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George O'Brien (April 19, 1899 – September 4, 1985) [1] was an American actor, popular during the silent film era and into the sound film era of the 1930s, best known today as the lead actor in F. W. Murnau 's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and subsequent appearances in a number of Westerns in the 1930s and 1940s.
April 19, 1899 · San Francisco, California, USA. Died. September 4, 1985 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (stroke) Nickname. "The Chest" Height. 5′ 10¾″ (1.80 m) Mini Bio. George was the son of the San Francisco Chief of Police who became a college athlete. He was the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Pacific Fleet during World War I.
- April 19, 1899
- September 4, 1985
George O'Brien. Actor: Sunrise. George was the son of the San Francisco Chief of Police who became a college athlete. He was the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Pacific Fleet during World War I. In the early 1920s, George wound up in Hollywood where he worked as a stuntman and part time actor.
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- San Francisco, California, USA
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- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Sep 8, 1985 · Sept. 8, 1985 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. George O’Brien, an athlete turned actor who appeared in about 75 films over 40 years, died Wednesday in a Broken Arrow, Okla., convalescent home....
Biography 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.
Biography. Muscular, barrel-chested, yet sensitively talented silent star whose breakthrough came with the lead role in John Ford's "The Iron Horse" (1924). O'Brien starred for Fox Studios in many films after that, reuniting with Ford for such films as "The Fighting Heart" (1925) and "Three Bad Men," as well as playing in Howard Hawks' dated ...
Actor | Athlete Born April 19, 1899 in San Francisco, CA. Died Sept. 4, 1985 in Broken Arrow, Okla. G eorge O'Brien, an athlete turned actor, appeared in about 75 films over 40 years. Born in...
