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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.
George O'Brien was a Hollywood actor who starred in John Ford's The Iron Horse and Sunrise, and later became a Western cowboy star. He also served in the Navy in World War I and World War II, and was decorated several times for bravery.
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Learn about the life and career of George O'Brien, a silent film star who became a Navy officer and a B-Western actor. Find out his family, awards, trivia, and filmography on IMDb.
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Sep 8, 1985 · 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. He was 86 and had been...
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 ...
459 subscribers. 8.4K views 12 years ago. ...more. George O'Brien thrills audiences today with his signature role in F. W. Murnau's Sunrise, Michael Curtiz' Noah's Ark, and John Ford's The...
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Sep 5, 1985 · Sept. 5, 1985 12 AM PT. George O’Brien, an athlete turned actor who appeared in 75 films over 40 years, has died in an Oklahoma convalescent home, it was learned today.
