George Brent (born George Brendan Nolan; 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor.
George Brent (born George Brendan Nolan; 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor.
Brent was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway in 1904 to John J. and Mary (née McGuinness) Nolan. His mother was a native of Clonfad, Moore, County Roscommon.
Brent made his first film, Under Suspicion, in 1930. Over the next two years, he appeared in a number of minor films produced by Universal Studios and Fox, before being signed to contract by Warner Bros. in 1932. He remained at Warner Bros. for the next 20 years, carving out a successful career as a top-flight leading man during the late 1930s and 1940s.
Highly regarded by Bette Davis, he became her most frequent male co-star, appearing with her in 13 films, including Front Page Woman (1935), Special Agent (1935), The Golden Arrow (1936), Jezebel (1938), The Old Maid (1939), Dark Victory (1939), and The Great Lie (1941). Brent also played opposite Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street (1933), Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil (1934), Ginger Rogers in In Person (1935), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary (1936), Myrna Loy in Stamboul Quest (1934) and The Rains Came (1939), Merle Oberon in 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three (1941), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan (1945), Barbara Stanwyck in So Big! (1932), The Purchase Price (1932), Baby Face (1933), The Gay Sisters (1942), and My Reputation (1946), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow Is Forever (1946), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase (1946), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back (1946), and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl (1947).
Brent drifted into "B" pictures from the late 1940s and retired from film in 1953. He continued to appear on television until 1960, having appeared on the religion anthology series Crossroads. He was cast in the lead in the 1956 television series Wire Service. In 1978, he made one last film, the made-for-television production Born Again.
In 1960, Brent was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with two stars. He received a motion-pictures star located at 1709 Vine Street, and a second star located at 1612 Vine Street for his work in television.
Brent was married five times: Helen Louise Campbell (1925–1927), Ruth Chatterton (1932–1934), Constance Worth (1937), Ann Sheridan (1942–1943), and Janet Michaels (1947–1974). His final marriage to Janet Michaels, a former model and dress designer, lasted 27 years until her death in 1974. They had a son and a daughter.
Brent also carried on a lengthy relationship with his frequent Warner Bros. co-star, actress Bette Davis, who described her last meeting with Brent after many years of estrangement. He was suffering from advanced emphysema, and she expressed great sadness at his ill health and deterioration. George Brent died in 1979 in Solana Beach, California.
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Filmography (Movies)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/05/2006
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/09/1994
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Born Again
Character:Judge Gerhard Gesell
Release Date:01/10/1978
Death of a Scoundrel
Character:Man with Balloon at Party
Release Date:31/10/1956
Mexican Manhunt
Character:David L. 'Dave' Brady
Release Date:13/09/1953
Tangier Incident
Character:Steve Gordon
Release Date:01/02/1953
Montana Belle
Character:Tom Bradfield
Release Date:11/11/1952
The Last Page
Character:John Harman
Release Date:25/01/1952
FBI Girl
Character:Jeff Donley
Release Date:04/11/1951
Bride for Sale
Character:Paul Martin
Release Date:12/11/1949
The Kid from Cleveland
Character:Mike Jackson
Release Date:05/09/1949
Illegal Entry
Character:Chief Agent Dan Collins
Release Date:01/06/1949
Red Canyon
Character:Matthew Bostel
Release Date:27/04/1949
Luxury Liner
Character:Captain Jeremy Bradford
Release Date:09/11/1948
Angel on the Amazon
Character:Jim Warburton
Release Date:01/11/1948
Christmas Eve
Character:Michael Brooks
Release Date:31/10/1947
Slave Girl
Character:Matt Claibourne
Release Date:17/07/1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Character:Joe Medford
Release Date:02/06/1947
Out of the Blue
Character:Arthur Earthleigh
Release Date:21/04/1947
Temptation
Character:Nigel Armine
Release Date:02/12/1946
Lover Come Back
Character:Bill Williams
Release Date:21/06/1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
Character:Lawrence Hamilton
Release Date:20/02/1946
The Spiral Staircase
Character:Professor Warren
Release Date:26/01/1946
My Reputation
Character:Major Scott Landis
Release Date:25/01/1946
The Affairs of Susan
Character:Roger Berton
Release Date:08/07/1945
Breakdowns of 1944
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1944
Experiment Perilous
Character:Dr. Huntington Bailey
Release Date:18/12/1944
Breakdowns of 1942
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1942
Silver Queen
Character:James Kincaid
Release Date:14/11/1942
You Can't Escape Forever
Character:Steve Mitchell
Release Date:10/10/1942
The Gay Sisters
Character:Charles Barclay
Release Date:01/08/1942
In This Our Life
Character:Craig Fleming
Release Date:08/05/1942
Twin Beds
Character:Mike Abbott
Release Date:30/04/1942
International Lady
Character:Tim Hanley
Release Date:16/10/1941
They Dare Not Love
Character:Prince Kurt von Rotenberg
Release Date:16/05/1941
The Great Lie
Character:Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
Release Date:05/04/1941
Honeymoon for Three
Character:Kenneth Bixby
Release Date:18/01/1941
Breakdowns of 1940
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1940
South of Suez
Character:John Gamble
Release Date:16/11/1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Character:Stephen Forbes
Release Date:16/07/1940
'Til We Meet Again
Character:Dan Hardesty
Release Date:20/04/1940
Adventure in Diamonds
Character:Capt. Stephen Dennett
Release Date:08/03/1940
The Fighting 69th
Character:Wild Bill Donovan
Release Date:27/01/1940
The Rains Came
Character:Tom Ransome
Release Date:15/09/1939
The Old Maid
Character:Clem Spender
Release Date:16/08/1939
Land of Liberty
Character:Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel')
Release Date:15/06/1939
Dark Victory
Character:Dr. Frederick Steele
Release Date:20/04/1939
Wings of the Navy
Character:Cass Harrington
Release Date:11/02/1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Character:Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1938
Swingtime in the Movies
Character:Himself (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1938
Secrets of an Actress
Character:Richard 'Dick' Orr
Release Date:10/09/1938
Racket Busters
Character:Denny Jordan
Release Date:16/07/1938
Out Where the Stars Begin
Character:Jared Whitney (archive footage)
Release Date:28/05/1938
Jezebel
Character:Buck Cantrell
Release Date:26/03/1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
Character:Jared Whitney
Release Date:12/02/1938
Breakdowns of 1937
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1937
Submarine D-1
Character:Lt. Commander Dan Matthews
Release Date:27/11/1937
The Go-Getter
Character:Bill Austin
Release Date:22/05/1937
Mountain Justice
Character:Paul Cameron
Release Date:24/04/1937
God's Country and the Woman
Character:Steve Russett
Release Date:16/01/1937
Breakdowns of 1936
Character:Self
Release Date:30/12/1936
More Than a Secretary
Character:Fred Gilbert
Release Date:10/12/1936
Give Me Your Heart
Character:James 'Jim' Baker
Release Date:17/09/1936
The Golden Arrow
Character:Johnny Jones
Release Date:23/05/1936
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Character:Matt Logan
Release Date:08/05/1936
Snowed Under
Character:Alan Tanner
Release Date:29/03/1936
A Dream Comes True
Character:Himself (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1935
In Person
Character:Emory Muir
Release Date:22/11/1935
The Goose and the Gander
Character:Bob McNear
Release Date:21/09/1935
Special Agent
Character:Bill Bradford
Release Date:14/09/1935
Front Page Woman
Character:Curt Devlin
Release Date:11/07/1935
Stranded
Character:Mack Hale
Release Date:29/06/1935
Living on Velvet
Character:Terry Parker
Release Date:02/03/1935
The Right to Live
Character:Colin Trent
Release Date:26/01/1935
The Painted Veil
Character:Jack Townsend
Release Date:23/11/1934
Desirable
Character:McAllister
Release Date:08/09/1934
Housewife
Character:William H. Reynolds
Release Date:11/08/1934
Stamboul Quest
Character:Douglas Beall
Release Date:13/07/1934
From Headquarters
Character:Lt. Jim Stevens
Release Date:16/11/1933
Female
Character:Jim Thorne
Release Date:11/11/1933
Baby Face
Character:Courtland Trenholm
Release Date:13/07/1933
Lilly Turner
Character:Bob Chandler
Release Date:13/05/1933
The Keyhole
Character:Neil Davis
Release Date:25/03/1933
42nd Street
Character:Pat Denning
Release Date:11/03/1933
Luxury Liner
Character:Dr. Karl Bernhard
Release Date:03/02/1933
They Call It Sin
Character:Dr. Tony Travers
Release Date:05/11/1932
The Crash
Character:Geoffrey Gault
Release Date:09/10/1932
The Purchase Price
Character:Jim Gilson
Release Date:23/07/1932
Week-End Marriage
Character:Peter Acton
Release Date:18/06/1932
Miss Pinkerton
Character:Police Inspector Patten
Release Date:27/05/1932
The Rich Are Always with Us
Character:Julian Tierney
Release Date:19/05/1932
So Big!
Character:Adult Roelf Pool
Release Date:30/04/1932
The Lightning Warrior
Character:Alan Scott
Release Date:01/11/1931
Homicide Squad
Character:Jimmy
Release Date:01/08/1931
Ex-Bad Boy
Character:Donald Swift
Release Date:15/07/1931
Charlie Chan Carries On
Character:Capt. Ronald Keane
Release Date:11/04/1931
Fair Warning
Character:Les Haines
Release Date:01/02/1931
Once a Sinner
Character:James Brent
Release Date:25/01/1931
Under Suspicion
Character:Inspector Turner
Release Date:28/12/1930
The Iron Horse
Character:Worker (uncredited)
Release Date:04/10/1925
Television Appearances
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