Edmond O'Brien

. Christopher Plummer also performed the voice of Pedestrian voice #40 in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Edmond O'Brien has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contribution to motion pictures at 1719 Vine Street, and television at 6523 Hollywood Boulevard. Plummer is still a sought-after performer in his late 70's, and age has not diminished his workload or his energy. He died in Inglewood, California of Alzheimer's Disease. In 2002, he starred with Dame Julie Andrews and Charlotte Church in A Royal Christmas, one of the largest holiday extravaganzas ever produced for the stage. He also appeared extensively in television. In an article written about his portrayal of King Lear at the Stratford Festival, the New York Times called him "the most accomplished classical actor in North America.".

His other notable films include White Heat (1949), The Girl Can't Help It (1956), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Longest Day (1964), and The Wild Bunch (1969). In 1986, he was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame and into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1997. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Barefoot Contessa (1954), and was also nominated for his role in Seven Days in May (1964). He was given an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from New York's Juilliard School and is the recipient of a lifetime achievement award by the Governor-General of Canada. Born in New York, New York, O'Brien made his film debut in 1938, and gradually built a career as a highly regarded supporting actor. Plummer was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1968. Edmond O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American film actor. From his marriage to Tony Award winning actress Tammy Grimes he has a daughter, Amanda Plummer, who is an actress in her own right.

He made his Broadway debut in 1954 and has performed numerous roles at the Stratford Festival of Canada and London's West End. Christopher Plummer began his professional career in Canadian theater, radio in the late 1940s, performing in both the English and French languages. He went on to train for the theater with the Canadian Repertory Company in Ottawa. He studied to be a concert pianist but developed a love of the theater at an early age and began acting in High School.

Plummer was born in Toronto, Ontario. The great grandson of former Canadian Prime Minister Sir John Abbott, following his parents' divorce he moved with his mother to live in Senneville, Quebec, near Montreal. His international popularity began with his role as Captain von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, costarring Julie Andrews. He is one of his country's most prominent and respected actors and viewed by most as one of the world's finest stage performers, particularly in roles from the pen of William Shakespeare. Christopher Plummer (full name Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer) (born December 13, 1929¹) is a Canadian theatrical, film and television actor.

Stage Struck (1958). Wind Across the Everglades (1958). A Doll's House (1959) (TV). Playdate (1961) TV Series.

Cyrano de Bergerac (1962) (TV). The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964). Hamlet (1964/III) (TV). The Sound of Music (1965).

Inside Daisy Clover (1966). The Night of the Generals (1967). La Fantastique histoire vraie d'Eddie Chapman (1967). Oedipus the King (1967).

Nobody Runs Forever (1968). Battle of Britain (1969). The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969). Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969).

Waterloo (1970). Don Juan in Hell (1971) (TV). The Pyx (1973). After the Fall (1974) (TV).

The Happy Prince (1974). The Spiral Staircase (1975). The Return of the Pink Panther (1975). Conduct Unbecoming (1975).

The Man Who Would Be King (1975). Sarajevski atentat (1975). Aces High (1976). Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976) TV mini series.

Jesus of Nazareth (1977) TV mini series. Uppdraget (1977). The Disappearance (1977). Silver Blaze (1977) (TV).

The Silent Partner (1978). International Velvet (1978). Starcrash (1979). Murder by Decree (1979).

Riel (1979) (TV). Hanover Street (1979). Desperate Voyage (1980) (TV). The Shadow Box (1980) (TV).

Somewhere in Time (1980). When the Circus Came to Town (1981) (TV). Dial M for Murder (TV) (1981). Eyewitness (1981).

The Amateur (1981). Happy at Last (1982) (TV). Little Gloria.. The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV).