A Broadway actor since 1931, Philip Ober first appeared before the cameras in 1951, when he was invited by actor/director Mel Ferrer to play a supporting role in The Secret Fury (1951). Adept at portraying executive types who seemed to be up to something shady, Ober was often as not cast as a corporate villain. His most famous film role was in the 1953 Oscar-winner From Here to Eternity as the hateful Army officer who, while his wife, Deborah Kerr, carries on an affair with Burt Lancaster, tries to strongarm Montgomery Clift into entering a boxing competition. Ober voluntarily gave up his acting career in the mid-'60s when he joined the U.S. Consular Service in Mexico. Married three times, Philip Ober was the former husband of I Love Lucy co-star Vivian Vance.
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Assignment to Kill
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Family Affair: Buffy
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1966 | |||
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The Brass Bottle
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1964 | |||
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Bonanza: The Boss
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1963 | |||
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The Ugly American
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1963 | |||
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Go Naked in the World
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1961 | |||
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The Crimebusters
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1961 | |||
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Elmer Gantry
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1960 | |||
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The Facts of Life
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1960 | |||
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Beloved Infidel
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1959 | |||
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North by Northwest
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1959 | |||
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The Mating Game
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1959 | |||
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Ten North Frederick
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1958 | |||
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The High Cost of Loving
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1958 | |||
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Torpedo Run
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1958 | |||
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Escapade in Japan
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1957 | |||
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Tammy and the Bachelor
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1957 | |||
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About Mrs. Leslie
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1954 | |||
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Broken Lance
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1954 | |||
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From Here to Eternity
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1953 | |||
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Scandal at Scourie
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1953 | |||
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The Clown
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1953 | |||
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Come Back, Little Sheba
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1952 | |||
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Washington Story
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1952 | |||
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The Blue Veil
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1951 | |||
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The Unknown Man
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1951 | |||
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Never a Dull Moment
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1950 | |||
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The Magnificent Yankee
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1950 | |||
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The Secret Fury
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1950 | |||
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Chloe
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1934 |




