Acting
George O'Brien
EN, FR, NL, PT cinema · 89 credits
Born
18 April 1899
Died
4 September 1985 (aged 86)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Major Braden
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
Korea
1959
Korea
as Narrator
Gold Raiders
as George O'Brien
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Maj. Mac Allshard
Fort Apache
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
My Wild Irish Rose
as 'Duke' Muldoon
December 7th
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Bullet Code
as Steve Holden
Triple Justice
as Brad Henderson
Legion of the Lawless
as Jeff Toland
Stage to Chino
as Dan Clark
Prairie Law
as Brill Austin
Arizona Legion
as Boone Yeager
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Cliff Mason
Timber Stampede
as Scott Baylor
Trouble in Sundown
as Clint Bradford
Racketeers of the Range
as Barney O'Dell
The Fighting Gringo
as Wade Barton
The Renegade Ranger
as Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert
as Bob McVey
Border G-Man
as Jim Galloway
Lawless Valley
as Larry Rhodes
Gun Law
as Tom O'Malley
Hollywood Cowboy
as Jeffery Carson
Park Avenue Logger
as Grant Curran
Windjammer
as Bruce Lane
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
The Border Patrolman
as Bob Wallace
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
The Cowboy Millionaire
as Bob Walker
When a Man's a Man
as Larry Knight
Whispering Smith Speaks
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
Thunder Mountain
as Kal Emerson
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
The Dude Ranger
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Ever Since Eve
as Neil Rogers
Frontier Marshal
as Michael Wyatt
Life in the Raw
as Jim Barry
The Last Trail
as Tom Daley
Smoke Lightning
as Smoke Mason
The Gay Caballero
as Ted Radcliffe
Mystery Ranch
as Bob Sanborn
The Golden West
as David Lynch / Motano
Robbers' Roost
as Jim Wall
The Rainbow Trail
as John Shefford
A Holy Terror
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Jim Lassiter
Fair Warning
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
Rough Romance
as Billy West
The Last of the Duanes
as Buck Duane
The Lone Star Ranger
as Buck Duane
Salute
as Cadet John Randall
True Heaven
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Masked Emotions
as Bramdlet Dickery
Noah's Ark
as Travis / Japheth
Sharp Shooters
as George
Blindfold
as Robert Kelly
Honor Bound
as John Oglegree
Is Zat So?
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
Paid to Love
as Crown Prince Michae
East Side, West Side
as John Breen
3 Bad Men
as Dan O'Malley
Fig Leaves
as Adam Smith
The Blue Eagle
as George Darcy
The Johnstown Flood
as Tom O'Day
Rustlin' for Cupid
as Bradley Blatchford
The Silver Treasure
as Nostromo
The Iron Horse
as Davy Brandon
Havoc
as Dick Chappel
The Fighting Heart
as Denny Bolton
Thank You
as Kenneth Jamieson
The Dancers
as Tony
The Sea Hawk
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
Shadows of Paris
as Louis
The Roughneck
as Jerry Delaney
The Man Who Came Back
as Henry Potter
The Painted Lady
as Luther Smith
The Ne'er-Do-Well
as Clifford
Woman-Proof
as Bill Burleigh
Ebb Tide
as Islander (uncredited)
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand
The Ghost Breaker
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)