George O'Brien
88 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 18, 1899
- Died
- Sep 4, 1985 (age 86)
- 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.
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Known for
George O'Brien: movies and TV shows
Acting (89)
- 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
- 1954
- 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 Triple Justice
as Brad Henderson
- 1940 Stage to Chino
as Dan Clark
- 1940 Prairie Law
as Brill Austin
- 1940 Bullet Code
as Steve Holden
- 1940 Legion of the Lawless
as Jeff Toland
- 1939 The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Cliff Mason
- 1939 The Fighting Gringo
as Wade Barton
- 1939 Timber Stampede
as Scott Baylor
- 1939 Racketeers of the Range
as Barney O'Dell
- 1939 Trouble in Sundown
as Clint Bradford
- 1939 Arizona Legion
as Boone Yeager
- 1938 Lawless Valley
as Larry Rhodes
- 1938 The Renegade Ranger
as Captain Jack Steele
- 1938 Painted Desert
as Bob McVey
- 1938 Border G-Man
as Jim Galloway
- 1938 Gun Law
as Tom O'Malley
- 1937 Windjammer
as Bruce Lane
- 1937 Hollywood Cowboy
as Jeffery Carson
- 1937 Park Avenue Logger
as Grant Curran
- 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 Thunder Mountain
as Kal Emerson
- 1935 Hard Rock Harrigan
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
- 1935 Whispering Smith Speaks
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
- 1935 The Cowboy Millionaire
as Bob Walker
- 1935 When a Man's a Man
as Larry Knight
- 1934 The Dude Ranger
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
- 1934 Ever Since Eve
as Neil Rogers
- 1934 Frontier Marshal
as Michael Wyatt
- 1933 The Last Trail
as Tom Daley
- 1933 Life in the Raw
as Jim Barry
- 1933 Smoke Lightning
as Smoke Mason
- 1932 Robbers' Roost
as Jim Wall
- 1932 The Golden West
as David Lynch / Motano
- 1932 Mystery Ranch
as Bob Sanborn
- 1932 The Gay Caballero
as Ted Radcliffe
- 1932 The Rainbow Trail
as John Shefford
- 1931 Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Lassiter
- 1931 A Holy Terror
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
- 1931 Fair Warning
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
- 1931 Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
- 1930 The Last of the Duanes
as Buck Duane
- 1930 Rough Romance
as Billy West
- 1930 The Lone Star Ranger
as Buck Duane
- 1930
- 1929 Salute
as Cadet John Randall
- 1929 Masked Emotions
as Bramdlet Dickery
- 1929 True Heaven
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
- 1928 Blindfold
as Robert Kelly
- 1928 Noah's Ark
as Travis / Japheth
- 1928 Honor Bound
as John Oglegree
- 1928 Sharp Shooters
as George
- 1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Man (Anses)
- 1927 East Side, West Side
as John Breen
- 1927 Paid to Love
as Crown Prince Michae
- 1927 Is Zat So?
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
- 1926 The Blue Eagle
as George Darcy
- 1926 3 Bad Men
as Dan O'Malley
- 1926 Fig Leaves
as Adam Smith
- 1926 The Silver Treasure
as Nostromo
- 1926 Rustlin' for Cupid
as Bradley Blatchford
- 1926 The Johnstown Flood
as Tom O'Day
- 1925 The Fighting Heart
as Denny Bolton
- 1925 Thank You
as Kenneth Jamieson
- 1925 The Iron Horse
as Davy Brandon
- 1925 Havoc
as Dick Chappel
- 1925 The Dancers
as Tony
- 1924 The Roughneck
as Jerry Delaney
- 1924 The Painted Lady
as Luther Smith
- 1924 The Man Who Came Back
as Henry Potter
- 1924 The Sea Hawk
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
- 1924 Shadows of Paris
as Louis
- 1923 Woman-Proof
as Bill Burleigh
- 1923 The Ne'er-Do-Well
as Clifford
- 1922 Ebb Tide
as Islander (uncredited)
- 1922 The Ghost Breaker
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
- 1922 Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand
- 1922 White Hands
as Sailor
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2023
- 1980 Hollywood
1 episode
- 1952 This Is Your Life
1 episode