Acting
George O'Brien
Birth Date
April 18, 1899
Death Date
September 4, 1985
(passed away at 86)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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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.
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TV Show
This Is Your Life
Self
1952 • 1 episode
star7.5
TV Show
Studio 57
1954 • 1 episode
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Movie
Sharp Shooters
George
1928
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Movie
True Heaven
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
1929
Movie
Hollywood Studios
1930
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Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Maj. Mac Allshard
1949
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Movie
Korea
Narrator
1959
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Movie
Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood
1948
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Movie
Honor Bound
John Oglegree
1928
star7.8
Movie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Man (Anses)
1927
star6.7
Movie
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden
1964
star6.9
Movie
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley
1926
star8.0
Movie
Masked Emotions
Bramdlet Dickery
1929
star8.0
Movie
Park Avenue Logger
Grant Curran
1937
star7.0
Movie
The Cowboy Millionaire
Bob Walker
1935
star10.0
Movie
The Silver Treasure
Nostromo
1926
star8.0
Movie
White Hands
Sailor
1922
star6.0
Movie
The Dude Ranger
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
1934
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Movie
Noah's Ark
Travis / Japheth
1928
star10.0
Movie
The Ghost Breaker
One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
1922