George O’Brien

Born: 1899-04-18

From Wikipedia 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.


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Fort Apache

as Capt. Sam Collingwood
Released: 1948-06-14

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military...

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

as The Man (Anses)
Released: 1927-11-04

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to...

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Cheyenne Autumn

as Major Braden
Released: 1964-10-15

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

as Maj. Mac Allshard
Released: 1949-10-22

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending...

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Noah's Ark

as Travis / Japheth
Released: 1928-11-01

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First...

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The Iron Horse

as Davy Brandon
Released: 1924-08-24

Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy,...

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3 Bad Men

as Dan O'Malley
Released: 1926-08-28

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

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December 7th

as Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
Released: 1943-03-01

"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the...

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Timber Stampede

as Scott Baylor
Released: 1939-06-29

Cattlemen fight corrupt railroad men out to destroy the forest.

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Thunder Mountain

as Kal Emerson
Released: 1935-09-27

Gold mining cowboy western romantic melodrama (based on the story by Zane Grey) about a pair of...

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Ebb Tide

as Islander
Released: 1922-11-19

An old skipper, Captain Davis, has as his companions two derelicts -- one, Huish, is a Cockney,...

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Arizona Legion

as Boone Yeager
Released: 1939-01-20

A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town.

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My Wild Irish Rose

as 'Duke' Muldoon
Released: 1947-12-24

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

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True Heaven

as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
Released: 1929-02-17

Phillip Gresson is in the employ of the British secret service, while heroine Judith is a spy...

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The Dude Ranger

as Ernest 'Dude' Selby
Released: 1934-09-21

An Easterner Inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been...

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Triple Justice

as Brad Henderson
Released: 1940-09-22

Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and...

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A Holy Terror

as Tony Bard aka Woodbury
Released: 1931-07-19

Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who...

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Daniel Boone

as Daniel Boone
Released: 1936-10-16

In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.

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Park Avenue Logger

as Grant Curran
Released: 1937-03-16

Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of...

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Legion of the Lawless

as Jeff Toland
Released: 1940-01-05

Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad...

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Bullet Code

as Steve Holden
Released: 1940-04-12

Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of...

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Painted Desert

as Bob McVey
Released: 1938-08-12

A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine.

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Stage to Chino

as Dan Clark
Released: 1940-07-26

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate...

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The Roughneck

as Jerry Delaney
Released: 1924-11-30

Beautiful Felicity Arden, is forced by a storm to take refuge in Mad Marrat's dwelling on the...

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The Renegade Ranger

as Captain Jack Steele
Released: 1938-09-16

Two Texas Rangers have their worlds rocked by a wrongfully accused female bandit.

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The Rainbow Trail

as John Shefford
Released: 1932-01-03

The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between...

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Prairie Law

as Brill Austin
Released: 1940-06-14

Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide...

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Hollywood Cowboy

as Jeffery Carson
Released: 1937-05-28

Just after Kramer goes to Wyoming to start his protection racket, cowboy actor Jeff Carson...

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Fig Leaves

as Adam Smith
Released: 1926-08-22

Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she...

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Gold Raiders

as George O'Brien
Released: 1951-09-09

The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.

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The Fighting Heart

as Denny Bolton
Released: 1925-10-18

This film is the story of a small-town boy and girl. The hero, Denny Bolton, thrashes the town...

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Seas Beneath

as Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
Released: 1931-01-30

In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a...

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The Last of the Duanes

as Buck Duane
Released: 1930-08-31

Buck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law....

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Sharp Shooters

as George
Released: 1928-01-15

A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his...

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The Marshal Of Mesa City

as Cliff Mason
Released: 1939-11-03

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.

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When a Man's a Man

as Larry Knight
Released: 1935-02-15

A landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying,...

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Trouble in Sundown

as Clint Bradford
Released: 1939-03-23

The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want...

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Fair Warning

as Whistlin' Dan Barry
Released: 1931-02-01

This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom...

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Mystery Ranch

as Bob Sanborn
Released: 1932-06-07

Megalomaniacal rancher is a law unto himself, until a Ranger is called-upon to bring him to justice.

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Salute

as Cadet John Randall
Released: 1929-09-01

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.

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The Johnstown Flood

as Tom O'Day
Released: 1926-02-28

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

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Is Zat So?

as Ed 'Chick' Cowan
Released: 1927-05-15

A rich man hires a pair of brothers, one to teach him to box and the other to manage him....

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Frontier Marshal

as Michael Wyatt
Released: 1934-01-19

Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone

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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)
Released: 1976-05-01

A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

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The Blue Eagle

as George Darcy
Released: 1926-09-12

Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue...

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Gun Law

as Tom O'Malley
Released: 1938-05-13

Finding a man alone in the desert, Marshal Tom is relieved - of his horse, clothes and water....

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The Border Patrolman

as Bob Wallace
Released: 1936-06-20

When a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents...

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Paid to Love

as Crown Prince Michae
Released: 1927-07-23

An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore...

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Moran of the Lady Letty

as Deck Hand
Released: 1922-02-05

Wealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a...

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Border G-Man

as Jim Galloway
Released: 1938-06-24

A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and...

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Rough Romance

as Billy West
Released: 1930-06-15

Love and logging in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.

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The Sea Hawk

as Galley Slave (uncredited)
Released: 1924-06-14

The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of...

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The Gay Caballero

as Ted Radcliffe
Released: 1932-02-14

Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and...

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The Last Trail

as Tom Daley
Released: 1933-08-25

Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely...

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Whispering Smith Speaks

as Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
Released: 1935-05-15

O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for...

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The Dancers

as Tony
Released: 1925-01-04

Young Tony, unable to make a living in crowded and fast-paced London, goes to South America in...

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Smoke Lightning

as Smoke Mason
Released: 1933-01-01

After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the...

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Honor Bound

as John Oglegree
Released: 1928-04-29

When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and...

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The 10 from Texas

as (archive footage)
Released: 1961-01-01

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Lawless Valley

as Larry Rhodes
Released: 1938-11-03

After doing time for a crime he didn't commit, a cowboy tries to find the men who framed him.

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East Side, West Side

as John Breen
Released: 1927-10-09

Director Allan Dwan’s excellent use of New York locations enlivens a rags-to-riches tale that...

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The Fighting Gringo

as Wade Barton
Released: 1939-08-08

A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder.

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Ever Since Eve

as Neil Rogers
Released: 1934-03-25

Neil Rogers, a young man who owns a substantial share of a Western gold mine, comes East and...

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Thank You

as Kenneth Jamieson
Released: 1925-10-05

Young Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to...

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The Golden West

as David Lynch / Motano
Released: 1932-10-29

Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When...

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Racketeers of the Range

as Barney O'Dell
Released: 1939-05-26

A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent...

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Riders of the Purple Sage

as Jim Lassiter
Released: 1931-10-22

Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later...

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Robbers' Roost

as Jim Wall
Released: 1932-12-30

Running from the law, Jim Hall joins Hays’ gang. Hays is foreman on the Herrick ranch and plans...

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The Cowboy Millionaire

as Bob Walker
Released: 1935-04-25

Englishwoman falls for dude ranch cowboy but goes back to England when she thinks he's only...

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Woman-Proof

as Bill Burleigh
Released: 1923-10-28

At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.

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The Lone Star Ranger

as Buck Duane
Released: 1930-01-05

After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of...

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The Ne'er-Do-Well

as Clifford
Released: 1923-04-29

The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)

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Life in the Raw

as Jim Barry
Released: 1933-07-07

Adventure ensues as Judy Halloway arrives in Arizona to visit her brother, Tom.

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O'Malley of the Mounted

as Constable O'Malley aka Duke Kinnard
Released: 1936-03-27

O'Malley pretends to be an outlaw in order to join a gang terrorizing towns along the American...

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This Is Your Life

as Self
First aired: 1952-10-01

This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally...

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Studio 57

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-21

Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont...

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