Biography
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 Ra…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Spiral Staircase (1946) — Professor Warren
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Jezebel (1938) — Buck Cantrell
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42nd Street (1933) — Pat Denning
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Dark Victory (1939) — Dr. Frederick Steele
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Baby Face (1933) — Courtland Trenholm
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The Iron Horse (1925) — Worker (uncredited)
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In This Our Life (1942) — Craig Fleming
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The Old Maid (1939) — Clem Spender
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The Great Lie (1941) — Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
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Rawhide (1959) — Jefferson Devereaux
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Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) — Lawrence Hamilton
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The Painted Veil (1934) — Jack Townsend
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Experiment Perilous (1944) — Dr. Huntington Bailey
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Female (1933) — Jim Thorne
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The Fighting 69th (1940) — Wild Bill Donovan
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The Rains Came (1939) — Tom Ransome
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The Purchase Price (1932) — Jim Gilson
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The Last Page (1952) — John Harman
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Death of a Scoundrel (1956) — Man with Balloon at Party
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My Reputation (1946) — Major Scott Landis
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Front Page Woman (1935) — Curt Devlin
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So Big! (1932) — Adult Roelf Pool
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The Keyhole (1933) — Neil Davis
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Racket Busters (1938) — Denny Jordan
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Christmas Eve (1947) — Michael Brooks
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Special Agent (1935) — Bill Bradford
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Swingtime in the Movies (1938) — Himself (uncredited)
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Temptation (1946) — Nigel Armine
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Out of the Blue (1947) — Arthur Earthleigh
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Housewife (1934) — William H. Reynolds
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Miss Pinkerton (1932) — Police Inspector Patten
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The Golden Arrow (1936) — Johnny Jones
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Climax! (1954)
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Stamboul Quest (1934) — Douglas Beall
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Lilly Turner (1933) — Bob Chandler
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They Call It Sin (1932) — Dr. Tony Travers
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More Than a Secretary (1936) — Fred Gilbert
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The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) — Julian Tierney
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'Til We Meet Again (1940) — Dan Hardesty
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The Affairs of Susan (1945) — Roger Berton