George Brent

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-03-15 (75 years old)

Deathday

1979-05-26

Place of Birth

Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland

George Brent

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...

Acting

1933

42nd Street

as Pat Denning

2006

Jezebel: Legend of the South

as Self (archive footage)

1938

Jezebel

as Buck Cantrell

1944

Experiment Perilous

as Dr. Huntington Bailey

1946

The Spiral Staircase

as Professor Warren

1942

You Can't Escape Forever

as Steve Mitchell

1933

Baby Face

as Courtland Trenholm

1939

Dark Victory

as Dr. Frederick Steele

1942

In This Our Life

as Craig Fleming

1949

Illegal Entry

as Chief Agent Dan Collins

1941

The Great Lie

as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

1935

The Right to Live

as Colin Trent

1934

Stamboul Quest

as Douglas Beall

1946

Temptation

as Nigel Armine

1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

as Lawrence Hamilton

1939

The Old Maid

as Clem Spender

1931

1952

The Last Page

as John Harman

1934

The Painted Veil

as Jack Townsend

1935

Special Agent

as Bill Bradford

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Wild Bill Donovan

1933

Female

as Jim Thorne

1932

The Purchase Price

as Jim Gilson

1942

The Gay Sisters

as Charles Barclay

1938

Racket Busters

as Denny Jordan

1947

Christmas Eve

as Michael Brooks

1933

Lilly Turner

as Bob Chandler

1932

They Call It Sin

as Dr. Tony Travers

1948

Luxury Liner

as Captain Jeremy Bradford

1952

Montana Belle

as Tom Bradfield

1932

So Big!

as Adult Roelf Pool

1931

1946

My Reputation

as Major Scott Landis

1932

1941

Honeymoon for Three

as Kenneth Bixby

1939

Wings of the Navy

as Cass Harrington

1942

Silver Queen

as James Kincaid

1951

FBI Girl

as Jeff Donley

1938

Out Where the Stars Begin

as Jared Whitney (archive footage)

1937

1933

Luxury Liner

as Dr. Karl Bernhard

1940

1939

The Rains Came

as Tom Ransome

1932

Week-End Marriage

as Peter Acton

1940

'Til We Meet Again

as Dan Hardesty

1934

Desirable

as McAllister

1937

Mountain Justice

as Paul Cameron

1935

1940

Adventure in Diamonds

as Capt. Stephen Dennett

1949

Red Canyon

as Matthew Bostel

1938

Swingtime in the Movies

as Himself (uncredited)

1947

1935

Front Page Woman

as Curt Devlin

1937

Submarine D-1

as Lt. Commander Dan Matthews

1941

They Dare Not Love

as Prince Kurt von Rotenberg

1938

Secrets of an Actress

as Richard 'Dick' Orr

1945

The Affairs of Susan

as Roger Berton

1935

In Person

as Emory Muir

1935

Stranded

as Mack Hale

1932

The Crash

as Geoffrey Gault

1934

Housewife

as William H. Reynolds

1932

Miss Pinkerton

as Police Inspector Patten

1936

Give Me Your Heart

as James 'Jim' Baker

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1936

More Than a Secretary

as Fred Gilbert

1933

From Headquarters

as Lt. Jim Stevens

1936

The Golden Arrow

as Johnny Jones

1933

The Keyhole

as Neil Davis

1947

Slave Girl

as Matt Claibourne

1935

Living on Velvet

as Terry Parker

1938

1936

Snowed Under

as Alan Tanner

1937

The Go-Getter

as Bill Austin

1946

Lover Come Back

as Bill Williams

1940

South of Suez

as John Gamble

1948

Angel on the Amazon

as Jim Warburton

1978

Born Again

as Judge Gerhard Gesell

1949

Bride for Sale

as Paul Martin

1931

Ex-Bad Boy

as Donald Swift

1939

Land of Liberty

as Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel')

1931

Once a Sinner

as James Brent

1949

The Kid from Cleveland

as Mike Jackson

1947

Out of the Blue

as Arthur Earthleigh

1953

Mexican Manhunt

as David L. 'Dave' Brady

1941

International Lady

as Tim Hanley

1942

Twin Beds

as Mike Abbott

1931

Charlie Chan Carries On

as Capt. Ronald Keane

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Buck Cantrell (archive footage) (uncredited)

1935

A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

1931

Fair Warning

as Les Haines

1956

Death of a Scoundrel

as Man with Balloon at Party

1953

Tangier Incident

as Steve Gordon

1930

Under Suspicion

as Inspector Turner

1925

The Iron Horse

as Worker (uncredited)

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