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.

Acted Movies

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Director: John Ford

Writers: Laurence Stallings,

Cast: Arthur Shields, Ben Johnson, George O'Brien, Harry Carey, Jr., Joanne Dru, John Agar, John Wayne, Michael Dugan, Mildred Natwick, Victor McLaglen,

Fort Apache (1948)

Director: John Ford

Writers: Frank S. Nugent,

Cast: Anna Lee, Dick Foran, George O'Brien, Henry Fonda, Irene Rich, John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond,

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Director: F. W. Murnau

Writers: Carl Mayer,

Cast: Arthur Housman, Bodil Rosing, Eddie Boland, George O'Brien, Herman Bing, J. Farrell MacDonald, Jane Winton, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Ralph Sipperly,