George O'Brien

Acting

April 18, 1899 – September 4, 1985 (died at 86)

San Francisco, California, USA

Male

89 Movies

2 TV Shows

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.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927 7.8

as The Man (Anses)

Age 28 (now 86)

The Iron Horse

1925 6.7

as Davy Brandon

Age 26 (now 86)

Fort Apache

1948 7.0

as Capt. Sam Collingwood

Age 49 (now 86)

3 Bad Men

1926 6.9

as Dan O'Malley

Age 27 (now 86)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949 6.9

as Maj. Mac Allshard

Age 50 (now 86)

Fig Leaves

1926 6.0

as Adam Smith

Age 27 (now 86)

Noah's Ark

1928 6.5

as Travis / Japheth

Age 29 (now 86)

Daniel Boone

1936 4.9

as Daniel Boone

Age 37 (now 86)

The Johnstown Flood

1926 6.9

as Tom O'Day

Age 26 (now 86)

December 7th

1943 5.8

as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

Age 43 (now 86)

The Renegade Ranger

1938 6.0

as Captain Jack Steele

Age 39 (now 86)

Seas Beneath

1931 5.3

as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley

Age 31 (now 86)

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 6.7

as Major Braden

Age 65 (now 86)

The Blue Eagle

1926 5.4

as George Darcy

Age 27 (now 86)

East Side, West Side

1927 7.2

as John Breen

Age 28 (now 86)

Legion of the Lawless

1940 6.2

as Jeff Toland

Age 40 (now 86)

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

2023 6.6

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 124 (now 86)

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976 8.5

as (archive footage)

Age 77 (now 86)

Cheyenne Autumn

1964 6.7

as Major Braden

Age 65 (now 86)

The 10 from Texas

1961 9.0

as (archive footage)

Age 61 (now 86)

Korea

1959 7.0

as Narrator

Age 59 (now 86)

Gold Raiders

1951 6.6

as George O'Brien

Age 52 (now 86)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1949 6.9

as Maj. Mac Allshard

Age 50 (now 86)

Fort Apache

1948 7.0

as Capt. Sam Collingwood

Age 49 (now 86)

My Wild Irish Rose

1947 6.0

as 'Duke' Muldoon

Age 48 (now 86)

December 7th

1943 5.8

as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)

Age 43 (now 86)

Triple Justice

1940 7.5

as Brad Henderson

Age 41 (now 86)

Stage to Chino

1940 5.9

as Dan Clark

Age 41 (now 86)

Prairie Law

1940 7.0

as Brill Austin

Age 41 (now 86)

Bullet Code

1940 5.8

as Steve Holden

Age 40 (now 86)

Legion of the Lawless

1940 6.2

as Jeff Toland

Age 40 (now 86)

The Marshal Of Mesa City

1939 7.5

as Cliff Mason

Age 40 (now 86)

The Fighting Gringo

1939 7.0

as Wade Barton

Age 40 (now 86)

Timber Stampede

1939 9.0

as Scott Baylor

Age 40 (now 86)

Racketeers of the Range

1939 6.7

as Barney O'Dell

Age 40 (now 86)

Trouble in Sundown

1939 8.0

as Clint Bradford

Age 39 (now 86)

Arizona Legion

1939 5.7

as Boone Yeager

Age 39 (now 86)

Lawless Valley

1938 6.5

as Larry Rhodes

Age 39 (now 86)

The Renegade Ranger

1938 6.0

as Captain Jack Steele

Age 39 (now 86)

Painted Desert

1938 6.0

as Bob McVey

Age 39 (now 86)

Border G-Man

1938 5.6

as Jim Galloway

Age 39 (now 86)

Gun Law

1938 6.3

as Tom O'Malley

Age 39 (now 86)

Windjammer

1937 5.7

as Bruce Lane

Age 38 (now 86)

Hollywood Cowboy

1937 5.5

as Jeffery Carson

Age 38 (now 86)

Park Avenue Logger

1937 8.0

as Grant Curran

Age 37 (now 86)

Daniel Boone

1936 4.9

as Daniel Boone

Age 37 (now 86)

The Border Patrolman

1936 7.2

as Bob Wallace

Age 37 (now 86)

O'Malley of the Mounted

1936 7.0

as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard

Age 36 (now 86)

Thunder Mountain

1935 10.0

as Kal Emerson

Age 36 (now 86)

Hard Rock Harrigan

1935 5.0

as Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan

Age 36 (now 86)

Whispering Smith Speaks

1935 10.0

as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith

Age 36 (now 86)

The Cowboy Millionaire

1935 7.0

as Bob Walker

Age 36 (now 86)

When a Man's a Man

1935 5.5

as Larry Knight

Age 35 (now 86)

The Dude Ranger

1934 6.0

as Ernest 'Dude' Selby

Age 35 (now 86)

Ever Since Eve

1934 9.0

as Neil Rogers

Age 34 (now 86)

Frontier Marshal

1934 7.0

as Michael Wyatt

Age 34 (now 86)

The Last Trail

1933 7.0

as Tom Daley

Age 34 (now 86)

Life in the Raw

1933 10.0

as Jim Barry

Age 34 (now 86)

Smoke Lightning

1933 5.3

as Smoke Mason

Age 33 (now 86)

Robbers' Roost

1932 6.0

as Jim Wall

Age 33 (now 86)

The Golden West

1932 5.5

as David Lynch / Motano

Age 33 (now 86)

Mystery Ranch

1932 7.0

as Bob Sanborn

Age 33 (now 86)

The Gay Caballero

1932 10.0

as Ted Radcliffe

Age 32 (now 86)

The Rainbow Trail

1932 9.0

as John Shefford

Age 32 (now 86)

Riders of the Purple Sage

1931 8.0

as Jim Lassiter

Age 32 (now 86)

A Holy Terror

1931 6.8

as Tony Bard aka Woodbury

Age 32 (now 86)

Fair Warning

1931 9.0

as Whistlin' Dan Barry

Age 31 (now 86)

Seas Beneath

1931 5.3

as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley

Age 31 (now 86)

The Last of the Duanes

1930 6.0

as Buck Duane

Age 31 (now 86)

Rough Romance

1930 5.8

as Billy West

Age 31 (now 86)

The Lone Star Ranger

1930 7.0

as Buck Duane

Age 30 (now 86)

Hollywood Studios

1930

Age 30 (now 86)

Salute

1929 6.0

as Cadet John Randall

Age 30 (now 86)

Masked Emotions

1929 8.0

as Bramdlet Dickery

Age 30 (now 86)

True Heaven

1929 7.0

as Lieutenant Philip Gresson

Age 29 (now 86)

Blindfold

1928 7.0

as Robert Kelly

Age 29 (now 86)

Noah's Ark

1928 6.5

as Travis / Japheth

Age 29 (now 86)

Honor Bound

1928 9.0

as John Oglegree

Age 29 (now 86)

Sharp Shooters

1928 7.0

as George

Age 28 (now 86)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927 7.8

as The Man (Anses)

Age 28 (now 86)

East Side, West Side

1927 7.2

as John Breen

Age 28 (now 86)

Paid to Love

1927 6.5

as Crown Prince Michae

Age 28 (now 86)

Is Zat So?

1927 9.0

as Ed 'Chick' Cowan

Age 28 (now 86)

The Blue Eagle

1926 5.4

as George Darcy

Age 27 (now 86)

3 Bad Men

1926 6.9

as Dan O'Malley

Age 27 (now 86)

Fig Leaves

1926 6.0

as Adam Smith

Age 27 (now 86)

The Silver Treasure

1926 10.0

as Nostromo

Age 27 (now 86)

Rustlin' for Cupid

1926 9.0

as Bradley Blatchford

Age 26 (now 86)

The Johnstown Flood

1926 6.9

as Tom O'Day

Age 26 (now 86)

The Fighting Heart

1925 6.0

as Denny Bolton

Age 26 (now 86)

Thank You

1925 4.8

as Kenneth Jamieson

Age 26 (now 86)

The Iron Horse

1925 6.7

as Davy Brandon

Age 26 (now 86)

Havoc

1925 7.0

as Dick Chappel

Age 26 (now 86)

The Dancers

1925 7.5

as Tony

Age 25 (now 86)

The Roughneck

1924 10.0

as Jerry Delaney

Age 25 (now 86)

The Painted Lady

1924 10.0

as Luther Smith

Age 25 (now 86)

The Man Who Came Back

1924 10.0

as Henry Potter

Age 25 (now 86)

The Sea Hawk

1924 6.8

as Galley Slave (uncredited)

Age 25 (now 86)

Shadows of Paris

1924 8.0

as Louis

Age 24 (now 86)

Woman-Proof

1923 8.0

as Bill Burleigh

Age 24 (now 86)

The Ne'er-Do-Well

1923 10.0

as Clifford

Age 24 (now 86)

Ebb Tide

1922 8.0

as Islander (uncredited)

Age 23 (now 86)

The Ghost Breaker

1922 10.0

as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)

Age 23 (now 86)

Moran of the Lady Letty

1922 6.7

as Deck Hand

Age 22 (now 86)

White Hands

1922 8.0

as Sailor

Age 22 (now 86)