Donald O'Brien

Born: 1930-09-15

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 France 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.


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Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals

as Donald McKenzie
Released: 1977-10-21

Intrepid photographer Emanuelle is taken deep into the Amazonian jungle to search for a...

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The Name of the Rose

as Pietro d'Assisi
Released: 1986-09-24

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference...

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The Train

as Schwartz
Released: 1964-09-24

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to...

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The Night of the Generals

as Plotting German Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1967-01-29

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II....

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Grand Prix

as Wallace Bennett
Released: 1966-12-21

The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One...

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Zombie Holocaust

as Dr. Obrero / Dr. Butcher (US version)
Released: 1980-03-27

After Malukan immigrants engage in a string of corpse mutilations at various New York City...

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Keoma

as Caldwell
Released: 1976-11-25

Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it...

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Hands of Steel

as Professor Olster
Released: 1986-03-26

A story about a cyborg who is programmed to kill a scientist who holds the fate of mankind in...

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Weekend at Dunkirk

as L'officier anglais
Released: 1964-12-18

In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien...

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The Inglorious Bastards

as SS Officer
Released: 1978-02-08

Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are...

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The Sect

as Justice Jonathan Ford
Released: 1991-03-01

A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely...

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Four of the Apocalypse

as Sheriff of Salt Flat
Released: 1975-08-12

Four petty criminals, three men and a woman, wander through the trackless terrain of the Wild...

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Warriors of the Year 2072

as Monk
Released: 1984-01-28

In the future, two television networks compete for ratings by producing violent game shows. One...

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Challenge to White Fang

as Liverpool
Released: 1974-10-25

Sequel to Lucio Fulci's first 'White Fang' has the wolf-dog once again trying to stop the...

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Ghosthouse

as Valkos
Released: 1988-05-21

A group of unlikely companions receive a radio call leading to a deserted house with a grisly past.

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Mortacci

as Archibald Williams
Released: 1989-02-24

Before finally entering the afterlife, the dead spend a period in a limbo from which they depart...

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Two Brothers in Trinity

as Lester O'Hara
Released: 1972-04-26

Charming, blithely amoral devil-may-care rogue Jesse Smith and peaceful, devout straight-arrow...

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A Man Called Blade

as Burt Craven
Released: 1977-08-13

Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more...

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A Matter of Resistance

as American Officer
Released: 1966-01-25

In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to...

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Silver Saddle

as Flertcher
Released: 1978-04-20

Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be...

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Run, Man, Run

as Daniel Cassidy
Released: 1968-08-29

The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous...

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Sex of the Witch

as Inspector
Released: 1973-10-18

An old man dies and as his relatives await their dosh they start getting killed, sort of by a witch!

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Cloportes

as Un visiteur de la galerie
Released: 1965-10-01

Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they...

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Panther Squad

as General
Released: 1984-01-15

An astronaut has been abducted by a group of environmental terrorists. The New Organization of...

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Tales of Paris

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-17

A film made up of four sketches. In Marc Allégret's Sophie, a naive high-school girl invents a...

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Bandits: Love and Liberty

as Barone
Released: 1994-10-23

In 1838 in the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, Malacarne, gamekeeper of Baron San...

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Yeti: The Giant of the 20th Century

as Sgt. Stricker
Released: 1977-12-23

Professor Wassermann is asked by industry magnate Morgan Hunnicut to lead an expedition to study...

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Flight from Paradise

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-01

In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In...

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Dynamite Jack

as uncredited
Released: 1961-11-03

Antoine Espérandieu, a French tenderfoot, lands in Windows Canyon, Arizona, a remote place under...

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White Fang to the Rescue

as Caroll
Released: 1975-02-09

Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang...

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The Day Christ Died

as Roman Soldier
Released: 1980-03-26

A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the...

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Erotic Games of a Respectable Family

as Professor Riccardo Rossi
Released: 1975-11-22

Professor Ricardo Rossi is an uncompromising moralist and a paladin of Catholic morals. He is...

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Joe D'Amato Totally Uncut: The Horror Experience

as Himself
Released: 2001-01-01

Documentary on various horror movies that Joe D'Amato directed and/or produced in the 1970's,...

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Ator IV: The Hobgoblin

as Gunther
Released: 1990-08-29

Once upon a time a god gave a mighty sword to the king of Aquiles to bring justice to his...

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Paid in Blood

as Lee Rast
Released: 1971-11-14

Luigi Batzella directed this spaghetti western under the pseudonym "Paolo Solvay." Gioffredo...

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Return from Death: Frankenstein 2000

as Rico
Released: 1991-01-01

When a woman is beaten into a coma and saved from being raped by her handyman (Donald O'Brien),...

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2020 Texas Gladiators

as Black One
Released: 1983-06-10

In a post-apocalyptic Texas, a band of warriors fight against a fascist regime that is trying to...

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Tough to Kill

as Major Hagerty
Released: 1979-03-15

A group of mercenaries escort a man with a million dollar bounty on his head across the African...

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The Wretches

as uncredited
Released: 1960-05-08

Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this...

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God Is My Colt

as Collins
Released: 1972-11-18

A gang of landgrabbers, led by Mexican bandit Manuel, terrorizes the small town of Landford...

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Operation Diplomatic Passport

as uncredited
Released: 1965-03-31

The daughter of a foreign diplomat in Paris is courted by two men. One of them entrusts her with...

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The Executioner of God

as Frank
Released: 1973-06-02

A former gunman turned priest seeks vengeance on three bandits who are masquerading as...

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Nick Carter and Red Club

as uncredited
Released: 1965-11-26

A secret agent uncovers four atomic rockets with a lethal gas warhead which have been stolen...

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Finders Killers

as Jack Forest
Released: 1971-03-27

A farmer returns home from the forest to find his family butchered. He decides to hunt down the...

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The Last Traitor

as Captain Ned Carter
Released: 1971-03-12

Wedding guests awaiting the arrival of the bride suddenly become nervous when they notice that...

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L'homme de l'Interpol

as uncredited
Released: 1966-05-17

A months-long investigation by Interpol's special services has already revealed the identity of...

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Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre

as Frank
Released: 1973-01-01

The Governor of Kansas hires six gunfighters to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the...

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Hail! Mafia

as Mafia Thug
Released: 1965-08-10

A couple of hit men set out to kill an old friend.

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Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West

as Outlaw
Released: 1973-01-28

A Kung-Fu fighter and his brother run away from a very important fight in China and are trailed...

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The Sheriff of Rock Spring

as Burt Jones
Released: 1971-12-17

In the village of Rockspring, the election of "little sheriff" is taking place, whereby a child...

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Images in a Convent

as Exorcist
Released: 1979-08-07

Locked behind the walls of a convent are an order of beautiful nuns whose vows force them to...

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Flying Sex

as Mr. Slider
Released: 1980-02-07

An ice queen takes a plane ride and discovers that flying is her g-spot, or least the gateway to...

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