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