Actor
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). ...

Known For
Acting
1968 -- Assignment to Kill | Bohlen
1966 -- The Ghost & Mr. Chicken | Nicholas Simmons
1964 -- The Brass Bottle | William J. Beevor
1964 -- The Adventures of Gallegher | Hade
1963 -- The Ugly American | Ambassador Sears
1961 -- Go Naked in the World | Josh Kebner
1960 -- The Facts of Life | Doc Mason
1960 -- Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Grant Holloway
1960 -- Elmer Gantry | Reverend Planck
1959 -- Beloved Infidel | John Wheeler
1959 -- North by Northwest | Lester Townsend
1959 -- The Mating Game | Wendell Burnshaw
1958 -- Torpedo Run | Adm. Samuel Setton
1958 -- Ten North Frederick | Lloyd Williams
1958 -- The High Cost of Loving | Herb Zorn
1957 -- Escapade in Japan | Lt. Col. Hargrave
1957 -- Tammy and the Bachelor | Alfred Bissle
1954 -- Broken Lance | Van Cleve
1954 -- About Mrs. Leslie | Mort Finley
1953 -- From Here to Eternity | Capt. Dana Holmes
1953 -- Scandal at Scourie | B. G. Belney
1953 -- The Girls of Pleasure Island | Col. Reade
1953 -- The Clown | Ralph Z. Henderson
1952 -- Come Back, Little Sheba | Ed Anderson
1952 -- Washington Story | Gilbert Nunnally
1951 -- The Unknown Man | Wayne Kellwin
1950 -- The Magnificent Yankee | Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
1950 -- Never a Dull Moment | Jed
1950 -- The Secret Fury | Gregory Kent
1939 -- The Glass Case | Walter Drummond
1934 -- Chloe, Love Is Calling You | Jim
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