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George O'Brien (1899–1985)

Actor | Soundtrack | Producer

Handsome American leading man of classic silent films who became a different kind of star in B-Western talkies. The son of a policeman who later became police chief of San Francisco and then California Director of Penology, O'Brien was raised around police stables and quickly became adept at horsemanship... See full bio »

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in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 86) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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1964 Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden
 
1956 Studio 57 (TV series)
– Typhoon (1956)
 
1951 Gold Raiders
George O'Brien
 
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Major Mac Allshard, Commanding Officer Fort Starke
 
1948 Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood
 
1947 My Wild Irish Rose
Bill 'Duke' Muldoon
 
1943 December 7th
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice)
 
1940 Triple Justice
Brad Henderson
 
1940 Stage to Chino
Dan Clark
 
1940 Prairie Law
Brill Austin
 
1940 Bullet Code
Steve Holden
 
1940 Legion of the Lawless
Jeff Toland
 
1939 The Marshal of Mesa City
Cliff Mason
 
1939 The Fighting Gringo
Wade Barton
 
1939 Timber Stampede
Scott Baylor
 
1939 Racketeers of the Range
Barney O'Dell
 
1939 Trouble in Sundown
Clint Bradford
 
1939 Arizona Legion
Boone Yeager
 
1938 Lawless Valley
Larry Rhodes
 
1938 The Renegade Ranger
Captain Jack Steele
 
1938 Painted Desert
Bob McVey
 
1938 Border G-Man
Jim Galloway
 
1938 Gun Law
Tom O'Malley
 
1937 Windjammer
Bruce Lane
 
1937 Hollywood Cowboy
Jeffery Carson
 
1937 Park Avenue Logger
Grant Curran
 
1936 Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
 
1936 The Border Patrolman
Bob Wallace
 
1936 O'Malley of the Mounted
Constable O'Malley RCMP aka Duke Kinnard
 
1935 Thunder Mountain
Kal Emerson
 
1935 Hard Rock Harrigan
Tim 'Hard Rock' Harrigan
 
1935 Whispering Smith Speaks
Gordon Harrington, Jr. aka John 'Whispering' Smith
 
1935 The Cowboy Millionaire
Bob Walker
 
1935 When a Man's a Man
Larry Knight
 
1934 The Dude Ranger
Dude Selby
 
1934 Ever Since Eve
Neil Rogers
 
1934 Frontier Marshal
Michael Wyatt
 
1933 The Last Trail
Tom Daley
 
1933 Life in the Raw
Jim Barry
 
1933 Smoke Lightning
'Smoke' Mason
 
1932 Robbers' Roost
Jim Wall
 
1932 The Golden West
David Lynch/Motano
 
1932 Mystery Ranch
Bob Sanborn
 
1932 The Gay Caballero
Ted Radcliffe
 
1932 The Rainbow Trail
John Shefford
 
1931 Riders of the Purple Sage
Jim Lassiter
 
1931 A Holy Terror
Tony Bard aka Woodbury
 
1931 Fair Warning
Whistlin' Dan Barry
 
1931 Seas Beneath
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley
 
1930 The Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
 
1930 Rough Romance
Billy West
 
1930 The Lone Star Ranger
Buck Duane
 
1929 Salute
Cadet John Randall
 
1929 Masked Emotions
Bramdlet Dickery
 
1929 True Heaven
Lieutenant Philip Gresson
 
1928 Blindfold
Robert Kelly
 
1928 Noah's Ark
Travis / Japheth
 
1928 Honor Bound
John Oglegree
 
1928 Sharp Shooters
George
 
1927 East Side, West Side
John Breen
 
1927 Sunrise
The Man
 
1927 Paid to Love
Crown Prince Michael
 
1927 Is Zat So?
Ed Chick Cowan
 
1926 The Blue Eagle
George Darcy
 
1926 3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley
 
1926 Fig Leaves
Adam Smith
 
1926 The Silver Treasure
Nostromo
 
1926 Rustling for Cupid
Bradley Blatchford
 
1926 The Johnstown Flood
Tom O'Day
 
1925 The Fighting Heart
Denny Bolton
 
1925 Thank You
Kenneth Jamieson
 
1925 Havoc
Dick Chappel
 
1925 The Dancers
Tony
 
1924 The Roughneck
Jerry Delaney
 
1924 The Painted Lady
Luther Smith
 
1924 The Iron Horse
Dave Brandon
 
1924 The Man Who Came Back
Henry Potter
 
1924 The Sea Hawk
Galley Slave (uncredited)
 
1924 Shadows of Paris
Louis
 
1923 Woman-Proof
Bill Burleigh
 
1923 The Ne'er-Do-Well
Clifford
 
1922 Ebb Tide
Islander (uncredited)
 
1922 The Ghost Breaker
One of the 'Ghosts' (uncredited)
 
1922 Moran of the Lady Letty
Deck Hand (uncredited)
 
1922 White Hands
Sailor
 
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1947 My Wild Irish Rose (performer: "Dear Old Donegal" - uncredited)
 
1940 Triple Justice ("Bridal Chorus Here Comes the Bride" 1850 - uncredited)
 
1938 Painted Desert ("Painted Desert" 1938 - uncredited)
 
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1959 Korea (documentary short) (producer)
 
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1922 Just Tony (production assistant - uncredited)
 
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1961 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Richard Arlen (1961) … Himself
 
1959 Korea (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1947 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Himself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (documentary short)
Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself - Rodeo Parade Participant
 
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2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Davy Brandon [in "The Iron Horse"] (uncredited)
 
1983 Historia del cine: Epoca muda (video documentary)
The Man (uncredited)
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Actor in 'Fort Apache' (uncredited)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
 
1961 I 10 del Texas
 
1953 Magic Movie Moments (documentary short)
Travis/Japheth
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Personal Details

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Height:

5' 10¾" (1.80 m)
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Trivia:

Father, with actress Marguerite Churchill, of writer Darcy O'Brien. See more »

Nickname:

"The Chest" See more »

Star Sign:

Aries