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George O'Brien 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.
Born
Wednesday, 19 April 1899
Died
Wednesday, 04 September 1985
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'Sunrise' | 1997 |
| Hollywood | Self | 1980 |
| Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976 |
| The American West of John Ford | actor 'Fort Apache' | 1971 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Major Braden | 1964 |
| Korea | Narrator | 1959 |
| The Twentieth Century | The Man (clip from Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)) | 1957 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Gold Raiders | George O'Brien | 1951 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'Sunrise' | 1997 |
| Hollywood | Self | 1980 |
| Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976 |
| The American West of John Ford | actor 'Fort Apache' | 1971 |
| Cheyenne Autumn | Major Braden | 1964 |
| Korea | Narrator | 1959 |
| The Twentieth Century | The Man (clip from Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)) | 1957 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Gold Raiders | George O'Brien | 1951 |
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Maj. Mac Allshard | 1949 |
| Fort Apache | Capt. Sam Collingwood | 1948 |
| My Wild Irish Rose | 'Duke' Muldoon | 1947 |
| December 7th | Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen / Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice) | 1943 |
| Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy | Self | 1941 |
| Triple Justice | Brad Henderson | 1940 |
| Stage to Chino | Dan Clark | 1940 |
| Prairie Law | Brill Austin | 1940 |
| Bullet Code | Steve Holden | 1940 |
| Legion of the Lawless | Jeff Toland | 1940 |
| The Marshal of Mesa City | Cliff Mason | 1939 |
| The Fighting Gringo | Wade Barton | 1939 |
| Timber Stampede | Scott Baylor | 1939 |
| Racketeers of the Range | Barney O'Dell | 1939 |
| Trouble in Sundown | Clint Bradford | 1939 |
| Lawless Valley | Larry Rhodes | 1939 |
| Arizona Legion | Boone Yeager | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | Daniel Boone (edited from 'Daniel Boone') | 1939 |
| The Renegade Ranger | Captain Jack Steele | 1938 |
| Painted Desert | Bob McVey | 1938 |
| Border G-Man | Jim Galloway | 1938 |
| Gun Law | Tom O'Malley | 1938 |
| Windjammer | Bruce Lane | 1937 |
| Hollywood Cowboy | Jeffery Carson | 1937 |
| Park Avenue Logger | Grant Curran | 1937 |
| Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone | 1936 |
| The Border Patrolman | Bob Wallace | 1936 |
| O'Malley of the Mounted | Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard | 1936 |
| Thunder Mountain | Kal Emerson | 1935 |
| Hard Rock Harrigan | Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan | 1935 |
| Whispering Smith Speaks | Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith | 1935 |
| The Cowboy Millionaire | Bob Walker | 1935 |
| When a Man's a Man | Larry Knight | 1935 |
| The Dude Ranger | Ernest 'Dude' Selby / Ernest Selby aka Dude Howard | 1934 |
| Ever Since Eve | Neil Rogers | 1934 |
| Life in the Raw | Jim Barry | 1933 |
| Smoke Lightning | Smoke Mason | 1933 |
| Robbers' Roost | Jim Wall | 1933 |
| The Golden West | David Lynch / Motano | 1932 |
| Mystery Ranch | Bob Sanborn | 1932 |
| The Gay Caballero | Ted Radcliffe | 1932 |
| The Rainbow Trail | John Shefford | 1932 |
| Riders of the Purple Sage | Jim Lassiter | 1931 |
| A Holy Terror | Tony Bard aka Woodbury | 1931 |
| Fair Warning | Whistlin' Dan Barry | 1931 |
| Seas Beneath | Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley | 1931 |
| The Last of the Duanes | Buck Duane | 1930 |
| Rough Romance | Billy West | 1930 |
| The Lone Star Ranger | Buck Duane | 1930 |
| Salute | Cadet John Randall | 1929 |
| Masked Emotions | Bramdlet Dickery | 1929 |
| True Heaven | Lieutenant Philip Gresson | 1929 |
| Noah's Ark | Japheth / Travis | 1928 |
| Sharp Shooters | George | 1928 |
| Sunrise | The Man / The Man (Anses) | 1927 |
| East Side, West Side | John Breen | 1927 |
| Paid to Love | Crown Prince Michae / Crown Prince Michael | 1927 |
| Is Zat So? | Ed 'Chick' Cowan | 1927 |
| The Blue Eagle | George Darcy | 1926 |
| 3 Bad Men | Dan O'Malley | 1926 |
| Fig Leaves | Adam Smith | 1926 |
| The Silver Treasure | Nostromo | 1926 |
| Rustling for Cupid | Bradley Blatchford | 1926 |
| The Johnstown Flood | Tom O'Day | 1926 |
| The Fighting Heart | Denny Bolton | 1925 |
| Thank You | Kenneth Jamieson | 1925 |
| The Dancers | Tony | 1925 |
| The Roughneck | Jerry Delaney | 1924 |
| The Iron Horse | Dave Brandon / Davy Brandon | 1924 |
| The Man Who Came Back | Henry Potter | 1924 |
| The Sea Hawk | Galley Slave | 1924 |
| Shadows of Paris | Louis | 1924 |
| Woman-Proof | Bill Burleigh | 1923 |
| Moran of the Lady Letty | Deck Hand | 1922 |
| The Ne'er Do Well | Clifford | 1916 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Assignment: Underwater | 1960 |
| Korea | 1959 |
