George O'Brien
Acting
Born: 1899-04-18 in San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Known For
This Is Your Life
Self
Studio 57
Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Man (Anses)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Maj. Mac Allshard
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden
Noah's Ark
Travis / Japheth
True Heaven
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Iron Horse
Davy Brandon
Hollywood Studios
Sharp Shooters
George
Masked Emotions
Bramdlet Dickery
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley
The Golden West
David Lynch / Motano
Honor Bound
John Oglegree
A Holy Terror
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Gold Raiders
George O'Brien
Salute
Cadet John Randall
The Dude Ranger
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Life in the Raw
Jim Barry
The Cowboy Millionaire
Bob Walker
Triple Justice
Brad Henderson
Moran of the Lady Letty
Deck Hand
Trouble in Sundown
Clint Bradford
Blindfold
Robert Kelly
Park Avenue Logger
Grant Curran
My Wild Irish Rose
'Duke' Muldoon
Racketeers of the Range
Barney O'Dell
December 7th
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
The Johnstown Flood
Tom O'Day
Bullet Code
Steve Holden
Paid to Love
Crown Prince Michae
Riders of the Purple Sage
Jim Lassiter
The Dancers
Tony
Ebb Tide
Islander (uncredited)