
Eugene O'Brien
Known for ActingBorn 1880-11-14Died 1966-04-29Boulder, Colorado, USA
From Wikipedia Eugene O'Brien (Birthname: Louis O'Brien b. November 14, 1880 in Boulder, Colorado – d. April 29, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) was a silent film star and stage actor. He studied medicine at the University of Colorado at Boulder but was keener on the stage than becoming a doctor. O'Brien switched to civil engineering under his family's guidance, but his heart was still set on becoming an actor. He moved to New York City and was "discovered" by theatrical impresario Charles Frohman who signed O'Brien to a three-year contract and put him in The Builder of Bridges, which opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre on October 26, 1909. O'Brien made his name playing opposite Ethel Barrymore, in a revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play Trelawny of the 'Wells', which opened at the Empire Theatre on New Year's Day, 1911. O'Brien's first film, Essanay Film's The Lieutenant Governor, in which he had the starring role, played in Boulder's Curran Theatre in February 1915, giving his family its first opportunity to see him act.[3][4] World Film Corp. chief executive Lewis J. Selznick made O'Brien a screen star, putting him in an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone. Subsequently he was leading man opposite some of the leading female stars of the day, including Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge and Gloria Swanson and became a silent screen matinée idol. He retired from acting when the talkies came in, making his last film, Faithless Lover, in 1928 at 47 years old. For his work on movies, he received a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Read more
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The Faithless Lover
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The Faithless Lover
1928 · Movie
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Flames
1926 · Movie
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The Voice from the Minaret
1923 · Movie
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Channing of the Northwest
1922 · Movie
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The Prophet's Paradise
1922 · Movie
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Clay Dollars
1921 · Movie
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The Last Door
1921 · Movie
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Fires of Faith
1919 · Movie
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The Chaperon
1916 · Movie
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The Flag
2016 · Movie
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Siege
1925 · Movie
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Graustark
1925 · Movie
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Is Life Worth Living?
1921 · Movie
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A Fool and His Money
1920 · Movie
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The Figurehead
1920 · Movie
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Come Out of the Kitchen
1919 · Movie
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By Right of Purchase
1918 · Movie
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The Romantic Age
1927 · Movie
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Fine Manners
1926 · Movie
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Souls for Sables
1925 · Movie
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Dangerous Innocence
1925 · Movie
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The Only Woman
1924 · Movie
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His Wife's Money
1920 · Movie
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Sealed Hearts
1919 · Movie
The Spirit That Wins
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The Spirit That Wins
1918 · Movie
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Movie
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John Smith
1922 · Movie
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Worlds Apart
1921 · Movie
Broadway and Home
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Broadway and Home
1920 · Movie
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The Safety Curtain
1918 · Movie
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The Food Guide to Love
2013 · Movie
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Secrets
1924 · Movie
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917 · Movie
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The Wonderful Chance
1920 · Movie
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Poor Little Peppina
1916 · Movie
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Little Miss Hoover
1918 · Movie
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The Moth
1917 · Movie

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Gilded Lies
1921 · Movie

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The Broken Melody
1919 · Movie

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The Perfect Lover
1919 · Movie

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Under the Greenwood Tree
1918 · Movie

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A Romance of the Underworld
1918 · Movie

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The Ghosts of Yesterday
1918 · Movie

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Her Only Way
1918 · Movie

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De Luxe Annie
1918 · Movie

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Poppy
1917 · Movie

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The Return of Eve
1916 · Movie

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The Rise of Susan
1916 · Movie