Edmond O’Brien Movies

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Edmond O’Brien (1915-1985) was an Oscar®-winning American actor.   O’Brien appeared in more than 100 films from the 1940s to the 1970s, often playing character parts.   He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for 1954’s The Barefoot Contessa.  His IMDb page shows 121 acting credits from 1939 to 2018.  This page will rank Edmond O’Brien movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.

1954’s The Barefoot Contessa

Edmond O’Brien Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Edmond O’Brien Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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A Double Life (1947)

Best IMDb Trivia On Edmond O’Brien

1. Eamon Joseph O’Brien was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1915.

2. When Edmond O’Brien was 10, he put on magic shows for children in his neighborhood with coaching from a neighbor, Harry Houdini. He performed under the title, “Neirbo the Great” (“neirbo” being “O’Brien” spelled backwards).

3. Edmond O’Brien was originally cast as the photo-journalist Jackson Bentley (based on Lowell Thomas) in Lawrence of Arabia (1962). After O’Brien filmed several scenes, he suffered a heart attack and had to drop out of the picture. He was replaced by Arthur Kennedy.

4.  Edmond O’Brien served with the US Army Air Force in World War II.

5. Edmond O’Brien appeared in two films which depicted the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944: D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) and The Longest Day (1962). D-Day veteran Richard Todd also appeared in both films.

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35 thoughts on “Edmond O’Brien Movies”

  2. I saw 14 including 9 of top 11. 10s and favorites: the man who shot liberty valance, 7 days in may, longest day, the hunchback of notre dame. 10 not favorite : Julius Caesar. 9s not favorites: white heat, barefoot contessa, the killers. hidden gem: D.O.A.

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    1. Hey bob cox….good to hear from you. I have been thinking about you during this crisis. I am pretty sure you mentioned you were in the medical field…so I can only imagine how crazy your life is right now. I like all of your 10s….all are great movies. It has been years since seeing Seven Days In May. I would include White Heat as one of my 10s. I am also right there with you on D.O.A. Good stuff.

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