From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Brent (born George Patrick [or 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.
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Born Again | Judge Gerhard Gesell | 1978-10-01 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Wire Service | Dean Evans | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | Death of a Scoundrel | Man with Balloon at Party | 1956-10-31 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | Tangier Incident | Steve Gordon | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Mexican Manhunt | David L. 'Dave' Brady | 1953-09-13 |
Movie | The Last Page | John Harman | 1952-01-25 |
Movie | Montana Belle | Tom Bradfield | 1952-11-11 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | FBI Girl | Jeff Donley | 1951-11-04 |
Movie | Red Canyon | Matthew Bostel | 1949-04-27 |
Movie | Illegal Entry | Chief Agent Dan Collins | 1949-06-01 |
Movie | The Kid from Cleveland | Mike Jackson | 1949-09-05 |
Movie | Bride for Sale | Paul Martin | 1949-11-12 |
Movie | Angel on the Amazon | Jim Warburton | 1948-11-01 |
Movie | Luxury Liner | Captain Jeremy Bradford | 1948-11-09 |
Movie | Out of the Blue | Arthur Earthleigh | 1947-04-21 |
Movie | The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Joe Medford | 1947-06-02 |
Movie | Christmas Eve | Michael Brooks | 1947-10-31 |
Movie | Slave Girl | Matt Claibourne | 1947-07-17 |
Movie | The Spiral Staircase | Professor Warren | 1946-02-06 |
Movie | Tomorrow Is Forever | Lawrence Hamilton | 1946-02-20 |
Movie | My Reputation | Major Scott Landis | 1946-01-25 |
Movie | Lover Come Back | Bill Williams | 1946-06-21 |
Movie | Temptation | Nigel Armine | 1946-12-02 |
Movie | The Affairs of Susan | Roger Berton | 1945-07-08 |
Movie | Experiment Perilous | Dr. Huntington Bailey | 1944-12-18 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
Movie | In This Our Life | Craig Fleming | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | Twin Beds | Mike Abbott | 1942-04-30 |
Movie | The Gay Sisters | Charles Barclay | 1942-08-01 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | Steve Mitchell | 1942-10-10 |
Movie | Silver Queen | James Kincaid | 1942-11-14 |
Movie | Honeymoon for Three | Kenneth Bixby | 1941-01-18 |
Movie | The Great Lie | Peter 'Pete' Van Allen | 1941-04-05 |
Movie | They Dare Not Love | Prince Kurt von Rotenberg | 1941-05-16 |
Movie | International Lady | Tim Hanley | 1941-10-16 |
Movie | Adventure in Diamonds | Capt. Stephen Dennett | 1940-03-08 |
Movie | 'Til We Meet Again | Dan Hardesty | 1940-04-20 |
Movie | The Fighting 69th | Wild Bill Donovan | 1940-01-27 |
Movie | The Man Who Talked Too Much | Stephen Forbes | 1940-07-16 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | 1940-12-31 |
Movie | South of Suez | John Gamble | 1940-11-16 |
Movie | Wings of the Navy | Cass Harrington | 1939-02-11 |
Movie | Dark Victory | Dr. Frederick Steele | 1939-04-20 |
Movie | The Old Maid | Clem Spender | 1939-08-16 |
Movie | The Rains Came | Tom Ransome | 1939-09-15 |
Movie | Jezebel | Buck Cantrell | 1938-03-26 |
Movie | Out Where the Stars Begin | Jared Whitney (archive footage) | 1938-05-28 |
Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Jared Whitney | 1938-02-12 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
Movie | Racket Busters | Denny Jordan | 1938-07-16 |
Movie | Swingtime in the Movies | Himself (uncredited) | 1938-12-24 |
Movie | Secrets of an Actress | Richard 'Dick' Orr | 1938-09-10 |
Movie | God's Country and the Woman | Steve Russett | 1937-01-16 |
Movie | Mountain Justice | Paul Cameron | 1937-04-24 |
Movie | Submarine D-1 | Lt. Commander Dan Matthews | 1937-11-27 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | The Go-Getter | Bill Austin | 1937-05-22 |
Movie | Snowed Under | Alan Tanner | 1936-03-29 |
Movie | The Golden Arrow | Johnny Jones | 1936-05-23 |
Movie | The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Matt Logan | 1936-05-08 |
Movie | Give Me Your Heart | James 'Jim' Baker | 1936-09-17 |
Movie | More Than a Secretary | Fred Gilbert | 1936-12-10 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | 1936-12-30 |
Movie | Stranded | Mack Hale | 1935-06-29 |
Movie | The Right to Live | Colin Trent | 1935-01-26 |
Movie | Front Page Woman | Curt Devlin | 1935-07-11 |
Movie | Living on Velvet | Terry Parker | 1935-03-02 |
Movie | The Goose and the Gander | Bob McNear | 1935-09-21 |
Movie | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
Movie | Special Agent | Bill Bradford | 1935-09-14 |
Movie | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
Movie | In Person | Emory Muir | 1935-11-22 |
Movie | Stamboul Quest | Douglas Beall | 1934-07-13 |
Movie | Housewife | William H. Reynolds | 1934-08-11 |
Movie | The Painted Veil | Jack Townsend | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | Desirable | McAllister | 1934-09-08 |
Movie | 42nd Street | Pat Denning | 1933-03-11 |
Movie | Luxury Liner | Dr. Karl Bernhard | 1933-02-03 |
Movie | Lilly Turner | Bob Chandler | 1933-05-13 |
Movie | The Keyhole | Neil Davis | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | From Headquarters | Lt. Jim Stevens | 1933-11-16 |
Movie | Female | Jim Thorne | 1933-11-11 |
Movie | Baby Face | Courtland Trenholm | 1933-07-13 |
Movie | The Rich Are Always with Us | Julian Tierney | 1932-05-19 |
Movie | So Big! | Adult Roelf Pool | 1932-04-30 |
Movie | Miss Pinkerton | Police Inspector Patten | 1932-05-27 |
Movie | The Purchase Price | Jim Gilson | 1932-07-23 |
Movie | Week-End Marriage | Peter Acton | 1932-06-18 |
Movie | They Call It Sin | Dr. Tony Travers | 1932-11-05 |
Movie | The Crash | Geoffrey Gault | 1932-10-09 |
Movie | Once a Sinner | James Brent | 1931-01-25 |
Movie | Fair Warning | Les Haines | 1931-02-01 |
Movie | Ex-Bad Boy | Donald Swift | 1931-07-15 |
Movie | Charlie Chan Carries On | Capt. Ronald Keane | 1931-04-11 |
Movie | Homicide Squad | Jimmy | 1931-08-01 |
Movie | Under Suspicion | Inspector Turner | 1930-12-28 |