Actor
George O'Brien
Born 1899 · San Francisco, California, USA
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
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Man (Anses) · 1927
Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood · 1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Maj. Mac Allshard · 1949
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden · 1964
The Iron Horse
Davy Brandon · 1925
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2023
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley · 1926
The Ghost Breaker
One of the Ghosts (uncredited) · 1922
The Painted Lady
Luther Smith · 1924
Whispering Smith Speaks
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith · 1935
The Silver Treasure
Nostromo · 1926
The Man Who Came Back
Henry Potter · 1924
The Roughneck
Jerry Delaney · 1924
The Gay Caballero
Ted Radcliffe · 1932
Thunder Mountain
Kal Emerson · 1935
Life in the Raw
Jim Barry · 1933
The Ne'er-Do-Well
Clifford · 1923
The Sea Hawk
Galley Slave (uncredited) · 1924
Noah's Ark
Travis / Japheth · 1928
Honor Bound
John Oglegree · 1928
The Rainbow Trail
John Shefford · 1932
Fair Warning
Whistlin' Dan Barry · 1931
The 10 from Texas
(archive footage) · 1961
Is Zat So?
Ed 'Chick' Cowan · 1927