Eugene O'Brien

Known for ActingBorn 1880-11-14Died 1966-04-29Boulder, Colorado, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Faithless Lover

Flames

The Voice from the Minaret

Channing of the Northwest

The Prophet's Paradise

Clay Dollars

The Last Door

Fires of Faith

The Chaperon

The Flag

Siege

Graustark

Is Life Worth Living?

A Fool and His Money

The Figurehead

Come Out of the Kitchen

By Right of Purchase

The Romantic Age

Fine Manners

Souls for Sables

Dangerous Innocence

The Only Woman

His Wife's Money

Sealed Hearts

The Spirit That Wins

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

John Smith

Worlds Apart

Broadway and Home

The Safety Curtain

The Food Guide to Love

Secrets

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

The Wonderful Chance

Poor Little Peppina

Little Miss Hoover

The Moth

Gilded Lies

The Broken Melody

The Perfect Lover

Under the Greenwood Tree

A Romance of the Underworld

The Ghosts of Yesterday

Her Only Way

De Luxe Annie

Poppy

The Return of Eve

The Rise of Susan