George O'Brien
Acting
Born April 18, 1899 · 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.
Films (87)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
The 10 from Texas
1961
Korea
1959
Gold Raiders
1951
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Fort Apache
1948
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
December 7th
1943
Triple Justice
1940
Stage to Chino
1940
Prairie Law
1940
Bullet Code
1940
Legion of the Lawless
1940
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
The Fighting Gringo
1939
Timber Stampede
1939
Racketeers of the Range
1939
Trouble in Sundown
1939
Arizona Legion
1939
Lawless Valley
1938
The Renegade Ranger
1938
Painted Desert
1938
Border G-Man
1938
Gun Law
1938
Windjammer
1937
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
Park Avenue Logger
1937
Daniel Boone
1936
The Border Patrolman
1936
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
Thunder Mountain
1935
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
When a Man's a Man
1935
The Dude Ranger
1934
Ever Since Eve
1934
Frontier Marshal
1934
The Last Trail
1933
Life in the Raw
1933
Smoke Lightning
1933
Robbers' Roost
1932
The Golden West
1932
Mystery Ranch
1932
The Gay Caballero
1932
The Rainbow Trail
1932
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
A Holy Terror
1931
Fair Warning
1931
Seas Beneath
1931
The Last of the Duanes
1930
Rough Romance
1930
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
Salute
1929
Masked Emotions
1929
True Heaven
1929
Blindfold
1928
Noah's Ark
1928
Honor Bound
1928
Sharp Shooters
1928
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
East Side, West Side
1927
Paid to Love
1927
Is Zat So?
1927
The Blue Eagle
1926
3 Bad Men
1926
Fig Leaves
1926
The Silver Treasure
1926
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926
The Johnstown Flood
1926
The Fighting Heart
1925
Thank You
1925
The Iron Horse
1925
Havoc
1925
The Dancers
1925
The Roughneck
1924
The Painted Lady
1924
The Man Who Came Back
1924
The Sea Hawk
1924
Shadows of Paris
1924
Woman-Proof
1923
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
Ebb Tide
1922
The Ghost Breaker
1922
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922