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Eugene O'Brien
Acting

Eugene O'Brien
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1880-11-14,Boulder, Colorado, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

10

Flames
1926-09-15

7

John Smith
1922-06-01

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

7

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24

The Return of Eve

0

The Return of Eve
1916-10-16

10

The Chaperon
1916-11-20

6

Secrets
1924-03-24

Poor Little Peppina

5.2

Poor Little Peppina
1916-03-02

Under the Greenwood Tree

0

Under the Greenwood Tree
1918-12-08

The Spirit That Wins

8

The Spirit That Wins
1918-10-01

8

Sealed Hearts
1919-11-16

8

Fine Manners
1926-08-29

A Romance of the Underworld

0

A Romance of the Underworld
1918-06-30

The Wonderful Chance

5.625

The Wonderful Chance
1920-09-27

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

5.8

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917-09-22

The Safety Curtain

6.75

The Safety Curtain
1918-07-10

The Romantic Age

8

The Romantic Age
1927-06-05

Souls for Sables

8

Souls for Sables
1925-01-01

The Rise of Susan

0

The Rise of Susan
1916-12-18

10

Clay Dollars
1921-10-19

9

Siege
1925-09-27

Dangerous Innocence

8

Dangerous Innocence
1925-04-12

0

Poppy
1917-05-04

1

The Moth
1917-10-01

The Ghosts of Yesterday

0

The Ghosts of Yesterday
1918-01-19

By Right of Purchase

9

By Right of Purchase
1918-02-01

0

De Luxe Annie
1918-05-19

0

Her Only Way
1918-08-18

The Voice from the Minaret

10

The Voice from the Minaret
1923-01-28

8

The Only Woman
1924-10-25

Channing of the Northwest

10

Channing of the Northwest
1922-04-10

The Broken Melody

0

The Broken Melody
1919-12-01

10

The Last Door
1921-05-10

The Scarlet Woman

0

The Scarlet Woman
1916-05-29

9

Graustark
1925-08-30

0

The Moonstone
1915-06-21

Little Miss Hoover

5

Little Miss Hoover
1918-12-29

10

Fires of Faith
1919-08-03

Just Out of College

0

Just Out of College
1915-08-01

The Perfect Lover

0

The Perfect Lover
1919-09-20

0

Gilded Lies
1921-03-04

His Wife's Money

8

His Wife's Money
1920-02-01

7

Worlds Apart
1921-01-01

A Fool and His Money

9

A Fool and His Money
1920-03-29

Is Life Worth Living?

9

Is Life Worth Living?
1921-09-01

Come Out of the Kitchen

9

Come Out of the Kitchen
1919-05-11

Broadway and Home

7

Broadway and Home
1920-12-10

9

The Figurehead
1920-06-14

The Prophet's Paradise

10

The Prophet's Paradise
1922-02-28

The Faithless Lover

10

The Faithless Lover
1928-01-01