Philip Ober
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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
Credits
North by Northwest (1959)
as Lester Townsend
From Here to Eternity (1953)
as Capt. Dana Holmes
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
as Alfred Bissle
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
as Nicholas Simmons
Broken Lance (1954)
as Van Cleve
Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Reverend Planck
The Ugly American (1963)
as Ambassador Sears
Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934)
as Jim
Little Me (1938)
Actor
Beloved Infidel (1959)
as John Wheeler
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
as Ed Anderson
Torpedo Run (1958)
as Adm. Samuel Setton
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)
as Col. Reade
Ten North Frederick (1958)
as Lloyd Williams
The Secret Fury (1950)
as Gregory Kent
Assignment to Kill (1968)
as Bohlen
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
as Mort Finley
Go Naked in the World (1961)
as Josh Kebner
The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
as Grant Holloway
Escapade in Japan (1957)
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
The High Cost of Loving (1958)
as Herb Zorn
The Unknown Man (1951)
as Wayne Kellwin
The Clown (1953)
as Ralph Z. Henderson
The Brass Bottle (1964)
as William J. Beevor
The Facts of Life (1960)
as Doc Mason
Scandal at Scourie (1953)
as B. G. Belney
The Mating Game (1959)
as Wendell Burnshaw
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
as Jed
Washington Story (1952)
as Gilbert Nunnally
The Glass Case (1939)
as Walter Drummond