Actor
George O'Brien
127 years · San Francisco, California, USA · 86 films
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.
Best known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · The Man
On Plex
Fort Apache
1948 · Capt. Sam Collingwood
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Maj. Mac Allshard
On YouTube TV
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Major Braden
The Iron Horse
1925 · Davy Brandon
On Kanopy
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Netflix
Filmography 86
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Netflix
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Major Braden
The 10 from Texas
1961 · (archive footage)
Gold Raiders
1951 · George O'Brien
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Maj. Mac Allshard
On YouTube TV
Fort Apache
1948 · Capt. Sam Collingwood
My Wild Irish Rose
1947 · 'Duke' Muldoon
December 7th
1943 · Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Triple Justice
1940 · Brad Henderson
Stage to Chino
1940 · Dan Clark
Prairie Law
1940 · Brill Austin
Bullet Code
1940 · Steve Holden
Legion of the Lawless
1940 · Jeff Toland
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939 · Cliff Mason
The Fighting Gringo
1939 · Wade Barton
Timber Stampede
1939 · Scott Baylor
Racketeers of the Range
1939 · Barney O'Dell
Trouble in Sundown
1939 · Clint Bradford
Arizona Legion
1939 · Boone Yeager
Lawless Valley
1938 · Larry Rhodes
The Renegade Ranger
1938 · Captain Jack Steele
Painted Desert
1938 · Bob McVey
Border G-Man
1938 · Jim Galloway
On Philo