George O'Brien
Acting
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.
As actor 91
This Is Your Life
1952
Studio 57
1954
Fort Apache
1948
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
Noah's Ark
1928
The Iron Horse
1925
True Heaven
1929
Hollywood Studios
1930
Sharp Shooters
1928
3 Bad Men
1926
Korea
1959
A Holy Terror
1931
Gold Raiders
1951
Masked Emotions
1929
The Golden West
1932
Honor Bound
1928
Trouble in Sundown
1939
White Hands
1922
December 7th
1943
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
Salute
1929
The Dude Ranger
1934
Life in the Raw
1933
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
Daniel Boone
1936
Racketeers of the Range
1939
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922
The Johnstown Flood
1926
Triple Justice
1940
The Ghost Breaker
1922
Fair Warning
1931
Paid to Love
1927
Fig Leaves
1926
Border G-Man
1938
Park Avenue Logger
1937
The Last of the Duanes
1930
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
The Painted Lady
1924
Rough Romance
1930
The Border Patrolman
1936
Bullet Code
1940
The Fighting Heart
1925
The Silver Treasure
1926
Thank You
1925
The Dancers
1925
Havoc
1925
Ebb Tide
1922
Legion of the Lawless
1940
Seas Beneath
1931
Woman-Proof
1923
Blindfold
1928
Stage to Chino
1940
The Renegade Ranger
1938
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
The Roughneck
1924
The 10 from Texas
1961
Robbers' Roost
1932
The Gay Caballero
1932
Lawless Valley
1938
Thunder Mountain
1935
East Side, West Side
1927
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
The Sea Hawk
1924
Frontier Marshal
1934
Smoke Lightning
1933
Timber Stampede
1939
Prairie Law
1940
The Blue Eagle
1926
Is Zat So?
1927
Mystery Ranch
1932
The Last Trail
1933
When a Man's a Man
1935
Windjammer
1937
Ever Since Eve
1934
The Man Who Came Back
1924
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
The Fighting Gringo
1939
Painted Desert
1938
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926
Shadows of Paris
1924
The Rainbow Trail
1932
Arizona Legion
1939
Gun Law
1938