Dave O'Brien

Birth Name:

David Poole Fronabarger

Birth Place:

Big Spring, Texas, United States

Profession

Actor, Stunts, Writer, Director, Soundtrack

Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety for "The Red Skelton Show" in 1960
Made his screen acting debut with a bit part in the 1930 film "The Dawn Patrol․"
Worked as a welder and in a drug store before getting into the acting business
Best known as the head writer of "The Red Skelton Show" and for his film roles in "Captain Midnight" and "Brand of the Devil․"
Played the "Bungler" in several of Pete Smith's two-reel films in the 1940s
Was also a band singer, appearing early in his career in the chorus line in the 1933 film "42nd Street․"
Had a memorable role as a marijuana addict in the 1936 classic camp film "Reefer Madness․"

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