George O'Brien
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1899
Died: September 4, 1985
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
89 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
6.5
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
8.5
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
9.0
The 10 from Texas
19617.0
Korea
1959
7.5
Studio 57
1954
6.5
This Is Your Life
1952
6.6
Gold Raiders
1951
6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
7.0
Fort Apache
1948
6.0
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
5.8
December 7th
1943
7.5
Triple Justice
1940
5.9
Stage to Chino
1940
7.0
Prairie Law
1940
5.8
Bullet Code
1940
6.2
Legion of the Lawless
1940
7.5
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
7.0
The Fighting Gringo
1939
9.0
Timber Stampede
1939
6.7
Racketeers of the Range
1939
8.0
Trouble in Sundown
1939
5.5
Arizona Legion
1939
6.5
Lawless Valley
1938
6.0
The Renegade Ranger
1938
6.0
Painted Desert
1938
5.6
Border G-Man
1938
6.3
Gun Law
1938
5.7
Windjammer
1937
5.5
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
8.0
Park Avenue Logger
1937
4.9
Daniel Boone
1936
7.2
The Border Patrolman
1936
7.0
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
10.0
Thunder Mountain
19355.0
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
10.0
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
7.0
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
5.5
When a Man's a Man
1935
6.0
The Dude Ranger
1934
9.0
Ever Since Eve
1934
7.0
Frontier Marshal
1934
7.0
The Last Trail
1933
10.0
Life in the Raw
1933
5.3
Smoke Lightning
1933
6.0
Robbers' Roost
1932
5.5
The Golden West
1932
7.0
Mystery Ranch
1932
10.0
The Gay Caballero
1932
9.0
The Rainbow Trail
1932
8.0
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
6.4
A Holy Terror
1931
9.0
Fair Warning
1931
5.3
Seas Beneath
1931
6.0
The Last of the Duanes
1930
5.8
Rough Romance
1930
7.0
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
NR
Hollywood Studios
1930
5.8
Salute
1929
8.0
Masked Emotions
1929
7.0
True Heaven
1929
7.0
Blindfold
1928
6.4
Noah's Ark
1928
9.0
Honor Bound
1928
7.0
Sharp Shooters
1928
7.8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
7.2
East Side, West Side
1927
6.5
Paid to Love
1927
9.0
Is Zat So?
1927
5.4
The Blue Eagle
1926
6.9
3 Bad Men
1926
5.9
Fig Leaves
1926
10.0
The Silver Treasure
1926
9.0
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926
7.0
The Johnstown Flood
1926
6.0
The Fighting Heart
1925
4.8
Thank You
1925
6.8
The Iron Horse
1925
7.0
Havoc
1925
7.5
The Dancers
1925
10.0
The Roughneck
1924
10.0
The Painted Lady
1924
10.0
The Man Who Came Back
1924
6.8
The Sea Hawk
1924
8.0
Shadows of Paris
1924
8.0
Woman-Proof
1923
10.0
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
8.0
Ebb Tide
1922
10.0
The Ghost Breaker
1922
6.7
Moran of the Lady Letty
19228.0
White Hands
1922