George O'Brien
Acting
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
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movieThe Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
(archive footage)
movieCheyenne Autumn
1964
Major Braden
movieThe 10 from Texas
1961
(archive footage)
Korea
1959
Narrator
movieGold Raiders
1951
George O'Brien
movieShe Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Maj. Mac Allshard
movieFort Apache
1948
Capt. Sam Collingwood
movieMy Wild Irish Rose
1947
'Duke' Muldoon
movieDecember 7th
1943
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
movieTriple Justice
1940
Brad Henderson
movieStage to Chino
1940
Dan Clark
moviePrairie Law
1940
Brill Austin
movieBullet Code
1940
Steve Holden
movieLegion of the Lawless
1940
Jeff Toland
movieThe Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
Cliff Mason
movieThe Fighting Gringo
1939
Wade Barton
movieTimber Stampede
1939
Scott Baylor
movieRacketeers of the Range
1939
Barney O'Dell
movieTrouble in Sundown
1939
Clint Bradford
movieArizona Legion
1939
Boone Yeager
movieLawless Valley
1938
Larry Rhodes
movieThe Renegade Ranger
1938
Captain Jack Steele
moviePainted Desert
1938
Bob McVey
movieBorder G-Man
1938
Jim Galloway
movieGun Law
1938
Tom O'Malley
movieWindjammer
1937
Bruce Lane
movieHollywood Cowboy
1937
Jeffery Carson
moviePark Avenue Logger
1937
Grant Curran
movieDaniel Boone
1936
Daniel Boone
movieThe Border Patrolman
1936
Bob Wallace
movieO'Malley of the Mounted
1936
Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
movieThunder Mountain
1935
Kal Emerson
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
movieWhispering Smith Speaks
1935
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
movieThe Cowboy Millionaire
1935
Bob Walker
movieWhen a Man's a Man
1935
Larry Knight
movieThe Dude Ranger
1934
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
movieEver Since Eve
1934
Neil Rogers
movieFrontier Marshal
1934
Michael Wyatt
movieThe Last Trail
1933
Tom Daley
movieLife in the Raw
1933
Jim Barry
movieSmoke Lightning
1933
Smoke Mason
movieRobbers' Roost
1932
Jim Wall
movieThe Golden West
1932
David Lynch / Motano
movieMystery Ranch
1932
Bob Sanborn
movieThe Gay Caballero
1932
Ted Radcliffe
movieThe Rainbow Trail
1932
John Shefford
movieRiders of the Purple Sage
1931
Jim Lassiter
movieA Holy Terror
1931
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
movieFair Warning
1931
Whistlin' Dan Barry
movieSeas Beneath
1931
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
movieThe Last of the Duanes
1930
Buck Duane
movieRough Romance
1930
Billy West
movieThe Lone Star Ranger
1930
Buck Duane
movieSalute
1929
Cadet John Randall
movieMasked Emotions
1929
Bramdlet Dickery
movieTrue Heaven
1929
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
movieBlindfold
1928
Robert Kelly
movieNoah's Ark
1928
Travis / Japheth
movieHonor Bound
1928
John Oglegree
movieSharp Shooters
1928
George
movieSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
The Man (Anses)
movieEast Side, West Side
1927
John Breen
moviePaid to Love
1927
Crown Prince Michae
movieIs Zat So?
1927
Ed 'Chick' Cowan
movieThe Blue Eagle
1926
George Darcy
movie3 Bad Men
1926
Dan O'Malley
movieFig Leaves
1926
Adam Smith
movieThe Silver Treasure
1926
Nostromo
movieRustlin' for Cupid
1926
Bradley Blatchford
movieThe Johnstown Flood
1926
Tom O'Day
movieThe Fighting Heart
1925
Denny Bolton
movieThank You
1925
Kenneth Jamieson
movieThe Iron Horse
1925
Davy Brandon
movieHavoc
1925
Dick Chappel
movieThe Roughneck
1924
Jerry Delaney
movieThe Painted Lady
1924
Luther Smith
movieThe Man Who Came Back
1924
Henry Potter
movieThe Sea Hawk
1924
Galley Slave (uncredited)
movieWoman-Proof
1923
Bill Burleigh
movieThe Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
Clifford
movieEbb Tide
1922
Islander (uncredited)
movieThe Ghost Breaker
1922
One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
movieMoran of the Lady Letty
1922
Deck Hand