George O'Brien
Actor
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.
Filmography
Fort Apache
as Capt. Sam Collingwood 1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Maj. Mac Allshard 1949
Cheyenne Autumn
as Major Braden 1964
The Iron Horse
as Davy Brandon 1925
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2023
3 Bad Men
as Dan O'Malley 1926
December 7th
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice) 1943
Fig Leaves
as Adam Smith 1926
Noah's Ark
as Travis / Japheth 1928
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone 1936
The Sea Hawk
as Galley Slave (uncredited) 1924
Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley 1931
The Renegade Ranger
as Captain Jack Steele 1938
The Johnstown Flood
as Tom O'Day 1926
The Blue Eagle
as George Darcy 1926
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand 1922