George O'Brien

★ Acting #11,706

1899 - 1985 (age 86) • Acting

Born: 4/18/1899 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 9/4/1985 (age 86)

Known for: Acting

George O'Brien

★ Acting #11,706

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).

Known For

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

78%

The Man (Anses)

1927

Fort Apache

70%

Capt. Sam Collingwood

1948

The Iron Horse

68%

Davy Brandon

1925

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

65%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

3 Bad Men

69%

Dan O'Malley

1926

December 7th

58%

Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

1943

Fig Leaves

59%

Adam Smith

1926

Noah's Ark

64%

Travis / Japheth

1928

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

65%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

85%

(archive footage)

1976

Cheyenne Autumn

67%

Major Braden

1964

The 10 from Texas

90%

(archive footage)

1961

Korea

70%

Narrator

1959

Studio 57

75%

Unknown

1954

This Is Your Life

65%

Self

1952

Gold Raiders

66%

George O'Brien

1951

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

69%

Maj. Mac Allshard

1949

Fort Apache

70%

Capt. Sam Collingwood

1948

My Wild Irish Rose

60%

'Duke' Muldoon

1947

December 7th

58%

Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

1943

Triple Justice

75%

Brad Henderson

1940

Stage to Chino

59%

Dan Clark

1940

Prairie Law

70%

Brill Austin

1940

Bullet Code

58%

Steve Holden

1940

Legion of the Lawless

62%

Jeff Toland

1940

The Marshal Of Mesa City

75%

Cliff Mason

1939

The Fighting Gringo

70%

Wade Barton

1939

Timber Stampede

90%

Scott Baylor

1939

Racketeers of the Range

67%

Barney O'Dell

1939

Trouble in Sundown

80%

Clint Bradford

1939

Arizona Legion

55%

Boone Yeager

1939

Lawless Valley

65%

Larry Rhodes

1938

The Renegade Ranger

60%

Captain Jack Steele

1938

Painted Desert

60%

Bob McVey

1938

Border G-Man

56%

Jim Galloway

1938

Gun Law

63%

Tom O'Malley

1938