George Brent
Age: 75 | From: Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
Person Details
Birthday: 1904-03-15 10:06:21
Death: 1979-05-26 10:06:21
Aliases: George Brendan Nolan , George B. Nolan , George Nolan , George Patrick Nolan
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
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Movie Involvements: 70
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Rawhide
(1959) Jefferson Devereaux
Wire Service
(1956) Dean Evans
Dark Victory
(1939) Dr. Frederick Steele
The Spiral Staircase
(1946) Professor Warren
Jezebel
(1938) Buck Cantrell
Baby Face
(1933) Courtland Trenholm
The Old Maid
(1939) Clem Spender
The Last Page
(1952) John HarmanActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1978 | Judge Gerhard Gesell | |
| 1959 | Jefferson Devereaux | |
| 1956 | Man with Balloon at Party | |
| Dean Evans | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 1953 | David L. 'Dave' Brady | |
| Steve Gordon | ||
| 1952 | Tom Bradfield | |
| John Harman | ||
| 1951 | Jeff Donley | |
| Sam Bentley | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1949 | Paul Martin | |
| Mike Jackson | ||
| Chief Agent Dan Collins | ||
| Matthew Bostel | ||
| 1948 | Captain Jeremy Bradford | |
| Jim Warburton | ||
| 1947 | Michael Brooks | |
| Matt Claibourne | ||
| Joe Medford | ||
| Arthur Earthleigh | ||
| 1946 | Nigel Armine | |
| Bill Williams | ||
| Lawrence Hamilton | ||
| Professor Warren | ||
| Major Scott Landis | ||
| 1945 | Roger Berton | |
| Self | ||
| 1944 | Dr. Huntington Bailey | |
| 1942 | James Kincaid | |
| Steve Mitchell | ||
| Charles Barclay | ||
| Craig Fleming | ||
| Mike Abbott | ||
| Self | ||
| 1941 | Tim Hanley | |
| Prince Kurt von Rotenberg | ||
| Peter 'Pete' Van Allen | ||
| Kenneth Bixby | ||
| 1940 | John Gamble | |
| Stephen Forbes | ||
| Dan Hardesty | ||
| Capt. Stephen Dennett | ||
| Wild Bill Donovan | ||
| Self | ||
| 1939 | Tom Ransome | |
| Clem Spender | ||
| Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel') | ||
| Dr. Frederick Steele | ||
| Cass Harrington | ||
| 1938 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Richard 'Dick' Orr | ||
| Denny Jordan | ||
| Jared Whitney (archive footage) | ||
| Buck Cantrell | ||
| Jared Whitney | ||
| Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Lt. Commander Dan Matthews | |
| Bill Austin | ||
| Paul Cameron | ||
| Self | ||
| Steve Russett | ||
| 1936 | Self | |
| Fred Gilbert | ||
| James 'Jim' Baker | ||
| Johnny Jones | ||
| Matt Logan | ||
| Alan Tanner | ||
| 1935 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| Emory Muir | ||
| Bob McNear | ||
| Bill Bradford | ||
| Curt Devlin | ||
| Mack Hale | ||
| Terry Parker | ||
| Colin Trent | ||
| 1934 | Jack Townsend | |
| McAllister | ||
| William H. Reynolds | ||
| Douglas Beall | ||
| 1933 | Jim Thorne | |
| Lt. Jim Stevens | ||
| Courtland Trenholm | ||
| Bob Chandler | ||
| Neil Davis | ||
| Pat Denning | ||
| Dr. Karl Bernhard | ||
| 1932 | Dr. Tony Travers | |
| Geoffrey Gault | ||
| Jim Gilson | ||
| Peter Acton | ||
| Police Inspector Patten | ||
| Julian Tierney | ||
| Adult Roelf Pool | ||
| 1931 | Alan Scott | |
| Jimmy | ||
| Donald Swift | ||
| Capt. Ronald Keane | ||
| Les Haines | ||
| James Brent | ||
| 1930 | Inspector Turner | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
