Eugene O'Brien

Eugene O'Brien

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
Birthday: 1880-11-14
Place of Birth: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Also Known As: Louis O'Brien

Movies List of Eugene O'Brien

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Flames

1926 Movie
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John Smith

1922 Movie
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The Return of Eve

1916 Movie
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The Chaperon

1916 Movie
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Secrets

1924 Movie
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Poor Little Peppina

1916 Movie
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The Spirit That Wins

1918 Movie
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Sealed Hearts

1919 Movie
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Fine Manners

1926 Movie
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The Wonderful Chance

1920 Movie
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The Safety Curtain

1918 Movie
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The Romantic Age

1927 Movie
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Souls for Sables

1925 Movie
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The Rise of Susan

1916 Movie
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Clay Dollars

1921 Movie
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Siege

1925 Movie
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Dangerous Innocence

1925 Movie
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Poppy

1917 Movie
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The Moth

1917 Movie
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By Right of Purchase

1918 Movie
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De Luxe Annie

1918 Movie
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Her Only Way

1918 Movie
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The Only Woman

1924 Movie
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The Broken Melody

1919 Movie
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The Last Door

1921 Movie
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The Scarlet Woman

1916 Movie
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Graustark

1925 Movie
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The Moonstone

1915 Movie
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Little Miss Hoover

1918 Movie
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Fires of Faith

1919 Movie
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Just Out of College

1915 Movie
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The Perfect Lover

1919 Movie
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Gilded Lies

1921 Movie