George O'Brien
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George O'Brien

Apr 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 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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Movie1927Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansThe Man (Anses)
Movie19263 Bad MenDan O'Malley
Movie1927Is Zat So?Ed 'Chick' Cowan
Movie1949She Wore a Yellow RibbonMaj. Mac Allshard
Movie1964Cheyenne AutumnMajor Braden
Movie1922Ebb TideIslander
Movie1948Fort ApacheCapt. Sam Collingwood
Movie1932The Gay CaballeroTed Radcliffe
Movie1934The Dude RangerErnest 'Dude' Selby
Movie1925The Iron HorseDavy Brandon
Movie1943December 7thSingle Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Movie1936Daniel BooneDaniel Boone
Movie1928Noah's ArkTravis / Japheth
Movie1931A Holy TerrorTony Bard aka Woodbury
Movie1927Paid to LoveCrown Prince Michae
Movie1929SaluteCadet John Randall
Movie1935The Cowboy MillionaireBob Walker
Movie1938The Renegade RangerCaptain Jack Steele
Movie1931Seas BeneathCmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
Movie1926Fig LeavesAdam Smith
Movie1926The Blue EagleGeorge Darcy
Movie1935When a Man's a ManLarry Knight
Movie1927East Side, West SideJohn Breen
Movie1959KoreaNarrator
Movie1936The Border PatrolmanBob Wallace
Movie1940Bullet CodeSteve Holden
Movie1951Gold RaidersGeorge O'Brien
Movie1976Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch(archive footage)
Movie1937Hollywood CowboyJeffery Carson
Movie1937Park Avenue LoggerGrant Curran
Movie1937WindjammerBruce Lane
Movie1932Mystery RanchBob Sanborn
Movie1930Rough RomanceBilly West
Movie1929True HeavenLieutenant Philip Gresson
Movie1926The Johnstown FloodTom O'Day
Movie1928Sharp ShootersGeorge
Movie1947My Wild Irish Rose'Duke' Muldoon
Movie1924The Sea HawkGalley Slave (uncredited)
Movie1930The Last of the DuanesBuck Duane
Movie1922Moran of the Lady LettyDeck Hand
Movie1932The Golden WestDavid Lynch / Motano
Movie1929Masked EmotionsBramdlet Dickery
Movie1933Life in the RawJim Barry
Movie1940Triple JusticeBrad Henderson
Movie1939Arizona LegionBoone Yeager
Movie1934Ever Since EveNeil Rogers
Movie1939The Marshal Of Mesa CityCliff Mason
Movie1938Painted DesertBob McVey
Movie1936O'Malley of the MountedConstable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
Movie1938Border G-ManJim Galloway
Movie1935Whispering Smith SpeaksGordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
Movie1939Timber StampedeScott Baylor
Movie1935Thunder MountainKal Emerson
Movie1931Riders of the Purple SageJim Lassiter
Movie1940Legion of the LawlessJeff Toland
Movie1935Hard Rock HarriganTim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
Movie1938Lawless ValleyLarry Rhodes
Movie1939Trouble in SundownClint Bradford
Movie1934Frontier MarshalMichael Wyatt
Movie1925HavocDick Chappel
Movie1924Shadows of ParisLouis
Movie1926Rustlin' for CupidBradley Blatchford
Movie1926The Silver TreasureNostromo
Movie1928BlindfoldRobert Kelly
Movie1922The Ghost BreakerOne of the Ghosts (uncredited)
Movie1925The Fighting HeartDenny Bolton
Movie1925Thank YouKenneth Jamieson
Movie1938Gun LawTom O'Malley
Movie1925The DancersTony
Movie1933The Last TrailTom Daley
Movie1932Robbers' RoostJim Wall
Movie1939Racketeers of the RangeBarney O'Dell
Movie1940Stage to ChinoDan Clark
Movie1923The Ne'er-Do-WellClifford
Movie1923Woman-ProofBill Burleigh
Movie1930The Lone Star RangerBuck Duane
Movie1931Fair WarningWhistlin' Dan Barry
Movie1939The Fighting GringoWade Barton
Movie1961The 10 from Texas(archive footage)
Movie1924The RoughneckJerry Delaney
Movie1933Smoke LightningSmoke Mason
Movie1940Prairie LawBrill Austin
Movie1928Honor BoundJohn Oglegree
Movie1932The Rainbow TrailJohn Shefford
Movie1924The Man Who Came BackHenry Potter
Movie1924The Painted LadyLuther Smith
Movie2023The Only Girl in the OrchestraSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV Show1952This Is Your LifeSelf1
TV Show1954Studio 571

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