
George Brent
Biography
George Brent (born 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.
Acting (102 movies)

42nd Street
1933

Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006

Jezebel
1938

Experiment Perilous
1944

The Spiral Staircase
1946

You Can't Escape Forever
1942

Baby Face
1933

Dark Victory
1939

In This Our Life
1942

Illegal Entry
1949

The Great Lie
1941

The Right to Live
1935

Stamboul Quest
1934

Temptation
1946

Tomorrow Is Forever
1946

The Old Maid
1939

The Lightning Warrior
1931

The Last Page
1952

The Painted Veil
1934

Special Agent
1935

The Fighting 69th
1940

Female
1933

The Purchase Price
1932

The Gay Sisters
1942

Racket Busters
1938

Christmas Eve
1947

Lilly Turner
1933

They Call It Sin
1932

Luxury Liner
1948

Montana Belle
1952

So Big!
1932

Homicide Squad
1931

My Reputation
1946

The Rich Are Always with Us
1932

Honeymoon for Three
1941

Wings of the Navy
1939

Silver Queen
1942

FBI Girl
1951

Out Where the Stars Begin
1938

God's Country and the Woman
1937

Luxury Liner
1933

The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940

The Rains Came
1939

Week-End Marriage
1932

'Til We Meet Again
1940

Desirable
1934

Mountain Justice
1937

The Goose and the Gander
1935

Adventure in Diamonds
1940

Red Canyon
1949

Swingtime in the Movies
1938

The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947

Front Page Woman
1935

Submarine D-1
1937

They Dare Not Love
1941

Secrets of an Actress
1938

The Affairs of Susan
1945

In Person
1935

Stranded
1935

The Crash
1932

Housewife
1934

Miss Pinkerton
1932

Give Me Your Heart
1936

More Than a Secretary
1936

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936

From Headquarters
1933

The Golden Arrow
1936

The Keyhole
1933

Slave Girl
1947

Living on Velvet
1935

Gold Is Where You Find It
1938

Snowed Under
1936

The Go-Getter
1937

Lover Come Back
1946

South of Suez
1940

Angel on the Amazon
1948

Born Again
1978

Bride for Sale
1949

Ex-Bad Boy
1931

Land of Liberty
1939

Once a Sinner
1931

The Kid from Cleveland
1949

Out of the Blue
1947

Mexican Manhunt
1953

Breakdowns of 1936
1936

International Lady
1941

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994

Twin Beds
1942

Charlie Chan Carries On
1931

Breakdowns of 1938
1938

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935

A Dream Comes True
1935

Breakdowns of 1937
1937

Breakdowns of 1940
1940

Breakdowns of 1944
1944

Fair Warning
1931

Death of a Scoundrel
1956

Tangier Incident
1953

Under Suspicion
1930
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