George O'Brien
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.
Filmography
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
as Major Braden
The 10 from Texas
1961
as (archive footage)
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Korea
1959
as Narrator
Gold Raiders
1951
as George O'Brien
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Maj. Mac Allshard
Fort Apache
1948
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as 'Duke' Muldoon
December 7th
1943
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Triple Justice
1940
as Brad Henderson
Stage to Chino
1940
as Dan Clark
Prairie Law
1940
as Brill Austin
Bullet Code
1940
as Steve Holden
Legion of the Lawless
1940
as Jeff Toland
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Cliff Mason
The Fighting Gringo
1939
as Wade Barton
Timber Stampede
1939
as Scott Baylor
Racketeers of the Range
1939
as Barney O'Dell
Trouble in Sundown
1939
as Clint Bradford
Arizona Legion
1939
as Boone Yeager
Lawless Valley
1938
as Larry Rhodes
The Renegade Ranger
1938
as Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert
1938
as Bob McVey