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.

Known For

This Is Your Life

Studio 57

Fort Apache

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Cheyenne Autumn

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Noah's Ark

The Iron Horse

All Movies (89)

• The Only Girl in the Orchestra2023 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch1976 · as (archive footage)
• Cheyenne Autumn1964 · as Major Braden
• The 10 from Texas1961 · as (archive footage)
• Korea1959 · as Narrator
• Gold Raiders1951 · as George O'Brien
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon1949 · as Maj. Mac Allshard
• Fort Apache1948 · as Capt. Sam Collingwood
• My Wild Irish Rose1947 · as 'Duke' Muldoon
• December 7th1943 · as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
• Triple Justice1940 · as Brad Henderson
• Stage to Chino1940 · as Dan Clark
• Prairie Law1940 · as Brill Austin
• Bullet Code1940 · as Steve Holden
• Legion of the Lawless1940 · as Jeff Toland
• The Marshal Of Mesa City1939 · as Cliff Mason
• The Fighting Gringo1939 · as Wade Barton
• Timber Stampede1939 · as Scott Baylor
• Racketeers of the Range1939 · as Barney O'Dell
• Trouble in Sundown1939 · as Clint Bradford
• Arizona Legion1939 · as Boone Yeager
• Lawless Valley1938 · as Larry Rhodes
• The Renegade Ranger1938 · as Captain Jack Steele
• Painted Desert1938 · as Bob McVey
• Border G-Man1938 · as Jim Galloway
• Gun Law1938 · as Tom O'Malley
• Windjammer1937 · as Bruce Lane
• Hollywood Cowboy1937 · as Jeffery Carson
• Park Avenue Logger1937 · as Grant Curran
• Daniel Boone1936 · as Daniel Boone
• The Border Patrolman1936 · as Bob Wallace
• O'Malley of the Mounted1936 · as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
• Thunder Mountain1935 · as Kal Emerson
• Hard Rock Harrigan1935 · as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
• Whispering Smith Speaks1935 · as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
• The Cowboy Millionaire1935 · as Bob Walker
• When a Man's a Man1935 · as Larry Knight
• The Dude Ranger1934 · as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
• Ever Since Eve1934 · as Neil Rogers
• Frontier Marshal1934 · as Michael Wyatt
• The Last Trail1933 · as Tom Daley
• Life in the Raw1933 · as Jim Barry
• Smoke Lightning1933 · as Smoke Mason
• Robbers' Roost1932 · as Jim Wall
• The Golden West1932 · as David Lynch / Motano
• Mystery Ranch1932 · as Bob Sanborn
• The Gay Caballero1932 · as Ted Radcliffe
• The Rainbow Trail1932 · as John Shefford
• Riders of the Purple Sage1931 · as Jim Lassiter
• A Holy Terror1931 · as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
• Fair Warning1931 · as Whistlin' Dan Barry
• Seas Beneath1931 · as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
• The Last of the Duanes1930 · as Buck Duane
• Rough Romance1930 · as Billy West
• The Lone Star Ranger1930 · as Buck Duane
• Hollywood Studios1930
• Salute1929 · as Cadet John Randall
• Masked Emotions1929 · as Bramdlet Dickery
• True Heaven1929 · as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
• Blindfold1928 · as Robert Kelly
• Noah's Ark1928 · as Travis / Japheth
• Honor Bound1928 · as John Oglegree
• Sharp Shooters1928 · as George
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans1927 · as The Man (Anses)
• East Side, West Side1927 · as John Breen
• Paid to Love1927 · as Crown Prince Michae
• Is Zat So?1927 · as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
• The Blue Eagle1926 · as George Darcy
• 3 Bad Men1926 · as Dan O'Malley
• Fig Leaves1926 · as Adam Smith
• The Silver Treasure1926 · as Nostromo
• Rustlin' for Cupid1926 · as Bradley Blatchford
• The Johnstown Flood1926 · as Tom O'Day
• The Fighting Heart1925 · as Denny Bolton
• Thank You1925 · as Kenneth Jamieson
• The Iron Horse1925 · as Davy Brandon
• Havoc1925 · as Dick Chappel
• The Dancers1925 · as Tony
• The Roughneck1924 · as Jerry Delaney
• The Painted Lady1924 · as Luther Smith
• The Man Who Came Back1924 · as Henry Potter
• The Sea Hawk1924 · as Galley Slave (uncredited)
• Shadows of Paris1924 · as Louis
• Woman-Proof1923 · as Bill Burleigh
• The Ne'er-Do-Well1923 · as Clifford
• Ebb Tide1922 · as Islander (uncredited)
• The Ghost Breaker1922 · as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
• Moran of the Lady Letty1922 · as Deck Hand
• White Hands1922 · as Sailor

All TV Shows (2)

• Studio 571954
• This Is Your Life1952 · as Self