George O'Brien
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(87 total)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Man (Anses)
Fort Apache
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Maj. Mac Allshard
Cheyenne Autumn
as Major Braden
The Iron Horse
as Davy Brandon
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
3 Bad Men
as Dan O'Malley
December 7th
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Fig Leaves
as Adam Smith
Noah's Ark
as Travis / Japheth
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
The Sea Hawk
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
The Renegade Ranger
as Captain Jack Steele
Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
The Johnstown Flood
as Tom O'Day
The Blue Eagle
as George Darcy
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand
My Wild Irish Rose
as 'Duke' Muldoon
East Side, West Side
as John Breen
Bullet Code
as Steve Holden
