George O'Brien

George O'Brien

Acting

Birthday

1899/04/18

Day of death

1985/09/04 (86 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also know as

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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.

Acting
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
7.8

(1927) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

as The Man (Anses)

3 Bad Men
6.8

(1926) 3 Bad Men

as Dan O'Malley

Is Zat So?
0.0

(1927) Is Zat So?

as Ed 'Chick' Cowan

Cheyenne Autumn
6.7

(1964) Cheyenne Autumn

as Major Braden

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
6.9

(1949) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Maj. Mac Allshard

Ebb Tide
0.0

(1922) Ebb Tide

as Islander

Fort Apache
7.0

(1948) Fort Apache

as Capt. Sam Collingwood

The Gay Caballero
0.0

(1932) The Gay Caballero

as Ted Radcliffe

The Dude Ranger
5.7

(1934) The Dude Ranger

as Ernest 'Dude' Selby

The Iron Horse
6.7

(1925) The Iron Horse

as Davy Brandon

December 7th
5.7

(1943) December 7th

as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

Daniel Boone
4.9

(1936) Daniel Boone

as Daniel Boone

Noah's Ark
6.1

(1928) Noah's Ark

as Travis / Japheth

A Holy Terror
5.7

(1931) A Holy Terror

as Tony Bard aka Woodbury

Paid to Love
6.0

(1927) Paid to Love

as Crown Prince Michae

Salute
4.7

(1929) Salute

as Cadet John Randall

The Cowboy Millionaire
6.0

(1935) The Cowboy Millionaire

as Bob Walker

The Renegade Ranger
5.2

(1938) The Renegade Ranger

as Captain Jack Steele

Seas Beneath
5.3

(1931) Seas Beneath

as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley

Fig Leaves
5.8

(1926) Fig Leaves

as Adam Smith

The Blue Eagle
5.1

(1926) The Blue Eagle

as George Darcy

When a Man's a Man
6.0

(1935) When a Man's a Man

as Larry Knight

East Side, West Side
7.2

(1927) East Side, West Side

as John Breen

6.0

(1959) Korea

as Narrator

The Border Patrolman
5.8

(1936) The Border Patrolman

as Bob Wallace

Bullet Code
5.6

(1940) Bullet Code

as Steve Holden

Gold Raiders
5.5

(1951) Gold Raiders

as George O'Brien

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
9.0

(1976) Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

Hollywood Cowboy
5.0

(1937) Hollywood Cowboy

as Jeffery Carson

Park Avenue Logger
6.0

(1937) Park Avenue Logger

as Grant Curran

Windjammer
5.0

(1937) Windjammer

as Bruce Lane

Mystery Ranch
6.0

(1932) Mystery Ranch

as Bob Sanborn

Rough Romance
5.0

(1930) Rough Romance

as Billy West

True Heaven
0.0

(1929) True Heaven

as Lieutenant Philip Gresson

The Johnstown Flood
6.8

(1926) The Johnstown Flood

as Tom O'Day

Sharp Shooters
0.0

(1928) Sharp Shooters

as George

My Wild Irish Rose
6.0

(1947) My Wild Irish Rose

as 'Duke' Muldoon

The Sea Hawk
6.5

(1924) The Sea Hawk

as Galley Slave (uncredited)

The Last of the Duanes
3.0

(1930) The Last of the Duanes

as Buck Duane

Moran of the Lady Letty
6.5

(1922) Moran of the Lady Letty

as Deck Hand

The Golden West
4.0

(1932) The Golden West

as David Lynch / Motano

Life in the Raw
0.0

(1933) Life in the Raw

as Jim Barry

Masked Emotions
0.0

(1929) Masked Emotions

as Bramdlet Dickery

Triple Justice
6.0

(1940) Triple Justice

as Brad Henderson

Arizona Legion
5.0

(1939) Arizona Legion

as Boone Yeager

Ever Since Eve
0.0

(1934) Ever Since Eve

as Neil Rogers

The Marshal Of Mesa City
8.0

(1939) The Marshal Of Mesa City

as Cliff Mason

Painted Desert
5.8

(1938) Painted Desert

as Bob McVey

O'Malley of the Mounted
0.0

(1936) O'Malley of the Mounted

as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard

Border G-Man
5.0

(1938) Border G-Man

as Jim Galloway

Whispering Smith Speaks
0.0

(1935) Whispering Smith Speaks

as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith

Timber Stampede
0.0

(1939) Timber Stampede

as Scott Baylor

Thunder Mountain
0.0

(1935) Thunder Mountain

as Kal Emerson

Riders of the Purple Sage
0.0

(1931) Riders of the Purple Sage

as Jim Lassiter

Legion of the Lawless
5.2

(1940) Legion of the Lawless

as Jeff Toland

3.0

(1935) Hard Rock Harrigan

as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan

Lawless Valley
5.0

(1938) Lawless Valley

as Larry Rhodes

Trouble in Sundown
0.0

(1939) Trouble in Sundown

as Clint Bradford

Frontier Marshal
5.5

(1934) Frontier Marshal

as Michael Wyatt

Havoc
0.0

(1925) Havoc

as Dick Chappel

Shadows of Paris
0.0

(1924) Shadows of Paris

as Louis

Rustlin' for Cupid
0.0

(1926) Rustlin' for Cupid

as Bradley Blatchford

The Silver Treasure
0.0

(1926) The Silver Treasure

as Nostromo

The Ghost Breaker
0.0

(1922) The Ghost Breaker

as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)

Blindfold
0.0

(1928) Blindfold

as Robert Kelly

The Fighting Heart
5.0

(1925) The Fighting Heart

as Denny Bolton

Thank You
4.0

(1925) Thank You

as Kenneth Jamieson

Gun Law
4.5

(1938) Gun Law

as Tom O'Malley

The Dancers
5.0

(1925) The Dancers

as Tony

The Last Trail
0.0

(1933) The Last Trail

as Tom Daley

Robbers' Roost
5.5

(1932) Robbers' Roost

as Jim Wall

Racketeers of the Range
6.2

(1939) Racketeers of the Range

as Barney O'Dell

The Ne'er-Do-Well
0.0

(1923) The Ne'er-Do-Well

as Clifford

Stage to Chino
4.8

(1940) Stage to Chino

as Dan Clark

Woman-Proof
0.0

(1923) Woman-Proof

as Bill Burleigh

The Lone Star Ranger
5.0

(1930) The Lone Star Ranger

as Buck Duane

Fair Warning
0.0

(1931) Fair Warning

as Whistlin' Dan Barry

The Fighting Gringo
6.0

(1939) The Fighting Gringo

as Wade Barton

The 10 from Texas
0.0

(1961) The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)

The Roughneck
0.0

(1924) The Roughneck

as Jerry Delaney

Smoke Lightning
3.5

(1933) Smoke Lightning

as Smoke Mason

Prairie Law
5.5

(1940) Prairie Law

as Brill Austin

Honor Bound
0.0

(1928) Honor Bound

as John Oglegree

The Rainbow Trail
0.0

(1932) The Rainbow Trail

as John Shefford

The Man Who Came Back
0.0

(1924) The Man Who Came Back

as Henry Potter

The Painted Lady
0.0

(1924) The Painted Lady

as Luther Smith

The Only Girl in the Orchestra
6.6

(2023) The Only Girl in the Orchestra

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

This Is Your Life
6.3

(1952) This Is Your Life

as Self

Studio 57
0.0

(1954) Studio 57

as ---