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Eugene O'Brien
Actor

Eugene O'Brien

14 Nov 1880Born
29 Apr 1966Died
85Age at death
50Credits

Biography

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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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2016The FlagFilm: Writer
  2. 2013The Food Guide to LoveFilm: Writer
  3. 1928The Faithless LoverFilm: Austin Kent
  4. 1927The Romantic AgeFilm: Stephen Winslow
  5. 1926FlamesFilm: Herbert Landis
  6. 1926Fine MannersFilm: Brian Alden
  7. 1925SiegeFilm: Kenyon Ruyland
  8. 1925GraustarkFilm: Grenfall Lorry
  9. 1925Dangerous InnocenceFilm: Major Seymour
  10. 1925Souls for SablesFilm: Fred Garlan
  11. 1924The Only WomanFilm: Rex Herrington
  12. 1924SecretsFilm: John Carlton
  13. 1923The Voice from the MinaretFilm: Andrew Fabian
  14. 1922John SmithFilm: John Smith
  15. 1922Channing of the NorthwestFilm: Channing
  16. 1922The Prophet's ParadiseFilm: Howard Anderson
  17. 1921Clay DollarsFilm: Bruce Edwards
  18. 1921Is Life Worth Living?Film: Melville Marley
  19. 1921The Last DoorFilm: The Magnet
  20. 1921Gilded LiesFilm: Keene McComb
  21. 1921Worlds ApartFilm: Hugh Ledyard
  22. 1920Broadway and HomeFilm: Michael Strange
  23. 1920The Wonderful ChanceFilm: Lord Birmingham / 'Swagger' Barlow
  24. 1920The FigureheadFilm: Sheridan Dow
  25. 1920A Fool and His MoneyFilm: John B. Smart
  26. 1920His Wife's MoneyFilm: Richard Flint
  27. 1919The Broken MelodyFilm: Stewart Grant
  28. 1919Sealed HeartsFilm: Jack Prentiss
  29. 1919The Perfect LoverFilm: Brian Lazar
  30. 1919Fires of FaithFilm: Harry Hammond, a Broker
  31. 1919Come Out of the KitchenFilm: Burton Crane
  32. 1918Little Miss HooverFilm: Major Adam Baldwin
  33. 1918Under the Greenwood TreeFilm: Jack Hutton
  34. 1918The Spirit That WinsFilm: The Soldier
  35. 1918Her Only WayFilm: Joseph Marshall
  36. 1918The Safety CurtainFilm: Captain Merryon
  37. 1918A Romance of the UnderworldFilm: Thomas McDonald
  38. 1918De Luxe AnnieFilm: Jimmy Fitzpatrick
  39. 1918By Right of PurchaseFilm: Chadwick Himes
  40. 1918The Ghosts of YesterdayFilm: Howard Marston
  41. 1917The MothFilm: Cpt. Bridgey
  42. 1917Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmFilm: Adam Ladd
  43. 1917PoppyFilm: Sir Evelyn Carson
  44. 1916The Rise of SusanFilm: Clavering Gordon
  45. 1916The ChaperonFilm: Jim Ogden
  46. 1916The Return of EveFilm: Adam
  47. 1916The Scarlet WomanFilm: Robert Blake
  48. 1916Poor Little PeppinaFilm: Hugh Carroll
  49. 1915Just Out of CollegeFilm: Edward Worthington Swinger
  50. 1915The MoonstoneFilm: Franklin Blake

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