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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 23, 1902
Died
September 13, 1982
Place of Birth
Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
- Phil Ober
- Philip Nott Ober
Philip Ober
0.5 Popularity
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
6.0
Bohlen
Assignment to Kill
1968
6.7
Family Affair
1966
6.5
The Monkees
1966
🎬
5.0
The Tammy Grimes Show
1966
6.7
Nicholas Simmons
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
1966
7.8
General Stone
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
7.0
J. J. Vanderhyden
Honey West
1965
0.0
Hade
The Adventures of Gallegher
1965
🎬
5.0
Anderson
Profiles in Courage
1964
7.9
The Munsters
1964
Credits
Assignment to Kill
as Bohlen
1968
6.0
Family Affair
1966
6.7
The Monkees
1966
6.5
🎬
The Tammy Grimes Show
1966
5.0
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Nicholas Simmons
1966
6.7
I Dream of Jeannie
as General Stone
1965
7.8
Honey West
as J. J. Vanderhyden
1965
7.0
The Adventures of Gallegher
as Hade
1965
0.0
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Anderson
1964
5.0
The Munsters
1964
7.9
The Brass Bottle
as William J. Beevor
1964
6.1
Channing
as Partridge
1963
7.0
🎬
Grindl
1963
5.5
The Ugly American
as Ambassador Sears
1963
6.6
The Eleventh Hour
1962
6.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Colonel Hoey
1962
7.8
Sam Benedict
1962
6.0
The Investigators
as Charley Brent
1961
5.0
Ripcord
as Dr. Ladd
1961
6.5
Cain's Hundred
as Herman Hausner
1961
4.7
Go Naked in the World
as Josh Kebner
1961
4.6
The Facts of Life
as Doc Mason
1960
5.1
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Grant Holloway
1960
5.6
🎬
Bringing Up Buddy
1960
0.0
Checkmate
as Marshall Winslow
1960
4.1
Thriller
as Elmer Hooper
1960
6.6
Elmer Gantry
as Reverend Planck
1960
7.3
🎬
Incident at a Corner
as Malcolm Tawley
1960
0.0
Beloved Infidel
as John Wheeler
1959
5.9
Mr. Lucky
1959
6.4
Startime
1959
6.0
The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Henderson
1959
8.5
North by Northwest
as Lester Townsend
1959
8.0
The Mating Game
as Wendell Burnshaw
1959
6.2
Torpedo Run
as Adm. Samuel Setton
1958
6.0
Bat Masterson
as General Silas Guild
1958
6.1
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Ten North Frederick
as Lloyd Williams
1958
6.9
The High Cost of Loving
as Herb Zorn
1958
5.7
Escapade in Japan
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
1957
5.5
Perry Mason
as Ralph Davis
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Peter Dawson
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Albert Keller
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Harvey Farrell
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Sumner Hodge / Adrian Hodge
1957
7.7
M Squad
as George Brayden
1957
5.2
Sugarfoot
as General Humphrey
1957
4.8
Tammy and the Bachelor
as Alfred Bissle
1957
7.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Wilton Stark
1955
7.8
Broken Lance
as Van Cleve
1954
6.4
About Mrs. Leslie
as Mort Finley
1954
7.0
The Danny Thomas Show
as Hal Raskin
1953
6.0
Letter to Loretta
as Tom
1953
6.5
City Detective
1953
7.0
From Here to Eternity
as Capt. Dana Holmes
1953
7.3
Scandal at Scourie
as B. G. Belney
1953
6.7
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Col. Reade
1953
5.0
Come Back, Little Sheba
as Ed Anderson
1953
7.2
General Electric Theater
as Mr. Goodwin
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Chief George McManus
1953
6.4
The Clown
as Ralph Z. Henderson
1953
5.3
Washington Story
as Gilbert Nunnally
1952
6.0
The Unknown Man
as Wayne Kellwin
1951
4.8
I Love Lucy
as Arnold (uncredited)
1951
7.9
The Magnificent Yankee
as Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
1950
5.4
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Walter Craig
1950
6.3
Never a Dull Moment
as Jed
1950
5.4
The Secret Fury
as Gregory Kent
1950
5.4
🎬
The Glass Case
as Walter Drummond
1939
0.0
Little Me
1938
0.0
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
as Jim
1934
3.4