George O'Brien
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1899-04-18
- Died
- 1985-09-04
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (89)
Fort Apache
1948
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as The Man (Anses)
Windjammer
1937
as Bruce Lane
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Maj. Mac Allshard
The Roughneck
1924
as Jerry Delaney
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Major Braden
Fig Leaves
1926
as Adam Smith
December 7th
1943
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Salute
1929
as Cadet John Randall
Rough Romance
1930
as Billy West
Honor Bound
1928
as John Oglegree
Arizona Legion
1939
as Boone Yeager
Bullet Code
1940
as Steve Holden
Fair Warning
1931
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
3 Bad Men
1926
as Dan O'Malley
Triple Justice
1940
as Brad Henderson
Masked Emotions
1929
as Bramdlet Dickery
Sharp Shooters
1928
as George
Thunder Mountain
1935
as Kal Emerson
Noah's Ark
1928
as Travis / Japheth
Timber Stampede
1939
as Scott Baylor
The Iron Horse
1925
as Davy Brandon
Daniel Boone
1936
as Daniel Boone
Robbers' Roost
1932
as Jim Wall
Prairie Law
1940
as Brill Austin
The Dancers
1925
as Tony
Smoke Lightning
1933
as Smoke Mason
The Dude Ranger
1934
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
A Holy Terror
1931
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
The Blue Eagle
1926
as George Darcy
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Havoc
1925
as Dick Chappel
Mystery Ranch
1932
as Bob Sanborn
Woman-Proof
1923
as Bill Burleigh
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
as Jim Lassiter
The Sea Hawk
1924
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
When a Man's a Man
1935
as Larry Knight
True Heaven
1929
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Gun Law
1938
as Tom O'Malley
The Fighting Heart
1925
as Denny Bolton
Park Avenue Logger
1937
as Grant Curran
Border G-Man
1938
as Jim Galloway
Lawless Valley
1938
as Larry Rhodes
The Rainbow Trail
1932
as John Shefford
East Side, West Side
1927
as John Breen
The Golden West
1932
as David Lynch / Motano
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as 'Duke' Muldoon
Blindfold
1928
as Robert Kelly
The Renegade Ranger
1938
as Captain Jack Steele
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
The Painted Lady
1924
as Luther Smith
The Last Trail
1933
as Tom Daley
Seas Beneath
1931
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Cliff Mason
Frontier Marshal
1934
as Michael Wyatt
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
as Buck Duane
Racketeers of the Range
1939
as Barney O'Dell
The Border Patrolman
1936
as Bob Wallace
Trouble in Sundown
1939
as Clint Bradford
Thank You
1925
as Kenneth Jamieson
Gold Raiders
1951
as George O'Brien
The Silver Treasure
1926
as Nostromo
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922
as Deck Hand
Painted Desert
1938
as Bob McVey
The Man Who Came Back
1924
as Henry Potter
Ebb Tide
1922
as Islander (uncredited)
Legion of the Lawless
1940
as Jeff Toland
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
as Bob Walker
Is Zat So?
1927
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
The Last of the Duanes
1930
as Buck Duane
The Ghost Breaker
1922
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
Paid to Love
1927
as Crown Prince Michae
The Johnstown Flood
1926
as Tom O'Day
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926
as Bradley Blatchford
Korea
1959
as Narrator
The Gay Caballero
1932
as Ted Radcliffe
Stage to Chino
1940
as Dan Clark
Ever Since Eve
1934
as Neil Rogers
Life in the Raw
1933
as Jim Barry
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
as Clifford
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
as Jeffery Carson
Shadows of Paris
1924
as Louis
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
The 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
Hollywood Studios
1930
The Fighting Gringo
1939
as Wade Barton
White Hands
1922
as Sailor
About George O'Brien
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. With 91 credits spanning from 1922 to 2023, George O'Brien has appeared in 89 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular George O'Brien Movies
- Fort Apache (1948) — as Capt. Sam Collingwood
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) — as The Man (Anses)
- Windjammer (1937) — as Bruce Lane
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) — as Maj. Mac Allshard
- The Roughneck (1924) — as Jerry Delaney
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