Wendell Burnshaw"
* 1959: "North by Northwest" : "Lester Townsend"
* 1959: "Beloved Infidel" : "John Wheeler"
* 1960: "Elmer Gantry" : "Rev. Planck"
* 1960: "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" : "Grant Holloway"
* 1960: "The Facts of Life" : "Doc Mason"
* 1961: "The Crimebusters" : "Herman Hauzner"
* 1961: "Go Naked in the World" : "Josh Kebner"
* 1963: "The Ugly American" : "Ambassador Sears"
* 1964: "The Brass Bottle" : "William Beevor"
* 1966: "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" : "Nicholas Simmons"
* 1968: "Assignment to Kill" : "Bohlen"

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