George O'Brien

Known for ActingBorn 1899-04-18Died 1985-09-04San Francisco, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Whispering Smith Speaks

Thunder Mountain

Life in the Raw

The Gay Caballero

The Silver Treasure

The Roughneck

The Man Who Came Back

The Painted Lady

The Ne'er-Do-Well

The Ghost Breaker

The 10 from Texas

Timber Stampede

Ever Since Eve

The Rainbow Trail

Fair Warning

Honor Bound

Is Zat So?

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Rustlin' for Cupid

Studio 57

Trouble in Sundown

Park Avenue Logger

Riders of the Purple Sage

Masked Emotions

Shadows of Paris

Woman-Proof

Ebb Tide

White Hands

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Triple Justice

The Marshal Of Mesa City

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

The Dancers

Korea

The Border Patrolman

Fort Apache

East Side, West Side

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Prairie Law

The Fighting Gringo

O'Malley of the Mounted

Cheyenne Autumn

The Cowboy Millionaire

Frontier Marshal

The Last Trail

Mystery Ranch

The Lone Star Ranger

True Heaven