George O'Brien
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
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
3 Bad Men
1926
Is Zat So?
1927
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Ebb Tide
1922
Fort Apache
1948
The Gay Caballero
1932
The Dude Ranger
1934
The Iron Horse
1925
December 7th
1943
Daniel Boone
1936
Noah's Ark
1928
A Holy Terror
1931
Paid to Love
1927
Salute
1929
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
The Renegade Ranger
1938
Seas Beneath
1931
Fig Leaves
1926
The Blue Eagle
1926
When a Man's a Man
1935
East Side, West Side
1927
Korea
1959
The Border Patrolman
1936
Bullet Code
1940
Gold Raiders
1951
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
Park Avenue Logger
1937
Windjammer
1937
Mystery Ranch
1932
Rough Romance
1930
True Heaven
1929
The Johnstown Flood
1926
Sharp Shooters
1928
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
The Sea Hawk
1924
The Last of the Duanes
1930
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922
The Golden West
1932
Masked Emotions
1929
Life in the Raw
1933
Triple Justice
1940
Arizona Legion
1939
Ever Since Eve
1934
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
Painted Desert
1938
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
Border G-Man
1938
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
Timber Stampede
1939
Thunder Mountain
1935
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
Legion of the Lawless
1940
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
Lawless Valley
1938
Trouble in Sundown
1939
Frontier Marshal
1934
Havoc
1925
Shadows of Paris
1924
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926
The Silver Treasure
1926
Blindfold
1928
The Ghost Breaker
1922
The Fighting Heart
1925
Thank You
1925
Gun Law
1938
The Dancers
1925
The Last Trail
1933
Robbers' Roost
1932
Racketeers of the Range
1939
Stage to Chino
1940
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
Woman-Proof
1923
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
Fair Warning
1931
The Fighting Gringo
1939
The 10 from Texas
1961
The Roughneck
1924
Smoke Lightning
1933
Prairie Law
1940
Honor Bound
1928
The Rainbow Trail
1932
The Man Who Came Back
1924
The Painted Lady
1924
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
White Hands
1922
This Is Your Life
1952
Studio 57
1954