As Actor
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
6.9
George O'Brien
Acting
Birth date
April 18, 1899
Birth place
San Francisco, California, USA
Death date
September 4, 1985
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Fort Apache
1948
7.0
As Actor
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
6.0
As Actor
Triple Justice
1940
6.0
As Actor
Stage to Chino
1940
5.4
As Actor
Legion of the Lawless
1940
5.2
As Actor
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
8.0
As Actor
Racketeers of the Range
1939
6.6
As Actor
The Renegade Ranger
1938
5.2
As Actor
Border G-Man
1938
5.0
As Actor
Gun Law
1938
4.5
As Actor
Park Avenue Logger
1937
6.0
As Actor
Robbers' Roost
1932
5.5
As Actor
The Golden West
1932
4.0
As Actor
Mystery Ranch
1932
6.0
As Actor
A Holy Terror
1931
5.7
As Actor
Seas Beneath
1931
5.4
As Actor
The Last of the Duanes
1930
3.0
As Actor
Noah's Ark
1928
6.3
As Actor
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
7.8