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'Philip Ober' (23 March 1902, Fort Payne, Alabama - 13 September 1982, Mexico City) was an American actor.
Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances. One of his most memorable stage role was in Lawrence Riley's Broadway hit ''Personal Appearance'' (1934) opposite Gladys George. From 1954 to 1967 he frequently appeared in television series. ^[1] From 1941 to 1959, he was married to actress Vivian Vance, who famously portrayed Ethel Mertz in the TV series ''I Love Lucy'' (1951-1957).
He had an important, but brief role, as the UN ambassador in Alfred Hitchcock's ''North by Northwest'' (1959) whom Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) meets, in order to clarify who had occupied his mansion. He also played Deborah Kerr's unsympathetic husband in the film version of ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953).
He had a recurring role as Gen. Wingard Stone in the very early episodes of long-running NBC situation comedy ''I Dream of Jeannie.''

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Filmography

★ 1934 : ''Chloe, Love Is Calling You'' : ''Jim''

★ 1938 : ''Little Me''

★ 1950 : ''The Magnificent Yankee'' : ''Owen Wister / Narrator''

★ 1950 : ''The Secret Fury'' : ''Gregory Kent''

★ 1950 : ''Mon cow-boy adoré'' (''Never a Dull Moment'') : ''Jed''

★ 1951 : ''The Unknown Man'' : ''Wayne Kellwin''

★ 1952 : ''Washington Story'' : ''Gilbert Nunnally''

★ 1952 : ''Reviens petite Sheba'' (''Come Back, Little Sheba'') : ''Ed Anderson''

★ 1953 : ''The Clown'' : ''Ralph Z. Henderson''

★ 1953 : ''The Girls of Pleasure Island'' : ''Col. Reade''

★ 1953 : ''Scandal at Scourie'' : ''B. G. Belney''

★ 1953 : ''Tant qu'il y aura des hommes'' (''From Here to Eternity'') : ''Capt. Dana 'Dynamite' Holmes''

★ 1954 : ''Romance sans lendemain'' (''About Mrs. Leslie'') : ''Mort Finley''

★ 1954 : ''La Lance brisée'' (''Broken Lance'') : ''Van Cleve''

★ 1956 : ''Calling Terry Conway'' (TV) : ''Stan''

★ 1957 : ''Tammy and the Bachelor'' : ''Alfred Bissle''

★ 1957 : ''Escapade au Japon'' (''Escapade in Japan'') : ''Lt. Col. Hargrave''

★ 1958 : ''L'Amour coûte cher'' (''The High Cost of Loving'') : ''Herb Zorn''

★ 1958 : ''Ten North Frederick'' : ''Lloyd Williams''

★ 1958 : ''La Dernière torpille'' (''Torpedo Run'') : ''Adm. Samuel Setton''

★ 1959 : ''Comment dénicher un mari'' (''The Mating Game'') : ''Wendell Burnshaw''

★ 1959 : ''La Mort aux trousses'' (''North by Northwest'') : ''Lester Townsend''

★ 1959 : ''Un matin comme les autres'' (''Beloved Infidel'') : ''John Wheeler''

★ 1960 : ''Elmer Gantry, le charlatan'' (''Elmer Gantry'') : ''Rev. Planck''

★ 1960 : ''Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' : ''Grant Holloway''

★ 1960 : ''Voulez-vous pêcher avec moi?'' (''The Facts of Life'') : ''Doc Mason''

★ 1961 : ''The Crimebusters'' : ''Herman Hauzner''

★ 1961 : ''Volupté'' (''Go Naked in the World'') : ''Josh Kebner''

★ 1963 : ''Le Vilain américain'' (''The Ugly American'') : ''Ambassador Sears''

★ 1964 : ''The Brass Bottle'' : ''William Beevor''

★ 1966 : ''The Ghost and Mr. Chicken'' : ''Nicholas Simmons''

★ 1968 : ''Assignment to Kill'' : ''Bohlen''

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