1904-03-15 Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
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.
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Jezebel: Legend of the South | Self (archive footage) | 2006-05-30 |
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Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill | Self (archive footage) | 1994-09-13 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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Born Again | Judge Gerhard Gesell | 1978-10-01 |
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Death of a Scoundrel | Man with Balloon at Party | 1956-10-31 |
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Tangier Incident | Steve Gordon | 1953-02-01 |
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Mexican Manhunt | David L. 'Dave' Brady | 1953-09-13 |
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The Last Page | John Harman | 1952-01-25 |
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Montana Belle | Tom Bradfield | 1952-11-11 |
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FBI Girl | Jeff Donley | 1951-11-04 |
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The Kid from Cleveland | Mike Jackson | 1949-09-05 |
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Illegal Entry | Chief Agent Dan Collins | 1949-06-01 |
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Red Canyon | Matthew Bostel | 1949-04-27 |
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Bride for Sale | Paul Martin | 1949-11-12 |
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Angel on the Amazon | Jim Warburton | 1948-11-01 |
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Luxury Liner | Captain Jeremy Bradford | 1948-11-09 |
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Slave Girl | Matt Claibourne | 1947-07-17 |
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Out of the Blue | Arthur Earthleigh | 1947-04-21 |
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The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Joe Medford | 1947-06-02 |
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Christmas Eve | Michael Brooks | 1947-10-31 |
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Temptation | Nigel Armine | 1946-12-02 |
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Tomorrow Is Forever | Lawrence Hamilton | 1946-02-20 |
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My Reputation | Major Scott Landis | 1946-01-25 |
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The Spiral Staircase | Professor Warren | 1946-01-26 |
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Lover Come Back | Bill Williams | 1946-06-21 |
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The Affairs of Susan | Roger Berton | 1945-07-08 |
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Experiment Perilous | Dr. Huntington Bailey | 1944-12-18 |
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Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
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In This Our Life | Craig Fleming | 1942-05-08 |
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You Can't Escape Forever | Steve Mitchell | 1942-10-10 |
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Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942-12-31 |
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Twin Beds | Mike Abbott | 1942-04-30 |
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The Gay Sisters | Charles Barclay | 1942-08-01 |
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Silver Queen | James Kincaid | 1942-11-14 |
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The Great Lie | Peter 'Pete' Van Allen | 1941-04-05 |
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They Dare Not Love | Prince Kurt von Rotenberg | 1941-05-16 |
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International Lady | Tim Hanley | 1941-10-16 |
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Honeymoon for Three | Kenneth Bixby | 1941-01-18 |
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The Man Who Talked Too Much | Stephen Forbes | 1940-07-16 |
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Breakdowns of 1940 | Self | 1940-12-31 |
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South of Suez | John Gamble | 1940-11-16 |
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'Til We Meet Again | Dan Hardesty | 1940-04-20 |
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Adventure in Diamonds | Capt. Stephen Dennett | 1940-03-08 |
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The Fighting 69th | Wild Bill Donovan | 1940-01-27 |
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Wings of the Navy | Cass Harrington | 1939-02-11 |
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The Old Maid | Clem Spender | 1939-08-16 |
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Dark Victory | Dr. Frederick Steele | 1939-04-20 |
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Land of Liberty | Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel') | 1939-06-15 |
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The Rains Came | Tom Ransome | 1939-09-15 |
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Breakdowns of 1938 | Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
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Secrets of an Actress | Richard 'Dick' Orr | 1938-09-10 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | Jared Whitney | 1938-02-12 |
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Swingtime in the Movies | Himself (uncredited) | 1938-12-24 |
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Out Where the Stars Begin | Jared Whitney (archive footage) | 1938-05-28 |
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Jezebel | Buck Cantrell | 1938-03-26 |
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Racket Busters | Denny Jordan | 1938-07-16 |
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Mountain Justice | Paul Cameron | 1937-04-24 |
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The Go-Getter | Bill Austin | 1937-05-22 |
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God's Country and the Woman | Steve Russett | 1937-01-16 |
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Submarine D-1 | Lt. Commander Dan Matthews | 1937-11-27 |
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Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 1937-12-31 |
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The Golden Arrow | Johnny Jones | 1936-05-23 |
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Snowed Under | Alan Tanner | 1936-03-29 |
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More Than a Secretary | Fred Gilbert | 1936-12-10 |
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The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Matt Logan | 1936-05-08 |
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Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | 1936-12-30 |
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Give Me Your Heart | James 'Jim' Baker | 1936-09-17 |
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Stranded | Mack Hale | 1935-06-29 |
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In Person | Emory Muir | 1935-11-22 |
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Special Agent | Bill Bradford | 1935-09-14 |
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Front Page Woman | Curt Devlin | 1935-07-11 |
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The Goose and the Gander | Bob McNear | 1935-09-21 |
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The Right to Live | Colin Trent | 1935-01-26 |
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Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
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A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
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Living on Velvet | Terry Parker | 1935-03-02 |
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The Painted Veil | Jack Townsend | 1934-11-23 |
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Stamboul Quest | Douglas Beall | 1934-07-13 |
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Desirable | McAllister | 1934-09-08 |
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Housewife | William H. Reynolds | 1934-08-11 |
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Baby Face | Courtland Trenholm | 1933-07-13 |
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42nd Street | Pat Denning | 1933-03-11 |
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Lilly Turner | Bob Chandler | 1933-05-13 |
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From Headquarters | Lt. Jim Stevens | 1933-11-16 |
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Female | Jim Thorne | 1933-11-11 |
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The Keyhole | Neil Davis | 1933-03-25 |
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Luxury Liner | Dr. Karl Bernhard | 1933-02-03 |
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The Rich Are Always with Us | Julian Tierney | 1932-05-19 |
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Week-End Marriage | Peter Acton | 1932-06-18 |
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The Purchase Price | Jim Gilson | 1932-07-23 |
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So Big! | Adult Roelf Pool | 1932-04-30 |
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Miss Pinkerton | Police Inspector Patten | 1932-05-27 |
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The Crash | Geoffrey Gault | 1932-10-09 |
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They Call It Sin | Dr. Tony Travers | 1932-11-05 |
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Fair Warning | Les Haines | 1931-02-01 |
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The Lightning Warrior | Alan Scott | 1931-11-01 |
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Charlie Chan Carries On | Capt. Ronald Keane | 1931-04-11 |
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Homicide Squad | Jimmy | 1931-08-01 |
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Once a Sinner | James Brent | 1931-01-25 |
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Ex-Bad Boy | Donald Swift | 1931-07-15 |
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Under Suspicion | Inspector Turner | 1930-12-28 |
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The Iron Horse | Worker (uncredited) | 1925-10-04 |
