Liam O'Brien

Biography

Liam O'Brien (March 7, 1913 New York City, New York, USA – March 24, 1996 California, USA) was an American screenwriter and television producer best known for writing the movie Here Comes the Groom.[ Life and career O'Brien was educated at Fordham and Manhattan College. He had been a poet, a cartoonist and labor organizer before World War II, when he served in the Signal Corps. After the war, he headed to Hollywood, where his younger brother Edmond O'Brien was already an established star. He became an overnight success six years later when his first screenplay, the romantic comedy Here Comes the Groom, with Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, earned him an Oscar nomination in 1951. The following year, his play The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker became a Broadway hit featuring Burgess Meredith. This romantic comedy was filmed by 20th Century Fox in 1959 with Clifton Webb in the title role. The play remains popular in amateur theatres, partly because there are so many roles to be filled: the industrialist Mr. Pennypacker is a loveable bigamist with 17 children. His widow, Claudette O'Brien, claimed Pennypacker was based on the actual double life of an O'Brien relative – one who "laughed louder than anyone on opening night". O'Brien collapsed in his wife's arms and died of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home at age 83. His son, Devin Liam O' Brien, has been an associate producer of the Academy Award television broadcast.

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Birth Name

Liam Christopher O'Brien

Birth Place

Belleville, New Jersey, USA
Known For
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Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party

Tokugawa Ieyasu (voice)

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Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell

Doctor Strange (voice)

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The Phoenix Incident

Jacob Reynolds

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Modest Heroes

The Invisible Man (segment "Invisible") (voice)

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Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red

Johann Schmidt / Red Skull / Hydra Goon 2 (voice)

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Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Dickie Wall

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Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal

Professor Maelstrom / Diplomat / Guard 2 (voice)

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Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United

Red Skull (voice)

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Planet Hulk

Hiroim (voice)

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Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

Red Skull (voice)

Starring In
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Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Dickie Wall

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Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red

Johann Schmidt / Red Skull / Hydra Goon 2 (voice)

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Self

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Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal

Professor Maelstrom / Diplomat / Guard 2 (voice)

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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;Surrection

Lloyd (voice)

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda

Doctor Strange (voice)

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI - Rise of the Red Comet

Howard (voice)

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Modest Heroes

The Invisible Man (segment "Invisible") (voice)

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V - Clash at Loum

Gihren Zabi / Kai's Friend (voice)

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV - Eve of Destiny

Gihren Zabi (voice)

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Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell

Doctor Strange (voice)

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion

Gihren Zabi (voice)

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow

Gihren Zabi (voice)

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The Phoenix Incident

Jacob Reynolds

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Chronicle of the Loum Battlefield

Gihren Zabi (voice)

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Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United

Red Skull (voice)

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The Quiet Hour

Blondie

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The Last: Naruto the Movie

Gaara (voice)

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JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time

Aquaman / Arthur Curry / Batwing Computer (voice)

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Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United

Red Skull (voice) (uncredited)

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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Ayabe no Uchimaro (voice)

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Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

Red Skull (voice)

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Iron Man: Rise of Technovore

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Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent

Torturer

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Thor: Ein hammermäßiges Abenteuer

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Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party

Tokugawa Ieyasu (voice)

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Planet Hulk

Hiroim (voice)

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Redline

Frisbee

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Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Shichogoro (voice: English version)

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Bleach Movie 2: The Diamond Dust Rebellion

Jushiro Ukitake (voice: English version)

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Tales From Earthsea

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Brave Story

Ishioka / Young Bishop (voice)

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Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

Incidental Characters (voice)

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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Red XIII (voice: English version)

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Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

Gaara (voice)

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Duel Masters - Go Ahead Make My Duel

Shobu Kirifuda (2005-) (unknown episodes)

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Appleseed

ESWAT Soldier (voice) (as William Markham)

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Aquarian Age: The Movie

Lancelot Army Commander (voice: English version) (as Liam Christopher O'Brien)

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Saiyuki: Requiem - The Motion Picture

Various (voice)

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Meat Market

Featured Zombie

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Cold Feet-Complete Collectie

Josh Marsden (6 episodes, 1998-1999)

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Boogiepop Phantom - Evolution 2

Yoji Suganuma (unknown episodes)

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To Heart, Vol. 3: Bonds of Friendship

Various (2 episodes, 1999)

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Revolutionary Girl Utena - The Movie

Mamiya Chiba (unknown episodes)

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Black Jack: A Surgeon with the Hands of God

Salary Man

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DNA2 - Metamorphosis (Vol. 1)

Junta Momonari (unknown episodes)

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K.O. Beast Vol 3 : The Clash of the Jinns

Bud Mint (voice: English version)

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The Spirit of '76

Rodney Snodgrass

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A Soldier's Plaything

Gaara, The Fifth Kazekage

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Paradise Kiss: Volume 3

Seiji Kisragi (2 episodes, 2005)

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