1948Nominee
Best Performance
Fort Apache
George O'Brien
Actor
San Francisco, California, USA
April 18, 1899
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1927Winner
Best Performance
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1949Nominee
Best Performance
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Career Highlights
1964Highlight
Best Performance
Cheyenne Autumn
1929Highlight
Best Performance
True Heaven
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Fort Apache
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon