FrameThrower · Actors · Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien
8 films · 367 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1946–2018
Born 10 September 1915 · New York City, New York, USA · died 9 May 1985
Edmond O'Brien was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). His many memorable films included The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Wild Bunch.
He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which aired during the 1962-1963 television season.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 367 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1946–2018
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor1955
- Golden Globe Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 367 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Edmond takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 41% low key — the look of the work Edmond takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 367 frames from Edmond O'Brien's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.