John B. O'Brien

John B. "Jack" O'Brien (December 13, 1884 – August 15, 1936) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926.

Biography O'Brien was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He attended St. John's College in Brooklyn, New York, and was planning on becoming a lawyer. However, Daniel Frohman persuaded him to change his mind and try a stage career instead. According to one of these sources, the book Buffalo Bill on the Silver Screen: The Films of William F. Cody, O'Brien had to shoot the film while the Wild West show was on tour. five-reel feature movies. However, the opening credits of the film itself state that it is only three reels long. (To confuse the issue even further, there is another 1912 film with exactly the same title, directed by Paul Panzer. )

Some sources state he worked on D. W. Griffith's ground-breaking epic The Birth of a Nation. (1920) Thunder Island (1914 short) Sierra Jim's Reformation (1914 short) The Old Fisherman's Story (1914 short) Captain Macklin (1917) Queen X (1917) The Bishop's Emeralds (1919) The Family Closet (1921) Those Who Dare (1924) Montana of the Range (1926 short) Queen of the Hills (1926 short) Mountain Molly O''' (1926 short) Outlaw Love (1926 short) The Little Warrior (1926 short) Jim Hood's Ghost'' (1926 short)