George O'Brien
Acting
April 18, 1899
San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Movies
Shadows of Paris
1924
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Fort Apache
1948
When a Man's a Man
1935
The Last Trail
1933
Racketeers of the Range
1939
Daniel Boone
1936
Fig Leaves
1926
Smoke Lightning
1933
Lawless Valley
1938
The Roughneck
1924
The Fighting Gringo
1939
Havoc
1925
Paid to Love
1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
A Holy Terror
1931
Salute
1929
Thank You
1925
The Fighting Heart
1925
