13 Facts About Philip Ober

Philip Nott Ober was an American screen and stage actor who later retired from performing to be a foreign service diplomat.

The son of Frank Philip Ober, he was raised in White Plains, New York.

Philip Ober often appeared in roles as a straight man in farcical circumstances.

Philip Ober made his debut on stage, playing Tom Faulkner in Technique in 1931.

Philip Ober appeared in Lawrence Riley's Broadway show Personal Appearance opposite Gladys George.

Philip Ober appeared in the episode "The Vultures" of Sugarfoot.

Philip Ober made five appearances on Perry Mason, including that of defendant Peter Dawson in the 1960 episode, "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee", and the dual role of murder victim Sumner Hodge and his brother Adrian Hodge in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Tandem Target".

Philip Ober appeared in one episode of The Twilight Zone, co-starring Diana Hyland, and in one episode of Whirlybirds in which he portrayed a man who convinces his son to take the blame for a hit-and-run accident he committed.

Philip Ober made one guest appearance on the 1961 crime adventure-drama series The Investigators and four on the comedy series Hazel.

Philip Ober played Colonel Hoey in "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" S1 E4 episode "I Saw the Whole Thing" in 1962.

Philip Ober had a recurring role as General Wingard Stone in the early episodes of I Dream of Jeannie, appeared in two episodes of McHale's Navy as tough-as-nails Admiral "Iron Pants" Rafferty, and played the museum curator Dr Wilkerson in episode 32 of The Munsters, "Mummy Munster," in 1965.

Philip Ober played the United Nations ambassador in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest whom Roger Thornhill meets, to clarify who had occupied his mansion.

Philip Ober retired from acting and went into the US diplomatic service, serving as consular agent to the US consul in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.