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Eugene O'Brien‌

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Eugene O'Brien

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Eugene O'Brien

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1880-11-14

Popularity

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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.

Movie Credits

Flames

Flames‌
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calendar 1926

John Smith

John Smith‌
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calendar 1922

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino‌
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calendar 1961

The Return of Eve

The Return of Eve‌
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calendar 1916

The Chaperon

The Chaperon‌
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calendar 1916

Secrets

Secrets‌
star5.5
calendar 1924

Poor Little Peppina

Poor Little Peppina‌
star5.2
calendar 1916

Under the Greenwood Tree

Under the Greenwood Tree‌
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calendar 1918

The Spirit That Wins

The Spirit That Wins‌
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calendar 1918

Sealed Hearts

Sealed Hearts‌
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calendar 1919

Fine Manners

Fine Manners‌
star7.5
calendar 1926

A Romance of the Underworld

A Romance of the Underworld‌
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calendar 1918

The Wonderful Chance

The Wonderful Chance‌
star5.4
calendar 1920

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm‌
star5.8
calendar 1917

The Safety Curtain

The Safety Curtain‌
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calendar 1918

The Romantic Age

The Romantic Age‌
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calendar 1927

Souls for Sables

Souls for Sables‌
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calendar 1925

The Rise of Susan

The Rise of Susan‌
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calendar 1916

Clay Dollars

Clay Dollars‌
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calendar 1921

Siege

Siege‌
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calendar 1925

Dangerous Innocence

Dangerous Innocence‌
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calendar 1925

Poppy

Poppy‌
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calendar 1917

The Moth

The Moth‌
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calendar 1917

The Ghosts of Yesterday

The Ghosts of Yesterday‌
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calendar 1918

By Right of Purchase

By Right of Purchase‌
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calendar 1918

De Luxe Annie

De Luxe Annie‌
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calendar 1918

Her Only Way

Her Only Way‌
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calendar 1918

The Voice from the Minaret

The Voice from the Minaret‌
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calendar 1923

The Only Woman

The Only Woman‌
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calendar 1924

Channing of the Northwest

Channing of the Northwest‌
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calendar 1922

The Broken Melody

The Broken Melody‌
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calendar 1919

The Last Door

The Last Door‌
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calendar 1921

The Scarlet Woman

The Scarlet Woman‌
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calendar 1916

Graustark

Graustark‌
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calendar 1925

The Moonstone

The Moonstone‌
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calendar 1915

Little Miss Hoover

Little Miss Hoover‌
star5.0
calendar 1918

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