
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

Sunrise: A Song of Two HumansasThe Man (Anses)

Noah's ArkasTravis / Japheth

She Wore a Yellow RibbonasMaj. Mac Allshard

Cheyenne AutumnasMajor Braden

Daniel BooneasDaniel Boone

The Iron HorseasDavy Brandon

3 Bad MenasDan O'Malley

The Only Girl in the OrchestraasSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

December 7thasSingle Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

The Lone Star RangerasBuck Duane

The Renegade RangerasCaptain Jack Steele

Seas BeneathasCmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley

When a Man's a ManasLarry Knight

My Wild Irish Roseas'Duke' Muldoon

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranchas(archive footage)

Triple JusticeasBrad Henderson

Ebb TideasIslander

SaluteasCadet John Randall

Mystery RanchasBob Sanborn

The Johnstown FloodasTom O'Day

Park Avenue LoggerasGrant Curran

Legion of the LawlessasJeff Toland

The Rainbow TrailasJohn Shefford

Shadows of ParisasLouis

Smoke LightningasSmoke Mason

The Golden WestasDavid Lynch / Motano

The Sea HawkasGalley Slave (uncredited)

The Marshal Of Mesa CityasCliff Mason

Frontier MarshalasMichael Wyatt

The Last TrailasTom Daley

Thunder MountainasKal Emerson

Moran of the Lady LettyasDeck Hand

The Gay CaballeroasTed Radcliffe

Fig LeavesasAdam Smith

Paid to LoveasCrown Prince Michae

The Dude RangerasErnest 'Dude' Selby

Stage to ChinoasDan Clark

The Silver TreasureasNostromo

Gold RaidersasGeorge O'Brien

Robbers' RoostasJim Wall

The Last of the DuanesasBuck Duane

HavocasDick Chappel

The Fighting HeartasDenny Bolton
Hard Rock HarriganasTim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan

Bullet CodeasSteve Holden

The Cowboy MillionaireasBob Walker

The Blue EagleasGeorge Darcy

Hollywood CowboyasJeffery Carson

Thank YouasKenneth Jamieson

Whispering Smith SpeaksasGordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith

The Man Who Came BackasHenry Potter

East Side, West SideasJohn Breen

Painted DesertasBob McVey

The Fighting GringoasWade Barton

The DancersasTony

Honor BoundasJohn Oglegree

Timber StampedeasScott Baylor

Gun LawasTom O'Malley

The Ghost BreakerasOne of the Ghosts (uncredited)

Masked EmotionsasBramdlet Dickery

Lawless ValleyasLarry Rhodes

BlindfoldasRobert Kelly

Life in the RawasJim Barry

Racketeers of the RangeasBarney O'Dell

Prairie LawasBrill Austin

The 10 from Texasas(archive footage)

Trouble in SundownasClint Bradford

Arizona LegionasBoone Yeager

Sharp ShootersasGeorge

Border G-ManasJim Galloway
KoreaasNarrator

A Holy TerrorasTony Bard aka Woodbury

WindjammerasBruce Lane

Fair WarningasWhistlin' Dan Barry

Rough RomanceasBilly West

Woman-ProofasBill Burleigh

Is Zat So?asEd 'Chick' Cowan

O'Malley of the MountedasConstable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard

The Border PatrolmanasBob Wallace

Rustlin' for CupidasBradley Blatchford

Ever Since EveasNeil Rogers

The Ne'er-Do-WellasClifford

True HeavenasLieutenant Philip Gresson

The Painted LadyasLuther Smith

Riders of the Purple SageasJim Lassiter

The RoughneckasJerry Delaney