George O'Brien
Acting
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…
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
The Man (Anses)
Fort Apache
1948
Capt. Sam Collingwood
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Maj. Mac Allshard
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Major Braden
The Iron Horse
1925
Davy Brandon
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
3 Bad Men
1926
Dan O'Malley
December 7th
1943
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Fig Leaves
1926
Adam Smith
Noah's Ark
1928
Travis / Japheth
Daniel Boone
1936
Daniel Boone
The Sea Hawk
1924
Galley Slave (uncredited)
This Is Your Life
1952
Self
The Renegade Ranger
1938
Captain Jack Steele
Seas Beneath
1931
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
The Johnstown Flood
1926
Tom O'Day
The Blue Eagle
1926
George Darcy
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922
Deck Hand
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
'Duke' Muldoon
East Side, West Side
1927
John Breen