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  1. Overview. Born. 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
  2. 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.

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  4. 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.

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    • Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
  5. 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.

  6. 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 ...

  7. George O'Brien 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 . Born in San Francisco, California, O'Brien was the oldest son of Daniel J. and Margaret L. O'Brien; O'Brien's father later became the Chief of Police for the City of San ...

  8. Oct 31, 2009 · Discover his fascinating life in George O'Brien: A Man's Man in Hollywood. The richly researched work draws from hundreds of sources, including major archives and the George O'Brien Estate. Enjoy hundreds of photos and illustrations, many unseen for the past eighty years.

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