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George Brent
Actor
Born March 15, 1904Died May 26, 1979 (75 years)
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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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2000 | |
| 1978 | Born Again · as Judge Gerhard Gesell |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Dr. Frederick Steele |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Jefferson Devereaux |
| 1956 | Death of a Scoundrel · as Man With Balloon At Party |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Father George Ford |
| 1955 | Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) · as Sam Gilmore |
| 1955 | Stage 7 (TV Series) · as Prof. Michael Balsam |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Paul Winterton |
| 1953 | Mexican Manhunt · as David L. 'dave' Brady |
| 1953 | The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV Series) · as John Merrill |
| 1952 | Montana Belle · as Tom Bradfield |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Devlin |
| 1952 | Man Bait · as John Harman |
| 1951 | F.B.I. Girl · as Jeff Donley |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Sam Bentley |
| 1949 | Bride for Sale · as Paul Martin |
| 1949 | The Kid from Cleveland · as Mike Jackson |
| 1949 | Illegal Entry · as Chief Agent Dan Collins |
| 1949 | Red Canyon · as Matthew Bostel |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Paul Jarvis |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner · as Captain Jeremy Bradford |
| 1948 | Angel on the Amazon · as Jim Warburton |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve · as Michael Brooks |
| 1947 | Slave Girl · as Matt Claibourne |
| 1947 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. · as Joe Medford |
| 1947 | Out of the Blue · as Arthur Earthleigh |
| 1946 | Temptation · as Nigel Armine |
| 1946 | Lover Come Back · as Bill Williams |
| 1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever · as Lawrence Hamilton |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase · as Professor Warren |
| 1946 | My Reputation · as Major Scott Landis |
| 1945 | The Affairs of Susan · as Roger Berton |
| 1944 | Experiment Perilous · as Dr. Huntington Bailey |
| 1942 | Silver Queen · as James Kincaid |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever · as Steve Mitchell |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters · as Charles Barclay |
| 1942 | In This Our Life · as Craig Fleming |
| 1942 | Twin Beds · as Mike Abbott |
| 1941 | International Lady · as Tim Hanley |
| 1941 | They Dare Not Love · as Prince Kurt Von Rotenberg |
| 1941 | The Great Lie · as Peter 'pete' Van Allen |
| 1941 | Honeymoon for Three · as Kenneth Bixby |
| 1940 | South of Suez · as John Gamble |
| 1940 | The Man Who Talked Too Much · as Stephen Forbes |
| 1940 | 'Til We Meet Again · as Dan Hardesty |
| 1940 | Adventure in Diamonds · as Capt. Stephen Dennett |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th · as Wild Bill Donovan |
| 1939 | The Rains Came · as Tom Ransome |
| 1939 | The Old Maid · as Clem Spender |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as Buck Cantrell (edited From 'jezebel') |
| 1939 | Dark Victory · as Dr. Frederick Steele |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy · as Cass Harrington |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress · as Richard 'dick' Orr |
| 1938 | Racket Busters · as Denny Jordan |
| 1938 | Jezebel · as Buck Cantrell |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It · as Jared Whitney |
| 1937 | Submarine D-1 · as Lt. Commander Dan Matthews |
| 1937 | The Go Getter · as Bill Austin |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice · as Paul Cameron |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman · as Steve Russett |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary · as Fred Gilbert |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart · as James 'jim' Baker |
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow · as Johnny Jones |
| 1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames · as Matt Logan |
| 1936 | Snowed Under · as Alan Tanner |
| 1935 | In Person · as Emory Muir |
| 1935 | The Goose and the Gander · as Bob Mcnear |
| 1935 | Special Agent · as Bill Bradford |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman · as Curt Devlin |
| 1935 | Stranded · as Mack Hale |
| 1935 | Living on Velvet · as Terry Parker |
| 1935 | The Right to Live · as Colin Trent |
| 1934 | The Painted Veil · as Jack Townsend |
| 1934 | Desirable · as Mcallister |
| 1934 | Housewife · as William H. Reynolds |
| 1934 | Stamboul Quest · as Douglas Beall |
| 1933 | Baby Face · as Courtland Trenholm |
| 1933 | From Headquarters · as Lt. Jim Stevens |
| 1933 | Female · as Jim Thorne |
| 1933 | Lilly Turner · as Bob Chandler |
| 1933 | The Keyhole · as Neil Davis |
| 1933 | 42nd Street · as Pat Denning |
| 1933 | Luxury Liner · as Dr. Karl Bernhard |
| 1932 | They Call It Sin · as Dr. Tony Travers |
| 1932 | The Crash · as Geoffrey Gault |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton · as Police Inspector Patten |
| 1932 | The Purchase Price · as Jim Gilson |
| 1932 | Week-End Marriage · as Peter Acton |
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us · as Julian Tierney |
| 1932 | So Big! · as Adult Roelf Pool |
| 1931 | The Lightning Warrior · as Alan Scott |
| 1931 | Ex-Bad Boy · as Donald Swift |
| 1931 | Charlie Chan Carries On · as Capt. Ronald Keane |
| 1924 | The Iron Horse · as Worker |