Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 18, 1899
Place of Birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Only Girl in the Orchestra | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) |
| 1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Major Braden |
| 1961 | The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) |
| 1959 | Korea | Narrator |
| 1951 | Gold Raiders | George O'Brien |
| 1949 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Maj. Mac Allshard |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Capt. Sam Collingwood |
| 1947 | My Wild Irish Rose | 'Duke' Muldoon |
| 1943 | December 7th | Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice) |
| 1940 | Bullet Code | Steve Holden |
| 1940 | Triple Justice | Brad Henderson |
| 1940 | Legion of the Lawless | Jeff Toland |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino | Dan Clark |
| 1940 | Prairie Law | Brill Austin |
| 1939 | Arizona Legion | Boone Yeager |
| 1939 | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Cliff Mason |
| 1939 | Timber Stampede | Scott Baylor |
| 1939 | Trouble in Sundown | Clint Bradford |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range | Barney O'Dell |
| 1939 | The Fighting Gringo | Wade Barton |
| 1938 | The Renegade Ranger | Captain Jack Steele |
| 1938 | Painted Desert | Bob McVey |
| 1938 | Border G-Man | Jim Galloway |
| 1938 | Lawless Valley | Larry Rhodes |
| 1938 | Gun Law | Tom O'Malley |
| 1937 | Hollywood Cowboy | Jeffery Carson |
| 1937 | Windjammer | Bruce Lane |
| 1937 | Park Avenue Logger | Grant Curran |
| 1936 | Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone |
| 1936 | The Border Patrolman | Bob Wallace |
| 1936 | O'Malley of the Mounted | Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard |
| 1935 | The Cowboy Millionaire | Bob Walker |
| 1935 | When a Man's a Man | Larry Knight |
| 1935 | Whispering Smith Speaks | Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith |
| 1935 | Thunder Mountain | Kal Emerson |
| 1935 | Hard Rock Harrigan | Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan |
| 1934 | The Dude Ranger | Ernest 'Dude' Selby |
| 1934 | Ever Since Eve | Neil Rogers |
| 1934 | Frontier Marshal | Michael Wyatt |
| 1933 | Life in the Raw | Jim Barry |
| 1933 | The Last Trail | Tom Daley |
| 1933 | Smoke Lightning | Smoke Mason |
| 1932 | The Gay Caballero | Ted Radcliffe |
| 1932 | Mystery Ranch | Bob Sanborn |
| 1932 | The Golden West | David Lynch / Motano |
| 1932 | Robbers' Roost | Jim Wall |
| 1932 | The Rainbow Trail | John Shefford |
| 1931 | A Holy Terror | Tony Bard aka Woodbury |
| 1931 | Seas Beneath | Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley |
| 1931 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Jim Lassiter |
| 1931 | Fair Warning | Whistlin' Dan Barry |
| 1930 | Rough Romance | Billy West |
| 1930 | The Last of the Duanes | Buck Duane |
| 1930 | The Lone Star Ranger | Buck Duane |
| 1929 | Salute | Cadet John Randall |
| 1929 | True Heaven | Lieutenant Philip Gresson |
| 1929 | Masked Emotions | Bramdlet Dickery |
| 1928 | Noah's Ark | Travis / Japheth |
| 1928 | Sharp Shooters | George |
| 1928 | Blindfold | Robert Kelly |
| 1928 | Honor Bound | John Oglegree |
| 1927 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Man (Anses) |
| 1927 | Is Zat So? | Ed 'Chick' Cowan |
| 1927 | Paid to Love | Crown Prince Michae |
| 1927 | East Side, West Side | John Breen |
| 1926 | 3 Bad Men | Dan O'Malley |
| 1926 | Fig Leaves | Adam Smith |
| 1926 | The Blue Eagle | George Darcy |
| 1926 | The Johnstown Flood | Tom O'Day |
| 1926 | Rustlin' for Cupid | Bradley Blatchford |
| 1926 | The Silver Treasure | Nostromo |
| 1925 | The Iron Horse | Davy Brandon |
| 1925 | Havoc | Dick Chappel |
| 1925 | The Fighting Heart | Denny Bolton |
| 1925 | Thank You | Kenneth Jamieson |
| 1925 | The Dancers | Tony |
| 1924 | The Sea Hawk | Galley Slave (uncredited) |
| 1924 | Shadows of Paris | Louis |
| 1924 | The Roughneck | Jerry Delaney |
| 1924 | The Man Who Came Back | Henry Potter |
| 1924 | The Painted Lady | Luther Smith |
| 1923 | The Ne'er-Do-Well | Clifford |
| 1923 | Woman-Proof | Bill Burleigh |
| 1922 | Ebb Tide | Islander |
| 1922 | Moran of the Lady Letty | Deck Hand |
| 1922 | The Ghost Breaker | One of the Ghosts (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Studio 57 | |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self |