George O'Brien

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Birth Name: George O'Brien

Born: 19 April 1899 Died: 4 September 1985

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 11"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Marguerite Churchill

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Top 30 Performances (31 items)
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Published 13 years, 4 months ago

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Best Male Performances (1900-1929) (23 items)
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Published 14 years, 6 months ago

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Best Performances Poll (38 items)
list by yreesesfreak

Published 9 years, 7 months ago

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2 votes

Great acting silent film actors (10 items)
list by oldblueberry

Published 10 years, 11 months ago

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1 votes

Hollywood Walk of Fame - O (28 items)
list by filmbuilder

Published 9 years, 6 months ago

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Description: 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. In the early 1920s, George wound up in Hollywood where he worked as a stuntman and part time actor. In 1924, Director John Ford picked virtually unknown George to star in his first picture, El caballo de hierro (1924). Over the next two years, he would appear in four more Ford films and would co-star with Janet Gaynor in El águila azul (1926) and Amanecer (1927). "Sunrise," a winner of two Academy Awards, was the story of a simple farmer who lets another ... (more)