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Eugene O'Brien

Eugene O'Brien

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 14, 1880
Died Apr 29, 1966 (85)
Birthplace Boulder, Colorado, USA
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024
Entry Date Apr 27, 2024
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From Wikipedia Eugene O'Brien (Birthname: Louis O'Brien b. November 14, 1880 in Boulder, Colorado – d. April 29, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) was a silent film star and stage actor. He studied medicine at the University of Colorado at Boulder but was keener on the stage than becoming a doctor. ... O'Brien switched to civil engineering under his family's guidance, but his heart was still set on becoming an actor. He moved to New York City and was "discovered" by theatrical impresario Charles Frohman who signed O'Brien to a three-year contract and put him in The Builder of Bridges, which opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre on October 26, 1909. O'Brien made his name playing opposite Ethel Barrymore, in a revival of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play Trelawny of the 'Wells', which opened at the Empire Theatre on New Year's Day, 1911. O'Brien's first film, Essanay Film's The Lieutenant Governor, in which he had the starring role, played in Boulder's Curran Theatre in February 1915, giving his family its first opportunity to see him act.[3][4] World Film Corp. chief executive Lewis J. Selznick made O'Brien a screen star, putting him in an adaptation of Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone. Subsequently he was leading man opposite some of the leading female stars of the day, including Mary Pickford, Norma Talmadge and Gloria Swanson and became a silent screen matinée idol. He retired from acting when the talkies came in, making his last film, Faithless Lover, in 1928 at 47 years old. For his work on movies, he received a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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The Romantic Age

The Romantic Age

1927

as Stephen Winslow

Flames

Flames

1926

as Herbert Landis

Fine Manners

Fine Manners

1926

as Brian Alden

Siege

Siege

1925

as Kenyon Ruyland

Souls for Sables

Souls for Sables

1925

as Fred Garlan

Secrets

Secrets

1924

as John Carlton

The Only Woman

The Only Woman

1924

as Rex Herrington

The Voice from the Minaret

The Voice from the Minaret

1923

as Andrew Fabian

John Smith

John Smith

1922

as John Smith

Channing of the Northwest

Channing of the Northwest

1922

as Channing

The Last Door

The Last Door

1921

as The Magnet

The Wonderful Chance

The Wonderful Chance

1920

as Lord Birmingham / 'Swagger' Barlow

Sealed Hearts

Sealed Hearts

1919

as Jack Prentiss

The Broken Melody

The Broken Melody

1919

as Stewart Grant

By Right of Purchase

By Right of Purchase

1918

as Chadwick Himes

De Luxe Annie

De Luxe Annie

1918

as Jimmy Fitzpatrick

The Safety Curtain

The Safety Curtain

1918

as Captain Merryon

The Ghosts of Yesterday

The Ghosts of Yesterday

1918

as Howard Marston

Her Only Way

Her Only Way

1918

as Joseph Marshall

Under the Greenwood Tree

Under the Greenwood Tree

1918

as Jack Hutton

Little Miss Hoover

Little Miss Hoover

1918

as Major Adam Baldwin

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1917

as Adam Ladd

Poppy

Poppy

1917

as Sir Evelyn Carson

The Moth

The Moth

1917

as Cpt. Bridgey

Poor Little Peppina

Poor Little Peppina

1916

as Hugh Carroll

The Return of Eve

The Return of Eve

1916

as Adam

The Rise of Susan

The Rise of Susan

1916

as Clavering Gordon

The Flag

The Flag

2016

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