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George O'Brien

Lived · 86 Born · Apr 18, 1899 From · San Francisco, California, USA Films · 86

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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.

Known for

The Only Girl in the Orchestra poster

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch poster

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Cheyenne Autumn poster

Cheyenne Autumn

The 10 from Texas poster

The 10 from Texas

Career timeline

2023

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Self (archive footage) (uncred · 2023

1976

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch Notable

(archive footage) · 1976

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

Major Braden · 1964

1961

The 10 from Texas Notable

(archive footage) · 1961

1951

George O'Brien · 1951

1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Maj. Mac Allshard · 1949

1948

Fort Apache Notable

Capt. Sam Collingwood · 1948

1947

My Wild Irish Rose

'Duke' Muldoon · 1947

1943

Single Voice of the Dead Servi · 1943

1940

Triple Justice Notable

Brad Henderson · 1940

Dan Clark · 1940

Prairie Law Notable

Brill Austin · 1940

1939

The Marshal Of Mesa City Notable

Cliff Mason · 1939

The Fighting Gringo Notable

Wade Barton · 1939

Timber Stampede Notable

Scott Baylor · 1939

1938

Larry Rhodes · 1938

The Renegade Ranger

Captain Jack Steele · 1938

Bob McVey · 1938

1937

Bruce Lane · 1937

Hollywood Cowboy

Jeffery Carson · 1937

Park Avenue Logger Notable

Grant Curran · 1937

1936

Daniel Boone · 1936

The Border Patrolman Notable

Bob Wallace · 1936

O'Malley of the Mounted Notable

Constable O'Malley aka Duke Ki · 1936

1935

Thunder Mountain Notable

Kal Emerson · 1935

Whispering Smith Speaks Notable

Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka Joh · 1935

The Cowboy Millionaire Notable

Bob Walker · 1935

1934

The Dude Ranger

Ernest 'Dude' Selby · 1934

Ever Since Eve Notable

Neil Rogers · 1934

Frontier Marshal Notable

Michael Wyatt · 1934

1933

The Last Trail Notable

Tom Daley · 1933

Life in the Raw Notable

Jim Barry · 1933

Smoke Lightning

Smoke Mason · 1933

1932

Jim Wall · 1932

The Golden West

David Lynch / Motano · 1932

Mystery Ranch Notable

Bob Sanborn · 1932

1931

Riders of the Purple Sage Notable

Jim Lassiter · 1931

Tony Bard aka Woodbury · 1931

Fair Warning Notable

Whistlin' Dan Barry · 1931

1930

The Last of the Duanes

Buck Duane · 1930

Billy West · 1930

The Lone Star Ranger Notable

Buck Duane · 1930

Frequently appears with

Self / Narrator

Marguerite Churchill

Self (archive footage) (u

Leonard Bernstein

Self (archive footage) (u

(archive footage)

(archive footage)

Don 'Red' Barry

(archive footage)

Full filmography

The Only Girl in the Orchestra poster

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch poster

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Cheyenne Autumn poster

Cheyenne Autumn

The 10 from Texas poster

The 10 from Texas

Gold Raiders poster

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon poster

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Fort Apache poster

My Wild Irish Rose poster

My Wild Irish Rose

December 7th poster

Triple Justice poster

Stage to Chino poster

Prairie Law poster

Bullet Code poster

Legion of the Lawless poster

Legion of the Lawless

The Marshal Of Mesa City poster

The Marshal Of Mesa City

The Fighting Gringo poster

The Fighting Gringo

Timber Stampede poster

Timber Stampede

Racketeers of the Range poster

Racketeers of the Range

Trouble in Sundown poster

Trouble in Sundown

Arizona Legion poster

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