Eugene O'Brien

Birthday: 1880-11-14
Deathday: 1966-04-29
Birthplace: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1927-06-05 The Romantic Age Stephen Winslow
1926-09-15 Flames Herbert Landis
1926-08-29 Fine Manners Brian Alden
1925-09-27 Siege Kenyon Ruyland
1925-08-30 Graustark Grenfall Lorry
1925-04-12 Dangerous Innocence Major Seymour
1925-01-01 Souls for Sables Fred Garlan
1924-10-25 The Only Woman Rex Herrington
1924-03-24 Secrets John Carlton
1923-01-28 The Voice from the Minaret Andrew Fabian
1922-06-01 John Smith John Smith
1922-04-10 Channing of the Northwest Channing
1921-10-19 Clay Dollars
1921-05-10 The Last Door The Magnet
1921-03-04 Gilded Lies Keene McComb
1920-09-27 The Wonderful Chance Lord Birmingham / 'Swagger' Barlow
1919-12-01 The Broken Melody Stewart Grant
1919-11-16 Sealed Hearts Jack Prentiss
1919-09-20 The Perfect Lover Brian Lazar
1919-08-03 Fires of Faith Harry Hammond, a Broker
1918-12-29 Little Miss Hoover Major Adam Baldwin
1918-12-08 Under the Greenwood Tree Jack Hutton
1918-10-01 The Spirit That Wins The Soldier
1918-08-18 Her Only Way Joseph Marshall
1918-07-10 The Safety Curtain Captain Merryon
1918-06-30 A Romance of the Underworld Thomas McDonald
1918-05-19 De Luxe Annie Jimmy Fitzpatrick
1918-02-01 By Right of Purchase Chadwick Himes
1918-01-19 The Ghosts of Yesterday Howard Marston
1917-10-01 The Moth Cpt. Bridgey
1917-09-22 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Adam Ladd
1917-05-04 Poppy Sir Evelyn Carson
1916-12-18 The Rise of Susan Clavering Gordon
1916-11-20 The Chaperon Jim Ogden
1916-10-16 The Return of Eve Adam
1916-05-29 The Scarlet Woman Robert Blake
1916-03-02 Poor Little Peppina Hugh Carroll
1915-08-01 Just Out of College Edward Worthington Swinger
1915-06-21 The Moonstone