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.
Acted in 86
1970s
- 1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1960s
- 1964
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden
- 1961
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
1950s
- 1954
- 1951
Gold Raiders
George O'Brien
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
My Wild Irish Rose
'Duke' Muldoon
- 1943
- 1940
Triple Justice
Brad Henderson
Stage to Chino
Dan Clark
Prairie Law
Brill Austin
Bullet Code
Steve Holden
Legion of the Lawless
Jeff Toland
1930s
- 1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Cliff Mason
The Fighting Gringo
Wade Barton
Timber Stampede
Scott Baylor
Racketeers of the Range
Barney O'Dell
Trouble in Sundown
Clint Bradford
Arizona Legion
Boone Yeager
- 1938
Lawless Valley
Larry Rhodes
The Renegade Ranger
Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert
Bob McVey
Border G-Man
Jim Galloway
Gun Law
Tom O'Malley
- 1937
Windjammer
Bruce Lane
Hollywood Cowboy
Jeffery Carson
Park Avenue Logger
Grant Curran
- 1936
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
The Border Patrolman
Bob Wallace
O'Malley of the Mounted
Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
- 1935
Thunder Mountain
Kal Emerson
Whispering Smith Speaks
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
The Cowboy Millionaire
Bob Walker
When a Man's a Man
Larry Knight
- 1934
The Dude Ranger
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Ever Since Eve
Neil Rogers
Frontier Marshal
Michael Wyatt
- 1933
The Last Trail
Tom Daley
Life in the Raw
Jim Barry
Smoke Lightning
Smoke Mason
- 1932
Robbers' Roost
Jim Wall
The Golden West
David Lynch / Motano
Mystery Ranch
Bob Sanborn
The Gay Caballero
Ted Radcliffe
The Rainbow Trail
John Shefford
- 1931
Riders of the Purple Sage
Jim Lassiter
A Holy Terror
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Fair Warning
Whistlin' Dan Barry
Seas Beneath
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
- 1930
The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
Rough Romance
Billy West
The Lone Star Ranger
Buck Duane
Hollywood Studios
Movie
1920s
- 1929
Salute
Cadet John Randall
Masked Emotions
Bramdlet Dickery
True Heaven
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
- 1928
Blindfold
Robert Kelly
- 1927
East Side, West Side
John Breen
Paid to Love
Crown Prince Michae
Is Zat So?
Ed 'Chick' Cowan
- 1926
The Blue Eagle
George Darcy
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley
The Silver Treasure
Nostromo
Rustlin' for Cupid
Bradley Blatchford
The Johnstown Flood
Tom O'Day
- 1925
The Fighting Heart
Denny Bolton
Thank You
Kenneth Jamieson
Havoc
Dick Chappel
The Dancers
Tony
- 1924
The Painted Lady
Luther Smith
The Man Who Came Back
Henry Potter
The Sea Hawk
Galley Slave (uncredited)
Shadows of Paris
Louis
- 1923
Woman-Proof
Bill Burleigh
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Clifford
- 1922
Ebb Tide
Islander (uncredited)
The Ghost Breaker
One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
Moran of the Lady Letty
Deck Hand
Appearances3
1980s
- 1980
Hollywood
Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 episode
1950s
- 1952
