George O'Brien

Born: 1899-04-18 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 1985-09-04

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2023

The Only Girl in the Orchestra as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)

1964

Cheyenne Autumn as Major Braden

1961

The 10 from Texas as (archive footage)

1959

Korea as Narrator

1954

Studio 57

1952

This Is Your Life as Self

1951

Gold Raiders as George O'Brien

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Maj. Mac Allshard

1948

Fort Apache as Capt. Sam Collingwood

1947

My Wild Irish Rose as 'Duke' Muldoon

1943

December 7th as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

1940

Bullet Code as Steve Holden
Triple Justice as Brad Henderson
Prairie Law as Brill Austin
Stage to Chino as Dan Clark
Legion of the Lawless as Jeff Toland

1939

Arizona Legion as Boone Yeager
Racketeers of the Range as Barney O'Dell
Trouble in Sundown as Clint Bradford
The Marshal Of Mesa City as Cliff Mason
Timber Stampede as Scott Baylor
The Fighting Gringo as Wade Barton

1938

Gun Law as Tom O'Malley
The Renegade Ranger as Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert as Bob McVey
Lawless Valley as Larry Rhodes
Border G-Man as Jim Galloway

1937

Park Avenue Logger as Grant Curran
Hollywood Cowboy as Jeffery Carson
Windjammer as Bruce Lane

1936

Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone
The Border Patrolman as Bob Wallace
O'Malley of the Mounted as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard

1935

The Cowboy Millionaire as Bob Walker
When a Man's a Man as Larry Knight
Hard Rock Harrigan as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
Thunder Mountain as Kal Emerson
Whispering Smith Speaks as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith

1934

The Dude Ranger as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Frontier Marshal as Michael Wyatt
Ever Since Eve as Neil Rogers

1933

Life in the Raw as Jim Barry
Smoke Lightning as Smoke Mason
The Last Trail as Tom Daley

1932

The Rainbow Trail as John Shefford
The Golden West as David Lynch / Motano
The Gay Caballero as Ted Radcliffe
Mystery Ranch as Bob Sanborn
Robbers' Roost as Jim Wall

1931

A Holy Terror as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Fair Warning as Whistlin' Dan Barry
Riders of the Purple Sage as Jim Lassiter
Seas Beneath as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley

1930

Hollywood Studios
The Lone Star Ranger as Buck Duane
The Last of the Duanes as Buck Duane
Rough Romance as Billy West

1929

True Heaven as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Salute as Cadet John Randall
Masked Emotions as Bramdlet Dickery

1928

Sharp Shooters as George
Noah's Ark as Travis / Japheth
Honor Bound as John Oglegree
Blindfold as Robert Kelly

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as The Man (Anses)
Paid to Love as Crown Prince Michae
East Side, West Side as John Breen
Is Zat So? as Ed 'Chick' Cowan

1926

3 Bad Men as Dan O'Malley
Fig Leaves as Adam Smith
The Johnstown Flood as Tom O'Day
The Blue Eagle as George Darcy
The Silver Treasure as Nostromo
Rustlin' for Cupid as Bradley Blatchford

1925

The Iron Horse as Davy Brandon
The Fighting Heart as Denny Bolton
The Dancers as Tony
Havoc as Dick Chappel
Thank You as Kenneth Jamieson

1924

The Painted Lady as Luther Smith
The Sea Hawk as Galley Slave (uncredited)
Shadows of Paris as Louis
The Man Who Came Back as Henry Potter
The Roughneck as Jerry Delaney

1923

Woman-Proof as Bill Burleigh
The Ne'er-Do-Well as Clifford

1922

White Hands as Sailor
Moran of the Lady Letty as Deck Hand
The Ghost Breaker as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
Ebb Tide as Islander (uncredited)