Philip Ober

Philip Ober (23 March 1902, Fort Payne, Alabama - 13 September 1982, Mexico City) was an American actor.

Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances. One of his most memorable stage role was in Lawrence Riley's Broadway hit Personal Appearance (1934) opposite Gladys George. From 1954 to 1967 he frequently appeared in television series. From 1941 to 1959, he was married to actress Vivian Vance, who famously portrayed Ethel Mertz in the TV series I Love Lucy (1951-1957). He made several appearances in I Love Lucy playing Hollywood producer Dore Schary.

He had an important, but brief role, as the UN ambassador in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959) whom Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) meets, in order to clarify who had occupied his mansion. He also played Deborah Kerr's unsympathetic husband in the film version of From Here to Eternity (1953).

He had a recurring role as Gen. Wingard Stone in the very early episodes of long-running NBC situation comedy I Dream of Jeannie. His interment was in Chapel of the Pines Crematory.

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