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

89 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.1

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Known For

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

as The Man (Anses)

Fort Apache

1948

as Capt. Sam Collingwood

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

as Major Braden

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949

as Maj. Mac Allshard

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927 • as The Man (Anses)

★ 7.8

Fort Apache

1948 • as Capt. Sam Collingwood

★ 7.0

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 • as Major Braden

★ 6.7

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949 • as Maj. Mac Allshard

★ 6.9

True Heaven

1929 • as Lieutenant Philip Gresson

★ 7.0

Hollywood Studios

1930

Sharp Shooters

1928 • as George

★ 7.0

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

2023 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Noah's Ark

1928 • as Travis / Japheth

★ 6.4

3 Bad Men

1926 • as Dan O'Malley

★ 6.9

The Iron Horse

1925 • as Davy Brandon

★ 6.8

My Wild Irish Rose

1947 • as 'Duke' Muldoon

★ 6.0

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976 • as (archive footage)

★ 8.5

Salute

1929 • as Cadet John Randall

★ 5.8

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Korea

1959 • as Narrator

★ 7.0

The Dude Ranger

1934 • as Ernest 'Dude' Selby

★ 6.0

Honor Bound

1928 • as John Oglegree

★ 9.0

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939 • as Cliff Mason

★ 7.5

Masked Emotions

1929 • as Bramdlet Dickery

★ 8.0

Thank You

1925 • as Kenneth Jamieson

★ 4.8

Gold Raiders

1951 • as George O'Brien

★ 6.6

The Ne'er-Do-Well

1923 • as Clifford

★ 10.0

Smoke Lightning

1933 • as Smoke Mason

★ 5.3

The Lone Star Ranger

1930 • as Buck Duane

★ 7.0

Legion of the Lawless

1940 • as Jeff Toland

★ 6.2

The 10 from Texas

1961 • as (archive footage)

★ 9.0

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White Hands

1922 • as Sailor

★ 8.0

The Johnstown Flood

1926 • as Tom O'Day

★ 7.0

Stage to Chino

1940 • as Dan Clark

★ 5.9

The Last of the Duanes

1930 • as Buck Duane

★ 6.0

The Dancers

1925 • as Tony

★ 7.5

Seas Beneath

1931 • as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley

★ 5.3

East Side, West Side

1927 • as John Breen

★ 7.2

Park Avenue Logger

1937 • as Grant Curran

★ 8.0

Fig Leaves

1926 • as Adam Smith

★ 5.9

Triple Justice

1940 • as Brad Henderson

★ 7.5

Riders of the Purple Sage

1931 • as Jim Lassiter

★ 8.0

Ebb Tide

1922 • as Islander (uncredited)

★ 8.0

Robbers' Roost

1932 • as Jim Wall

★ 6.0

The Fighting Heart

1925 • as Denny Bolton

★ 6.0

The Ghost Breaker

1922 • as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)

★ 10.0

Havoc

1925 • as Dick Chappel

★ 7.0

Moran of the Lady Letty

1922 • as Deck Hand

★ 6.7

The Rainbow Trail

1932 • as John Shefford

★ 9.0

The Painted Lady

1924 • as Luther Smith

★ 10.0

Daniel Boone

1936 • as Daniel Boone

★ 4.9

Rough Romance

1930 • as Billy West

★ 5.8

The Blue Eagle

1926 • as George Darcy

★ 5.4

Fair Warning

1931 • as Whistlin' Dan Barry

★ 9.0

The Border Patrolman

1936 • as Bob Wallace

★ 7.2

Racketeers of the Range

1939 • as Barney O'Dell

★ 6.7

Arizona Legion

1939 • as Boone Yeager

★ 5.5

December 7th

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

★ 5.8

The Sea Hawk

1924 • as Galley Slave (uncredited)

★ 6.8

When a Man's a Man

1935 • as Larry Knight

★ 5.5

Whispering Smith Speaks

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

★ 10.0

The Man Who Came Back

1924 • as Henry Potter

★ 10.0

The Cowboy Millionaire

1935 • as Bob Walker

★ 7.0

O'Malley of the Mounted

1936 • as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard

★ 7.0

The Silver Treasure

1926 • as Nostromo

★ 10.0

A Holy Terror

1931 • as Tony Bard aka Woodbury

★ 6.4

Mystery Ranch

1932 • as Bob Sanborn

★ 7.0

Is Zat So?

1927 • as Ed 'Chick' Cowan

★ 9.0

The Gay Caballero

1932 • as Ted Radcliffe

★ 10.0

Paid to Love

1927 • as Crown Prince Michae

★ 6.5

Prairie Law

1940 • as Brill Austin

★ 7.0

Hollywood Cowboy

1937 • as Jeffery Carson

★ 5.5

Border G-Man

1938 • as Jim Galloway

★ 5.6

The Roughneck

1924 • as Jerry Delaney

★ 10.0

Woman-Proof

1923 • as Bill Burleigh

★ 8.0

Frontier Marshal

1934 • as Michael Wyatt

★ 7.0

The Last Trail

1933 • as Tom Daley

★ 7.0

Timber Stampede

1939 • as Scott Baylor

★ 9.0

The Golden West

1932 • as David Lynch / Motano

★ 5.5

Bullet Code

1940 • as Steve Holden

★ 5.8

Blindfold

1928 • as Robert Kelly

★ 7.0

Ever Since Eve

1934 • as Neil Rogers

★ 9.0

Rustlin' for Cupid

1926 • as Bradley Blatchford

★ 9.0

The Renegade Ranger

1938 • as Captain Jack Steele

★ 6.0

Trouble in Sundown

1939 • as Clint Bradford

★ 8.0

Life in the Raw

1933 • as Jim Barry

★ 10.0

Thunder Mountain

1935 • as Kal Emerson

★ 10.0

Gun Law

1938 • as Tom O'Malley

★ 6.3

The Fighting Gringo

1939 • as Wade Barton

★ 7.0

Painted Desert

1938 • as Bob McVey

★ 6.0

Windjammer

1937 • as Bruce Lane

★ 5.7

Shadows of Paris

1924 • as Louis

★ 8.0

Lawless Valley

1938 • as Larry Rhodes

★ 6.5

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Hard Rock Harrigan

1935 • as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan

★ 5.0