Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1899-04-18
Day of Death
1985-09-04
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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. He served in World War I and World War II.
Filmography (89)
⭐ 6.6
Role:
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
⭐ 8.5
Role:
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
⭐ 6.7
Role:
Major Braden
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
⭐ 9.0
Role:
(archive footage)
The 10 from Texas
1961No Image
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Narrator
Korea
1959
⭐ 6.6
Role:
George O'Brien
Gold Raiders
1951
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Maj. Mac Allshard
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Capt. Sam Collingwood
Fort Apache
1948
⭐ 6.0
Role:
'Duke' Muldoon
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
⭐ 5.8
Role:
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
December 7th
1943
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Brad Henderson
Triple Justice
1940
⭐ 5.9
Role:
Dan Clark
Stage to Chino
1940
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Brill Austin
Prairie Law
1940
⭐ 5.8
Role:
Steve Holden
Bullet Code
1940
⭐ 6.2
Role:
Jeff Toland
