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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 15, 1904
Died
May 26, 1979
Place of Birth
Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
Also Known As
- George Brendan Nolan
- George B. Nolan
- George Nolan
- George Patrick Nolan
George Brent
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
8.0
Judge Gerhard Gesell
Born Again
1978
🎬
6.3
Fred Girard
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
7.2
Jefferson Devereaux
Rawhide
1959
5.8
Man with Balloon at Party
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
0.0
Dean Evans
Wire Service
1956
3.3
Climax!
1954
Credits
Jezebel: Legend of the South
as Self (archive footage)
2006
7.0
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)
1994
0.0
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Born Again
as Judge Gerhard Gesell
1978
8.0
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Fred Girard
1960
6.3
Rawhide
as Jefferson Devereaux
1959
7.2
Death of a Scoundrel
as Man with Balloon at Party
1956
5.8
Wire Service
as Dean Evans
1956
0.0
Climax!
1954
3.3
Mexican Manhunt
as David L. 'Dave' Brady
1953
5.8
Tangier Incident
as Steve Gordon
1953
5.0
Montana Belle
as Tom Bradfield
1952
5.9
The Last Page
as John Harman
1952
5.7
FBI Girl
as Jeff Donley
1951
5.8
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sam Bentley
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Bride for Sale
as Paul Martin
1949
6.0
The Kid from Cleveland
as Mike Jackson
1949
5.0
Illegal Entry
as Chief Agent Dan Collins
1949
5.4
Red Canyon
as Matthew Bostel
1949
5.0
Luxury Liner
as Captain Jeremy Bradford
1948
5.2
Angel on the Amazon
as Jim Warburton
1948
4.8
Christmas Eve
as Michael Brooks
1947
5.1
Slave Girl
as Matt Claibourne
1947
5.0
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Joe Medford
1947
5.7
Out of the Blue
as Arthur Earthleigh
1947
6.3
Temptation
as Nigel Armine
1946
4.8
Lover Come Back
as Bill Williams
1946
6.2
Tomorrow Is Forever
as Lawrence Hamilton
1946
6.1
The Spiral Staircase
as Professor Warren
1946
7.0
My Reputation
as Major Scott Landis
1946
7.1
The Affairs of Susan
as Roger Berton
1945
6.1
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
1944
6.5
Experiment Perilous
as Dr. Huntington Bailey
1944
5.6
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
1942
6.0
Silver Queen
as James Kincaid
1942
5.7
You Can't Escape Forever
as Steve Mitchell
1942
5.4
The Gay Sisters
as Charles Barclay
1942
6.5
In This Our Life
as Craig Fleming
1942
6.8
Twin Beds
as Mike Abbott
1942
2.8
International Lady
as Tim Hanley
1941
6.5
They Dare Not Love
as Prince Kurt von Rotenberg
1941
6.0
The Great Lie
as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
1941
6.9
Honeymoon for Three
as Kenneth Bixby
1941
5.8
Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
1940
4.0
South of Suez
as John Gamble
1940
4.0
The Man Who Talked Too Much
as Stephen Forbes
1940
6.0
'Til We Meet Again
as Dan Hardesty
1940
6.2
Adventure in Diamonds
as Capt. Stephen Dennett
1940
5.2
The Fighting 69th
as Wild Bill Donovan
1940
5.5
The Rains Came
as Tom Ransome
1939
5.8
The Old Maid
as Clem Spender
1939
7.0
Land of Liberty
as Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel')
1939
0.0
Dark Victory
as Dr. Frederick Steele
1939
7.0
Wings of the Navy
as Cass Harrington
1939
6.0
Breakdowns of 1938
as Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
Swingtime in the Movies
as Himself (uncredited)
1938
5.9
Secrets of an Actress
as Richard 'Dick' Orr
1938
5.6
Racket Busters
as Denny Jordan
1938
5.1
Out Where the Stars Begin
as Jared Whitney (archive footage)
1938
6.6
Jezebel
as Buck Cantrell
1938
7.0
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Jared Whitney
1938
6.9
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
1937
6.0
Submarine D-1
as Lt. Commander Dan Matthews
1937
4.7
The Go-Getter
as Bill Austin
1937
5.8
Mountain Justice
as Paul Cameron
1937
5.5
God's Country and the Woman
as Steve Russett
1937
4.2
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
1936
0.0
More Than a Secretary
as Fred Gilbert
1936
6.4
Give Me Your Heart
as James 'Jim' Baker
1936
5.3
The Golden Arrow
as Johnny Jones
1936
6.1
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
as Matt Logan
1936
3.0
Snowed Under
as Alan Tanner
1936
7.0
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
1935
5.5
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
1935
5.0
In Person
as Emory Muir
1935
6.3
The Goose and the Gander
as Bob McNear
1935
4.1
Special Agent
as Bill Bradford
1935
6.2
Front Page Woman
as Curt Devlin
1935
5.8
Stranded
as Mack Hale
1935
5.8
Living on Velvet
as Terry Parker
1935
5.5
The Right to Live
as Colin Trent
1935
4.4
The Painted Veil
as Jack Townsend
1934
6.4
Desirable
as McAllister
1934
7.3
Housewife
as William H. Reynolds
1934
7.7
Stamboul Quest
as Douglas Beall
1934
5.0
From Headquarters
as Lt. Jim Stevens
1933
5.7
Female
as Jim Thorne
1933
6.2
Baby Face
as Courtland Trenholm
1933
7.2
Lilly Turner
as Bob Chandler
1933
4.8
The Keyhole
as Neil Davis
1933
4.7
42nd Street
as Pat Denning
1933
6.9
Luxury Liner
as Dr. Karl Bernhard
1933
6.3
They Call It Sin
as Dr. Tony Travers
1932
5.8
The Crash
as Geoffrey Gault
1932
4.8
The Purchase Price
as Jim Gilson
1932
6.5
Week-End Marriage
as Peter Acton
1932
5.0
Miss Pinkerton
as Police Inspector Patten
1932
5.7
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Julian Tierney
1932
4.6
So Big!
as Adult Roelf Pool
1932
5.6
The Lightning Warrior
as Alan Scott
1931
5.0
Homicide Squad
as Jimmy
1931
0.0
Ex-Bad Boy
as Donald Swift
1931
0.0
Charlie Chan Carries On
as Capt. Ronald Keane
1931
6.5
Fair Warning
as Les Haines
1931
0.0
Once a Sinner
as James Brent
1931
0.0
Under Suspicion
as Inspector Turner
1930
0.0
The Iron Horse
as Worker (uncredited)
1925
6.7