George O'Brien
Acting
Born: 1899-04-18 in 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
This Is Your Life
Self
Studio 57
Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Man (Anses)
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Maj. Mac Allshard
Sharp Shooters
George
Noah's Ark
Travis / Japheth
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
True Heaven
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Masked Emotions
Bramdlet Dickery
The Iron Horse
Davy Brandon
Hollywood Studios
The Golden West
David Lynch / Motano
Salute
Cadet John Randall
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley
The Dude Ranger
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
The Painted Lady
Luther Smith
Honor Bound
John Oglegree
My Wild Irish Rose
'Duke' Muldoon
A Holy Terror
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Triple Justice
Brad Henderson
Moran of the Lady Letty
Deck Hand
December 7th
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Life in the Raw
Jim Barry
Park Avenue Logger
Grant Curran
Trouble in Sundown
Clint Bradford
Gold Raiders
George O'Brien
The Dancers
Tony
The Ghost Breaker
One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
Racketeers of the Range
Barney O'Dell
Blindfold
Robert Kelly
Havoc
Dick Chappel
Bullet Code
Steve Holden
Riders of the Purple Sage
Jim Lassiter
The Johnstown Flood
Tom O'Day
The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
The Fighting Heart
Denny Bolton