George O'Brien
Date of birth: 1899-04-18
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known for: Acting
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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.
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927-11-04
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince hi
3 Bad Men
1926-08-28
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
Is Zat So?
1927-05-15
A rich man hires a pair of brothers, one to teach him to box and the other to manage him. Meanwhile,
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949-10-22
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massi
Cheyenne Autumn
1964-10-15
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
Ebb Tide
1922-11-19
An old skipper, Captain Davis, has as his companions two derelicts -- one, Huish, is a Cockney, and
Fort Apache
1948-05-21
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military hon
The Gay Caballero
1932-02-14
Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle
The Dude Ranger
1934-09-21
An Easterner Inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been stolen. He
The Iron Horse
1925-10-04
Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to su
December 7th
1943-03-01
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering
Daniel Boone
1936-10-16
In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.
Noah's Ark
1928-11-01
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World
A Holy Terror
1931-07-19
Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may
Paid to Love
1927-07-23
An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up th
Salute
1929-09-01
A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
The Cowboy Millionaire
1935-04-25
Englishwoman falls for dude ranch cowboy but goes back to England when she thinks he's only pretendi
The Renegade Ranger
1938-09-16
Two Texas Rangers have their worlds rocked by a wrongfully accused female bandit.
Seas Beneath
1931-01-30
In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarin
Fig Leaves
1926-08-22
Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally me
The Blue Eagle
1926-09-12
Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their
When a Man's a Man
1935-02-15
A landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying, Cambert
East Side, West Side
1927-10-09
Director Allan Dwan’s excellent use of New York locations enlivens a rags-to-riches tale that fully
Korea
1959-01-01
An orientation film for American soldiers traveling to Korea in the years after the war.
The Border Patrolman
1936-06-20
When a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents hire hi
Bullet Code
1940-04-12
Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the
Gold Raiders
1951-09-09
The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976-05-01
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
Hollywood Cowboy
1937-05-28
Just after Kramer goes to Wyoming to start his protection racket, cowboy actor Jeff Carson finishes
Park Avenue Logger
1937-03-16
Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his
Windjammer
1937-08-06
The fourth and last of the George A. Hirliman-produced films starring George O'Brien (preceded by "D
Mystery Ranch
1932-06-07
Megalomaniacal rancher is a law unto himself, until a Ranger is called-upon to bring him to justice.
Rough Romance
1930-06-15
Love and logging in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.
True Heaven
1929-02-17
Phillip Gresson is in the employ of the British secret service, while heroine Judith is a spy for th
The Johnstown Flood
1926-02-28
A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Sharp Shooters
1928-01-15
A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his shi
My Wild Irish Rose
1947-12-24
Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.
The Sea Hawk
1924-06-14
The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Mo
The Last of the Duanes
1930-08-31
Buck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law. He fi
Moran of the Lady Letty
1922-02-05
Wealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a none-to
The Golden West
1932-10-29
Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David k
Masked Emotions
1929-06-22
Set on the Maine coast, a young sloop skipper Bramdlet Dickery discovers a plot to smuggle alien Chi
Life in the Raw
1933-07-07
Adventure ensues as Judy Halloway arrives in Arizona to visit her brother, Tom.
Triple Justice
1940-09-22
Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill
Arizona Legion
1939-01-20
A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town.
Ever Since Eve
1934-03-25
Neil Rogers, a young man who owns a substantial share of a Western gold mine, comes East and falls i
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939-11-03
A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
Painted Desert
1938-08-12
A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine.
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936-03-27
O'Malley pretends to be an outlaw in order to join a gang terrorizing towns along the American borde
Border G-Man
1938-06-24
A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horse
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935-05-15
O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself.
Timber Stampede
1939-06-29
Cattlemen fight corrupt railroad men out to destroy the forest.
Thunder Mountain
1935-09-27
Gold mining cowboy western romantic melodrama (based on the story by Zane Grey) about a pair of cowb
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931-10-22
Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassite
Legion of the Lawless
1940-01-05
Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way
Hard Rock Harrigan
1935-07-01
The plot revolves around a rivalry between sand-hog "Hard Rock" Harrigan (O'Brien) and his foreman B
Lawless Valley
1938-11-03
After doing time for a crime he didn't commit, a cowboy tries to find the men who framed him.
Trouble in Sundown
1939-03-23
The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John a
Frontier Marshal
1934-01-19
Thinly veiled reworking of the Wyatt Earp story with the renamed Michael Wyatt rolling into Tombston
Havoc
1925-09-27
A war drama produced only 7 years after the end of World War I. Based on the play by Henry Wallace i
Shadows of Paris
1924-02-18
A young woman rises from an apache dancer to become a wealthy woman in post-WW1 Paris.
Rustlin' for Cupid
1926-04-11
Bradley Blatchford, returning to his father's ranch from college, meets Sybil Hamilton, who is comin
The Silver Treasure
1926-06-13
Nostromo is the foreman of longshoremen in a South American Republic, and they are to load the cargo
Blindfold
1928-12-09
Blindfold is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Charles Klein and written by
The Ghost Breaker
1922-09-10
A young man and his manservant, escaping from a backwoods family feud, are persuaded by a beautiful
The Fighting Heart
1925-10-18
This film is the story of a small-town boy and girl. The hero, Denny Bolton, thrashes the town bully
Thank You
1925-10-05
Young Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to stay
Gun Law
1938-05-13
Finding a man alone in the desert, Marshal Tom is relieved - of his horse, clothes and water. When h
The Dancers
1925-01-04
Young Tony, unable to make a living in crowded and fast-paced London, goes to South America in searc
The Last Trail
1933-08-25
Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti
Robbers' Roost
1932-12-30
Running from the law, Jim Hall joins Hays’ gang. Hays is foreman on the Herrick ranch and plans to r
Racketeers of the Range
1939-05-26
A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent mea
Stage to Chino
1940-07-26
To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the
The Ne'er-Do-Well
1923-04-29
Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, w
Woman-Proof
1923-10-28
At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.
The Lone Star Ranger
1930-01-05
After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of which
Fair Warning
1931-02-01
This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom Mix
The Fighting Gringo
1939-08-08
A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder.
The 10 from Texas
1961-01-01
The Roughneck
1924-11-30
Beautiful Felicity Arden, is forced by a storm to take refuge in Mad Marrat's dwelling on the South
Smoke Lightning
1933-01-01
After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the ranch to
Prairie Law
1940-06-14
Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef.
Honor Bound
1928-04-29
When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes
The Rainbow Trail
1932-01-03
The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's
The Man Who Came Back
1924-08-17
Henry Potter is the irresponsible playboy son of a New York millionaire. Fearing he will disgrace th
The Painted Lady
1924-09-28
After being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to beco
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023-11-09
Trailblazing double bassist Orin O'Brien never wanted the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hire