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Acting

Edmond O'Brien

Career: Active from 1939 to 1974, busiest in 1953 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 64
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Edmond O'Brien Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.4, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.1, average 3.0
Family Dynamics
3.4, average 4.8
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Film Noir 10
Classic Cinema 7
Character-Driven 7
Classic Hollywood 6
Social Commentary 6
Character Study 5
Moral Dilemma 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Suspenseful 5
Crime Thriller 5
Classic Western 4
Cold War Era 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

117

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

TV show · as Clinton Sturges

2010s

2 titles · average score 72

The Other Side of the Wind

73

as Pat Mullins

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

71

as Oscar Muldoon (archive footage)

1980s

1 title · average score 69

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

69

as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

1970s

13 titles · average score 57

99 and 44/100% Dead

45

as Uncle Frank Kelly

Lucky Luciano

59

as Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger

Isn't It Shocking?

64

as Justin Oates

Police Story

72

TV show

The Streets of San Francisco

48

TV show · as Officer Gustav 'Gus' Charnovski, SFPD

Jigsaw

as Det. Ed Burtelson

Temperatures Rising

TV show · as Dr. Banning

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

as Morton Stillman

McMillan & Wife

70

TV show · as Mr. Fontaine

River of Mystery

as R.J. Twitchell

The Intruders

53

as Col. William Bodeen

Dream No Evil

53

as Timothy MacDonald

1960s

33 titles · average score 69

The Wild Bunch

87

as Freddie Sykes

The Love God?

61

as Osborn Tremaine

Fantastic Voyage

74

as General Carter

The Doomsday Flight

55

as The Man

The Long, Hot Summer

TV show

Seven Days in May

81

as Sen. Raymond Clark

Sam Benedict

TV show · as Sam Benedict

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

89

as Dutton Peabody

Moon Pilot

52

as McClosky aka 'Mac'

Birdman of Alcatraz

80

as Tom Gaddis

Johnny Midnight

TV show

The Great Impostor

56

as Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga

1950s

48 titles · average score 63

Up Periscope

52

as Commander Paul Stevenson

The Comedian

79

as Al Preston

The Girl Can't Help It

75

as Marty 'Fats' Murdock

1984

68

as Winston Smith of the Outer Party

The Barefoot Contessa

77

as Oscar Muldoon

The Hitch-Hiker

80

as Roy Collins

The Bigamist

67

as Harry Graham / Harrison Graham

The Turning Point

68

as John Conroy

Denver and Rio Grande

52

as Jim Vesser

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

73

TV show · as Capt. Simpson / Rick Saunders

Two of a Kind

66

as Michael "Lefty" Farrell

711 Ocean Drive

65

as Mal Granger

1940s

18 titles · average score 66

White Heat

87

as Vic Pardo

D.O.A.

80

as Frank Bigelow

Another Part of the Forest

75

as Benjamin Hubbard

Fighter Squadron

56

as Maj. Ed Hardin

An Act of Murder

69

as David Douglas

For the Love of Mary

65

as Lt. Tom Farrington

A Double Life

77

as Bill Friend

The Web

83

as Bob Regan

The Killers

88

as Jim Reardon

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

58

as Tom Holliday

Obliging Young Lady

58

as 'Red' Reddy, aka Professor Stanley

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

52

as Stephen Herrick

1930s

1 title · average score 75

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

75

as Gringoire