Movies: Dave O'Brien

The Rangers are after Yackey and his gang. Posing as an outlaw, Dave arrives as Panhandle's prisoner and works his way into the gang. Tex arrives and joins Wright's committee. Tex plans a trap for the gang but things go awry when the gang catches Tex...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places....

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire....

A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet....

Knowing the Army is arriving to establish a post. Doc Hagan and his gang and the crooked Sheriff are trying to drive the ranchers off the land. When the gang wound a rancher, the Doc finishes him off with his needle. Running from the law again, Billy...

Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans....

In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and upon whom objects fell) when he played hapless characters throughout the series. Under the pseudonym "D...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a wife endures the trials of being married to a husband with traits that drive her crazy....

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home as he does in the movies; it's a ticket to a domestic disturbance. Next, a son gets to treat his fath...

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled....

A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the deadline....

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments....

Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele, and Panhandle Perkins are en route to Boulder City to investigate the murder of rancher Dan Clark when they happen upon Trigger Farley, a gunslinger hired by Cole Melford, the chief suspects in Clark's murder....

During World War Two, an American band leader, Jack (Dave O'Brien) arrives on a Tahitian island , and via a chain of unexpected events, soon finds himself soon about to be betrothed to Luana (Jinx Falkenburg), the princess of a local tribe....

A popular band joins the army with the idea of putting on shows for troops overseas. During rehearsals, a battle erupts and the musicians must exchange their musical instruments for guns and fight....

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them....

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store....

After getting into a compromising situation with a woman and her angry boyfriend, Harry uses a fire escape to hide in a friend's apartment, but finds that he climbed into the woman's one by mistake....

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art....

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short....