Acting credits
88
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
George O'Brien
Acting
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Movies: 86Series: 2
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: 6.7
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with George O'Brien.
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023 • Movie
as (archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 • Movie
as Major Braden
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 • Movie
as (archive footage)
The 10 from Texas
1961 • Movie
as George O'Brien
Gold Raiders
1951 • Movie
as Maj. Mac Allshard
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 • Movie
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
Fort Apache
1948 • Movie
as 'Duke' Muldoon
My Wild Irish Rose
1947 • Movie
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
December 7th
1943 • Movie
as Brad Henderson
Triple Justice
1940 • Movie
as Dan Clark
Stage to Chino
1940 • Movie
as Brill Austin
Prairie Law
1940 • Movie
as Steve Holden
Bullet Code
1940 • Movie
as Jeff Toland
Legion of the Lawless
1940 • Movie
as Cliff Mason
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939 • Movie
as Wade Barton
The Fighting Gringo
1939 • Movie
as Scott Baylor
Timber Stampede
1939 • Movie
as Barney O'Dell
Racketeers of the Range
1939 • Movie
as Clint Bradford
Trouble in Sundown
1939 • Movie
as Boone Yeager
Arizona Legion
1939 • Movie
as Larry Rhodes
Lawless Valley
1938 • Movie
as Captain Jack Steele
The Renegade Ranger
1938 • Movie
as Bob McVey
Painted Desert
1938 • Movie
as Jim Galloway
Border G-Man
1938 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with George O'Brien.
