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