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.
Filmography
all 90
Movies 88
self 3
TV Shows 2
Narrator 1
Voice 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (2023)
Movie
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
Movie
Major Braden
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Movie
6
(archive footage)
The 10 from Texas (1961)
Movie
Narrator
Korea (1959)
Movie
George O'Brien
Gold Raiders (1951)
Movie
Maj. Mac Allshard
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
Movie
3.5
Capt. Sam Collingwood
Fort Apache (1948)
Movie
4
'Duke' Muldoon
My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
Movie
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
December 7th (1943)
Movie
Brad Henderson
Triple Justice (1940)
Movie
Dan Clark
Stage to Chino (1940)
Movie
Brill Austin
Prairie Law (1940)
Movie
Steve Holden
Bullet Code (1940)
Movie
Jeff Toland
Legion of the Lawless (1940)
Movie
Cliff Mason
The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)
Movie
Wade Barton
The Fighting Gringo (1939)
Movie
Scott Baylor
Timber Stampede (1939)
Movie
Barney O'Dell
Racketeers of the Range (1939)
Movie
Clint Bradford
Trouble in Sundown (1939)
Movie
Boone Yeager
Arizona Legion (1939)
Movie
Larry Rhodes
Lawless Valley (1938)
Movie
Captain Jack Steele
The Renegade Ranger (1938)
Movie
Bob McVey
Painted Desert (1938)
Movie
Jim Galloway
Border G-Man (1938)
Movie
Tom O'Malley
Gun Law (1938)
Movie
Bruce Lane
Windjammer (1937)
Movie
Jeffery Carson
Hollywood Cowboy (1937)
Movie
Grant Curran
Park Avenue Logger (1937)
Movie
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (1936)
Movie
6.75
Bob Wallace
The Border Patrolman (1936)
Movie
Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
O'Malley of the Mounted (1936)
Movie
Kal Emerson
Thunder Mountain (1935)
Movie
Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
Hard Rock Harrigan (1935)
Movie
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
Whispering Smith Speaks (1935)
Movie
Bob Walker
The Cowboy Millionaire (1935)
Movie
Larry Knight
When a Man's a Man (1935)
Movie
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
The Dude Ranger (1934)
Movie
Neil Rogers
Ever Since Eve (1934)
Movie
Michael Wyatt
Frontier Marshal (1934)
Movie
Tom Daley
The Last Trail (1933)
Movie
Jim Barry
Life in the Raw (1933)
Movie
Smoke Mason
Smoke Lightning (1933)
Movie
Jim Wall
Robbers' Roost (1932)
Movie
David Lynch / Motano
The Golden West (1932)
Movie
Bob Sanborn
Mystery Ranch (1932)
Movie
Ted Radcliffe
The Gay Caballero (1932)
Movie
John Shefford
The Rainbow Trail (1932)
Movie
Jim Lassiter
Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
Movie
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
A Holy Terror (1931)
Movie
Whistlin' Dan Barry
Fair Warning (1931)
Movie
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
Seas Beneath (1931)
Movie
Buck Duane
The Last of the Duanes (1930)
Movie
Billy West
Rough Romance (1930)
Movie
Buck Duane
The Lone Star Ranger (1930)
Movie
Cadet John Randall
Salute (1929)
Movie
Bramdlet Dickery
Masked Emotions (1929)
Movie
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
True Heaven (1929)
Movie
Robert Kelly
Blindfold (1928)
Movie
Travis / Japheth
Noah's Ark (1928)
Movie
John Oglegree
Honor Bound (1928)
Movie
The Man (Anses)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Movie
4.63
John Breen
East Side, West Side (1927)
Movie
Crown Prince Michae
Paid to Love (1927)
Movie
Ed 'Chick' Cowan
Is Zat So? (1927)
Movie
George Darcy
The Blue Eagle (1926)
Movie
Dan O'Malley
3 Bad Men (1926)
Movie
Adam Smith
Fig Leaves (1926)
Movie
6
Nostromo
The Silver Treasure (1926)
Movie
Bradley Blatchford
Rustlin' for Cupid (1926)
Movie
Tom O'Day
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
Movie
Denny Bolton
The Fighting Heart (1925)
Movie
Kenneth Jamieson
Thank You (1925)
Movie
Davy Brandon
The Iron Horse (1925)
Movie
6
Dick Chappel
Havoc (1925)
Movie
Jerry Delaney
The Roughneck (1924)
Movie
Luther Smith
The Painted Lady (1924)
Movie
Henry Potter
The Man Who Came Back (1924)
Movie
Galley Slave (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk (1924)
Movie
Bill Burleigh
Woman-Proof (1923)
Movie
Clifford
The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
Movie
Islander
Ebb Tide (1922)
Movie
One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
The Ghost Breaker (1922)
Movie
Deck Hand
Moran of the Lady Letty (1922)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1899-04-19
Deathday1985-09-04 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States
RelationshipsMarguerite Churchill (1933 - 1948)
ChildrenOrin O'Brien, Darcy O'Brien
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesSan Francisco, United States
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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