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)
Legion of the Lawless
as Jeff Toland
(1940)
Stage to Chino
as Dan Clark
(1940)
Prairie Law
as Brill Austin
(1940)
Bullet Code
as Steve Holden
(1940)
Triple Justice
as Brad Henderson
(1939)
Racketeers of the Range
as Barney O'Dell
(1939)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Cliff Mason
(1939)
Timber Stampede
as Scott Baylor
(1939)
Trouble in Sundown
as Clint Bradford
(1939)
Arizona Legion
as Boone Yeager
(1939)
The Fighting Gringo
as Wade Barton
(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)
Park Avenue Logger
as Grant Curran
(1937)
Windjammer
as Bruce Lane
(1937)
Hollywood Cowboy
as Jeffery Carson
(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)
The Cowboy Millionaire
as Bob Walker
(1935)
When a Man's a Man
as Larry Knight
(1935)
Whispering Smith Speaks
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
(1935)
Hard Rock Harrigan
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
(1935)
Thunder Mountain
as Kal Emerson
(1934)
Frontier Marshal
as Michael Wyatt
(1934)
Ever Since Eve
as Neil Rogers
(1934)
The Dude Ranger
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
(1933)
The Last Trail
as Tom Daley
(1933)
Life in the Raw
as Jim Barry
(1933)
Smoke Lightning
as Smoke Mason
(1932)
The Rainbow Trail
as John Shefford
(1932)
Robbers' Roost
as Jim Wall
(1932)
Mystery Ranch
as Bob Sanborn
(1932)
The Gay Caballero
as Ted Radcliffe
(1932)
The Golden West
as David Lynch / Motano
(1931)
Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
(1931)
A Holy Terror
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
(1931)
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Lassiter
(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)
Masked Emotions
as Bramdlet Dickery
(1929)
True Heaven
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
(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)
Paid to Love
as Crown Prince Michae
(1927)
East Side, West Side
as John Breen
(1927)
Is Zat So?
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
(1926)
3 Bad Men
as Dan O'Malley
(1926)
The Johnstown Flood
as Tom O'Day
(1926)
The Blue Eagle
as George Darcy
(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)
Thank You
as Kenneth Jamieson
(1925)
The Dancers
as Tony
(1925)
The Fighting Heart
as Denny Bolton
(1925)
Havoc
as Dick Chappel
(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 Roughneck
as Jerry Delaney
(1924)
The Painted Lady
as Luther Smith
(1923)
Woman-Proof
as Bill Burleigh
(1923)
The Ne'er-Do-Well
as Clifford
(1922)
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand
(1922)
The Ghost Breaker
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
(1922)
Ebb Tide
as Islander