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)
Stage to Chino
as Dan Clark
(1940)
Legion of the Lawless
as Jeff Toland
(1940)
Triple Justice
as Brad Henderson
(1940)
Bullet Code
as Steve Holden
(1940)
Prairie Law
as Brill Austin
(1939)
Racketeers of the Range
as Barney O'Dell
(1939)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Cliff Mason
(1939)
Trouble in Sundown
as Clint Bradford
(1939)
The Fighting Gringo
as Wade Barton
(1939)
Timber Stampede
as Scott Baylor
(1939)
Arizona Legion
as Boone Yeager
(1938)
Gun Law
as Tom O'Malley
(1938)
The Renegade Ranger
as Captain Jack Steele
(1938)
Border G-Man
as Jim Galloway
(1938)
Lawless Valley
as Larry Rhodes
(1938)
Painted Desert
as Bob McVey
(1937)
Park Avenue Logger
as Grant Curran
(1937)
Hollywood Cowboy
as Jeffery Carson
(1937)
Windjammer
as Bruce Lane
(1936)
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
(1936)
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
(1936)
The Border Patrolman
as Bob Wallace
(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
(1935)
The Cowboy Millionaire
as Bob Walker
(1935)
When a Man's a Man
as Larry Knight
(1934)
Ever Since Eve
as Neil Rogers
(1934)
Frontier Marshal
as Michael Wyatt
(1934)
The Dude Ranger
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
(1933)
The Last Trail
as Tom Daley
(1933)
Smoke Lightning
as Smoke Mason
(1933)
Life in the Raw
as Jim Barry
(1932)
Mystery Ranch
as Bob Sanborn
(1932)
The Golden West
as David Lynch / Motano
(1932)
The Rainbow Trail
as John Shefford
(1932)
Robbers' Roost
as Jim Wall
(1932)
The Gay Caballero
as Ted Radcliffe
(1931)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Lassiter
(1931)
Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
(1931)
A Holy Terror
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
(1931)
Fair Warning
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Buck Duane
(1930)
The Lone Star Ranger
as Buck Duane
(1930)
Rough Romance
as Billy West
(1929)
Salute
as Cadet John Randall
(1929)
True Heaven
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
(1929)
Masked Emotions
as Bramdlet Dickery
(1928)
Blindfold
as Robert Kelly
(1928)
Noah's Ark
as Travis / Japheth
(1928)
Sharp Shooters
as George
(1928)
Honor Bound
as John Oglegree
(1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Man (Anses)
(1927)
Paid to Love
as Crown Prince Michae
(1927)
Is Zat So?
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
(1927)
East Side, West Side
as John Breen
(1926)
Fig Leaves
as Adam Smith
(1926)
The Blue Eagle
as George Darcy
(1926)
The Silver Treasure
as Nostromo
(1926)
The Johnstown Flood
as Tom O'Day
(1926)
3 Bad Men
as Dan O'Malley
(1926)
Rustlin' for Cupid
as Bradley Blatchford
(1925)
The Iron Horse
as Davy Brandon
(1925)
The Dancers
as Tony
(1925)
Thank You
as Kenneth Jamieson
(1925)
Havoc
as Dick Chappel
(1925)
The Fighting Heart
as Denny Bolton
(1924)
Shadows of Paris
as Louis
(1924)
The Sea Hawk
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
(1924)
The Roughneck
as Jerry Delaney
(1924)
The Man Who Came Back
as Henry Potter
(1924)
The Painted Lady
as Luther Smith
(1923)
Woman-Proof
as Bill Burleigh
(1923)
The Ne'er-Do-Well
as Clifford
(1922)
Ebb Tide
as Islander (uncredited)
(1922)
The Ghost Breaker
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
(1922)
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand