Acting
George O'Brien
Born 1899-04-18
San Francisco, California, USA
Department: 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. He served in World War I and World War II.
Known For
Prominent works featuring George O'Brien
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
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Fort Apache
1948
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
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Cheyenne Autumn
1964
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Studio 57
1954
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This Is Your Life
1952
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The Iron Horse
1925
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The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
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3 Bad Men
1926
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Noah's Ark
1928
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (91 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Only Girl in the Orchestra | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 2023 |
 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | Movie | 1976 |
 | Cheyenne Autumn | Major Braden | Movie | 1964 |
 | The 10 from Texas | (archive footage) | Movie | 1961 |
| Korea | Narrator | Movie | 1959 | |
 | Studio 57 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1954 |
 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV Series | 1952 |
 | Gold Raiders | George O'Brien | Movie | 1951 |
 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Maj. Mac Allshard | Movie | 1949 |
 | Fort Apache | Capt. Sam Collingwood | Movie | 1948 |
 | My Wild Irish Rose | 'Duke' Muldoon | Movie | 1947 |
 | December 7th | Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Triple Justice | Brad Henderson | Movie | 1940 |
 | Stage to Chino | Dan Clark | Movie | 1940 |
 | Prairie Law | Brill Austin | Movie | 1940 |
 | Bullet Code | Steve Holden | Movie | 1940 |
 | Legion of the Lawless | Jeff Toland | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Cliff Mason | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Fighting Gringo | Wade Barton | Movie | 1939 |
 | Timber Stampede | Scott Baylor | Movie | 1939 |
 | Racketeers of the Range | Barney O'Dell | Movie | 1939 |
 | Trouble in Sundown | Clint Bradford | Movie | 1939 |
 | Arizona Legion | Boone Yeager | Movie | 1939 |
 | Lawless Valley | Larry Rhodes | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Renegade Ranger | Captain Jack Steele | Movie | 1938 |
 | Painted Desert | Bob McVey | Movie | 1938 |
 | Border G-Man | Jim Galloway | Movie | 1938 |
 | Gun Law | Tom O'Malley | Movie | 1938 |
 | Windjammer | Bruce Lane | Movie | 1937 |
 | Hollywood Cowboy | Jeffery Carson | Movie | 1937 |
 | Park Avenue Logger | Grant Curran | Movie | 1937 |
 | Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Border Patrolman | Bob Wallace | Movie | 1936 |
 | O'Malley of the Mounted | Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard | Movie | 1936 |
 | Thunder Mountain | Kal Emerson | Movie | 1935 |
| Hard Rock Harrigan | Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan | Movie | 1935 | |
 | Whispering Smith Speaks | Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Cowboy Millionaire | Bob Walker | Movie | 1935 |
 | When a Man's a Man | Larry Knight | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Dude Ranger | Ernest 'Dude' Selby | Movie | 1934 |
 | Ever Since Eve | Neil Rogers | Movie | 1934 |
 | Frontier Marshal | Michael Wyatt | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Last Trail | Tom Daley | Movie | 1933 |
 | Life in the Raw | Jim Barry | Movie | 1933 |
 | Smoke Lightning | Smoke Mason | Movie | 1933 |
 | Robbers' Roost | Jim Wall | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Golden West | David Lynch / Motano | Movie | 1932 |
 | Mystery Ranch | Bob Sanborn | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Gay Caballero | Ted Radcliffe | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Rainbow Trail | John Shefford | Movie | 1932 |
 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Jim Lassiter | Movie | 1931 |
 | A Holy Terror | Tony Bard aka Woodbury | Movie | 1931 |
 | Fair Warning | Whistlin' Dan Barry | Movie | 1931 |
 | Seas Beneath | Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Last of the Duanes | Buck Duane | Movie | 1930 |
 | Rough Romance | Billy West | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Lone Star Ranger | Buck Duane | Movie | 1930 |
 | Hollywood Studios | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1930 |
 | Salute | Cadet John Randall | Movie | 1929 |
 | Masked Emotions | Bramdlet Dickery | Movie | 1929 |
 | True Heaven | Lieutenant Philip Gresson | Movie | 1929 |
 | Blindfold | Robert Kelly | Movie | 1928 |
 | Noah's Ark | Travis / Japheth | Movie | 1928 |
 | Honor Bound | John Oglegree | Movie | 1928 |
 | Sharp Shooters | George | Movie | 1928 |
 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | The Man (Anses) | Movie | 1927 |
 | East Side, West Side | John Breen | Movie | 1927 |
 | Paid to Love | Crown Prince Michae | Movie | 1927 |
 | Is Zat So? | Ed 'Chick' Cowan | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Blue Eagle | George Darcy | Movie | 1926 |
 | 3 Bad Men | Dan O'Malley | Movie | 1926 |
 | Fig Leaves | Adam Smith | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Silver Treasure | Nostromo | Movie | 1926 |
 | Rustlin' for Cupid | Bradley Blatchford | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Johnstown Flood | Tom O'Day | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Fighting Heart | Denny Bolton | Movie | 1925 |
 | Thank You | Kenneth Jamieson | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Iron Horse | Davy Brandon | Movie | 1925 |
 | Havoc | Dick Chappel | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Dancers | Tony | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Roughneck | Jerry Delaney | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Painted Lady | Luther Smith | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Man Who Came Back | Henry Potter | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Sea Hawk | Galley Slave (uncredited) | Movie | 1924 |
 | Shadows of Paris | Louis | Movie | 1924 |
 | Woman-Proof | Bill Burleigh | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Ne'er-Do-Well | Clifford | Movie | 1923 |
 | Ebb Tide | Islander (uncredited) | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Ghost Breaker | One of the Ghosts (uncredited) | Movie | 1922 |
 | Moran of the Lady Letty | Deck Hand | Movie | 1922 |
| White Hands | Sailor | Movie | 1922 |