Personal Info
Birth date
1902-03-23 (123 Years)
Day of death
1982-09-13
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Also known as
Phil Ober
Philip Nott Ober
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).
Filmography
Perry Mason
7.719
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.I Love Lucy
7.866
Overview:
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.Family Affair
6.6
Overview:
Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.822
Overview:
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.I Dream of Jeannie
7.8
Overview:
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".Matinee Theater
5
Overview:
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.Checkmate
4.1
Overview:
Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television from 1960 to 1962 for a total of 70 episodes and was produced by Jack Benny's production company, "JaMco Productions" in co-operation with Revue Studios. Guest stars included Charles Laughton, Peter Lorre, and Lee Marvin, among many other commensurately prominent performers.The Twilight Zone
8.452
Overview:
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.The 20th Century Fox Hour
5.429
Overview:
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.M Squad
5.2
Overview:
Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
5.8
Overview:
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.The Munsters
7.932
Overview:
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.Bat Masterson
6.071
Overview:
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.Thriller
6.417
Overview:
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.The Monkees
6.5
Overview:
Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.Sugarfoot
4.8
Overview:
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.Honey West
7
Overview:
After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.Sam Benedict
6
Overview:
Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman. Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jacob W. "Jake" Erlich, who served as technical consultant for the series.Lux Video Theatre
6.333
Overview:
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.Channing
7
Overview:
Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College. The dean Fred Baker is his mentor as Howe is writing a novel about his experiences. They are frequently involved in the student's lives. Channing, a production of Revue Studios, aired during the same time frame as the first season of NBC's somewhat similar offering, Mr. Novak.Startime
6
Overview:
Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color. The program was aired Tuesday nights in the United States on the NBC Television network in the 1959-60 television season.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.Ripcord
6.5
Overview:
Ripcord is an American syndicated television series that ran for 76 episodes from 1961 to 1963 about the exploits of a skydiving operation by the same name.North by Northwest
8
Overview:
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.Mr. Lucky
6.4
Overview:
Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June 18, 1960, with repeats until September 3. Blake Edwards developed the program as a retooling of his Willie Dante character from Four Star Playhouse, where the role was played by studio boss Dick Powell. In the 1960–1961 season, Howard Duff assumed the role of Willie Dante in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. Mr. Edwards directed and co-wrote the first episode of Mr. Lucky, and the credits of the first eighteen episodes included "Entire production supervised by Blake Edwards." Jack Arnold produced the show and directed fifteen of the thirty-four episodes. Henry Mancini's smooth theme music for the show reached Number 21 in the US singles charts. He released two successful LP's based on the show, Mr. Lucky and Mr. Lucky Goes Latin.Cain's Hundred
4.7
Overview:
A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.Letter to Loretta
6.5
Overview:
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.Profiles in Courage
5
Overview:
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage.Acting
1968Assignment to Kill as Bohlen
1966Family Affair (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966The Monkees (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966The Tammy Grimes Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966The Ghost & Mr. Chicken as Nicholas Simmons
1965I Dream of Jeannie (2 Episodes) as General Stone
1965Honey West (1 Episode) as J. J. Vanderhyden
1965The Adventures of Gallegher as Hade
1964Profiles in Courage (1 Episode) as Anderson
1964The Munsters (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964The Brass Bottle as William J. Beevor
1963Channing (1 Episode) as Partridge
1963Grindl (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963The Ugly American as Ambassador Sears
1962The Eleventh Hour (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 Episode) as Colonel Hoey
1962Sam Benedict (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Ripcord (1 Episode) as Dr. Ladd
1961Cain's Hundred (2 Episodes) as Herman Hausner
1961Go Naked in the World as Josh Kebner
1960The Facts of Life as Doc Mason
1960Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Grant Holloway
1960Bringing Up Buddy (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Checkmate (1 Episode) as Marshall Winslow
1960Thriller (1 Episode) as Elmer Hooper
1960Elmer Gantry as Reverend Planck
1959Beloved Infidel as John Wheeler
1959Mr. Lucky (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Startime (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Mr. Henderson
1959North by Northwest as Lester Townsend
1959The Mating Game as Wendell Burnshaw
1958Torpedo Run as Adm. Samuel Setton
1958Bat Masterson (1 Episode) as General Silas Guild
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Ten North Frederick as Lloyd Williams
1958The High Cost of Loving as Herb Zorn
1957Escapade in Japan as Lt. Col. Hargrave
1957Perry Mason (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Ralph Davis, Peter Dawson, Albert Keller, Harvey Farrell, Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge
1957M Squad (1 Episode) as George Brayden
1957Sugarfoot (1 Episode) as General Humphrey
1957Tammy and the Bachelor as Alfred Bissle
1955Matinee Theater (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Wilton Stark
1954Broken Lance as Van Cleve
1954About Mrs. Leslie as Mort Finley
1953Letter to Loretta (1 Episode) as Tom
1953City Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953From Here to Eternity as Capt. Dana Holmes
1953Scandal at Scourie as B. G. Belney
1953The Girls of Pleasure Island as Col. Reade
1953Come Back, Little Sheba as Ed Anderson
1953General Electric Theater (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Goodwin, Chief George McManus
1953The Clown as Ralph Z. Henderson
1952Washington Story as Gilbert Nunnally
1951The Unknown Man as Wayne Kellwin
1951I Love Lucy (2 Episodes) as Arnold (uncredited)
1950The Magnificent Yankee as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
1950Lux Video Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Walter Craig
1950Never a Dull Moment as Jed
1950The Secret Fury as Gregory Kent
1939The Glass Case as Walter Drummond
1938Little Me as Unknown
1934Chloe, Love Is Calling You as Jim