Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born April 18, 1899
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.
MovieThe Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieCheyenne Autumn
1964
as Major Braden
MovieThe 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)
Korea
1959
as Narrator
TVStudio 57
1954
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MovieGold Raiders
1951
as George O'Brien
MovieShe Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Maj. Mac Allshard
MovieFort Apache
1948
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
MovieMy Wild Irish Rose
1947
as 'Duke' Muldoon
MovieDecember 7th
1943
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
MovieTriple Justice
1940
as Brad Henderson
MovieStage to Chino
1940
as Dan Clark
MoviePrairie Law
1940
as Brill Austin
MovieBullet Code
1940
as Steve Holden
MovieLegion of the Lawless
1940
as Jeff Toland
MovieThe Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Cliff Mason
MovieThe Fighting Gringo
1939
as Wade Barton
MovieTimber Stampede
1939
as Scott Baylor
MovieRacketeers of the Range
1939
as Barney O'Dell
MovieTrouble in Sundown
1939
as Clint Bradford
MovieArizona Legion
1939
as Boone Yeager
MovieLawless Valley
1938
as Larry Rhodes
MovieThe Renegade Ranger
1938
as Captain Jack Steele
MoviePainted Desert
1938
as Bob McVey
MovieBorder G-Man
1938
as Jim Galloway
MovieGun Law
1938
as Tom O'Malley
MovieWindjammer
1937
as Bruce Lane
MovieHollywood Cowboy
1937
as Jeffery Carson
MoviePark Avenue Logger
1937
as Grant Curran
MovieDaniel Boone
1936
as Daniel Boone
MovieThe Border Patrolman
1936
as Bob Wallace
MovieO'Malley of the Mounted
1936
as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
MovieThunder Mountain
1935
as Kal Emerson
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
MovieWhispering Smith Speaks
1935
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
MovieThe Cowboy Millionaire
1935
as Bob Walker
MovieWhen a Man's a Man
1935
as Larry Knight
MovieThe Dude Ranger
1934
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
MovieEver Since Eve
1934
as Neil Rogers
MovieFrontier Marshal
1934
as Michael Wyatt
MovieThe Last Trail
1933
as Tom Daley
MovieLife in the Raw
1933
as Jim Barry
MovieSmoke Lightning
1933
as Smoke Mason
MovieRobbers' Roost
1932
as Jim Wall
MovieThe Golden West
1932
as David Lynch / Motano
MovieMystery Ranch
1932
as Bob Sanborn
MovieThe Gay Caballero
1932
as Ted Radcliffe
MovieThe Rainbow Trail
1932
as John Shefford
MovieRiders of the Purple Sage
1931
as Jim Lassiter
MovieA Holy Terror
1931
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
MovieFair Warning
1931
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
MovieSeas Beneath
1931
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
MovieThe Last of the Duanes
1930
as Buck Duane
MovieRough Romance
1930
as Billy West
MovieThe Lone Star Ranger
1930
as Buck Duane
MovieHollywood Studios
1930
MovieSalute
1929
as Cadet John Randall
MovieMasked Emotions
1929
as Bramdlet Dickery
MovieTrue Heaven
1929
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
MovieBlindfold
1928
as Robert Kelly
MovieNoah's Ark
1928
as Travis / Japheth
MovieHonor Bound
1928
as John Oglegree
MovieSharp Shooters
1928
as George
MovieSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as The Man (Anses)
MovieEast Side, West Side
1927
as John Breen
MoviePaid to Love
1927
as Crown Prince Michae
MovieIs Zat So?
1927
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
MovieThe Blue Eagle
1926
as George Darcy
Movie3 Bad Men
1926
as Dan O'Malley
MovieFig Leaves
1926
as Adam Smith
MovieThe Silver Treasure
1926
as Nostromo
MovieRustlin' for Cupid
1926
as Bradley Blatchford
MovieThe Johnstown Flood
1926
as Tom O'Day
MovieThe Fighting Heart
1925
as Denny Bolton
MovieThank You
1925
as Kenneth Jamieson
MovieThe Iron Horse
1925
as Davy Brandon
MovieHavoc
1925
as Dick Chappel
MovieThe Dancers
1925
as Tony
MovieThe Roughneck
1924
as Jerry Delaney
MovieThe Painted Lady
1924
as Luther Smith
MovieThe Man Who Came Back
1924
as Henry Potter
MovieThe Sea Hawk
1924
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
MovieShadows of Paris
1924
as Louis
MovieWoman-Proof
1923
as Bill Burleigh
MovieThe Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
as Clifford
MovieEbb Tide
1922
as Islander (uncredited)
MovieThe Ghost Breaker
1922
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
MovieMoran of the Lady Letty
1922
as Deck Hand
White Hands
1922
as Sailor
