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George O'Brien
George O'Brien

George O'Brien

ActingBorn April 18, 1899Died September 4, 1985 (age 86)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.

Filmography

2023
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

Movie
1964
Cheyenne Autumn

as Major Braden

Movie
1961
The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)

Movie
1959
Korea

as Narrator

Movie
1954TV
1952TV
1951
Gold Raiders

as George O'Brien

Movie
1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Maj. Mac Allshard

Movie
1948
Fort Apache

as Capt. Sam Collingwood

Movie
1947
My Wild Irish Rose

as 'Duke' Muldoon

Movie
1943
December 7th

as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

Movie
1940
Triple Justice

as Brad Henderson

Movie
1940
Stage to Chino

as Dan Clark

Movie
1940
Prairie Law

as Brill Austin

Movie
1940
Bullet Code

as Steve Holden

Movie
1940
Legion of the Lawless

as Jeff Toland

Movie
1939Movie
1939
The Fighting Gringo

as Wade Barton

Movie
1939
Timber Stampede

as Scott Baylor

Movie
1939
Racketeers of the Range

as Barney O'Dell

Movie
1939
Trouble in Sundown

as Clint Bradford

Movie
1939
Arizona Legion

as Boone Yeager

Movie
1938
Lawless Valley

as Larry Rhodes

Movie
1938
The Renegade Ranger

as Captain Jack Steele

Movie
1938
Painted Desert

as Bob McVey

Movie
1938
Border G-Man

as Jim Galloway

Movie
1938
Gun Law

as Tom O'Malley

Movie
1937
Windjammer

as Bruce Lane

Movie
1937
Hollywood Cowboy

as Jeffery Carson

Movie
1937
Park Avenue Logger

as Grant Curran

Movie
1936
Daniel Boone

as Daniel Boone

Movie
1936
The Border Patrolman

as Bob Wallace

Movie
1936
O'Malley of the Mounted

as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard

Movie
1935
Thunder Mountain

as Kal Emerson

Movie
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan

as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan

Movie
1935
Whispering Smith Speaks

as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith

Movie
1935Movie
1935
When a Man's a Man

as Larry Knight

Movie
1934
The Dude Ranger

as Ernest 'Dude' Selby

Movie
1934
Ever Since Eve

as Neil Rogers

Movie
1934
Frontier Marshal

as Michael Wyatt

Movie
1933
The Last Trail

as Tom Daley

Movie
1933
Life in the Raw

as Jim Barry

Movie
1933
Smoke Lightning

as Smoke Mason

Movie
1932
Robbers' Roost

as Jim Wall

Movie
1932
The Golden West

as David Lynch / Motano

Movie
1932
Mystery Ranch

as Bob Sanborn

Movie
1932
The Gay Caballero

as Ted Radcliffe

Movie
1932
The Rainbow Trail

as John Shefford

Movie
1931Movie
1931
A Holy Terror

as Tony Bard aka Woodbury

Movie
1931
Fair Warning

as Whistlin' Dan Barry

Movie
1931
Seas Beneath

as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley

Movie
1930Movie
1930
Rough Romance

as Billy West

Movie
1930Movie
1929
Salute

as Cadet John Randall

Movie
1929
Masked Emotions

as Bramdlet Dickery

Movie
1929
True Heaven

as Lieutenant Philip Gresson

Movie
1928
Blindfold

as Robert Kelly

Movie
1928
Noah's Ark

as Travis / Japheth

Movie
1928
Honor Bound

as John Oglegree

Movie
1928Movie
1927Movie
1927Movie
1927
Paid to Love

as Crown Prince Michae

Movie
1927
Is Zat So?

as Ed 'Chick' Cowan

Movie
1926
The Blue Eagle

as George Darcy

Movie
1926
3 Bad Men

as Dan O'Malley

Movie
1926
Fig Leaves

as Adam Smith

Movie
1926Movie
1926
Rustlin' for Cupid

as Bradley Blatchford

Movie
1926Movie
1925
The Fighting Heart

as Denny Bolton

Movie
1925
Thank You

as Kenneth Jamieson

Movie
1925
The Iron Horse

as Davy Brandon

Movie
1925
Havoc

as Dick Chappel

Movie
1925Movie
1924
The Roughneck

as Jerry Delaney

Movie
1924
The Painted Lady

as Luther Smith

Movie
1924
The Man Who Came Back

as Henry Potter

Movie
1924
The Sea Hawk

as Galley Slave (uncredited)

Movie
1924Movie
1923
Woman-Proof

as Bill Burleigh

Movie
1923Movie
1922
Ebb Tide

as Islander (uncredited)

Movie
1922
The Ghost Breaker

as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)

Movie
1922Movie
1922
White Hands

as Sailor

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 18, 1899
Day of DeathSeptember 4, 1985
Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
Popularity1.2