Donald O'Brien

Donal Donald OBrien September 15 1930 is a Frenchborn Irish film and television actor In his near 40year career OBrien appeared in dozens of stage performances and in more than 60 film and television productions OBrien was born in Pau PyrénéesAtlantiques raised in both Northern France and Dublin Ireland with his family and made his feature film debut in 1953 with Anatole Litvaks 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 OBriens performance in The Train 1964 in which he played an SSFeldwebel led to his first breakout role in Grand Prix 1966 starring alongside James Garner and Eva Marie Saint