George O'Brien
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 18, 1899
- Died
- September 4, 1985
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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
The Only Girl in the Orchestra 2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch 1976
as (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn 1964
as Major Braden
The 10 from Texas 1961
as (archive footage)
- Korea
Korea 1959
as Narrator
Gold Raiders 1951
as George O'Brien
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949
as Maj. Mac Allshard
Fort Apache 1948
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
My Wild Irish Rose 1947
as 'Duke' Muldoon
December 7th 1943
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Triple Justice 1940
as Brad Henderson
Stage to Chino 1940
as Dan Clark
Prairie Law 1940
as Brill Austin
Bullet Code 1940
as Steve Holden
Legion of the Lawless 1940
as Jeff Toland
The Marshal Of Mesa City 1939
as Cliff Mason
The Fighting Gringo 1939
as Wade Barton
Timber Stampede 1939
as Scott Baylor
Racketeers of the Range 1939
as Barney O'Dell
Trouble in Sundown 1939
as Clint Bradford
Arizona Legion 1939
as Boone Yeager
Lawless Valley 1938
as Larry Rhodes
The Renegade Ranger 1938
as Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert 1938
as Bob McVey
Border G-Man 1938
as Jim Galloway
Gun Law 1938
as Tom O'Malley
Windjammer 1937
as Bruce Lane
Hollywood Cowboy 1937
as Jeffery Carson
Park Avenue Logger 1937
as Grant Curran
Daniel Boone 1936
as Daniel Boone
The Border Patrolman 1936
as Bob Wallace
O'Malley of the Mounted 1936
as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
Thunder Mountain 1935
as Kal Emerson
- Hard Rock Harrigan
Hard Rock Harrigan 1935
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
Whispering Smith Speaks 1935
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
The Cowboy Millionaire 1935
as Bob Walker
When a Man's a Man 1935
as Larry Knight
The Dude Ranger 1934
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Ever Since Eve 1934
as Neil Rogers
Frontier Marshal 1934
as Michael Wyatt
The Last Trail 1933
as Tom Daley
Life in the Raw 1933
as Jim Barry
Smoke Lightning 1933
as Smoke Mason
Robbers' Roost 1932
as Jim Wall
The Golden West 1932
as David Lynch / Motano
Mystery Ranch 1932
as Bob Sanborn
The Gay Caballero 1932
as Ted Radcliffe
The Rainbow Trail 1932
as John Shefford
Riders of the Purple Sage 1931
as Jim Lassiter
A Holy Terror 1931
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Fair Warning 1931
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
Seas Beneath 1931
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
The Last of the Duanes 1930
as Buck Duane
Rough Romance 1930
as Billy West
The Lone Star Ranger 1930
as Buck Duane
Hollywood Studios 1930
Actor
Salute 1929
as Cadet John Randall
Masked Emotions 1929
as Bramdlet Dickery
True Heaven 1929
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Blindfold 1928
as Robert Kelly
Noah's Ark 1928
as Travis / Japheth
Honor Bound 1928
as John Oglegree
Sharp Shooters 1928
as George
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans 1927
as The Man
East Side, West Side 1927
as John Breen
Paid to Love 1927
as Crown Prince Michae
Is Zat So? 1927
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
The Blue Eagle 1926
as George Darcy
3 Bad Men 1926
as Dan O'Malley
Fig Leaves 1926
as Adam Smith
The Silver Treasure 1926
as Nostromo
Rustlin' for Cupid 1926
as Bradley Blatchford
The Johnstown Flood 1926
as Tom O'Day
The Fighting Heart 1925
as Denny Bolton
Thank You 1925
as Kenneth Jamieson
The Iron Horse 1925
as Davy Brandon
Havoc 1925
as Dick Chappel
The Dancers 1925
as Tony
The Roughneck 1924
as Jerry Delaney
The Painted Lady 1924
as Luther Smith
The Man Who Came Back 1924
as Henry Potter
The Sea Hawk 1924
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
Shadows of Paris 1924
as Louis
Woman-Proof 1923
as Bill Burleigh
The Ne'er-Do-Well 1923
as Clifford
Ebb Tide 1922
as Islander (uncredited)
The Ghost Breaker 1922
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
Moran of the Lady Letty 1922
as Deck Hand
- White Hands
White Hands 1922
as Sailor
Credits from TMDB.