Portrait of Eugene O'Brien

Acting

Eugene O'Brien

Career

Active from 1915 to 2016, with a break from 1929 to 2012, busiest in 1918 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
46
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Flag
The Flag
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eugene O'Brien Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.3, average 3.6
  • Violence
    2.0, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    0.7, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Melodrama 5
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Silent Film 3
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Silent Era Romance 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • Betrayal 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles ยท average score 62
The Flag
The Flag (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer

The Food Guide to Love
The Food Guide to Love (2013)
GoodWatch score 49

Writer

1920s

24 titles ยท average score 66
The Romantic Age
The Romantic Age (1927)

as Stephen Winslow

Fine Manners
Fine Manners (1926)
GoodWatch score 70

as Brian Alden

Graustark
Graustark (1925)

as Grenfall Lorry

Secrets
Secrets (1924)
GoodWatch score 61

as John Carlton

The Voice from the Minaret
The Voice from the Minaret (1923)

as Andrew Fabian

John Smith
John Smith (1922)

as John Smith

The Prophet's Paradise
The Prophet's Paradise (1922)

as Howard Anderson

Is Life Worth Living?
Is Life Worth Living? (1921)

as Melville Marley

The Wonderful Chance
The Wonderful Chance (1920)

as Lord Birmingham / 'Swagger' Barlow

The Figurehead
The Figurehead (1920)

as Sheridan Dow

His Wife's Money
His Wife's Money (1920)

as Richard Flint

Broadway and Home
Broadway and Home (1920)

as Michael Strange

1910s

24 titles ยท average score 55
Come Out of the Kitchen
Come Out of the Kitchen (1919)

as Burton Crane

The Broken Melody
The Broken Melody (1919)

as Stewart Grant

Little Miss Hoover
Little Miss Hoover (1918)

as Major Adam Baldwin

The Ghosts of Yesterday
The Ghosts of Yesterday (1918)

as Howard Marston

By Right of Purchase
By Right of Purchase (1918)

as Chadwick Himes

The Safety Curtain
The Safety Curtain (1918)

as Captain Merryon

De Luxe Annie
De Luxe Annie (1918)

as Jimmy Fitzpatrick

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
GoodWatch score 55

as Adam Ladd

The Moth
The Moth (1917)

as Cpt. Bridgey

Poor Little Peppina
Poor Little Peppina (1916)

as Hugh Carroll

The Return of Eve
The Return of Eve (1916)

as Adam

The Moonstone
The Moonstone (1915)

as Franklin Blake