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Donald O'Brien

Donald O'Brien

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 15, 1930
Died Apr 23, 2018 (87)
Birthplace Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Donal "Donald" O'Brien (September 15, 1930) is a French-born Irish film and television actor. In his near 40-year career, O'Brien appeared in dozens of stage performances and in more than 60 film and television productions. O'Brien was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, raised in both Northern Fran ... ce and Dublin, Ireland with his family, and made his feature film debut in 1953 with Anatole Litvak's war drama Act of Love. He studied acting in Dublin and initially joined the Gate Theatre at age 19 before making the transition to film several years later. O'Brien's performance in The Train (1964), in which he played an SSFeldwebel, led to his first breakout role in Grand Prix (1966) starring alongside James Garner and Eva Marie Saint.

Known For

Filmography

Ator IV: The Hobgoblin

Ator IV: The Hobgoblin

1990

as Gunther

Ghosthouse

Ghosthouse

1988

as Valkos

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

1986

as Pietro d'Assisi

The Day Christ Died

The Day Christ Died

1980

as Roman Soldier

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

1977

as Donald McKenzie

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

1967

as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)

Grand Prix

Grand Prix

1966

as Wallace Bennett

Hail! Mafia

Hail! Mafia

1965

as Mafia Thug

The Train

The Train

1964

as Schwartz

Weekend at Dunkirk

Weekend at Dunkirk

1964

as L'officier anglais

A Social Cub

A Social Cub

1916

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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