Philip Ober

• Born: Mar 23, 1902 in Fort Payne, Alabama
• Died: Sep 13, 1982 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '50s-'60s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Come Back, Little Sheba, The Magnificent Yankee, Beloved Infidel
• First Major Screen Credit: Chloe (1934)

Biography

A Broadway actor since 1931, Philip Ober first appeared before the cameras in 1951, when he was invited by actor/director Mel Ferrer to play a supporting role in The Secret Fury (1951). Adept at portraying executive types who seemed to be up to something shady, Ober was often as not cast as a corporate villain. His most famous film role was in the 1953 Oscar-winner From Here to Eternity as the hateful Army officer who, while his wife, Deborah Kerr, carries on an affair with Burt Lancaster, tries to strongarm Montgomery Clift into entering a boxing competition. Ober voluntarily gave up his acting career in the mid-'60s when he joined the U.S. Consular Service in Mexico. Married three times, Philip Ober was the former husband of I Love Lucy co-star Vivian Vance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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