George O'Brien

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George O'Brien

Acting April 18, 1899

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 ac…

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

7.8 1927 Movie
Fort Apache

Fort Apache

7.0 1948 Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

6.9 1949 Movie
Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn

6.7 1964 Movie
This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

6.5 1952 TV Show
Studio 57

Studio 57

7.5 1954 TV Show
The Iron Horse

The Iron Horse

6.8 1925 Movie
The Only Girl in the Orchestra

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

6.5 2023 Movie
3 Bad Men

3 Bad Men

6.9 1926 Movie
Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark

6.4 1928 Movie
December 7th

December 7th

5.8 1943 Movie
Fig Leaves

Fig Leaves

5.9 1926 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    The Only Girl in the Orchestra

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 1976
    Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

    Movie (archive footage)

  3. 1964
    Cheyenne Autumn

    Movie Major Braden

  4. 1961
    The 10 from Texas

    Movie (archive footage)

  5. 1959
    Korea

    Movie Narrator

  6. 1954
    Studio 57

    TV show

  7. 1952
    This Is Your Life

    TV show Self

  8. 1951
    Gold Raiders

    Movie George O'Brien

  9. 1949
    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

    Movie Maj. Mac Allshard

  10. 1948
    Fort Apache

    Movie Capt. Sam Collingwood

  11. 1947
    My Wild Irish Rose

    Movie 'Duke' Muldoon

  12. 1943
    December 7th

    Movie Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

  13. 1940
    Triple Justice

    Movie Brad Henderson

  14. 1940
    Stage to Chino

    Movie Dan Clark

  15. 1940
    Prairie Law

    Movie Brill Austin

  16. 1940
    Bullet Code

    Movie Steve Holden

More credits
  1. 1940
    Legion of the Lawless

    Movie Jeff Toland

  2. 1939
    The Marshal Of Mesa City

    Movie Cliff Mason

  3. 1939
    The Fighting Gringo

    Movie Wade Barton

  4. 1939
    Timber Stampede

    Movie Scott Baylor

  5. 1939
    Racketeers of the Range

    Movie Barney O'Dell

  6. 1939
    Trouble in Sundown

    Movie Clint Bradford

  7. 1939
    Arizona Legion

    Movie Boone Yeager

  8. 1938
    Lawless Valley

    Movie Larry Rhodes

  9. 1938
    The Renegade Ranger

    Movie Captain Jack Steele

  10. 1938
    Painted Desert

    Movie Bob McVey

  11. 1938
    Border G-Man

    Movie Jim Galloway

  12. 1938
    Gun Law

    Movie Tom O'Malley

  13. 1937
    Windjammer

    Movie Bruce Lane

  14. 1937
    Hollywood Cowboy

    Movie Jeffery Carson

  15. 1937
    Park Avenue Logger

    Movie Grant Curran

  16. 1936
    Daniel Boone

    Movie Daniel Boone

  17. 1936
    The Border Patrolman

    Movie Bob Wallace

  18. 1936
    O'Malley of the Mounted

    Movie Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard

  19. 1935
    Thunder Mountain

    Movie Kal Emerson

  20. 1935
    Hard Rock Harrigan

    Movie Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan

  21. 1935
    Whispering Smith Speaks

    Movie Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith

  22. 1935
    The Cowboy Millionaire

    Movie Bob Walker

  23. 1935
    When a Man's a Man

    Movie Larry Knight

  24. 1934
    The Dude Ranger

    Movie Ernest 'Dude' Selby