George O'Brien

Birth Name:

George O'Brien

Birth Place:

San Francisco, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Producer

During his service in the Navy, he volunteered to act as a stretcher bearer for wounded Marines and was decorated for bravery
Won a Trustees Award at the 1976 Western Heritage Awards for his outstanding careering portraying the Western movie hero
Cowboy star Tom Mix helped him find employment as an assistant cameraman, extra and stuntman after he was discharged from the Navy
During World War I, he became the Navy's Pacific Fleet light-heavyweight boxing champion
Had a personal and professional relationship with director John Ford from 1924 to 1964
One of Hollywood's best-known western stars, he appeared in dozens of films in the genre including" Riders of the Purple Sage," Frontier Marshal" and "The Cowboy Millionaire․"
Retired from acting to produce stage plays and write scripts for films and television
The film "The Iron Horse," which featured a cast of thousands, established him as a star
Re-enlisted in the Navy following the attack on Pearl Harbor and was at Attu when Americans captured it from the Japanese
Rudolph Valentino knocked O'Brien from the rigging of a ship into the sea for one of his earliest film stunts

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