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George O'Brien
Born · April 18, 1899
Died · September 4, 1985 (86 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Bio
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.
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.7
2023
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
9.0
1976
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden
6.7
1964
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
0.0
1961
Korea
Narrator
6.0
1959
Studio 57
(1 episode)
0.0
1954
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1952
Gold Raiders
George O'Brien
5.5
1951
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Maj. Mac Allshard
6.9
1949
Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood
7.0
1948
My Wild Irish Rose
'Duke' Muldoon
6.0
1947
December 7th
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
5.8
1943
Triple Justice
Brad Henderson
6.0
1940
Stage to Chino
Dan Clark
4.8
1940
Prairie Law
Brill Austin
5.5
1940
Bullet Code
Steve Holden
5.6
1940
Legion of the Lawless
Jeff Toland
5.2
1940
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Cliff Mason
8.0
1939
The Fighting Gringo
Wade Barton
6.0
1939
Timber Stampede
Scott Baylor
0.0
1939
Racketeers of the Range
Barney O'Dell
6.2
1939
Trouble in Sundown
Clint Bradford
0.0
1939
Arizona Legion
Boone Yeager
5.0
1939
Lawless Valley
Larry Rhodes
5.0
1938
The Renegade Ranger
Captain Jack Steele
5.2
1938
Painted Desert
Bob McVey
5.8
1938
Border G-Man
Jim Galloway
5.0
1938
Gun Law
Tom O'Malley
4.5
1938
Windjammer
Bruce Lane
5.0
1937
Hollywood Cowboy
Jeffery Carson
5.0
1937
Park Avenue Logger
Grant Curran
6.0
1937
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
4.9
1936
The Border Patrolman
Bob Wallace
5.8
1936
O'Malley of the Mounted
Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
0.0
1936
Thunder Mountain
Kal Emerson
0.0
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan
Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
3.0
1935
Whispering Smith Speaks
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
0.0
1935
The Cowboy Millionaire
Bob Walker
6.0
1935
When a Man's a Man
Larry Knight
6.0
1935
The Dude Ranger
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
5.7
1934
Ever Since Eve
Neil Rogers
0.0
1934
Frontier Marshal
Michael Wyatt
5.5
1934
The Last Trail
Tom Daley
0.0
1933
Life in the Raw
Jim Barry
0.0
1933
Smoke Lightning
Smoke Mason
3.5
1933
Robbers' Roost
Jim Wall
5.5
1932
The Golden West
David Lynch / Motano
4.0
1932
Mystery Ranch
Bob Sanborn
6.0
1932
The Gay Caballero
Ted Radcliffe
0.0
1932
The Rainbow Trail
John Shefford
0.0
1932
Riders of the Purple Sage
Jim Lassiter
0.0
1931
A Holy Terror
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
5.7
1931
Fair Warning
Whistlin' Dan Barry
0.0
1931
Seas Beneath
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
5.4
1931
The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
3.0
1930
Rough Romance
Billy West
5.0
1930
The Lone Star Ranger
Buck Duane
5.0
1930
Salute
Cadet John Randall
4.7
1929
Masked Emotions
Bramdlet Dickery
0.0
1929
True Heaven
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
0.0
1929
Blindfold
Robert Kelly
0.0
1928
Noah's Ark
Travis / Japheth
6.1
1928
Honor Bound
John Oglegree
0.0
1928
Sharp Shooters
George
0.0
1928
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Man (Anses)
7.8
1927
East Side, West Side
John Breen
7.2
1927
Paid to Love
Crown Prince Michae
6.0
1927
Is Zat So?
Ed 'Chick' Cowan
0.0
1927
The Blue Eagle
George Darcy
5.1
1926
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley
6.8
1926
Fig Leaves
Adam Smith
5.8
1926
The Silver Treasure
Nostromo
0.0
1926
Rustlin' for Cupid
Bradley Blatchford
0.0
1926
The Johnstown Flood
Tom O'Day
6.8
1926
The Fighting Heart
Denny Bolton
5.0
1925
Thank You
Kenneth Jamieson
4.0
1925
The Iron Horse
Davy Brandon
6.6
1925
Havoc
Dick Chappel
0.0
1925
The Dancers
Tony
5.0
1925
The Roughneck
Jerry Delaney
0.0
1924
The Painted Lady
Luther Smith
0.0
1924
The Man Who Came Back
Henry Potter
0.0
1924
The Sea Hawk
Galley Slave (uncredited)
6.5
1924
Shadows of Paris
Louis
0.0
1924
Woman-Proof
Bill Burleigh
0.0
1923
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Clifford
0.0
1923
Ebb Tide
Islander
0.0
1922
The Ghost Breaker
One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
0.0
1922
Moran of the Lady Letty
Deck Hand
6.5
1922