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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	9.765
Birthday	1904-03-15
Place of Birth	Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
Also Known As	George Brendan Nolan, George B. Nolan, George Nolan, George Patrick Nolan,

You Can't Escape Forever

The Last Page

Luxury Liner

Wings of the Navy

Silver Queen

God's Country and the Woman

Luxury Liner

The Man Who Talked Too Much

Mountain Justice

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Adventure in Diamonds

They Dare Not Love

Housewife

From Headquarters

Snowed Under

The Go-Getter

South of Suez

Gold Is Where You Find It

The Kid from Cleveland

Out of the Blue

Angel on the Amazon

Mexican Manhunt

International Lady

Tangier Incident

Experiment Perilous

Baby Face

The Spiral Staircase

Dark Victory

The Great Lie

Temptation

Stamboul Quest

Special Agent

Female

The Purchase Price

The Gay Sisters

Christmas Eve

They Call It Sin

Racket Busters

Lilly Turner

Montana Belle

So Big!

The Rich Are Always with Us

My Reputation

Honeymoon for Three

FBI Girl

'Til We Meet Again

Desirable

The Goose and the Gander

Front Page Woman

Submarine D-1

Secrets of an Actress

The Affairs of Susan

Stranded

The Crash

Miss Pinkerton

Give Me Your Heart

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

The Golden Arrow

Slave Girl

The Keyhole

Lover Come Back

More Than a Secretary

Twin Beds

Breakdowns of 1940

Jezebel

42nd Street

In This Our Life

Illegal Entry

Tomorrow Is Forever

The Right to Live

The Old Maid

The Painted Veil

The Fighting 69th

The Rains Came

Red Canyon

In Person

Living on Velvet

Bride for Sale

Breakdowns of 1936

Breakdowns of 1937