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George O'Brien

George O'Brien

Born: 1899-04-18 • San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Filmography
The Only Girl in the Orchestra poster
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch poster
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 • (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn poster
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 • Major Braden
The 10 from Texas poster
The 10 from Texas
1961 • (archive footage)
No Image
Korea
1959 • Narrator
Gold Raiders poster
Gold Raiders
1951 • George O'Brien
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon poster
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 • Maj. Mac Allshard
Fort Apache poster
Fort Apache
1948 • Capt. Sam Collingwood
My Wild Irish Rose poster
My Wild Irish Rose
1947 • 'Duke' Muldoon
December 7th poster
December 7th
1943 • Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Triple Justice poster
Triple Justice
1940 • Brad Henderson
Stage to Chino poster
Stage to Chino
1940 • Dan Clark
Prairie Law poster
Prairie Law
1940 • Brill Austin
Bullet Code poster
Bullet Code
1940 • Steve Holden
Legion of the Lawless poster
Legion of the Lawless
1940 • Jeff Toland
The Marshal Of Mesa City poster
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939 • Cliff Mason
The Fighting Gringo poster
The Fighting Gringo
1939 • Wade Barton
Timber Stampede poster
Timber Stampede
1939 • Scott Baylor
Racketeers of the Range poster
Racketeers of the Range
1939 • Barney O'Dell
Trouble in Sundown poster
Trouble in Sundown
1939 • Clint Bradford
Arizona Legion poster
Arizona Legion
1939 • Boone Yeager
Lawless Valley poster
Lawless Valley
1938 • Larry Rhodes
The Renegade Ranger poster
The Renegade Ranger
1938 • Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert poster
Painted Desert
1938 • Bob McVey
Border G-Man poster
Border G-Man
1938 • Jim Galloway
Gun Law poster
Gun Law
1938 • Tom O'Malley
Windjammer poster
Windjammer
1937 • Bruce Lane
Hollywood Cowboy poster
Hollywood Cowboy
1937 • Jeffery Carson
Park Avenue Logger poster
Park Avenue Logger
1937 • Grant Curran
Daniel Boone poster
Daniel Boone
1936 • Daniel Boone
The Border Patrolman poster
The Border Patrolman
1936 • Bob Wallace
O'Malley of the Mounted poster
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936 • Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
Thunder Mountain poster
Thunder Mountain
1935 • Kal Emerson
No Image
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935 • Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
Whispering Smith Speaks poster
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935 • Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
The Cowboy Millionaire poster
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935 • Bob Walker
When a Man's a Man poster
When a Man's a Man
1935 • Larry Knight
The Dude Ranger poster
The Dude Ranger
1934 • Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Ever Since Eve poster
Ever Since Eve
1934 • Neil Rogers
Frontier Marshal poster
Frontier Marshal
1934 • Michael Wyatt
The Last Trail poster
The Last Trail
1933 • Tom Daley
Life in the Raw poster
Life in the Raw
1933 • Jim Barry
Smoke Lightning poster
Smoke Lightning
1933 • Smoke Mason
Robbers' Roost poster
Robbers' Roost
1932 • Jim Wall
The Golden West poster
The Golden West
1932 • David Lynch / Motano
Mystery Ranch poster
Mystery Ranch
1932 • Bob Sanborn
The Gay Caballero poster
The Gay Caballero
1932 • Ted Radcliffe
The Rainbow Trail poster
The Rainbow Trail
1932 • John Shefford
Riders of the Purple Sage poster
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931 • Jim Lassiter
A Holy Terror poster
A Holy Terror
1931 • Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Fair Warning poster
Fair Warning
1931 • Whistlin' Dan Barry
Seas Beneath poster
Seas Beneath
1931 • Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
The Last of the Duanes poster
The Last of the Duanes
1930 • Buck Duane
Rough Romance poster
Rough Romance
1930 • Billy West
The Lone Star Ranger poster
The Lone Star Ranger
1930 • Buck Duane
Salute poster
Salute
1929 • Cadet John Randall
Masked Emotions poster
Masked Emotions
1929 • Bramdlet Dickery
True Heaven poster
True Heaven
1929 • Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Blindfold poster
Blindfold
1928 • Robert Kelly
Noah's Ark poster
Noah's Ark
1928 • Travis / Japheth
Honor Bound poster
Honor Bound
1928 • John Oglegree
Sharp Shooters poster
Sharp Shooters
1928 • George
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans poster
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 • The Man (Anses)
East Side, West Side poster
East Side, West Side
1927 • John Breen
Paid to Love poster
Paid to Love
1927 • Crown Prince Michae
Is Zat So? poster
Is Zat So?
1927 • Ed 'Chick' Cowan
The Blue Eagle poster
The Blue Eagle
1926 • George Darcy
3 Bad Men poster
3 Bad Men
1926 • Dan O'Malley
Fig Leaves poster
Fig Leaves
1926 • Adam Smith
The Silver Treasure poster
The Silver Treasure
1926 • Nostromo
Rustlin' for Cupid poster
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926 • Bradley Blatchford
The Johnstown Flood poster
The Johnstown Flood
1926 • Tom O'Day
The Fighting Heart poster
The Fighting Heart
1925 • Denny Bolton
Thank You poster
Thank You
1925 • Kenneth Jamieson
The Iron Horse poster
The Iron Horse
1925 • Davy Brandon
Havoc poster
Havoc
1925 • Dick Chappel
The Dancers poster
The Dancers
1925 • Tony
The Roughneck poster
The Roughneck
1924 • Jerry Delaney
The Painted Lady poster
The Painted Lady
1924 • Luther Smith
The Man Who Came Back poster
The Man Who Came Back
1924 • Henry Potter
The Sea Hawk poster
The Sea Hawk
1924 • Galley Slave (uncredited)
Shadows of Paris poster
Shadows of Paris
1924 • Louis
Woman-Proof poster
Woman-Proof
1923 • Bill Burleigh
The Ne'er-Do-Well poster
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923 • Clifford
Ebb Tide poster
Ebb Tide
1922 • Islander (uncredited)
The Ghost Breaker poster
The Ghost Breaker
1922 • One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
Moran of the Lady Letty poster
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922 • Deck Hand