George O'Brien
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-04-18
Day of Death
1985-09-04 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
George O'Brien
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
Acting
(2023)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1976)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Major Braden
(1961)
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
(1959)
Korea
as Narrator
(1951)
Gold Raiders
as George O'Brien
(1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Maj. Mac Allshard
(1948)
Fort Apache
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
(1947)
My Wild Irish Rose
as 'Duke' Muldoon
(1943)
December 7th
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
(1940)
Triple Justice
as Brad Henderson
(1940)
Legion of the Lawless
as Jeff Toland
(1940)
Prairie Law
as Brill Austin
(1940)
Bullet Code
as Steve Holden
(1940)
Stage to Chino
as Dan Clark
(1939)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Cliff Mason
(1939)
Racketeers of the Range
as Barney O'Dell
(1939)
Trouble in Sundown
as Clint Bradford
(1939)
Arizona Legion
as Boone Yeager
(1939)
The Fighting Gringo
as Wade Barton
(1939)
Timber Stampede
as Scott Baylor
(1938)
The Renegade Ranger
as Captain Jack Steele
(1938)
Painted Desert
as Bob McVey
(1938)
Gun Law
as Tom O'Malley
(1938)
Border G-Man
as Jim Galloway
(1938)
Lawless Valley
as Larry Rhodes
(1937)
Windjammer
as Bruce Lane
(1937)
Hollywood Cowboy
as Jeffery Carson
(1937)
Park Avenue Logger
as Grant Curran
(1936)
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
(1936)
The Border Patrolman
as Bob Wallace
(1936)
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
(1935)
When a Man's a Man
as Larry Knight
(1935)
The Cowboy Millionaire
as Bob Walker
(1935)
Thunder Mountain
as Kal Emerson
(1935)
Hard Rock Harrigan
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
(1935)
Whispering Smith Speaks
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
(1934)
The Dude Ranger
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
(1934)
Frontier Marshal
as Michael Wyatt
(1934)
Ever Since Eve
as Neil Rogers
(1933)
The Last Trail
as Tom Daley
(1933)
Life in the Raw
as Jim Barry
(1933)
Smoke Lightning
as Smoke Mason
(1932)
The Golden West
as David Lynch / Motano
(1932)
Mystery Ranch
as Bob Sanborn
(1932)
The Rainbow Trail
as John Shefford
(1932)
The Gay Caballero
as Ted Radcliffe
(1932)
Robbers' Roost
as Jim Wall
(1931)
A Holy Terror
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
(1931)
Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
(1931)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Lassiter
(1931)
Fair Warning
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
(1930)
Rough Romance
as Billy West
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Buck Duane
(1930)
The Lone Star Ranger
as Buck Duane
(1929)
Salute
as Cadet John Randall
(1929)
True Heaven
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
(1929)
Masked Emotions
as Bramdlet Dickery
(1928)
Noah's Ark
as Travis / Japheth
(1928)
Sharp Shooters
as George
(1928)
Honor Bound
as John Oglegree
(1928)
Blindfold
as Robert Kelly
(1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Man (Anses)
(1927)
Is Zat So?
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
(1927)
Paid to Love
as Crown Prince Michae
(1927)
East Side, West Side
as John Breen
(1926)
3 Bad Men
as Dan O'Malley
(1926)
The Blue Eagle
as George Darcy
(1926)
The Johnstown Flood
as Tom O'Day
(1926)
Fig Leaves
as Adam Smith
(1926)
The Silver Treasure
as Nostromo
(1926)
Rustlin' for Cupid
as Bradley Blatchford
(1925)
The Iron Horse
as Davy Brandon
(1925)
Havoc
as Dick Chappel
(1925)
Thank You
as Kenneth Jamieson
(1925)
The Dancers
as Tony
(1925)
The Fighting Heart
as Denny Bolton
(1924)
The Sea Hawk
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
(1924)
The Man Who Came Back
as Henry Potter
(1924)
Shadows of Paris
as Louis
(1924)
The Painted Lady
as Luther Smith
(1924)
The Roughneck
as Jerry Delaney
(1923)
Woman-Proof
as Bill Burleigh
(1923)
The Ne'er-Do-Well
as Clifford
(1922)
The Ghost Breaker
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
(1922)
Ebb Tide
as Islander
(1922)
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand