George O'Brien

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 mont

Born

Apr 18, 1899

San Francisco, California, USA

Died

Sep 04, 1985

Known For

Acting

Movies

88 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.5

movie

Known For

Fort Apache

1948

as Capt. Sam Collingwood

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

as Maj. Mac Allshard

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

as The Man (Anses)

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

as Major Braden

Fort Apache

1948 • as Capt. Sam Collingwood

★ 7.0

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949 • as Maj. Mac Allshard

★ 6.9

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927 • as The Man (Anses)

★ 7.8

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 • as Major Braden

★ 6.7

3 Bad Men

1926 • as Dan O'Malley

★ 6.8

The Iron Horse

1925 • as Davy Brandon

★ 6.6

Racketeers of the Range

1939 • as Barney O'Dell

★ 6.6

The Blue Eagle

1926 • as George Darcy

★ 5.1

The Johnstown Flood

1926 • as Tom O'Day

★ 6.8

Paid to Love

1927 • as Crown Prince Michae

★ 5.7

The Dancers

1925 • as Tony

★ 5.0

Honor Bound

1928 • as John Oglegree

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

2023 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.6

The Sea Hawk

1924 • as Galley Slave (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Last of the Duanes

1930 • as Buck Duane

★ 3.0

Thank You

1925 • as Kenneth Jamieson

★ 3.7

My Wild Irish Rose

1947 • as 'Duke' Muldoon

★ 6.0

Noah's Ark

1928 • as Travis / Japheth

★ 6.2

Robbers' Roost

1932 • as Jim Wall

★ 5.5

Havoc

1925 • as Dick Chappel

December 7th

1943 • as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

★ 5.8

Stage to Chino

1940 • as Dan Clark

★ 5.4

Hollywood Cowboy

1937 • as Jeffery Carson

★ 5.0

Woman-Proof

1923 • as Bill Burleigh

Border G-Man

1938 • as Jim Galloway

★ 5.0

A Holy Terror

1931 • as Tony Bard aka Woodbury

★ 5.7

Blindfold

1928 • as Robert Kelly

Salute

1929 • as Cadet John Randall

★ 4.7

Triple Justice

1940 • as Brad Henderson

★ 6.0

Trouble in Sundown

1939 • as Clint Bradford

Rustlin' for Cupid

1926 • as Bradley Blatchford

The Rainbow Trail

1932 • as John Shefford

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976 • as (archive footage)

★ 9.0

Fig Leaves

1926 • as Adam Smith

★ 5.8

The Ne'er-Do-Well

1923 • as Clifford

Gold Raiders

1951 • as George O'Brien

★ 5.7

Windjammer

1937 • as Bruce Lane

★ 5.0

Riders of the Purple Sage

1931 • as Jim Lassiter

True Heaven

1929 • as Lieutenant Philip Gresson

Thunder Mountain

1935 • as Kal Emerson

The Fighting Heart

1925 • as Denny Bolton

★ 5.0

Arizona Legion

1939 • as Boone Yeager

★ 5.0

The 10 from Texas

1961 • as (archive footage)

Seas Beneath

1931 • as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley

★ 4.9

Bullet Code

1940 • as Steve Holden

★ 5.6

Frontier Marshal

1934 • as Michael Wyatt

★ 5.5

Ever Since Eve

1934 • as Neil Rogers

Fair Warning

1931 • as Whistlin' Dan Barry

Is Zat So?

1927 • as Ed 'Chick' Cowan

The Lone Star Ranger

1930 • as Buck Duane

★ 5.0

Daniel Boone

1936 • as Daniel Boone

★ 4.6

When a Man's a Man

1935 • as Larry Knight

★ 4.3

The Renegade Ranger

1938 • as Captain Jack Steele

★ 5.6

The Cowboy Millionaire

1935 • as Bob Walker

★ 6.0

The Painted Lady

1924 • as Luther Smith

The Last Trail

1933 • as Tom Daley

Lawless Valley

1938 • as Larry Rhodes

★ 5.0

Painted Desert

1938 • as Bob McVey

★ 5.8

The Gay Caballero

1932 • as Ted Radcliffe

The Golden West

1932 • as David Lynch / Motano

★ 4.0

The Silver Treasure

1926 • as Nostromo

Masked Emotions

1929 • as Bramdlet Dickery

Legion of the Lawless

1940 • as Jeff Toland

★ 5.4

Gun Law

1938 • as Tom O'Malley

★ 5.7

Park Avenue Logger

1937 • as Grant Curran

★ 6.0

Prairie Law

1940 • as Brill Austin

★ 5.5

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939 • as Cliff Mason

★ 8.0

Rough Romance

1930 • as Billy West

★ 5.0

The Border Patrolman

1936 • as Bob Wallace

★ 5.8

Ebb Tide

1922 • as Islander (uncredited)

Smoke Lightning

1933 • as Smoke Mason

★ 3.5

Sharp Shooters

1928 • as George

The Dude Ranger

1934 • as Ernest 'Dude' Selby

★ 5.8

The Man Who Came Back

1924 • as Henry Potter

Life in the Raw

1933 • as Jim Barry

Moran of the Lady Letty

1922 • as Deck Hand

★ 6.5

Mystery Ranch

1932 • as Bob Sanborn

★ 6.0

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Hard Rock Harrigan

1935 • as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan

★ 3.0

The Ghost Breaker

1922 • as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)

The Fighting Gringo

1939 • as Wade Barton

★ 6.0

O'Malley of the Mounted

1936 • as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard

The Roughneck

1924 • as Jerry Delaney

Timber Stampede

1939 • as Scott Baylor

Shadows of Paris

1924 • as Louis

Whispering Smith Speaks

1935 • as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith

East Side, West Side

1927 • as John Breen

★ 7.2

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Korea

1959 • as Narrator

★ 6.0

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White Hands

1922 • as Sailor