George O'Brien
Acting
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.
TV Shows(2)
Movies(88)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1976
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden
1964
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage)
1961
Korea
Narrator
1959
Gold Raiders
George O'Brien
1951
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Maj. Mac Allshard
1949
Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood
1948
My Wild Irish Rose
'Duke' Muldoon
1947
December 7th
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
1943
Triple Justice
Brad Henderson
1940
Stage to Chino
Dan Clark
1940
Prairie Law
Brill Austin
1940
Bullet Code
Steve Holden
1940
Legion of the Lawless
Jeff Toland
1940
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Cliff Mason
1939
The Fighting Gringo
Wade Barton
1939
Timber Stampede
Scott Baylor
1939
Racketeers of the Range
Barney O'Dell
1939
Trouble in Sundown
Clint Bradford
1939
Arizona Legion
Boone Yeager
1939
Lawless Valley
Larry Rhodes
1938
The Renegade Ranger
Captain Jack Steele
1938
Painted Desert
Bob McVey
1938
Border G-Man
Jim Galloway
1938
Gun Law
Tom O'Malley
1938
Windjammer
Bruce Lane
1937
Hollywood Cowboy
Jeffery Carson
1937
Park Avenue Logger
Grant Curran
1937
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
1936
The Border Patrolman
Bob Wallace
1936
O'Malley of the Mounted
Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
1936
Thunder Mountain
Kal Emerson
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan
Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
1935
Whispering Smith Speaks
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
1935
The Cowboy Millionaire
Bob Walker
1935
When a Man's a Man
Larry Knight
1935
The Dude Ranger
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
1934
Ever Since Eve
Neil Rogers
1934
Frontier Marshal
Michael Wyatt
1934
The Last Trail
Tom Daley
1933
Life in the Raw
Jim Barry
1933
Smoke Lightning
Smoke Mason
1933
Robbers' Roost
Jim Wall
1932
The Golden West
David Lynch / Motano
1932
Mystery Ranch
Bob Sanborn
1932
The Gay Caballero
Ted Radcliffe
1932
The Rainbow Trail
John Shefford
1932
Riders of the Purple Sage
Jim Lassiter
1931
A Holy Terror
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
1931
Fair Warning
Whistlin' Dan Barry
1931
Seas Beneath
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
1931
The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
1930
Rough Romance
Billy West
1930
The Lone Star Ranger
Buck Duane
1930
Salute
Cadet John Randall
1929
Masked Emotions
Bramdlet Dickery
1929
True Heaven
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
1929
Blindfold
Robert Kelly
1928
Noah's Ark
Travis / Japheth
1928
Honor Bound
John Oglegree
1928
Sharp Shooters
George
1928
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Man (Anses)
1927
East Side, West Side
John Breen
1927
Paid to Love
Crown Prince Michae
1927
Is Zat So?
Ed 'Chick' Cowan
1927
The Blue Eagle
George Darcy
1926
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley
1926
Fig Leaves
Adam Smith
1926
The Silver Treasure
Nostromo
1926
Rustlin' for Cupid
Bradley Blatchford
1926
The Johnstown Flood
Tom O'Day
1926
The Fighting Heart
Denny Bolton
1925
Thank You
Kenneth Jamieson
1925
The Iron Horse
Davy Brandon
1925
Havoc
Dick Chappel
1925
The Dancers
Tony
1925
The Roughneck
Jerry Delaney
1924
The Painted Lady
Luther Smith
1924
The Man Who Came Back
Henry Potter
1924
The Sea Hawk
Galley Slave (uncredited)
1924
Shadows of Paris
Louis
1924
Woman-Proof
Bill Burleigh
1923
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Clifford
1923
Ebb Tide
Islander (uncredited)
1922
The Ghost Breaker
One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
1922
Moran of the Lady Letty
Deck Hand
1922
White Hands
Sailor
1922