
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.

Born Again

紅唇罪あり

Rawhide

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

My Reputation

Housewife

らせん階段

The Old Maid

Jezebel

Jezebel: Legend of the South

Dark Victory

The Great Lie

Desirable

Snowed Under

Bride for Sale

四十二番街

Gold Is Where You Find It

In This Our Life

Out Where the Stars Begin

The Iron Horse

The Purchase Price

The Gay Sisters

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

International Lady

Charlie Chan Carries On

Breakdowns of 1944

The World of Hammer

The Painted Veil

More Than a Secretary

In Person

Luxury Liner

Out of the Blue

Special Agent

Female

'Til We Meet Again

Lover Come Back

Tomorrow Is Forever

The Affairs of Susan

The Golden Arrow

Wings of the Navy

The Man Who Talked Too Much

They Dare Not Love

Breakdowns of 1937

Breakdowns of 1942

Montana Belle

Swingtime in the Movies

Honeymoon for Three

Miss Pinkerton

They Call It Sin

The Rains Came

Front Page Woman

Stranded

The Go-Getter

Mexican Manhunt

Death of a Scoundrel

The Last Page

Silver Queen

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

From Headquarters

FBI Girl

The Fighting 69th

Experiment Perilous

So Big!

Secrets of an Actress

Mountain Justice

Living on Velvet

A Dream Comes True

You Can't Escape Forever

Illegal Entry

Give Me Your Heart

Luxury Liner

Adventure in Diamonds

Racket Busters

Christmas Eve

Stamboul Quest

The Lightning Warrior

Week-End Marriage

Red Canyon

Slave Girl

The Kid from Cleveland

Things You Never See on the Screen

Tangier Incident

Temptation

Lilly Turner

The Rich Are Always with Us

The Crash

Angel on the Amazon

Submarine D-1

The Keyhole

Breakdowns of 1938

The Right to Live

大森林

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

The Goose and the Gander

South of Suez

Breakdowns of 1940

Climax!

Twin Beds

Homicide Squad

Ex-Bad Boy

Land of Liberty

Once a Sinner

Breakdowns of 1936

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Fair Warning

Under Suspicion

Wire Service