Philip Ober
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).
Filmography
Assignment to Kill
1968
as Bohlen
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
1966
as Nicholas Simmons
The Brass Bottle
1964
as William J. Beevor
The Ugly American
1963
as Ambassador Sears
Go Naked in the World
1961
as Josh Kebner
The Facts of Life
1960
as Doc Mason
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
as Grant Holloway
Elmer Gantry
1960
as Reverend Planck
Beloved Infidel
1959
as John Wheeler
North by Northwest
1959
as Lester Townsend
The Mating Game
1959
as Wendell Burnshaw
Torpedo Run
1958
as Adm. Samuel Setton
Ten North Frederick
1958
as Lloyd Williams
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Herb Zorn
Escapade in Japan
1957
as Lt. Col. Hargrave
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
as Alfred Bissle
Broken Lance
1954
as Van Cleve
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
as Mort Finley
From Here to Eternity
1953
as Capt. Dana Holmes
Scandal at Scourie
1953
as B. G. Belney
The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953
as Col. Reade
Come Back, Little Sheba
1953
as Ed Anderson
The Clown
1953
as Ralph Z. Henderson
Washington Story
1952
as Gilbert Nunnally