George O'Brien
Acting
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.
Born: April 18, 1899
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
as Major Braden
as (archive footage)
as Self
as George O'Brien
as Maj. Mac Allshard
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
as 'Duke' Muldoon
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
as Brad Henderson
as Dan Clark
as Brill Austin
as Steve Holden
as Jeff Toland
as Cliff Mason
as Wade Barton
as Scott Baylor
as Barney O'Dell
as Clint Bradford
as Boone Yeager
as Larry Rhodes
as Captain Jack Steele
as Bob McVey
as Jim Galloway
as Tom O'Malley
as Bruce Lane
as Jeffery Carson
as Grant Curran
as Daniel Boone
as Bob Wallace
as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
as Kal Emerson
as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
as Bob Walker
as Larry Knight
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
as Neil Rogers
as Michael Wyatt
as Tom Daley
as Jim Barry
as Smoke Mason
as Jim Wall
as David Lynch / Motano
as Bob Sanborn
as Ted Radcliffe
as John Shefford
as Jim Lassiter
as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
as Whistlin' Dan Barry
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
as Buck Duane
as Billy West
as Buck Duane
as Cadet John Randall
as Bramdlet Dickery
as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
as Robert Kelly
as Travis / Japheth
as John Oglegree
as George
as The Man (Anses)
as John Breen
as Crown Prince Michae
as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
as George Darcy
as Dan O'Malley
as Adam Smith
as Nostromo
as Bradley Blatchford
as Tom O'Day
as Denny Bolton
as Kenneth Jamieson
as Davy Brandon
as Dick Chappel
as Tony
as Jerry Delaney
as Luther Smith
as Henry Potter
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
as Louis
as Bill Burleigh
as Clifford
as Islander (uncredited)
as One of the Ghosts (uncredited)
as Deck Hand