Acting credits
89
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
George O'Brien
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 86Series: 3
TMDB ID: 9087
IMDb ID: nm0639563
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1899
Died: September 4, 1985
Age: 86
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1922 - 2023
Years active: 102
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q1009495
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with George O'Brien.
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 Movie
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
1976 Movie
Cheyenne Autumn
as Major Braden
1964 Movie
The 10 from Texas
as (archive footage)
1961 Movie
Gold Raiders
as George O'Brien
1951 Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Maj. Mac Allshard
1949 Movie
Fort Apache
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
1948 Movie
My Wild Irish Rose
as 'Duke' Muldoon
1947 Movie
December 7th
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
1943 Movie
Triple Justice
as Brad Henderson
1940 Movie
Stage to Chino
as Dan Clark
1940 Movie
Prairie Law
as Brill Austin
1940 Movie
Bullet Code
as Steve Holden
1940 Movie
Legion of the Lawless
as Jeff Toland
1940 Movie
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Cliff Mason
1939 Movie
The Fighting Gringo
as Wade Barton
1939 Movie
Timber Stampede
as Scott Baylor
1939 Movie
Racketeers of the Range
as Barney O'Dell
1939 Movie
Trouble in Sundown
as Clint Bradford
1939 Movie
Arizona Legion
as Boone Yeager
1939 Movie
Lawless Valley
as Larry Rhodes
1938 Movie
The Renegade Ranger
as Captain Jack Steele
1938 Movie
Painted Desert
as Bob McVey
1938 Movie
Border G-Man
as Jim Galloway
1938 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with George O'Brien.
Hollywood
as Self (archive footage, uncredited) • 1 eps
1980 Series
Studio 57
1 eps
1954 Series
This Is Your Life
as Self • 1 eps
1952 Series