George O'Brien
Acting1899San Francisco, California, USA
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
Acting History
1964
Cheyenne Autumn
as Major Braden
1961
This Is Your Life
TVas Self• 1 eps
1959
Korea
as Narrator
1957
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)
1939
Racketeers of the Range
as Barney O'Dell
1938
1936
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
Whispering Smith Speaks
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
The Cowboy Millionaire
as Bob Walker
When a Man's a Man
as Larry Knight
1934
The Dude Ranger
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
1933
Smoke Lightning
as Smoke Mason
The Last Trail
as Tom Daley
1931
Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
A Holy Terror
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
1929
Salute
as Cadet John Randall
1928
Blindfold
as Robert Kelly
Noah's Ark
as Travis / Japheth
1927
Paid to Love
as Crown Prince Michae
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Man (Anses)
1926
1925
1924
1922
Ebb Tide
as Islander (uncredited)
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand