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Philip Ober (March 23, 1902, Fort Payne, Alabama – September 13, 1982, Mexico City) was an American actor, prominently in stage and television, who became a diplomat. ==Acting career== Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances. He made his debut on stage, playing Tom Faulkner in ''Technique'' in 1931.〔 〕 He appeared in Lawrence Riley's Broadway show ''Personal Appearance'' (1934) opposite Gladys George. From 1954 to 1967, he frequently appeared in television series. He played a general determined to find the truth of an alleged desertion and an Indian attack on a fort in the episode "The Vultures" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, ''Sugarfoot''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="The Vultures" (April 26, 1959) )〕 Ober was twice cast on ''I Love Lucy'', first playing "Arnold" in "The Quiz Show", and later portraying the Hollywood producer Dore Schary when Schary decided not to play himself in the episode. He made five appearances on ''Perry Mason'', including that of defendant Peter Dawson in the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee", and the dual role of murder victim Sumner Hodge and his brother Adrian Hodge in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Tandem Target". He also appeared in one episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' ("Spur of the Moment"), co-starring Diana Hyland, and made four guest appearances in the comedy series ''Hazel''. He had a recurring role as Gen. Wingard Stone in the early episodes of NBC situation comedy ''I Dream of Jeannie'', and appeared in two episodes of ''McHale's Navy'' as tough-as-nails Admiral "Iron Pants" Rafferty and on one episode of ''The Munsters'' in 1965. Ober continued to work as an actor in films. He played the UN ambassador in Alfred Hitchcock's ''North by Northwest'' (1959) whom Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) meets, to clarify who had occupied his mansion. He also played Capt. Dana "Dynamite" Holmes, the neglectful, unsympathetic husband of Karen Holmes (Deborah Kerr), in the film version of ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953). 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「Philip Ober」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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