
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…
Known For
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Man (Anses)
Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Maj. Mac Allshard
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden
The Iron Horse
Davy Brandon
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley
December 7th
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (90)
Movies (88)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976as (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964as Major Braden
The 10 from Texas
1961as (archive footage)
Korea
1959as Narrator
Gold Raiders
1951as George O'Brien
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949as Maj. Mac Allshard
Fort Apache
1948as Capt. Sam Collingwood
My Wild Irish Rose
1947as 'Duke' Muldoon
December 7th
1943as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Legion of the Lawless
1940as Jeff Toland
Stage to Chino
1940as Dan Clark
Triple Justice
1940as Brad Henderson
Prairie Law
1940as Brill Austin
Bullet Code
1940as Steve Holden
Racketeers of the Range
1939as Barney O'Dell
The Fighting Gringo
1939as Wade Barton
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939as Cliff Mason
Trouble in Sundown
1939as Clint Bradford
Arizona Legion
1939as Boone Yeager
Timber Stampede
1939as Scott Baylor
Lawless Valley
1938as Larry Rhodes
Border G-Man
1938as Jim Galloway
The Renegade Ranger
1938as Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert
1938as Bob McVey
Gun Law
1938as Tom O'Malley
Park Avenue Logger
1937as Grant Curran
Hollywood Cowboy
1937as Jeffery Carson
Windjammer
1937as Bruce Lane
Daniel Boone
1936as Daniel Boone
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
The Border Patrolman
1936as Bob Wallace
When a Man's a Man
1935as Larry Knight
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935as Bob Walker
Thunder Mountain
1935as Kal Emerson
Ever Since Eve
1934as Neil Rogers
The Dude Ranger
1934as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Frontier Marshal
1934as Michael Wyatt
The Last Trail
1933as Tom Daley
Smoke Lightning
1933as Smoke Mason
Life in the Raw
1933as Jim Barry
The Rainbow Trail
1932as John Shefford
The Gay Caballero
1932as Ted Radcliffe
The Golden West
1932as David Lynch / Motano
Robbers' Roost
1932as Jim Wall
Mystery Ranch
1932as Bob Sanborn
A Holy Terror
1931as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Seas Beneath
1931as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
Fair Warning
1931as Whistlin' Dan Barry
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931as Jim Lassiter
The Lone Star Ranger
1930as Buck Duane
The Last of the Duanes
1930as Buck Duane
Rough Romance
1930as Billy West
True Heaven
1929as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Salute
1929as Cadet John Randall
Masked Emotions
1929as Bramdlet Dickery
Noah's Ark
1928as Travis / Japheth
Sharp Shooters
1928as George
Honor Bound
1928as John Oglegree
Blindfold
1928as Robert Kelly
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927as The Man (Anses)
Is Zat So?
1927as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
Paid to Love
1927as Crown Prince Michae
East Side, West Side
1927as John Breen
The Silver Treasure
1926as Nostromo
The Johnstown Flood
1926as Tom O'Day
Fig Leaves
1926as Adam Smith
3 Bad Men
1926as Dan O'Malley
The Blue Eagle
1926as George Darcy
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926as Bradley Blatchford
The Fighting Heart
1925as Denny Bolton
Thank You
1925as Kenneth Jamieson
The Iron Horse
1925as Davy Brandon
Havoc
1925as Dick Chappel
The Dancers
1925as Tony
Shadows of Paris
1924as Louis
The Sea Hawk
1924as Galley Slave (uncredited)
The Roughneck
1924as Jerry Delaney
The Man Who Came Back
1924as Henry Potter
The Painted Lady
1924as Luther Smith
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923as Clifford
Woman-Proof
1923as Bill Burleigh
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922as Deck Hand
The Ghost Breaker
1922as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
Ebb Tide
1922as Islander (uncredited)
White Hands
1922as Sailor
Television (2)
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