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Donal "Donald" O'Brien (September 15, 1930) is an 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 SS ''Feldwebel'', led to his first breakout role in ''Grand Prix'' (1966) starring alongside James Garner and Eva Marie Saint. He was particularly known for his performances in the Spaghetti Western genre of the late-1960s and 70s, with memorable roles in ''Run, Man, Run!'' (1968), ''Four of the Apocalypse'' (1975), ''Keoma'' (1976), ''A Man Called Blade'' (1977) and ''They Died with Their Boots On'' (1978), as well as later appearances in Italian horror, post-apocalyptic, and zombie films. In 1980, O'Brien suffered a head injury which left him in a coma for three days and partially paralyzed. Though eventually recovering from his injuries, his mobility was significantly limited for the rest of his life. In spite of this, O'Brien continued to work for another decade in the Italian film industry, almost exclusively for directors Lucio Fulci and Joe D'Amato. His last years included supporting roles in ''The Name of the Rose'' (1986) and ''The Devil's Daughter'' (1991). ==Early life== O'Brien was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France on September 15, 1930.〔Slater, Jay. ''Eaten Alive! Italian Cannibal and Zombie Movies''. London: Plexus, 2002. (pg. 239) ISBN 0-85965-314-5〕 His Irish-born father had been a U.S. Army cavalry officer and left the service after being wounded in the Spanish–American War. His father then returned to Ireland with the pension he received for his military service, sold the family farm and retired to the South of France where he eventually met and married an English governess. O'Brien's family moved around during the next few years before settling in the country's northern coast. During the Second World War, and the Nazi occupation of France, his family fled the country to Dublin, Ireland. It was during this period that one of O'Brien's brothers, among the dozen Irish volunteers serving in the Royal Air Force, was killed in action. Growing up, he was a great admirer of fellow Irishmen William Butler Yeats and Michael Collins, the French adventurer André Malraux, composer Maurice Ravel, the Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico, German boxer Max Schmeling, English actor Sir Laurence Olivier and especially handicapped WWII ace Douglas Bader.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald O'Brien (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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