George O'Brien
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.
Known for
Filmography
6.5The Only Girl in the Orchestra
2023 · Movie · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
8.4Hollywood
1980 · TV · Self (archive footage, uncredited) · 1 ep
8.5Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · Movie · (archive footage)
6.7Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Movie · Major Braden
9.0The 10 from Texas
1961 · Movie · (archive footage)
- 7.0
Korea
1959 · Movie · Narrator
7.5Studio 57
1954 · TV
6.5This Is Your Life
1952 · TV · Self · 1 ep
6.6Gold Raiders
1951 · Movie · George O'Brien
6.9She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Movie · Maj. Mac Allshard
7.0Fort Apache
1948 · Movie · Capt. Sam Collingwood
6.0My Wild Irish Rose
1947 · Movie · 'Duke' Muldoon