George O'Brien

George O'Brien

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.

The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
(archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Major Braden
The 10 from Texas
1961
(archive footage)
Gold Raiders
1951
George O'Brien
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Maj. Mac Allshard
Fort Apache
1948
Capt. Sam Collingwood
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
'Duke' Muldoon
December 7th
1943
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Bullet Code
1940
Steve Holden
Triple Justice
1940
Brad Henderson
Legion of the Lawless
1940
Jeff Toland
Stage to Chino
1940
Dan Clark
Prairie Law
1940
Brill Austin
Arizona Legion
1939
Boone Yeager
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
Cliff Mason
Timber Stampede
1939
Scott Baylor
Trouble in Sundown
1939
Clint Bradford
Racketeers of the Range
1939
Barney O'Dell
The Fighting Gringo
1939
Wade Barton
The Renegade Ranger
1938
Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert
1938
Bob McVey
Border G-Man
1938
Jim Galloway
Lawless Valley
1938
Larry Rhodes
Gun Law
1938
Tom O'Malley
Hollywood Cowboy
1937
Jeffery Carson
Park Avenue Logger
1937
Grant Curran
Windjammer
1937
Bruce Lane
Daniel Boone
1936
Daniel Boone
The Border Patrolman
1936
Bob Wallace
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935
Bob Walker
When a Man's a Man
1935
Larry Knight
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
Thunder Mountain
1935
Kal Emerson
The Dude Ranger
1934
Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Ever Since Eve
1934
Neil Rogers
Frontier Marshal
1934
Michael Wyatt
Life in the Raw
1933
Jim Barry
The Last Trail
1933
Tom Daley
Smoke Lightning
1933
Smoke Mason
The Gay Caballero
1932
Ted Radcliffe
Mystery Ranch
1932
Bob Sanborn
The Golden West
1932
David Lynch / Motano
Robbers' Roost
1932
Jim Wall
The Rainbow Trail
1932
John Shefford
A Holy Terror
1931
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Seas Beneath
1931
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
Jim Lassiter
Fair Warning
1931
Whistlin' Dan Barry
Rough Romance
1930
Billy West
The Last of the Duanes
1930
Buck Duane
The Lone Star Ranger
1930
Buck Duane
Salute
1929
Cadet John Randall
True Heaven
1929
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Masked Emotions
1929
Bramdlet Dickery
Noah's Ark
1928
Travis / Japheth
Sharp Shooters
1928
George
Blindfold
1928
Robert Kelly
Honor Bound
1928
John Oglegree
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
The Man (Anses)
Is Zat So?
1927
Ed 'Chick' Cowan
Paid to Love
1927
Crown Prince Michae
East Side, West Side
1927
John Breen
3 Bad Men
1926
Dan O'Malley
Fig Leaves
1926
Adam Smith
The Blue Eagle
1926
George Darcy
The Johnstown Flood
1926
Tom O'Day
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926
Bradley Blatchford
The Silver Treasure
1926
Nostromo
The Iron Horse
1925
Davy Brandon
Havoc
1925
Dick Chappel
The Fighting Heart
1925
Denny Bolton
Thank You
1925
Kenneth Jamieson
The Dancers
1925
Tony
The Sea Hawk
1924
Galley Slave (uncredited)
Shadows of Paris
1924
Louis
The Roughneck
1924
Jerry Delaney
The Man Who Came Back
1924
Henry Potter
The Painted Lady
1924
Luther Smith
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923
Clifford
Woman-Proof
1923
Bill Burleigh
Ebb Tide
1922
Islander
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922
Deck Hand
The Ghost Breaker
1922
One of the Ghosts (uncredited)