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Actor · Director · 1915 to 1985

Edmond O'Brien

Best rated: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (8.1)

Films
63
Avg rating
6.91
Peak run
1960’64
Oscar wins
1 of 2
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The career

Edmond O'Brien, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1960 to 1964, 7.6667819401950196019701980199020002010The Man Who Shot Liberty … 8.1The Greatest Show on Earth 6.5Career avg 6.91

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Edmond O'Brien's career barcodecoolhot
193963 films2018
Current formLast 5: 6.48 vs career 6.91 (−0.43)
  1. LThe Love God?1969 · 6.4−0.5
  2. LThey Only Kill Their Masters1972 · 6.2−0.7
  3. LLucky Luciano1973 · 6.4−0.5
  4. LDead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982 · 6.8−0.1
  5. LThe Other Side of the Wind2018 · 6.6−0.3
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Edmond by the numbers

Average
6.91
39 rated films
Vote weighted
6.98
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.57
rating spread
Career
80y
1939 to 2018
Total votes
566K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Worst
6.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2018The Other Side of the Wind posterThe Other Side of the WindPat Mullins6.68,642
1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid posterDead Men Don't Wear Plaid·6.826,123
197499 and 44/100% Dead!Uncle Frank·910
1973Lucky LucianoCommissioner Harry J. Anslinger6.41,762
1972They Only Kill Their MastersGeorge6.21,451
1970Dream No EvilTimothy MacDonald·743
1969The Love God?Osborn Tremaine6.41,224
1969The Wild Bunch posterThe Wild BunchSykes7.994,921
1966Fantastic Voyage posterFantastic VoyageGeneral Carter6.822,802
1965Get Off My BackChuck Dederich·253
1965SylviaOscar Stewart·474
1964Rio Conchos·6.52,698
1964Seven Days in May posterSeven Days in MaySen. Raymond Clark7.817,949
1962The Longest Day posterThe Longest Day·7.763,755
1962Birdman of Alcatraz posterBirdman of AlcatrazTom Gaddis7.821,634
1962The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance posterThe Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceDutton Peabody8.189,988
1962Moon PilotMcClosky - aka 'Mac'·584
1960The Great ImpostorCapt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga6.91,875
1960The 3rd VoiceThe Voice·262
1960The Last VoyageSecond Engineer Walsh6.72,818
Better together?

Edmond O'Brien's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Gordon Douglas and Edmond O'Brien movies · Byron Haskin and Edmond O'Brien movies · John Frankenheimer and Edmond O'Brien movies · Burt Lancaster and Edmond O'Brien movies

Takes

On Edmond O'Brien

2 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1965
    Edmond O'Brien
    Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1955
    Edmond O'Brien
    Won