1904-03-15 ( 121 years old ) in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
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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.
Movies
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006-05-30
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994-09-13
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Born Again
1978-10-01
Death of a Scoundrel
1956-10-31
Mexican Manhunt
1953-09-13
Tangier Incident
1953-02-01
Montana Belle
1952-11-11
The Last Page
1952-01-25
FBI Girl
1951-11-04
Bride for Sale
1949-11-12
The Kid from Cleveland
1949-09-05
Illegal Entry
1949-06-01
Red Canyon
1949-04-27
Luxury Liner
1948-11-09
Angel on the Amazon
1948-11-01
Christmas Eve
1947-10-31
Slave Girl
1947-07-17
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947-06-02
Out of the Blue
1947-04-21
Temptation
1946-12-02
Lover Come Back
1946-06-21
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946-02-20
The Spiral Staircase
1946-01-26
My Reputation
1946-01-25
The Affairs of Susan
1945-07-08
Breakdowns of 1944
1944-12-31
Experiment Perilous
1944-12-18
Breakdowns of 1942
1942-12-31
Silver Queen
1942-11-14
You Can't Escape Forever
1942-10-10
The Gay Sisters
1942-08-01
In This Our Life
1942-05-08
Twin Beds
1942-04-30
International Lady
1941-10-16
They Dare Not Love
1941-05-16
The Great Lie
1941-04-05
Honeymoon for Three
1941-01-18
Breakdowns of 1940
1940-12-31
South of Suez
1940-11-16
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940-07-16
'Til We Meet Again
1940-04-20
Adventure in Diamonds
1940-03-08
The Fighting 69th
1940-01-27
The Rains Came
1939-09-15
The Old Maid
1939-08-16
Land of Liberty
1939-06-15
Dark Victory
1939-04-20
Wings of the Navy
1939-02-11
Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Swingtime in the Movies
1938-12-24
Secrets of an Actress
1938-09-10
Racket Busters
1938-07-16
Out Where the Stars Begin
1938-05-28
Jezebel
1938-03-26
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12
Breakdowns of 1937
1937-12-31
Submarine D-1
1937-11-27
The Go-Getter
1937-05-22
Mountain Justice
1937-04-24
God's Country and the Woman
1937-01-16
Breakdowns of 1936
1936-12-30
More Than a Secretary
1936-12-10
Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
The Golden Arrow
1936-05-23
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936-05-08
Snowed Under
1936-03-29
A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935-12-01
In Person
1935-11-22
The Goose and the Gander
1935-09-21
Special Agent
1935-09-14
Front Page Woman
1935-07-11
Stranded
1935-06-29
Living on Velvet
1935-03-02
The Right to Live
1935-01-26
The Painted Veil
1934-11-23
Desirable
1934-09-08
Housewife
1934-08-11
Stamboul Quest
1934-07-13
From Headquarters
1933-11-16
Female
1933-11-11
Baby Face
1933-07-13
Lilly Turner
1933-05-13
The Keyhole
1933-03-25
42nd Street
1933-03-11
Luxury Liner
1933-02-03
They Call It Sin
1932-11-05
The Crash
1932-10-09
The Purchase Price
1932-07-23
Week-End Marriage
1932-06-18
Miss Pinkerton
1932-05-27
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932-05-19
So Big!
1932-04-30
The Lightning Warrior
1931-11-01
Homicide Squad
1931-08-01
Ex-Bad Boy
1931-07-15
Charlie Chan Carries On
1931-04-11
Fair Warning
1931-02-01
Once a Sinner
1931-01-25
Under Suspicion
1930-12-28
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