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George Brent

George Brent

Actor · Born 1904-03-15 · Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland

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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

  1. The Spiral Staircase (1946) — Professor Warren
  2. Jezebel (1938) — Buck Cantrell
  3. 42nd Street (1933) — Pat Denning
  4. Dark Victory (1939) — Dr. Frederick Steele
  5. Baby Face (1933) — Courtland Trenholm
  6. The Iron Horse (1925) — Worker (uncredited)
  7. In This Our Life (1942) — Craig Fleming
  8. The Old Maid (1939) — Clem Spender
  9. The Great Lie (1941) — Peter 'Pete' Van Allen
  10. Rawhide (1959) — Jefferson Devereaux
  11. Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) — Lawrence Hamilton
  12. The Painted Veil (1934) — Jack Townsend
  13. Experiment Perilous (1944) — Dr. Huntington Bailey
  14. Female (1933) — Jim Thorne
  15. The Fighting 69th (1940) — Wild Bill Donovan
  16. The Rains Came (1939) — Tom Ransome
  17. The Purchase Price (1932) — Jim Gilson
  18. The Last Page (1952) — John Harman
  19. Death of a Scoundrel (1956) — Man with Balloon at Party
  20. My Reputation (1946) — Major Scott Landis
  21. Front Page Woman (1935) — Curt Devlin
  22. So Big! (1932) — Adult Roelf Pool
  23. The Keyhole (1933) — Neil Davis
  24. Racket Busters (1938) — Denny Jordan
  25. Christmas Eve (1947) — Michael Brooks
  26. Special Agent (1935) — Bill Bradford
  27. Swingtime in the Movies (1938) — Himself (uncredited)
  28. Temptation (1946) — Nigel Armine
  29. Out of the Blue (1947) — Arthur Earthleigh
  30. Housewife (1934) — William H. Reynolds
  31. Miss Pinkerton (1932) — Police Inspector Patten
  32. The Golden Arrow (1936) — Johnny Jones
  33. Climax! (1954)
  34. Stamboul Quest (1934) — Douglas Beall
  35. Lilly Turner (1933) — Bob Chandler
  36. They Call It Sin (1932) — Dr. Tony Travers
  37. More Than a Secretary (1936) — Fred Gilbert
  38. The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) — Julian Tierney
  39. 'Til We Meet Again (1940) — Dan Hardesty
  40. The Affairs of Susan (1945) — Roger Berton