Personal Info
Birthday
April 18, 1899
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
Acting
George O'Brien
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.
Acting Filmography (88)
6.6
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Movie2023
8.5
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Movie1976
6.7
Cheyenne Autumn
Movie1964
9.0
The 10 from Texas
Movie1961
No Backdrop
7.5
Studio 57
TV Series1954
6.5
This Is Your Life
TV Series1952
6.6
Gold Raiders
Movie1951
6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie1949
7.0
Fort Apache
Movie1948
6.0
My Wild Irish Rose
Movie1947
5.8
December 7th
Movie1943
7.5
Triple Justice
Movie1940
No Backdrop
5.9
Stage to Chino
Movie1940
7.0
Prairie Law
Movie1940
5.8
Bullet Code
Movie1940
6.2
Legion of the Lawless
Movie1940
7.5
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Movie1939
7.0
The Fighting Gringo
Movie1939
9.0
Timber Stampede
Movie1939
6.7
Racketeers of the Range
Movie1939
8.0
Trouble in Sundown
Movie1939
5.5
Arizona Legion
Movie1939
6.5
Lawless Valley
Movie1938
6.0
The Renegade Ranger
Movie1938
No Backdrop
6.0
Painted Desert
Movie1938
5.6
Border G-Man
Movie1938
6.3
Gun Law
Movie1938
5.7
Windjammer
Movie1937
5.5
Hollywood Cowboy
Movie1937
8.0
Park Avenue Logger
Movie1937
4.9
Daniel Boone
Movie1936
7.2
The Border Patrolman
Movie1936
No Backdrop
7.0
O'Malley of the Mounted
Movie1936
10.0
Thunder Mountain
Movie1935
No Backdrop
10.0
Whispering Smith Speaks
Movie1935
7.0
The Cowboy Millionaire
Movie1935
5.5
When a Man's a Man
Movie1935
6.0
The Dude Ranger
Movie1934
9.0
Ever Since Eve
Movie1934
7.0
Frontier Marshal
Movie1934
7.0
The Last Trail
Movie1933
10.0
Life in the Raw
Movie1933
5.3
Smoke Lightning
Movie1933
6.0
Robbers' Roost
Movie1932
5.5
The Golden West
Movie1932
7.0
Mystery Ranch
Movie1932
10.0
The Gay Caballero
Movie1932
9.0
The Rainbow Trail
Movie1932
8.0
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie1931
6.8
A Holy Terror
Movie1931
9.0
Fair Warning
Movie1931
5.3
Seas Beneath
Movie1931
6.0
The Last of the Duanes
Movie1930
5.8
Rough Romance
Movie1930
7.0
The Lone Star Ranger
Movie1930
0.0
Hollywood Studios
Movie1930
6.0
Salute
Movie1929
8.0
Masked Emotions
Movie1929
7.0
True Heaven
Movie1929
7.0
Blindfold
Movie1928
6.5
Noah's Ark
Movie1928
9.0
Honor Bound
Movie1928
7.0
Sharp Shooters
Movie1928
7.8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Movie1927
7.2
East Side, West Side
Movie1927
6.5
Paid to Love
Movie1927
9.0
Is Zat So?
Movie1927
5.4
The Blue Eagle
Movie1926
6.9
3 Bad Men
Movie1926
6.0
Fig Leaves
Movie1926
10.0
The Silver Treasure
Movie1926
9.0
Rustlin' for Cupid
Movie1926
7.0
The Johnstown Flood
Movie1926
6.0
The Fighting Heart
Movie1925
4.8
Thank You
Movie1925
6.7
The Iron Horse
Movie1925
7.0
Havoc
Movie1925
7.5
The Dancers
Movie1925
10.0
The Roughneck
Movie1924
No Backdrop
10.0
The Painted Lady
Movie1924
10.0
The Man Who Came Back
Movie1924
6.8
The Sea Hawk
Movie1924
8.0
Shadows of Paris
Movie1924
8.0
Woman-Proof
Movie1923
10.0
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Movie1923
8.0
Ebb Tide
Movie1922
10.0
The Ghost Breaker
Movie1922
6.7
Moran of the Lady Letty
Movie1922