North by Northwest
1959
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Philip Nott Ober (March 23, 1902 – September 13, 1982) was an American screen and stage actor who later retired from performing to be a foreign service diplomat. Ober is best remembered for his roles in the films From Here to Eternity (1953) and North by Northwest (1959).
Philip Ober. Actor: From Here to Eternity. Philip Ober's bald head, stern bearing and booming voice made him a natural for the roles of business executives, high-ranking military officers and other authority figures he played so well.
According to him, Vance had spent so many years repressed by him, it finally took a visible toll. “He made her afraid of men,” he claimed. Vance was four times married — to Joseph Shearer Danneck, George Koch, Philip Ober, and John Dodds.
Philip Ober. Actor: From Here to Eternity. Philip Ober's bald head, stern bearing and booming voice made him a natural for the roles of business executives, high-ranking military officers and other authority figures he played so well.
He was a veteran supporting actor best remembered for the role as Captain Dana Dynamite Holmes in the classic war film, From Here to Eternity (1953). He also had memorable roles in films such as Washington Story (1952), Torpedo Run (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Elmer Gantry (1960) and The Ugly American...
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).
Actor. Philip Ober was an American actor, prominently in stage and television, who became a diplomat. Career. Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances. He made his debut on stage, playing Tom Faulkner in Technique in 1931.
