George O'Brien

Known for: Acting

Born: 1899-04-18 – 1985-09-04 (aged 86)

From: 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 (91)

MOVIE★ 6.6
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.5
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Major Braden
MOVIE★ 9.0
The 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Korea
1959
as Narrator
TV★ 7.5
Studio 57
1954
TV★ 6.5
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Gold Raiders
1951
as George O'Brien
MOVIE★ 6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Maj. Mac Allshard
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fort Apache
1948
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
MOVIE★ 6.0
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as 'Duke' Muldoon
MOVIE★ 5.8
December 7th
1943
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Triple Justice
1940
as Brad Henderson
MOVIE★ 5.9
Stage to Chino
1940
as Dan Clark
MOVIE★ 7.0
Prairie Law
1940
as Brill Austin
MOVIE★ 5.8
Bullet Code
1940
as Steve Holden
MOVIE★ 6.2
Legion of the Lawless
1940
as Jeff Toland
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Cliff Mason
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Fighting Gringo
1939
as Wade Barton
MOVIE★ 9.0
Timber Stampede
1939
as Scott Baylor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Racketeers of the Range
1939
as Barney O'Dell
MOVIE★ 8.0
Trouble in Sundown
1939
as Clint Bradford
MOVIE★ 5.5
Arizona Legion
1939
as Boone Yeager
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lawless Valley
1938
as Larry Rhodes
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Renegade Ranger
1938
as Captain Jack Steele
MOVIE★ 6.0
Painted Desert
1938
as Bob McVey
MOVIE★ 5.6
Border G-Man
1938
as Jim Galloway
MOVIE★ 6.3
Gun Law
1938
as Tom O'Malley
MOVIE★ 5.7
Windjammer
1937
as Bruce Lane
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
as Jeffery Carson
MOVIE★ 8.0
Park Avenue Logger
1937
as Grant Curran
MOVIE★ 4.9
Daniel Boone
1936
as Daniel Boone
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Border Patrolman
1936
as Bob Wallace
MOVIE★ 7.0
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
MOVIE★ 10.0
Thunder Mountain
1935
as Kal Emerson
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
MOVIE★ 10.0
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
as Bob Walker
MOVIE★ 5.5
When a Man's a Man
1935
as Larry Knight
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Dude Ranger
1934
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
MOVIE★ 9.0
Ever Since Eve
1934
as Neil Rogers
MOVIE★ 7.0
Frontier Marshal
1934
as Michael Wyatt
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Trail
1933
as Tom Daley
MOVIE★ 10.0
Life in the Raw
1933
as Jim Barry
MOVIE★ 5.3
Smoke Lightning
1933
as Smoke Mason
MOVIE★ 6.0
Robbers' Roost
1932
as Jim Wall
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Golden West
1932
as David Lynch / Motano
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mystery Ranch
1932
as Bob Sanborn
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Gay Caballero
1932
as Ted Radcliffe
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Rainbow Trail
1932
as John Shefford
MOVIE★ 8.0
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
as Jim Lassiter
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Holy Terror
1931
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
MOVIE★ 9.0
Fair Warning
1931
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
MOVIE★ 5.3
Seas Beneath
1931
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Last of the Duanes
1930
as Buck Duane
MOVIE★ 5.8
Rough Romance
1930
as Billy West
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
as Buck Duane
MOVIE
Hollywood Studios
1930
MOVIE★ 6.0
Salute
1929
as Cadet John Randall
MOVIE★ 8.0
Masked Emotions
1929
as Bramdlet Dickery
MOVIE★ 7.0
True Heaven
1929
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Blindfold
1928
as Robert Kelly
MOVIE★ 6.5
Noah's Ark
1928
as Travis / Japheth
MOVIE★ 9.0
Honor Bound
1928
as John Oglegree
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sharp Shooters
1928
as George
MOVIE★ 7.8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as The Man (Anses)
MOVIE★ 7.2
East Side, West Side
1927
as John Breen
MOVIE★ 6.5
Paid to Love
1927
as Crown Prince Michae
MOVIE★ 9.0
Is Zat So?
1927
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Blue Eagle
1926
as George Darcy
MOVIE★ 6.9
3 Bad Men
1926
as Dan O'Malley
MOVIE★ 6.0
Fig Leaves
1926
as Adam Smith
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Silver Treasure
1926
as Nostromo
MOVIE★ 9.0
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926
as Bradley Blatchford
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Johnstown Flood
1926
as Tom O'Day
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Fighting Heart
1925
as Denny Bolton
MOVIE★ 4.8
Thank You
1925
as Kenneth Jamieson
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Iron Horse
1925
as Davy Brandon
MOVIE★ 7.0
Havoc
1925
as Dick Chappel
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Dancers
1925
as Tony
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Roughneck
1924
as Jerry Delaney
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Painted Lady
1924
as Luther Smith
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Man Who Came Back
1924
as Henry Potter
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Sea Hawk
1924
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Shadows of Paris
1924
as Louis
MOVIE★ 8.0
Woman-Proof
1923
as Bill Burleigh
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
as Clifford
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ebb Tide
1922
as Islander (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Ghost Breaker
1922
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922
as Deck Hand
MOVIE★ 8.0
White Hands
1922
as Sailor