George O'Brien
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1899
- Died
- September 4, 1985 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
George O'Brien (April 19, 1899 – September 4, 1985) was an American actor, popular during the silent film era and into the talkie era of the 1930s, best known today as the lead actor in F. W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. He also starred in East Side, West Side (1927), The Johnstown Floor (1926), and John Ford's The Iron Horse (1924). The day before his seventh birthday the Great Earthquake of 1906 hit San Francisco. He and his family nearly died and were homeless for months. He served in World War I and World War II.
Known For
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Filmography
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood
TV · as Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 ep
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie · as (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie · as Major Braden
The 10 from Texas
Movie · as (archive footage)
Korea
Movie · as Narrator
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gold Raiders
Movie · as George O'Brien
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie · as Maj. Mac Allshard
Fort Apache
Movie · as Capt. Sam Collingwood
My Wild Irish Rose
Movie · as 'Duke' Muldoon
December 7th
Movie · as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Bullet Code
Movie · as Steve Holden
Triple Justice
Movie · as Brad Henderson
Legion of the Lawless
Movie · as Jeff Toland
Stage to Chino
Movie · as Dan Clark
Prairie Law
Movie · as Brill Austin
Arizona Legion
Movie · as Boone Yeager
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Movie · as Cliff Mason
Timber Stampede
Movie · as Scott Baylor
Trouble in Sundown
Movie · as Clint Bradford
Racketeers of the Range
Movie · as Barney O'Dell
The Fighting Gringo
Movie · as Wade Barton
The Renegade Ranger
Movie · as Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert
Movie · as Bob McVey
Border G-Man
Movie · as Jim Galloway
Lawless Valley
Movie · as Larry Rhodes
Gun Law
Movie · as Tom O'Malley
Hollywood Cowboy
Movie · as Jeffery Carson
Windjammer
Movie · as Bruce Lane
Park Avenue Logger
Movie · as Grant Curran
Daniel Boone
Movie · as Daniel Boone
The Border Patrolman
Movie · as Bob Wallace
O'Malley of the Mounted
Movie · as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
The Cowboy Millionaire
Movie · as Bob Walker
When a Man's a Man
Movie · as Larry Knight
Whispering Smith Speaks
Movie · as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
Thunder Mountain
Movie · as Kal Emerson
Hard Rock Harrigan
Movie · as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
The Dude Ranger
Movie · as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Ever Since Eve
Movie · as Neil Rogers
Frontier Marshal
Movie · as Michael Wyatt
Life in the Raw
Movie · as Jim Barry
The Last Trail
Movie · as Tom Daley
Smoke Lightning
Movie · as Smoke Mason
The Gay Caballero
Movie · as Ted Radcliffe
Mystery Ranch
Movie · as Bob Sanborn
The Golden West
Movie · as David Lynch / Motano
Robbers' Roost
Movie · as Jim Wall
The Rainbow Trail
Movie · as John Shefford
A Holy Terror
Movie · as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Seas Beneath
Movie · as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie · as Jim Lassiter
Fair Warning
Movie · as Whistlin' Dan Barry
Rough Romance
Movie · as Billy West
The Last of the Duanes
Movie · as Buck Duane
The Lone Star Ranger
Movie · as Buck Duane
Hollywood Studios
Movie
Salute
Movie · as Cadet John Randall
True Heaven
Movie · as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Masked Emotions
Movie · as Bramdlet Dickery
Noah's Ark
Movie · as Travis / Japheth
Sharp Shooters
Movie · as George
Blindfold
Movie · as Robert Kelly
Honor Bound
Movie · as John Oglegree
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Movie · as The Man
Is Zat So?
Movie · as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
Paid to Love
Movie · as Crown Prince Michae
East Side, West Side
Movie · as John Breen
3 Bad Men
Movie · as Dan O'Malley
Fig Leaves
Movie · as Adam Smith
The Blue Eagle
Movie · as George Darcy
The Johnstown Flood
Movie · as Tom O'Day
Rustlin' for Cupid
Movie · as Bradley Blatchford
The Silver Treasure
Movie · as Nostromo
The Iron Horse
Movie · as Davy Brandon
Havoc
Movie · as Dick Chappel
The Fighting Heart
Movie · as Denny Bolton
Thank You
Movie · as Kenneth Jamieson
The Dancers
Movie · as Tony
The Sea Hawk
Movie · as Galley Slave (uncredited)
Shadows of Paris
Movie · as Louis
The Roughneck
Movie · as Jerry Delaney
The Man Who Came Back
Movie · as Henry Potter
The Painted Lady
Movie · as Luther Smith
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Movie · as Clifford
Woman-Proof
Movie · as Bill Burleigh
Ebb Tide
Movie · as Islander (uncredited)
Moran of the Lady Letty
Movie · as Deck Hand
The Ghost Breaker
Movie · as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
White Hands
Movie · as Sailor