Tom O'Brien

출생 : 1890-07-25, San Diego, California, USA

사망 : 1947-06-08

참여 작품

Phantom of Santa Fe
Henchman Kildane
A band of renegades attacks and loots a mission, stealing some priceless treasures. Local citizens blame an outlaw known as "The Hawk," who is also called "The Phantom of Santa Fe."
The Murder in the Museum
Alfred Carr
When a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a somewhat disreputable sideshow, the daughter of the chief suspect teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.
The Woman Condemned
First Detective
Jerry Beall, a young newspaper reporter, intrigued by the charm and beauty of Barbara Hammond, a girl accused of murdering a female radio-star, sets out to prove her innocence in the face of a damaging array of circumstantial evidence, abetted by the lack of truth in many of Barbara's statements. But Barbara winds up in a romantic clinch instead of the electric chair, after a series of sequences that reveal the fallacy of jumping to conclusions.
The Unexpected Father
Policeman
A wealthy bachelor hires a pretty young nanny to look after his adopted daughter. Sparks quickly fly between the two, much to the dismay of the man's calculating, money-hungry fiancée.
It's a Cinch
Spike
When a dance instructor is tricked into facing a prize fighter in the boxing ring, his girlfriend devises a plan to turn the odds in his favor.
The Phantom
Police Sgt. Pat Collins
An eclectic group of people are stalked by a masked killer in an old mansion.
Trapped
Joe Farley
A police captain investigating a ring of bank robbers falls in love with a nightclub entertainer suspected of being involved with the gang.
Moby Dick
Starbuck
Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.
Call of the West
Bull Clarkson
Nightclub entertainer Violet La Tour collapses during a performance in Sagebrush, Texas, and is taken to the ranch of Lon Dixon. They fall in love and are married. Feeling deserted when Lon joins a posse in search of rustlers, she returns to New York. There, she is wooed by her agent, Maurice Kane, but confirms her love for Lon when he comes to claim her.
Dance Hall
Truckdriver
A dance trophy winning young couple is temporarily split up when a playboy aviator leads the girl to believe he's in love with her.
The Talk of Hollywood
Reel-Mixing Projectionist
Schlock-movie producer J. Pierpont Ginsburg, after declaring, in a Yiddish accent, that "talking pictures are in their infantry," decides to put all of his savings into a big-budgeted musical, starring the sensation of Paris (with a bad French accent), Adore Renee, and a swishy leading man, Reginald Whitlock. Meanwhile, his daughter, Judy Ginsburg, gets involved in a romance with Ginsburg's Gentile lawyer, John Applegate. His efforts aren't helped any by the projectionist who mixes up the sound-disc reels, with the images not matching the dialogue and sound effects, during a showing for prospective film buyers and exhibitors.
Untamed
Moran
In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide for the wild, rich girl. Andy's prideful position is more than encouraged by Bingo's Uncle Ben, who seeks to scuttle their love match.
Broadway Scandals
Bill Gray
Ted Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil), proposes to finance a new act with her savings and the team succeeds in a minor way until Ted is discovered by Broadway femme fatale Valeska (Carmel Myers). Not wishing to stand in her partner's way, Mary nobly resigns from the act and instead accepts a minor role in the show. She proves a sensation on opening night, however, and a jealous Valeska demands her ousted. But Ted, who is in love with Mary, reorganizes their old act and they begin a new life together as man and wife.
Hurricane
Dugan
Captain Black and his motley crew of pirates are shipwrecked on a South Sea island, where they hold several shanghaied sailors captive. Black observes the ship commanded by Hurricane Martin approaching and conspires to get his men aboard the vessel and seize the cargo.
The Peacock Fan
Sgt. O'Brien
A bumbling detective sent to investigate a murder at a wealth home is replaced by a sneering second investigator of mixed racial ancestry in this mystery involving an ancient Asian fan.
On With the Show!
Larry Maloney
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can the show be saved?
The Flying Fool
Tom Dugan
A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if she's the real thing or just trying to take advantage of him. Unfortunately, he winds up falling in love with her himself.
His Lucky Day
James - the Chauffeur
When a young man acts foolish, he's either insane, in debt or in love, and there's not much difference! Real estate agent Charles Blaydon is in love and in order to get the father of his sweetheart Kay Weaver to purchase a nearby property he is must fill the vacant house next door. So he does something foolish when he offers a few months rent free to the first group of prospective buyer he finds. However in his eagerness he doesn't suspect that this peculiar group isn't a family looking for a home but actually a gang of robbers on the lam!
San Francisco Nights
Red
Young lawyer John Vickery is in love with his wife, but he thinks she is in love with another man...
The Chorus Kid
Bill Whipple
A Silent Comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton.
That's My Daddy
Officer Patrick Moran
A wealthy bachelor lies his way out of a speeding ticket by telling the cops he's on his way to visit his baby girl in hospital - ever helpful, they accompany him whereupon a little girl attaches herself to him, with hilarious results.
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Ulysses
Setting the standard for his later light-hearted biopics The Private Life of Henry VIII and Rembrandt, producer-director Alexander Korda steadfastly refuses to take any of The Private Life of Helen of Troy seriously. Maria Corda, wife of the director, plays the title character as a fetchingly underdressed coquette, oblivious to all the political turmoil she's causing when she allows the handsome Paris (Ricardo Cortez) to kidnap her. Meanwhile, poor King Menelaus (Lewis Stone), Helen's husband, stands by in stoic silence, just as he's done on previous occasions when his wife succumbed to the charms of various sexy suitors (one of whom is played by future cowboy star "Wild Bill" Elliot). Finally galvanized into action, Menelaus reclaims his bride, who seems none the worse for wear for her experiences.
The Bugle Call
Sgt. Doolan
Tale of a young bugler whose stepmother attempts to supplant the mother who only lives in his memory.
Twelve Miles Out
Irish
Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she tries to turn him in, he kidnaps her and her fiance John. Jane, now in love with Jerry, must watch as Jerry and Red shoot it out on board Jerry's boat.
The Frontiersman
Abner Hawkins
John Dale and Abner Hawkins are members of Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Militia, assigned to make peace with the Creek Indian tribe in general and the treacherous White Snake in particular.
Winners Of The Wilderness
Timothy
During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.
The Fire Brigade
Joe O'Neil
Terry O'Neill is the youngest of a family of Irish firefighters. He falls in love with Helen Corwin, but complications ensue when Terry learns that her father, a wealthy contractor, has cut costs by putting his buildings in danger of fire.
The Flaming Forest
Mike
Based on a James Oliver Curwood yarn, the outsized Northwest Mountie adventure The Flaming Forest stars Antonio Moreno as RCMP sergeant David Carrigan.
Crack O' Dawn
Take It from Me
Taxi Driver
Tom Eggett, with the help of his pals, Dick and Van, loses the last cent of his inheritance, is evicted from his apartment, and is rejected by Gwen, his fiancée. A codicil to his uncle's will, however, stipulates that he shall inherit the Eggett department store provided that he operate it for 3 months at a profit. Cyrus Crabb, manager of the store, is determined to gain possession of the business and arranges for the company's credit to be canceled during Tom's management, though Grace Gordon, a stenographer, has evidence of his perfidy.
The Runaway Express
Sandy McPherson
Joe Foley, charged to deliver a trainload of cattle to his employer, is forced to commandeer the engine when his engineer refuses to continue until he has observed union rest rules.
Poker Faces
The Prizefighter
In order to secure a lucrative contract, a businessman hires a woman to pose as his wife at a business dinner when his own wife can't make it. Unfortunately, the woman he hires is the wife of an insanely jealous prizefighter.
The Last Edition
Bull - Job Foreman
The hectic life of a seasoned journalist, who’s busy getting out the latest edition of The San Francisco Chronicle. The director follows the editor on his rambles through the city and offers a lively account of the din of the newspaper office – all the way from collecting information to going to press and distributing the newspaper. The historical images of San Francisco are something special: we see landmark buildings like the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building, City Hall and the Pickwick Hotel.
빅 퍼레이드
Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
제1차 세계대전이 중반을 넘어설 무렵, 부유한 사업가의 아들 제임스는 일할 생각은 않고 한량처럼 지낸다. 그런 아들을 보다 못한 아버지는 입대하지 않으면 쫓아내겠다고 협박하고 마지못해 입대한 제임스는 프랑스 전선으로 보내진다. 제임스는 군대에서 새로운 우정을 쌓고 전쟁의 포화 속에서도 사랑하는 여인을 만난다. 연극으로 성공하기도 한 로렌스 스탈링스의 소설을 킹 비더 감독이 영화화했다. 참혹한 전쟁의 시대에도 시들지 않는 웃음과 감동을 선사한 무성 영화 시대 말기의 걸작 중 하나.
White Fang
Matt
Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.
So This Is Marriage?
Riley
The only known copy of this film copy was reported to have been destroyed in the 1967 MGM Vault fire.
Winner Take All
Dynamite Galloway
Perry Blair starts off as a sparring partner for a fighter, but when he knocks the guy down, manager Charles Dunham immediately sees his potential. He takes Blair to New York, where he meets pretty Cecil Manners. Blair finds out that his next fight is fixed and he pulls out. When Dunham spreads a rumor that he is yellow, Blair decides to return west.
Plumb Crazy
Olie Margerine
Bobby Vernon comedy produced by Al Christie.
The Gentleman from America
Johnny Day
Two Army buddies, Dennis O'Shane and Johnny Day, decide to take their furlough in Paris but instead end up in Spain.
Up and Going
Sergeant Langley
In Up and Going, based on Mix's own story, Arctic Trails, the star played a titled, polo playing Northwest Mounted Police officer. From an elderly woman, Tom learns that childhood girlfriend Jackie McNabb is being kept prisoner by evil Basil Du Bois.
The Devil Within
Wansley
Director Bernard J. Durning's silent seafaring romantic melodrama
The Sagebrusher
Charlie Dornewald (as Thomas O'Brien)
A friend of a Montana sagebrusher advertises for a potential wife for him.
Square Deal Sanderson
Williams (as Thomas O'Brien)
Square Deal Sanderson is in pursuit of a horse thief, but someone else shoots the varmint before Sanderson can offer him a "square deal."
Granny
A country boarding house story