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