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).
North by Northwest
As Lester Townsend
Elmer Gantry
As Reverend Planck
From Here to Eternity
As Capt. Dana Holmes
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
As Nicholas Simmons
Broken Lance
As Van Cleve
The Mating Game
As Wendell Burnshaw
The Facts of Life
As Doc Mason
The Unknown Man
As Wayne Kellwin
Torpedo Run
As Adm. Samuel Setton
The Secret Fury
As Gregory Kent
Come Back, Little Sheba
As Ed Anderson
The Clown
As Ralph Z. Henderson
The Magnificent Yankee
As Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
About Mrs. Leslie
As Mort Finley
The Girls of Pleasure Island
As Col. Reade
Escapade in Japan
As Lt. Col. Hargrave
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
As Jim
Go Naked in the World
As Josh Kebner
Washington Story
As Gilbert Nunnally
Scandal at Scourie
As B. G. Belney
Beloved Infidel
As John Wheeler
Assignment to Kill
As Bohlen
Never a Dull Moment
As Jed
Tammy and the Bachelor
As Alfred Bissle
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
As Grant Holloway
The Ugly American
As Ambassador Sears
Ten North Frederick
As Lloyd Williams
The Brass Bottle
As William J. Beevor
The Adventures of Gallegher
As Hade
The High Cost of Loving
As Herb Zorn
The Glass Case
As Walter Drummond
Family Affair
Cain's Hundred
As Herman Hausner
Mr. Lucky
I Dream of Jeannie
As General Stone
The Munsters
I Love Lucy
As Arnold (uncredited)
Perry Mason
As Ralph Davis
General Electric Theater
As Mr. Goodwin
The Twilight Zone
As Mr. Henderson
Bringing Up Buddy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Wilton Stark
The Monkees
Sam Benedict
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Eleventh Hour
Thriller
As Elmer Hooper
Lux Video Theatre
M Squad
As George Brayden
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Profiles in Courage
As Anderson
Matinee Theater
Grindl
Sugarfoot
As General Humphrey
Bat Masterson
As General Silas Guild
Honey West
As J. J. Vanderhyden
City Detective
Letter to Loretta
As Tom
The Tammy Grimes Show
Channing
As Partridge
Checkmate
As Marshall Winslow
Startime
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
As Colonel Hoey