About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1880-11-14
Place of birth:
Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Eugene O'Brien

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting

1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1927 The Romantic Age Actor Stephen Winslow N/A
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1926 Flames Actor Herbert Landis N/A
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1926 Fine Manners Actor Brian Alden 58
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1925 Siege Actor Kenyon Ruyland N/A
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1925 Graustark Actor Grenfall Lorry N/A
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1925 Dangerous Innocence Actor Major Seymour N/A
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1925 Souls for Sables Actor Fred Garlan N/A
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1924 The Only Woman Actor Rex Herrington N/A
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1924 Secrets Actor John Carlton 59
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1923 The Voice from the Minaret Actor Andrew Fabian N/A
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1922 John Smith Actor John Smith N/A
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1922 Channing of the Northwest Actor Channing N/A
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1921 Clay Dollars Actor N/A
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1921 The Last Door Actor The Magnet N/A
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1921 Gilded Lies Actor Keene McComb N/A
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1921 Worlds Apart Actor Hugh Ledyard N/A
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1920 The Wonderful Chance Actor Lord Birmingham / 'Swagger' Barlow 58
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1920 A Fool and His Money Actor John B. Smart N/A
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1920 His Wife's Money Actor Richard Flint N/A
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1919 The Broken Melody Actor Stewart Grant N/A
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1919 Sealed Hearts Actor Jack Prentiss N/A
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1919 The Perfect Lover Actor Brian Lazar N/A
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1919 Fires of Faith Actor Harry Hammond, a Broker N/A
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1918 Little Miss Hoover Actor Major Adam Baldwin 58
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1918 Under the Greenwood Tree Actor Jack Hutton N/A
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1918 The Spirit That Wins Actor The Soldier N/A
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1918 Her Only Way Actor Joseph Marshall N/A
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1918 The Safety Curtain Actor Captain Merryon 59
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1918 A Romance of the Underworld Actor Thomas McDonald N/A
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1918 De Luxe Annie Actor Jimmy Fitzpatrick N/A
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1918 By Right of Purchase Actor Chadwick Himes N/A
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1918 The Ghosts of Yesterday Actor Howard Marston N/A
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1917 The Moth Actor Cpt. Bridgey 58
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1917 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Actor Adam Ladd 59
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1917 Poppy Actor Sir Evelyn Carson N/A
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1916 The Rise of Susan Actor Clavering Gordon N/A
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1916 The Chaperon Actor Jim Ogden N/A
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1916 The Return of Eve Actor Adam N/A
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1916 The Scarlet Woman Actor Robert Blake N/A
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1916 Poor Little Peppina Actor Hugh Carroll 58
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1915 Just Out of College Actor Edward Worthington Swinger N/A
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1915 The Moonstone Actor N/A
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Writing

2016 The Flag Writing Writer 59
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2013 The Food Guide to Love Writing Writer 58
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