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.
Acting
Movie
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as The Man (Anses)
1927
Movie
Fort Apache
as Capt. Sam Collingwood
1948
Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
as Maj. Mac Allshard
1949
Movie
Cheyenne Autumn
as Major Braden
1964
Movie
The Iron Horse
as Davy Brandon
1925
Movie
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Movie
3 Bad Men
as Dan O'Malley
1926
Movie
December 7th
as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
1943
Movie
Fig Leaves
as Adam Smith
1926
Movie
Noah's Ark
as Travis / Japheth
1928
Movie
Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
1936
Movie
The Sea Hawk
as Galley Slave (uncredited)
1924
TV
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
Movie
The Renegade Ranger
as Captain Jack Steele
1938
Movie
Seas Beneath
as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
1931
Movie
The Johnstown Flood
as Tom O'Day
1926
Movie
The Blue Eagle
as George Darcy
1926
Movie
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Deck Hand
1922
Movie
My Wild Irish Rose
as 'Duke' Muldoon
1947
Movie
East Side, West Side
as John Breen
1927
Movie
Bullet Code
as Steve Holden
1940
Movie
Legion of the Lawless
as Jeff Toland
1940
Movie
The Dude Ranger
as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
1934
Movie
Gold Raiders
as George O'Brien
1951