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Father, with Churchill, of Orin O'Brien who has played bass with the New York Philharmonic since 1966.

He would appear in a few films outside the horse set, such as Ever Since Eve (1934), but those roles would be few.

He was in some of the best stories ever written, Riders of the Purple Sage (1931), and in some of the worst. But he was consistently in the Top Ten money-making Western Stars.

Over the next two years, he would appear in four more Ford films and would co-star with Janet Gaynor in The Blue Eagle (1926) and Sunrise (1927). "Sunrise," a winner of two Academy Awards, was the story of a simple farmer who lets another woman talk him into murdering his wife. George remained popular until sound came along. By that time, his popularity was sliding, but he did make the transition to sound. With his rugged looks and physical size, he was soon a Western Cowboy Star.

In 1924, Director John Ford picked virtually unknown George to star in his first picture, The Iron Horse (1924).

George was the son of the San Francisco Chief of Police who became a college athlete. He was the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Pacific Fleet during World War I. In the early 1920s, George wound up in Hollywood where he worked as a stuntman and part time actor.

U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet light-heavyweight boxing champion, 1918.