1899-04-18 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.
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The Only Girl in the Orchestra | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2023-11-09 |
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
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Cheyenne Autumn | Major Braden | 1964-10-15 |
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The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) | 1961-01-01 |
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Korea | Narrator | 1959-01-01 |
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Gold Raiders | George O'Brien | 1951-09-09 |
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Maj. Mac Allshard | 1949-10-22 |
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Fort Apache | Capt. Sam Collingwood | 1948-05-21 |
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My Wild Irish Rose | 'Duke' Muldoon | 1947-12-24 |
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December 7th | Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice) | 1943-03-01 |
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Legion of the Lawless | Jeff Toland | 1940-01-05 |
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Bullet Code | Steve Holden | 1940-04-12 |
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Prairie Law | Brill Austin | 1940-06-14 |
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Triple Justice | Brad Henderson | 1940-09-22 |
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Stage to Chino | Dan Clark | 1940-07-26 |
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Racketeers of the Range | Barney O'Dell | 1939-05-26 |
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The Fighting Gringo | Wade Barton | 1939-08-08 |
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Trouble in Sundown | Clint Bradford | 1939-03-23 |
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Timber Stampede | Scott Baylor | 1939-06-29 |
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The Marshal Of Mesa City | Cliff Mason | 1939-11-03 |
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Arizona Legion | Boone Yeager | 1939-01-20 |
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Border G-Man | Jim Galloway | 1938-06-24 |
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Lawless Valley | Larry Rhodes | 1938-11-03 |
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The Renegade Ranger | Captain Jack Steele | 1938-09-16 |
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Painted Desert | Bob McVey | 1938-08-12 |
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Gun Law | Tom O'Malley | 1938-05-13 |
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Windjammer | Bruce Lane | 1937-08-06 |
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Hollywood Cowboy | Jeffery Carson | 1937-05-28 |
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Park Avenue Logger | Grant Curran | 1937-03-16 |
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O'Malley of the Mounted | Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard | 1936-03-27 |
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The Border Patrolman | Bob Wallace | 1936-06-20 |
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Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone | 1936-10-16 |
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The Cowboy Millionaire | Bob Walker | 1935-04-25 |
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Whispering Smith Speaks | Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith | 1935-05-15 |
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Thunder Mountain | Kal Emerson | 1935-09-27 |
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Hard Rock Harrigan | Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan | 1935-07-01 |
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When a Man's a Man | Larry Knight | 1935-02-15 |
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Ever Since Eve | Neil Rogers | 1934-03-25 |
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Frontier Marshal | Michael Wyatt | 1934-01-19 |
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The Dude Ranger | Ernest 'Dude' Selby | 1934-09-21 |
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Smoke Lightning | Smoke Mason | 1933-01-01 |
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Life in the Raw | Jim Barry | 1933-07-07 |
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The Last Trail | Tom Daley | 1933-08-25 |
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Robbers' Roost | Jim Wall | 1932-12-30 |
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The Golden West | David Lynch / Motano | 1932-10-29 |
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The Rainbow Trail | John Shefford | 1932-01-03 |
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Mystery Ranch | Bob Sanborn | 1932-06-07 |
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The Gay Caballero | Ted Radcliffe | 1932-02-14 |
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Seas Beneath | Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley | 1931-01-30 |
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Riders of the Purple Sage | Jim Lassiter | 1931-10-22 |
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A Holy Terror | Tony Bard aka Woodbury | 1931-07-19 |
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Fair Warning | Whistlin' Dan Barry | 1931-02-01 |
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Rough Romance | Billy West | 1930-06-15 |
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The Lone Star Ranger | Buck Duane | 1930-01-05 |
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Hollywood Studios | 1930-01-01 | |
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The Last of the Duanes | Buck Duane | 1930-08-31 |
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Masked Emotions | Bramdlet Dickery | 1929-06-22 |
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True Heaven | Lieutenant Philip Gresson | 1929-02-17 |
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Salute | Cadet John Randall | 1929-09-01 |
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Blindfold | Robert Kelly | 1928-12-09 |
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Honor Bound | John Oglegree | 1928-04-29 |
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Noah's Ark | Travis / Japheth | 1928-11-01 |
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Sharp Shooters | George | 1928-01-15 |
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Is Zat So? | Ed 'Chick' Cowan | 1927-05-15 |
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Paid to Love | Crown Prince Michae | 1927-07-23 |
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Man (Anses) | 1927-11-04 |
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East Side, West Side | John Breen | 1927-10-09 |
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The Johnstown Flood | Tom O'Day | 1926-02-28 |
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Rustlin' for Cupid | Bradley Blatchford | 1926-04-11 |
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Fig Leaves | Adam Smith | 1926-08-22 |
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The Blue Eagle | George Darcy | 1926-09-12 |
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3 Bad Men | Dan O'Malley | 1926-08-28 |
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The Silver Treasure | Nostromo | 1926-06-13 |
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The Iron Horse | Davy Brandon | 1925-10-04 |
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Havoc | Dick Chappel | 1925-09-27 |
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Thank You | Kenneth Jamieson | 1925-10-05 |
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The Fighting Heart | Denny Bolton | 1925-10-18 |
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The Dancers | Tony | 1925-01-04 |
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The Man Who Came Back | Henry Potter | 1924-08-17 |
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The Painted Lady | Luther Smith | 1924-09-28 |
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Shadows of Paris | Louis | 1924-02-18 |
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The Roughneck | Jerry Delaney | 1924-11-30 |
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The Sea Hawk | Galley Slave (uncredited) | 1924-06-14 |
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The Ne'er-Do-Well | Clifford | 1923-04-29 |
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Woman-Proof | Bill Burleigh | 1923-10-28 |
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White Hands | Sailor | 1922-01-09 |
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Moran of the Lady Letty | Deck Hand | 1922-02-05 |
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The Ghost Breaker | One of the Ghosts (uncredited) | 1922-09-10 |
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Ebb Tide | Islander (uncredited) | 1922-11-19 |
