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George O'Brien

1899 - 1985

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George O'Brien (April 19, 1899 – September 4, 1985) was an American actor, popular during the silent film era and into the sound film era of the 1930s. He is best known today as the lead actor in F. W. Murnau's 1927 Academy Award-winning film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. O'Brien also starred in a number of Westerns in the 1930s and 1940s, including roles in 14 films under director David Howard and 10 with acclaimed-filmmaker John Ford. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George O'Brien is the 6,222nd most popular actor (down from 5,170th in 2019), the 9,635th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,552nd in 2019) and the 2,870th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, George O'Brien ranks 6,222 out of 13,578. Before him are Jadwiga Smosarska, Betty Blythe, Camryn Manheim, Tress MacNeille, Dmitry Nazarov, and Patricia Morison. After him are Sebastian Cabot, Dany Carrel, Chris Sullivan, Russi Taylor, January Jones, and Serenay Sarıkaya.

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Among people born in 1899, George O'Brien ranks 276. Before him are Øystein Ore, Hendrik Marsman, Alden Sanborn, Jan Lechoń, Alfred Mosher Butts, and James Wong Howe. After him are Lyman Lemnitzer, Aline MacMahon, Juliusz Schauder, Alan Washbond, Bart McGhee, and Elda Emma Anderson. Among people deceased in 1985, George O'Brien ranks 235. Before him are Jo Jones, Erich Koschik, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Alister Hardy, Harold Whitlock, and Paul Creston. After him are Fritz Keller, Tom Richards, André Bjerke, Scott Brady, Alfredo Duhalde, and Werner Meyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George O'Brien ranks 9,637 out of 20,380. Before him are Tress MacNeille (1951), Wesley Ruggles (1889), Frank Weston Benson (1862), Patricia Morison (1915), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), and Bertha Townsend (1869). After him are Gardner Dozois (1947), Edward Angle (1855), Jimmie Vaughan (1951), George Peter Alexander Healy (1813), Pat Monahan (1969), and Garrett Birkhoff (1911).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George O'Brien ranks 2,871. Before him are Mary Philbin (1902), Jesse Lee Soffer (1984), Betty Blythe (1893), Camryn Manheim (1961), Tress MacNeille (1951), and Patricia Morison (1915). After him are Chris Sullivan (1980), Russi Taylor (1944), January Jones (1978), Beth Broderick (1959), Jed Allan (1935), and Maya Rudolph (1972).

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