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person_profile-George Brent

George Brent Died at age: 75

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

George Brent

Date of Birth:

Mar 15, 1904

Country of birth:

Ireland

Died:

May 26, 1979

Biography of

George Brent

    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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George Brent

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Filmography of

George Brent

Found 89 Movies in total

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

Born Again

Judge Gerhard Gesell ( Actor )

... 1978

Death of a Scoundrel

Man with Balloon at Party ( Actor )

... 1956

Mexican Manhunt

David L. 'Dave' Brady ( Actor )

... 1953

Tangier Incident

Steve Gordon ( Actor )

... 1953

Montana Belle

Tom Bradfield ( Actor )

... 1952

The Last Page

John Harman ( Actor )

... 1952

FBI Girl

Jeff Donley ( Actor )

... 1951

Bride for Sale

Paul Martin ( Actor )

... 1949

The Kid from Cleveland

Mike Jackson ( Actor )

... 1949

Illegal Entry

Chief Agent Dan Collins ( Actor )

... 1949

Red Canyon

Matthew Bostel ( Actor )

... 1949

Luxury Liner

Captain Jeremy Bradford ( Actor )

... 1948

Angel on the Amazon

Jim Warburton ( Actor )

... 1948

Christmas Eve

Michael Brooks ( Actor )

... 1947

Slave Girl

Matt Claibourne ( Actor )

... 1947

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Joe Medford ( Actor )

... 1947

Out of the Blue

Arthur Earthleigh ( Actor )

... 1947

Temptation

Nigel Armine ( Actor )

... 1946

Lover Come Back

Bill Williams ( Actor )

... 1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

Lawrence Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1946

The Spiral Staircase

Professor Warren ( Actor )

... 1946

My Reputation

Major Scott Landis ( Actor )

... 1946

The Affairs of Susan

Roger Berton ( Actor )

... 1945

Experiment Perilous

Dr. Huntington Bailey ( Actor )

... 1944

Silver Queen

James Kincaid ( Actor )

... 1942

You Can't Escape Forever

Steve Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1942

The Gay Sisters

Charles Barclay ( Actor )

... 1942

In This Our Life

Craig Fleming ( Actor )

... 1942

Twin Beds

Mike Abbott ( Actor )

... 1942

International Lady

Tim Hanley ( Actor )

... 1941

They Dare Not Love

Prince Kurt von Rotenberg ( Actor )

... 1941

The Great Lie

Peter 'Pete' Van Allen ( Actor )

... 1941

Honeymoon for Three

Kenneth Bixby ( Actor )

... 1941

South of Suez

John Gamble ( Actor )

... 1940

The Man Who Talked Too Much

Stephen Forbes ( Actor )

... 1940

'Til We Meet Again

Dan Hardesty ( Actor )

... 1940

Adventure in Diamonds

Capt. Stephen Dennett ( Actor )

... 1940

The Fighting 69th

Wild Bill Donovan ( Actor )

... 1940

The Rains Came

Tom Ransome ( Actor )

... 1939

The Old Maid

Clem Spender ( Actor )

... 1939

Land of Liberty

Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel') ( Actor )

... 1939

Dark Victory

Dr. Frederick Steele ( Actor )

... 1939

Wings of the Navy

Cass Harrington ( Actor )

... 1939

Secrets of an Actress

Richard 'Dick' Orr ( Actor )

... 1938

Racket Busters

Denny Jordan ( Actor )

... 1938

Jezebel

Buck Cantrell ( Actor )

... 1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

Jared Whitney ( Actor )

... 1938

Submarine D-1

Lt. Commander Dan Matthews ( Actor )

... 1937

The Go-Getter

Bill Austin ( Actor )

... 1937

Mountain Justice

Paul Cameron ( Actor )

... 1937

God's Country and the Woman

Steve Russett ( Actor )

... 1937

More Than a Secretary

Fred Gilbert ( Actor )

... 1936

Give Me Your Heart

James 'Jim' Baker ( Actor )

... 1936

The Golden Arrow

Johnny Jones ( Actor )

... 1936

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

Matt Logan ( Actor )

... 1936

Snowed Under

Alan Tanner ( Actor )

... 1936

In Person

Emory Muir ( Actor )

... 1935

The Goose and the Gander

Bob McNear ( Actor )

... 1935

Special Agent

Bill Bradford ( Actor )

... 1935

Front Page Woman

Curt Devlin ( Actor )

... 1935

Stranded

Mack Hale ( Actor )

... 1935

Living on Velvet

Terry Parker ( Actor )

... 1935

The Right to Live

Colin Trent ( Actor )

... 1935

The Painted Veil

Jack Townsend ( Actor )

... 1934

Desirable

McAllister ( Actor )

... 1934

Housewife

William H. Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1934

Stamboul Quest

Douglas Beall ( Actor )

... 1934

From Headquarters

Lt. Jim Stevens ( Actor )

... 1933

Female

Jim Thorne ( Actor )

... 1933

Baby Face

Courtland Trenholm ( Actor )

... 1933

Lilly Turner

Bob Chandler ( Actor )

... 1933

The Keyhole

Neil Davis ( Actor )

... 1933

42nd Street

Pat Denning ( Actor )

... 1933

Luxury Liner

Dr. Karl Bernhard ( Actor )

... 1933

They Call It Sin

Dr. Tony Travers ( Actor )

... 1932

The Crash

Geoffrey Gault ( Actor )

... 1932

The Purchase Price

Jim Gilson ( Actor )

... 1932

Week-End Marriage

Peter Acton ( Actor )

... 1932

Miss Pinkerton

Police Inspector Patten ( Actor )

... 1932

The Rich Are Always with Us

Julian Tierney ( Actor )

... 1932

So Big!

Adult Roelf Pool ( Actor )

... 1932

The Lightning Warrior

Alan Scott ( Actor )

... 1931

Homicide Squad

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1931

Ex-Bad Boy

Donald Swift ( Actor )

... 1931

Charlie Chan Carries On

Capt. Ronald Keane ( Actor )

... 1931

Fair Warning

Les Haines ( Actor )

... 1931

Once a Sinner

James Brent ( Actor )

... 1931

Under Suspicion

Inspector Turner ( Actor )

... 1930