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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-04-18 (126 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

George O'Brien

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

Acting

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

1952

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
Legion of the Lawless as Jeff Toland
Stage to Chino as Dan Clark
Prairie Law as Brill Austin

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

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

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

A Holy Terror as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Seas Beneath as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
Fair Warning as Whistlin' Dan Barry

1930

Rough Romance as Billy West
The Lone Star Ranger as Buck Duane

1929

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

1928

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

1927

Is Zat So? as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
Paid to Love as Crown Prince Michae
East Side, West Side as John Breen

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

Ebb Tide as Islander
The Ghost Breaker as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)