Eugene O'Brien: Eugene O'Brien. Actor: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Eugene O'Brien, the silent screen matinée idol, was born Louis O'Brien in Boulder, Colorado in 1881, to police marshal John O'Brien and his wife Kate. He studied medicine at the University of Colorado in order to realize his family's ambition that he should become a physician. O'Brien's first love, however, was the stage, but his family disapproved of acting as a profession. He...
Known For: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Adam Ladd), The Last Door (The Magnet), The Moonstone (Franklin Blake), De Luxe Annie (Jimmy Fitzpatrick)