Eugene O'Brien
Date of birth: 1880-11-14
Place of birth: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Louis O'Brien
Biography
From Wikipedia Eugene O'Brien (Birthname: Louis O'Brien b. November 14, 1880 in Boulder, Colorado – d. April 29, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) was a silent film star and stage actor. He studied medicine at the University of Colorado at Boulder but was keener on the stage than becoming a doctor. O'Brien switched to civil engineering under his family's guidance, but his heart was still set on becoming an actor. He moved to New York City and was "discovered" by theatrical impresario Charles Frohman who signed O'Brien to a three-year contract and put him in The Builder of Bridges, which opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre on October 26, 1909. O'Brien made his name playing opposite Ethel Barrymore, in a revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play Trelawny of the 'Wells', which opened at the Empire Theatre on New Year's Day, 1911. O'Brien's first film, Essanay Film's The Lieutenant Governor, in which he had the starring role, played in Boulder's Curran Theatre in February 1915, giving his family its first opportunity to see him act.[3][4] World Film Corp. chief executive Lewis J. Selznick made O'Brien a screen star, putting him in an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone. Subsequently he was leading man opposite some of the leading female stars of the day, including Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge and Gloria Swanson and became a silent screen matinée idol. He retired from acting when the talkies came in, making his last film, Faithless Lover, in 1928 at 47 years old. For his work on movies, he received a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Movie Credits
Flames
1926-09-15
Railroad builder James Travers (George Nichols) wants his pretty daughter, Anne (Virginia Valli), to
John Smith
1922-06-01
Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work,
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and h
The Return of Eve
1916-10-16
Believing that over-civilization was destroying the race, Eli Tapper, an eccentric millionaire, took
The Chaperon
1916-11-20
Jim Ogden, secretly engaged to Madge Hemmingway, wealthy heiress, becomes sensitive over his lack of
Secrets
1924-03-24
An old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England whe
Poor Little Peppina
1916-03-02
Holding a grudge against Robert Torrens and his wife, who live in Italy, a member of the Mafia kidna
Under the Greenwood Tree
1918-12-08
Acting on her love of nature and loathing of titled fortune hunters, heiress Mary Hamilton leaves ho
The Spirit That Wins
1918-10-01
Elsie gets a letter from her soldier boyfriend that convinces her to sign up as a Red Cross nurse.
Sealed Hearts
1919-11-16
Frank Prentiss, a multi-millionaire who hates and distrusts women, convinces his adopted son, Jack,
Fine Manners
1926-08-29
The film depicts what happens when a rich boy accidentally meets a crude girl on New Year's Eve.
A Romance of the Underworld
1918-06-30
Convent raised Doris Elliott moves to New York to live with her brother Richard not knowing that he
The Wonderful Chance
1920-09-27
Upon leaving prison, an ex con vows to go straight, but circumstances force him to return to crime.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917-09-22
Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother se
The Safety Curtain
1918-07-10
Puck is a music hall dancer, married to an abusive husband. One night the music hall catches fire. P
The Romantic Age
1927-06-05
Engaged to middle-aged Eugene O'Brien, Alberta Vaughn develops a yen for O'Brien's handsome younger
Souls for Sables
1925-01-01
A lonely wife becomes obsessed with furs and keeps bad company in an effort to obtain more.
The Rise of Susan
1916-12-18
Susan takes the place of model and shows the clothes so well that she is asked to impersonate a Coun
Clay Dollars
1921-10-19
Bruce Edwards returns to his hometown to take possession of his late father's estate, but Sam Willet
Siege
1925-09-27
A stern old woman, who owns the largest factory in a small town and has ruled both the factory and t
Dangerous Innocence
1925-04-12
Ann, a 19-year-old girl who looks much younger, meets a dashing army major on a boat sailing from Li
Poppy
1917-05-04
A 1917 film directed by Edward José
The Ghosts of Yesterday
1918-01-19
After his wife/model has died of starvation with her portrait unfinished, an impoverished artist mee
Her Only Way
1918-08-18
The Westbrook family has been ruined financially, and when the daughter Lucille comes home from boar
By Right of Purchase
1918-02-01
A 1918 film directed by Charles Miller.
The Moth
1917-10-01
Spoiled young heiress Lucy Gillam knows only a life filled with parties and flirtations until she fa
De Luxe Annie
1918-05-19
A 1918 film directed by Roland West.
The Voice from the Minaret
1923-01-28
Lord Carlyle governs a province in India. Although he weds the beautiful Adrienne, he can't make her
The Only Woman
1924-10-25
A 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.
Channing of the Northwest
1922-04-10
A foppish Londoner joins the Royal Canadian Mounties and tries to break a smuggling ring.
The Broken Melody
1919-12-01
Stewart, an art student in the "bohemian" Greenwich Village in New York City, lives next door to his
The Last Door
1921-05-10
At a reception given at the Rogers mansion in his honor, Somerset Carroll surprises the guests by sa
The Scarlet Woman
1916-05-29
Bank official Hanlin Davis is ruined in the stock market. Desperate, he fails to rob the bank but ki
Graustark
1925-08-30
An American falls for the princess of the Kingdom of Graustark, and decides to her marriage to a das
The Moonstone
1915-06-21
Pursued by three Indian priests after stealing “The Moonstone” a valuable diamond from the eye of an
Little Miss Hoover
1918-12-29
Little Miss Hoover is a 1918 American silent romantic drama film directed by John S. Robertson and s
Fires of Faith
1919-08-03
The story of the Salvation Army, told through the tale of two men and two women who serve in the Fir
Just Out of College
1915-08-01
Edward Swinger contrives to win the hand of the lovely Caroline Pickering by selling her father his
The Perfect Lover
1919-09-20
Brian Lazar returns to his shabby dwelling after pawning a valuable ring. A woman, accompanied by a
Gilded Lies
1921-03-04
When Keene McComb, a young explorer on an expedition to the North Pole, is given up for lost, his fi
His Wife's Money
1920-02-01
After a whirlwind romance Marion Phillips and Richard Flint marry impulsively without Richard realiz
Worlds Apart
1921-01-01
Having been rejected by Phyllis Leigh in favor of wealthier suitor Peter Lester, Hugh prevents Elino
A Fool and His Money
1920-03-29
American author John B. Smart, searching for solitude and an atmosphere for a new story, purchases a
Is Life Worth Living?
1921-09-01
Come Out of the Kitchen
1919-05-11
Olivia Dangerfield and her brother are hired as servants in the household of the meticulous Mrs. Fal
Broadway and Home
1920-12-10
Weary of life in the small New England fishing village of Rest Haven, Michael Strange accepts the of