George Brent actor
- All known tv series 6
- Total known movies 101
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGeorge 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.
Pat Denning
Movie 1933
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2006
Buck Cantrell
Movie 1938
Dr. Huntington Bailey
Movie 1944
Professor Warren
Movie 1946
Courtland Trenholm
Movie 1933
Craig Fleming
Movie 1942
Chief Agent Dan Collins
Movie 1949
Colin Trent
Movie 1935
Douglas Beall
Movie 1934
Nigel Armine
Movie 1946
Lawrence Hamilton
Movie 1946
Clem Spender
Movie 1939
Alan Scott
Movie 1931
John Harman
Movie 1952
Jack Townsend
Movie 1934
Bill Bradford
Movie 1935
Jim Thorne
Movie 1933
Jim Gilson
Movie 1932
Charles Barclay
Movie 1942
Denny Jordan
Movie 1938
Michael Brooks
Movie 1947
Bob Chandler
Movie 1933
Dr. Tony Travers
Movie 1932
Captain Jeremy Bradford
Movie 1948
Tom Bradfield
Movie 1952
Adult Roelf Pool
Movie 1932
Jimmy
Movie 1931
Major Scott Landis
Movie 1946
Julian Tierney
Movie 1932
Kenneth Bixby
Movie 1941
Cass Harrington
Movie 1939
James Kincaid
Movie 1942
Jeff Donley
Movie 1951
Dr. Karl Bernhard
Movie 1933
Stephen Forbes
Movie 1940
Tom Ransome
Movie 1939
Peter Acton
Movie 1932
Dan Hardesty
Movie 1940
Paul Cameron
Movie 1937
Bob McNear
Movie 1935
Capt. Stephen Dennett
Movie 1940
Himself (uncredited)
Movie 1938
Prince Kurt von Rotenberg
Movie 1941
Richard 'Dick' Orr
Movie 1938
Emory Muir
Movie 1935
Geoffrey Gault
Movie 1932
William H. Reynolds
Movie 1934
Police Inspector Patten
Movie 1932
James 'Jim' Baker
Movie 1936
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie 1983
Fred Gilbert
Movie 1936
Lt. Jim Stevens
Movie 1933
Neil Davis
Movie 1933
Matt Claibourne
Movie 1947
Terry Parker
Movie 1935
Alan Tanner
Movie 1936
Bill Austin
Movie 1937
Bill Williams
Movie 1946
Jim Warburton
Movie 1948
Judge Gerhard Gesell
Movie 1978
Paul Martin
Movie 1949
Donald Swift
Movie 1931
Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel')
Movie 1939
James Brent
Movie 1931
Mike Jackson
Movie 1949
Arthur Earthleigh
Movie 1947
David L. 'Dave' Brady
Movie 1953
Self
Movie 1936
Tim Hanley
Movie 1941
Self (archive footage)
Movie 1994
Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie 1938
Self
Movie 1935
Himself (uncredited)
Movie 1935
Self
Movie 1937
Self
Movie 1944
Self
Movie 1940
Les Haines
Movie 1931
Steve Gordon
Movie 1953
Inspector Turner
Movie 1930
Self
Movie 1942
Jefferson Devereaux
Tv 1959
Sam Bentley
Tv 1951
Tv 1954
Tv 1951
Fred Girard
Tv 1960
