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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Bullet Code | Steve Holden | 1940-04-12 |
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Prairie Law | Brill Austin | 1940-06-14 |
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Stage to Chino | Dan Clark | 1940-07-26 |
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Legion of the Lawless | Jeff Toland | 1940-01-05 |
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Triple Justice | Brad Henderson | 1940-09-22 |
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Arizona Legion | Boone Yeager | 1939-01-20 |
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Timber Stampede | Scott Baylor | 1939-06-29 |
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Trouble in Sundown | Clint Bradford | 1939-03-23 |
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The Marshal Of Mesa City | Cliff Mason | 1939-11-03 |
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The Fighting Gringo | Wade Barton | 1939-08-08 |
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Racketeers of the Range | Barney O'Dell | 1939-05-26 |
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Gun Law | Tom O'Malley | 1938-05-13 |
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Border G-Man | Jim Galloway | 1938-06-24 |
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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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Lawless Valley | Larry Rhodes | 1938-11-03 |
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Hollywood Cowboy | Jeffery Carson | 1937-05-28 |
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Windjammer | Bruce Lane | 1937-08-06 |
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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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Hard Rock Harrigan | Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan | 1935-07-01 |
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Thunder Mountain | Kal Emerson | 1935-09-27 |
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Whispering Smith Speaks | Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith | 1935-05-15 |
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The Cowboy Millionaire | Bob Walker | 1935-04-25 |
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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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Life in the Raw | Jim Barry | 1933-07-07 |
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Smoke Lightning | Smoke Mason | 1933-01-01 |
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The Last Trail | Tom Daley | 1933-08-25 |
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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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The Rainbow Trail | John Shefford | 1932-01-03 |
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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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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 Last of the Duanes | Buck Duane | 1930-08-31 |
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The Lone Star Ranger | Buck Duane | 1930-01-05 |
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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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Sharp Shooters | George | 1928-01-15 |
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Noah's Ark | Travis / Japheth | 1928-11-01 |
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Honor Bound | John Oglegree | 1928-04-29 |
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Is Zat So? | Ed 'Chick' Cowan | 1927-05-15 |
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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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Paid to Love | Crown Prince Michae | 1927-07-23 |
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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 Johnstown Flood | Tom O'Day | 1926-02-28 |
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The Silver Treasure | Nostromo | 1926-06-13 |
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Rustlin' for Cupid | Bradley Blatchford | 1926-04-11 |
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The Iron Horse | Davy Brandon | 1925-10-04 |
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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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Havoc | Dick Chappel | 1925-09-27 |
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The Painted Lady | Luther Smith | 1924-09-28 |
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The Man Who Came Back | Henry Potter | 1924-08-17 |
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Shadows of Paris | Louis | 1924-02-18 |
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The Sea Hawk | Galley Slave (uncredited) | 1924-06-14 |
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The Roughneck | Jerry Delaney | 1924-11-30 |
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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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Ebb Tide | Islander (uncredited) | 1922-11-19 |
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The Ghost Breaker | One of the Ghosts (uncredited) | 1922-09-10 |
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Moran of the Lady Letty | Deck Hand | 1922-02-05 |