Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1899-04-18
- Day of Death1985-09-04 (86 years)
- Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
- Also Known As-
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1964
Cheyenne Autumn
As: Major Braden
- 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
Triple Justice
As: Brad Henderson
- 1940
Stage to Chino
As: Dan Clark
- 1940
Prairie Law
As: Brill Austin
- 1940
Bullet Code
As: Steve Holden
- 1940
Legion of the Lawless
As: Jeff Toland
- 1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
As: Cliff Mason
- 1939
The Fighting Gringo
As: Wade Barton
- 1939
Timber Stampede
As: Scott Baylor
- 1939
Racketeers of the Range
As: Barney O'Dell
- 1939
Trouble in Sundown
As: Clint Bradford
- 1939
Arizona Legion
As: Boone Yeager
- 1938
Lawless Valley
As: Larry Rhodes
- 1938
The Renegade Ranger
As: Captain Jack Steele
- 1938
Painted Desert
As: Bob McVey
- 1938
Border G-Man
As: Jim Galloway
- 1938
Gun Law
As: Tom O'Malley
- 1937
Windjammer
As: Bruce Lane
- 1937
Hollywood Cowboy
As: Jeffery Carson
- 1937
Park Avenue Logger
As: Grant Curran
- 1936
Daniel Boone
As: Daniel Boone
- 1936
The Border Patrolman
As: Bob Wallace
- 1936
O'Malley of the Mounted
As: Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
- 1935
Thunder Mountain
As: Kal Emerson
- 1935
Whispering Smith Speaks
As: Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
- 1935
The Cowboy Millionaire
As: Bob Walker
- 1935
When a Man's a Man
As: Larry Knight
- 1934
The Dude Ranger
As: Ernest 'Dude' Selby
- 1934
Ever Since Eve
As: Neil Rogers
- 1934
Frontier Marshal
As: Michael Wyatt
- 1933
The Last Trail
As: Tom Daley
- 1933
Life in the Raw
As: Jim Barry
- 1933
Smoke Lightning
As: Smoke Mason
- 1932
Robbers' Roost
As: Jim Wall
- 1932
The Golden West
As: David Lynch / Motano
- 1932
Mystery Ranch
As: Bob Sanborn
- 1932
The Gay Caballero
As: Ted Radcliffe
- 1932
The Rainbow Trail
As: John Shefford
- 1931
Riders of the Purple Sage
As: Jim Lassiter
- 1931
A Holy Terror
As: Tony Bard aka Woodbury
- 1931
Fair Warning
As: Whistlin' Dan Barry
- 1931
Seas Beneath
As: Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
- 1930
The Last of the Duanes
As: Buck Duane
- 1930
Rough Romance
As: Billy West
- 1930
The Lone Star Ranger
As: Buck Duane
- 1929
Salute
As: Cadet John Randall
- 1929
Masked Emotions
As: Bramdlet Dickery
- 1929
True Heaven
As: Lieutenant Philip Gresson
- 1928
Blindfold
As: Robert Kelly
- 1928
Noah's Ark
As: Travis / Japheth
- 1928
Honor Bound
As: John Oglegree
- 1928
Sharp Shooters
As: George
- 1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
As: The Man (Anses)
- 1927
East Side, West Side
As: John Breen
- 1927
Paid to Love
As: Crown Prince Michae
- 1927
Is Zat So?
As: Ed 'Chick' Cowan
- 1926
The Blue Eagle
As: George Darcy
- 1926
3 Bad Men
As: Dan O'Malley
- 1926
Fig Leaves
As: Adam Smith
- 1926
The Silver Treasure
As: Nostromo
- 1926
Rustlin' for Cupid
As: Bradley Blatchford
- 1926
The Johnstown Flood
As: Tom O'Day
- 1925
The Fighting Heart
As: Denny Bolton
- 1925
Thank You
As: Kenneth Jamieson
- 1925
The Iron Horse
As: Davy Brandon
- 1925
Havoc
As: Dick Chappel
- 1925
The Dancers
As: Tony
- 1924
The Roughneck
As: Jerry Delaney
- 1924
The Painted Lady
As: Luther Smith
- 1924
The Man Who Came Back
As: Henry Potter
- 1924
The Sea Hawk
As: Galley Slave (uncredited)
- 1924
Shadows of Paris
As: Louis
- 1923
Woman-Proof
As: Bill Burleigh
- 1923
The Ne'er-Do-Well
As: Clifford
- 1922
Ebb Tide
As: Islander
- 1922
The Ghost Breaker
As: One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
- 1922
Moran of the Lady Letty
As: Deck Hand