George O'Brien

Where to watch George O'Brien in United States. On screen since 1922. Licensed apps only — 24 titles we track below.

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.

Where to watch their titles

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Man (Anses) · 1927
Fort Apache
Capt. Sam Collingwood · 1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Maj. Mac Allshard · 1949
Cheyenne Autumn
Major Braden · 1964
The Iron Horse
Davy Brandon · 1925
The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2023
3 Bad Men
Dan O'Malley · 1926
December 7th
Single Voice of the Dead Servicemen (voice) · 1943
Fig Leaves
Adam Smith · 1926
Noah's Ark
Travis / Japheth · 1928
The Sea Hawk
Galley Slave (uncredited) · 1924
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone · 1936
This Is Your Life
Self · 1952
The Johnstown Flood
Tom O'Day · 1926
The Renegade Ranger
Captain Jack Steele · 1938
Seas Beneath
Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley · 1931
Moran of the Lady Letty
Deck Hand · 1922
The Blue Eagle
George Darcy · 1926
My Wild Irish Rose
'Duke' Muldoon · 1947
East Side, West Side
John Breen · 1927
A Holy Terror
Tony Bard aka Woodbury · 1931
Legion of the Lawless
Jeff Toland · 1940
Bullet Code
Steve Holden · 1940
Racketeers of the Range
Barney O'Dell · 1939