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Mexican Manhunt

as David L. 'Dave' Brady

1953
The Last Page

as John Harman

1952
Montana Belle

as Tom Bradfield

1952
Illegal Entry

as Chief Agent Dan Collins

1949
Angel on the Amazon

as Jim Warburton

1948
The Spiral Staircase

as Professor Warren

1946
Tomorrow Is Forever

as Lawrence Hamilton

1946
My Reputation

as Major Scott Landis

1946
Lover Come Back

as Bill Williams

1946
Experiment Perilous

as Dr. Huntington Bailey

1944
You Can't Escape Forever

as Steve Mitchell

1942
In This Our Life

as Craig Fleming

1942
The Gay Sisters

as Charles Barclay

1942
Silver Queen

as James Kincaid

1942
The Great Lie

as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

1941
The Fighting 69th

as Wild Bill Donovan

1940
'Til We Meet Again

as Dan Hardesty

1940
South of Suez

as John Gamble

1940
Dark Victory

as Dr. Frederick Steele

1939
The Old Maid

as Clem Spender

1939
Wings of the Navy

as Cass Harrington

1939
The Rains Came

as Tom Ransome

1939
Jezebel

as Buck Cantrell

1938
Racket Busters

as Denny Jordan

1938
Out Where the Stars Begin

as Jared Whitney (archive footage)

1938
Swingtime in the Movies

as Himself (uncredited)

1938
Secrets of an Actress

as Richard 'Dick' Orr

1938
Mountain Justice

as Paul Cameron

1937
The Golden Arrow

as Johnny Jones

1936
George Brent George Brent

Birthday

1904-03-15

Place of Birth

Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland

Biography

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.
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