George O'Brien
Actor
- Born
- April 18, 1899 · San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- September 4, 1985 (age 86)
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
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
November 4, 1927
Fort Apache
May 21, 1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
October 22, 1949
Cheyenne Autumn
October 15, 1964
The Iron Horse
October 4, 1925
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
November 9, 2023
3 Bad Men
August 28, 1926
December 7th
March 1, 1943
Noah's Ark
November 1, 1928
Fig Leaves
August 22, 1926
Daniel Boone
October 16, 1936
The Sea Hawk
June 14, 1924
Acting89
- 2023The Only Girl in the Orchestra as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
- 1964Cheyenne Autumn as Major Braden
- 1961The 10 from Texas as (archive footage)
- 1959Korea as Narrator
- 1951Gold Raiders as George O'Brien
- 1949She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Maj. Mac Allshard
- 1948Fort Apache as Capt. Sam Collingwood
- 1947My Wild Irish Rose as 'Duke' Muldoon
- 1943