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