Philip Ober

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).

Cast

North by Northwest

Lester Townsend

Elmer Gantry

Reverend Planck

From Here to Eternity

Capt. Dana Holmes

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

Nicholas Simmons

Broken Lance

Van Cleve

The Mating Game

Wendell Burnshaw

The Facts of Life

Doc Mason

The Unknown Man

Wayne Kellwin

Torpedo Run

Adm. Samuel Setton

The Secret Fury

Gregory Kent

Come Back, Little Sheba

Ed Anderson

The Clown

Ralph Z. Henderson

The Magnificent Yankee

Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)

The Girls of Pleasure Island

Col. Reade

About Mrs. Leslie

Mort Finley

Escapade in Japan

Lt. Col. Hargrave

Chloe, Love Is Calling You

Jim

Go Naked in the World

Josh Kebner

Washington Story

Gilbert Nunnally

Scandal at Scourie

B. G. Belney

Beloved Infidel

John Wheeler

Assignment to Kill

Bohlen

Never a Dull Moment

Jed

Tammy and the Bachelor

Alfred Bissle

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Grant Holloway

The Ugly American

Ambassador Sears

Ten North Frederick

Lloyd Williams

The Brass Bottle

William J. Beevor

The Adventures of Gallegher

Hade

The High Cost of Loving

Herb Zorn

The Glass Case

Walter Drummond

Little Me

Unknown

Incident at a Corner

Malcolm Tawley