George O'Brien
Acting
- Born:
- 1899-04-18
- Died:
- 1985-09-04
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Hollywood
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Cheyenne Autumn
The 10 from Texas
Korea
Studio 57
This Is Your Life
Gold Raiders
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Fort Apache
My Wild Irish Rose
December 7th
Triple Justice
Stage to Chino
Prairie Law
Bullet Code
Legion of the Lawless
The Marshal Of Mesa City
The Fighting Gringo
Timber Stampede
Racketeers of the Range
Trouble in Sundown
Arizona Legion
Lawless Valley
The Renegade Ranger
Painted Desert
Border G-Man
Gun Law
Windjammer
Hollywood Cowboy
Park Avenue Logger
Daniel Boone
The Border Patrolman
O'Malley of the Mounted
Thunder Mountain
Hard Rock Harrigan
Whispering Smith Speaks
The Cowboy Millionaire
When a Man's a Man
The Dude Ranger
Ever Since Eve
Frontier Marshal
The Last Trail
Life in the Raw
Smoke Lightning
Robbers' Roost
The Golden West
Mystery Ranch
The Gay Caballero
The Rainbow Trail
Riders of the Purple Sage
A Holy Terror
Fair Warning
Seas Beneath
The Last of the Duanes
Rough Romance
The Lone Star Ranger
Hollywood Studios
Salute
Masked Emotions
True Heaven
Blindfold
Noah's Ark
Honor Bound
Sharp Shooters
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
East Side, West Side
Paid to Love
Is Zat So?
The Blue Eagle
3 Bad Men
Fig Leaves
The Silver Treasure
Rustlin' for Cupid
The Johnstown Flood
The Fighting Heart
Thank You
The Iron Horse
Havoc
The Dancers
The Roughneck
The Painted Lady
The Man Who Came Back
The Sea Hawk
Shadows of Paris
Woman-Proof
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Ebb Tide
The Ghost Breaker
Moran of the Lady Letty
White Hands