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