George O'Brien

George OBrien April 19 1899 September 4 1985 was an American actor popular during the silent film era and into the talkie era of the 1930s best known today as the lead actor in F W Murnaus 1927 film Sunrise A Song of Two Humans He also starred in East Side West Side 1927 The Johnstown Floor 1926 and John Fords The Iron Horse 1924 The day before his seventh birthday the Great Earthquake of 1906 hit San Francisco He and his family nearly died and were homeless for months He served in World War I and World War II