George Brent
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.
Fotos
Filme (102)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Born Again
1978 · Judge Gerhard Gesell
Death of a Scoundrel
1956 · Man with Balloon at Party
Mexican Manhunt
1953 · David L. 'Dave' Brady
Tangier Incident
1953 · Steve Gordon
Montana Belle
1952 · Tom Bradfield
Man Bait
1952 · John Harman
FBI Girl
1951 · Jeff Donley
Bride for Sale
1949 · Paul Martin
The Kid from Cleveland
1949 · Mike Jackson
Illegal Entry
1949 · Chief Agent Dan Collins
Red Canyon
1949 · Matthew Bostel
Luxury Liner
1948 · Captain Jeremy Bradford
Angel on the Amazon
1948 · Jim Warburton
Christmas Eve
1947 · Michael Brooks
Slave Girl
1947 · Matt Claibourne
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947 · Joe Medford
Out of the Blue
1947 · Arthur Earthleigh
Temptation
1946 · Nigel Armine
Lover Come Back
1946 · Bill Williams
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946 · Lawrence Hamilton
The Spiral Staircase
1946 · Professor Warren
My Reputation
1946 · Major Scott Landis
The Affairs of Susan
1945 · Roger Berton
Breakdowns of 1944
1944 · Self
Experiment Perilous
1944 · Dr. Huntington Bailey
Breakdowns of 1942
1942 · Self
Silver Queen
1942 · James Kincaid
You Can't Escape Forever
1942 · Steve Mitchell
The Gay Sisters
1942 · Charles Barclay
In This Our Life
1942 · Craig Fleming
Twin Beds
1942 · Mike Abbott
International Lady
1941 · Tim Hanley
They Dare Not Love
1941 · Prince Kurt von Rotenberg
The Great Lie
1941 · Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
Honeymoon for Three
1941 · Kenneth Bixby
Breakdowns of 1940
1940 · Self
South of Suez
1940 · John Gamble
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940 · Stephen Forbes
'Til We Meet Again
1940 · Dan Hardesty
Adventure in Diamonds
1940 · Capt. Stephen Dennett
The Fighting 69th
1940 · Wild Bill Donovan
The Rains Came
1939 · Tom Ransome
The Old Maid
1939 · Clem Spender
Land of Liberty
1939 · Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel')
Dark Victory
1939 · Dr. Frederick Steele
Wings of the Navy
1939 · Cass Harrington
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited)
Swingtime in the Movies
1938 · Himself (uncredited)
Secrets of an Actress
1938 · Richard 'Dick' Orr
Racket Busters
1938 · Denny Jordan
Out Where the Stars Begin
1938 · Jared Whitney (archive footage)
Jezebel
1938 · Buck Cantrell
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Jared Whitney
Breakdowns of 1937
1937 · Self
Submarine D-1
1937 · Lt. Commander Dan Matthews
The Go-Getter
1937 · Bill Austin
Mountain Justice
1937 · Paul Cameron
God's Country and the Woman
1937 · Steve Russett
Breakdowns of 1936
1936 · Self
More Than a Secretary
1936 · Fred Gilbert
Give Me Your Heart
1936 · James 'Jim' Baker
The Golden Arrow
1936 · Johnny Jones
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936 · Matt Logan
Snowed Under
1936 · Alan Tanner
A Dream Comes True
1935 · Himself (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935 · Self
In Person
1935 · Emory Muir
The Goose and the Gander
1935 · Bob McNear
Special Agent
1935 · Bill Bradford
Front Page Woman
1935 · Curt Devlin
Stranded
1935 · Mack Hale
Living on Velvet
1935 · Terry Parker
The Right to Live
1935 · Colin Trent
The Painted Veil
1934 · Jack Townsend
Desirable
1934 · McAllister
Housewife
1934 · William H. Reynolds
Stamboul Quest
1934 · Douglas Beall
From Headquarters
1933 · Lt. Jim Stevens
Female
1933 · Jim Thorne
Baby Face
1933 · Courtland Trenholm
Lilly Turner
1933 · Bob Chandler
The Keyhole
1933 · Neil Davis
42nd Street
1933 · Pat Denning
Luxury Liner
1933 · Dr. Karl Bernhard
They Call It Sin
1932 · Dr. Tony Travers
The Crash
1932 · Geoffrey Gault
The Purchase Price
1932 · Jim Gilson
Week-End Marriage
1932 · Peter Acton
Miss Pinkerton
1932 · Police Inspector Patten
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Julian Tierney
So Big!
1932 · Adult Roelf Pool
The Lightning Warrior
1931 · Alan Scott
Homicide Squad
1931 · Jimmy
Ex-Bad Boy
1931 · Donald Swift
Charlie Chan Carries On
1931 · Capt. Ronald Keane
Fair Warning
1931 · Les Haines
Once a Sinner
1931 · James Brent
Under Suspicion
1930 · Inspector Turner
The Iron Horse
1925 · Worker (uncredited)
