Stage
Broadway
Ober worked in stage productions.
FLM.REDPHILIP
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ฟิลิป โอเบอร์
From Broadway to character roles on screen
From Here to Eternity to North by Northwest.
Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
A stage and screen career
Philip Ober was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1902. He worked on Broadway and in stage companies before building a career in film and television.
His stage appearances are documented by the Internet Broadway Database. On screen he often appeared in supporting parts, including the military drama From Here to Eternity.
In Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest, Ober played Lester Townsend. The film is among his credits listed on FLM.RED.
His acting work also included television appearances. Ober died in 1982; accounts differ on the circumstances, which are left out here.
Selected performances
1953
From Here to Eternity
He appeared in the military drama.
1959
North by Northwest
He played Lester Townsend.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.