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George O'Brien

George O'Brien

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.

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Movies Starring George O'Brien (52)

The Only Girl in the Orchestra (2023)

Trailblazing double bassist Orin O'Brien never wanted the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first female musician in the New York Philarmonic, it was inevitable that she would become the focus of much interest and fascination. ...

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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)

A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features. ...

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Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne. ...

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Korea (1959)

An orientation film for American soldiers traveling to Korea in the years after the war. ...

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Gold Raiders (1951)

The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers. ...

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. ...

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Fort Apache (1948)

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Coch ...

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My Wild Irish Rose (1947)

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott. ...

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December 7th (1943)

"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements. ...

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Triple Justice (1940)

Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is ...

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Stage to Chino (1940)

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible. ...

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Prairie Law (1940)

Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry then holds a quick election to change the county seat so he can pres ...

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Bullet Code (1940)

Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality has warned Holden of the rustlers' approach. Unaware that Mathews was actually killed by rustler boss Cass Bart ...

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Legion of the Lawless (1940)

Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way. ...

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The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption. ...

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The Fighting Gringo (1939)

A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder. ...

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Timber Stampede (1939)

Cattlemen fight corrupt railroad men out to destroy the forest. ...

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Racketeers of the Range (1939)

A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent meat packer. Barney O'Dell, owner of the largest ranch, is trying to stop them. When the owner agrees to sell, Barney get a delay by forcing the small company ...

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Trouble in Sundown (1939)

The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John as he was the only one with the combination. Clint gets John out of town but before the mob turns ugly but the deputy is shot when he and Clint go to get Joh ...

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Arizona Legion (1939)

A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town. ...

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Lawless Valley (1938)

After doing time for a crime he didn't commit, a cowboy tries to find the men who framed him. ...

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The Renegade Ranger (1938)

Two Texas Rangers have their worlds rocked by a wrongfully accused female bandit. ...

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Painted Desert (1938)

A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine. ...

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Border G-Man (1938)

A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border. ...

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Gun Law (1938)

Finding a man alone in the desert, Marshal Tom is relieved - of his horse, clothes and water. When he catches up to Raven, he finds him dying from drinking bad water. When he gets to Gunsight, everyone thinks that he is the outlaw Raven and he plays it out ...

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Windjammer (1937)

The fourth and last of the George A. Hirliman-produced films starring George O'Brien (preceded by "Daniel Boone", "Park Avenue Logger" and "Hollywood Cowboy") that were distributed by RKO Radio. Hirliman sold O'Brien's contract to RKO, which then produced ...

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Hollywood Cowboy (1937)

Just after Kramer goes to Wyoming to start his protection racket, cowboy actor Jeff Carson finishes a picture and goes camping. Attracted to Joyce Butler, he hires on at her ranch and quickly gets caught up in Butler's conflict with Kramer. When the Butler ...

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Park Avenue Logger (1937)

Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the lumber camp. This en ...

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Daniel Boone (1936)

In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites. ...

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The Border Patrolman (1936)

When a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents hire him to watch over her. She then runs over to Mexico and gets involved with jewel thieves and he has to go save her. ...

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O'Malley of the Mounted (1936)

O'Malley pretends to be an outlaw in order to join a gang terrorizing towns along the American border. ...

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Thunder Mountain (1935)

Gold mining cowboy western romantic melodrama (based on the story by Zane Grey) about a pair of cowboys who find a gold mine in "Thunder Mountain", but have no money to develop it. One of the cowboys rescues a girl on a stagecoach and her grateful father ...

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Hard Rock Harrigan (1935)

The plot revolves around a rivalry between sand-hog "Hard Rock" Harrigan (O'Brien) and his foreman Black Jack Riley. At the center of their conflict is their mutual affection for heroine "Andy" Anderson (Irene Hervey). But when the chips are down and Rile ...

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Whispering Smith Speaks (1935)

O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself. The son of a railroad president, Smith is determined to learn the business from the ground up, so he gets a job as a track walker for his dad's rail line. W ...

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The Cowboy Millionaire (1935)

Englishwoman falls for dude ranch cowboy but goes back to England when she thinks he's only pretending. But he follows her to England. ...

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When a Man's a Man (1935)

A landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying, Cambert refuses to let them have any water. Easterner Larry Knight takes a job with the Baldwins and he has a plan to divert the water back to the Baldwin ranch. B ...

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The Dude Ranger (1934)

An Easterner Inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been stolen. He secretly signs on as a hired hand at his own ranch to discover who's stealing them. ...

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Ever Since Eve (1934)

Neil Rogers, a young man who owns a substantial share of a Western gold mine, comes East and falls in love with the rather wild Elizabeth Vandegrift. ...

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Frontier Marshal (1934)

Thinly veiled reworking of the Wyatt Earp story with the renamed Michael Wyatt rolling into Tombstone, becoming acquainted, teaming up, and cleaning up the town with the help of "Doc" Warren and saloon singer Queenie La Verne, while sweet young maiden Mary ...

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The Last Trail (1933)

Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Car ...

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Life in the Raw (1933)

Adventure ensues as Judy Halloway arrives in Arizona to visit her brother, Tom. ...

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Smoke Lightning (1933)

After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the ranch to Blake's young daughter. But the Sheriff is after the ranch and has Smoke arrested for the murder of Blake and then brings in an impostor to pose as the gir ...

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Robbers' Roost (1932)

Running from the law, Jim Hall joins Hays' gang. Hays is foreman on the Herrick ranch and plans to rustle Herrick's cattle. Attracted to Herrick's sister Helen, Jim decides to tell the Sheriff about the raid. But when his plan is overheard he is made a pri ...

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The Golden West (1932)

Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He marries and when his boy is two he and his wife are killed by Indians who take the boy. Twenty years later ...

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Mystery Ranch (1932)

Megalomaniacal rancher is a law unto himself, until a Ranger is called-upon to bring him to justice. ...

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The Gay Caballero (1932)

Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle thief Don Paco is hounded by El Coyote (who is really Don Bob) who now has a partner in Ted. Unfortunately Ted is also falling love with Don Paco's daughte ...

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The Rainbow Trail (1932)

The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon. ...

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Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)

Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassiter arrives at the Withersteen ranch looking for the now grown daughter. He immediately gets caught up in the ranch's struggle against rustlers. Trailing a ru ...

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A Holy Terror (1931)

Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may know something about it. En route he crashes his plane into Jerry's bathroom; she falls in love with him which makes her suitor Steve jealous. ...

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Fair Warning (1931)

This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom Mix vehicle The Untamed. Cast as devil-may-car Whistlin' Dan Barry, our hero rides into a passel of trouble in a wide-open town. Warned to leave the premises or ...

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Seas Beneath (1931)

In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Their mission is to find and sink a U-boat that has been especially effective in attacking Allied shipping. Posing as a harmless schooner, the mystery sh ...

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