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George O'Brien
Acting
1899-04-18 - Present
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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Fort ApacheasCapt. Sam Collingwood
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Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansasThe Man (Anses)
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Noah's ArkasTravis / Japheth
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She Wore a Yellow RibbonasMaj. Mac Allshard
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Cheyenne AutumnasMajor Braden
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Daniel BooneasDaniel Boone
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The Iron HorseasDavy Brandon
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3 Bad MenasDan O'Malley
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The Only Girl in the OrchestraasSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
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December 7thasSingle Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
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The Lone Star RangerasBuck Duane
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The Renegade RangerasCaptain Jack Steele
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Seas BeneathasCmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
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When a Man's a ManasLarry Knight
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My Wild Irish Roseas'Duke' Muldoon
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranchas(archive footage)
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Triple JusticeasBrad Henderson
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Ebb TideasIslander
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SaluteasCadet John Randall
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Mystery RanchasBob Sanborn
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The Johnstown FloodasTom O'Day
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Park Avenue LoggerasGrant Curran
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Legion of the LawlessasJeff Toland
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The Rainbow TrailasJohn Shefford
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Shadows of ParisasLouis
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Smoke LightningasSmoke Mason
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The Golden WestasDavid Lynch / Motano
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The Sea HawkasGalley Slave (uncredited)
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The Marshal Of Mesa CityasCliff Mason
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Frontier MarshalasMichael Wyatt
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The Last TrailasTom Daley
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Thunder MountainasKal Emerson
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Moran of the Lady LettyasDeck Hand
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The Gay CaballeroasTed Radcliffe
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Fig LeavesasAdam Smith
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Paid to LoveasCrown Prince Michae
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The Dude RangerasErnest 'Dude' Selby
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Stage to ChinoasDan Clark
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The Silver TreasureasNostromo
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Gold RaidersasGeorge O'Brien
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Robbers' RoostasJim Wall
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The Last of the DuanesasBuck Duane
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HavocasDick Chappel
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The Fighting HeartasDenny Bolton
Hard Rock HarriganasTim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
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Bullet CodeasSteve Holden
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The Cowboy MillionaireasBob Walker
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The Blue EagleasGeorge Darcy
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Hollywood CowboyasJeffery Carson
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Thank YouasKenneth Jamieson
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Whispering Smith SpeaksasGordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
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The Man Who Came BackasHenry Potter
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East Side, West SideasJohn Breen
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Painted DesertasBob McVey
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The Fighting GringoasWade Barton
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The DancersasTony
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Honor BoundasJohn Oglegree
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Timber StampedeasScott Baylor
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Gun LawasTom O'Malley
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The Ghost BreakerasOne of the Ghosts (uncredited)
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Masked EmotionsasBramdlet Dickery
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Lawless ValleyasLarry Rhodes
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BlindfoldasRobert Kelly
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Life in the RawasJim Barry
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Racketeers of the RangeasBarney O'Dell
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Prairie LawasBrill Austin
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The 10 from Texasas(archive footage)
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Trouble in SundownasClint Bradford
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Arizona LegionasBoone Yeager
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Sharp ShootersasGeorge
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Border G-ManasJim Galloway
KoreaasNarrator
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A Holy TerrorasTony Bard aka Woodbury
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WindjammerasBruce Lane
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Fair WarningasWhistlin' Dan Barry
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Rough RomanceasBilly West
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Woman-ProofasBill Burleigh
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Is Zat So?asEd 'Chick' Cowan
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O'Malley of the MountedasConstable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
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The Border PatrolmanasBob Wallace
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Rustlin' for CupidasBradley Blatchford
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Ever Since EveasNeil Rogers
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The Ne'er-Do-WellasClifford
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True HeavenasLieutenant Philip Gresson
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The Painted LadyasLuther Smith
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Riders of the Purple SageasJim Lassiter
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The RoughneckasJerry Delaney