Richard O'Brien

Edward Patrick O'Brien was an American film and television actor. O'Brien was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He worked as a radio announcer in North Dakota before moving to Hollywood in the 1930s. He began appearing in films, and also worked as a manager at the Carthay Circle Theatre. During World War II he gave up acting to work as a stevedore in the San Francisco docks. In 1953 O'Brien appeared in the television series This Is the Life, later making three appearances in Harbor Command.