George Brent
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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
78 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1956 | Death of a Scoundrel | Man with Balloon at Party | Film |
| 1952 | Montana Belle | Tom Bradfield | Film |
| 1952 | The Last Page | John Harman | Film |
| 1951 | FBI Girl | Jeff Donley | Film |
| 1949 | Red Canyon | Matthew Bostel | Film |
| 1949 | Illegal Entry | Chief Agent Dan Collins | Film |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner | Captain Jeremy Bradford | Film |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Michael Brooks | Film |
| 1947 | Slave Girl | Matt Claibourne | Film |
| 1947 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Joe Medford | Film |
| 1946 | Temptation | Nigel Armine | Film |
| 1946 | My Reputation | Major Scott Landis | Film |
| 1946 | Tomorrow Is Forever | Lawrence Hamilton | Film |
| 1946 | The Spiral Staircase | Professor Warren | Film |
| 1945 | The Affairs of Susan | Roger Berton | Film |
| 1944 | Experiment Perilous | Dr. Huntington Bailey | Film |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | Steve Mitchell | Film |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Craig Fleming | Film |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters | Charles Barclay | Film |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Mike Abbott | Film |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | Steve Mitchell | Film |
| 1942 | Silver Queen | James Kincaid | Film |
| 1941 | The Great Lie | Peter 'Pete' Van Allen | Film |
| 1941 | International Lady | Tim Hanley | Film |
| 1941 | Honeymoon for Three | Kenneth Bixby | Film |
| 1941 | They Dare Not Love | Prince Kurt von Rotenberg | Film |
| 1940 | The Man Who Talked Too Much | Stephen Forbes | Film |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Wild Bill Donovan | Film |
| 1940 | Adventure in Diamonds | Capt. Stephen Dennett | Film |
| 1940 | 'Til We Meet Again | Dan Hardesty | Film |
| 1939 | The Rains Came | Tom Ransome | Film |
| 1939 | Dark Victory | Dr. Frederick Steele | Film |
| 1939 | The Old Maid | Clem Spender | Film |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Cass Harrington | Film |
| 1938 | Out Where the Stars Begin | Jared Whitney (archive footage) | Film |
| 1938 | Jezebel | Buck Cantrell | Film |
| 1938 | Racket Busters | Denny Jordan | Film |
| 1938 | Swingtime in the Movies | Himself (uncredited) | Film |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress | Richard 'Dick' Orr | Film |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Paul Cameron | Film |
| 1937 | Submarine D-1 | Lt. Commander Dan Matthews | Film |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Steve Russett | Film |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart | James 'Jim' Baker | Film |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary | Fred Gilbert | Film |
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow | Johnny Jones | Film |
| 1936 | Snowed Under | Alan Tanner | Film |
| 1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Matt Logan | Film |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | Film |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | Curt Devlin | Film |
| 1935 | In Person | Emory Muir | Film |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | Film |
| 1935 | The Right to Live | Colin Trent | Film |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Bill Bradford | Film |
| 1935 | Stranded | Mack Hale | Film |
| 1935 | The Goose and the Gander | Bob McNear | Film |
| 1935 | Living on Velvet | Terry Parker | Film |
| 1934 | The Painted Veil | Jack Townsend | Film |
| 1934 | Stamboul Quest | Douglas Beall | Film |
| 1934 | Desirable | McAllister | Film |
| 1934 | Housewife | William H. Reynolds | Film |
| 1933 | Female | Jim Thorne | Film |
| 1933 | 42nd Street | Pat Denning | Film |
| 1933 | Luxury Liner | Dr. Karl Bernhard | Film |
| 1933 | The Keyhole | Neil Davis | Film |
| 1933 | Baby Face | Courtland Trenholm | Film |
| 1933 | Lilly Turner | Bob Chandler | Film |
| 1933 | From Headquarters | Lt. Jim Stevens | Film |
| 1932 | The Crash | Geoffrey Gault | Film |
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us | Julian Tierney | Film |
| 1932 | The Purchase Price | Jim Gilson | Film |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton | Police Inspector Patten | Film |
| 1932 | Week-End Marriage | Peter Acton | Film |
| 1932 | They Call It Sin | Dr. Tony Travers | Film |
| 1932 | So Big! | Adult Roelf Pool | Film |
| 1931 | The Lightning Warrior | Alan Scott | Film |
| 1931 | Homicide Squad | Jimmy | Film |
| 1925 | The Iron Horse | Worker (uncredited) | Film |
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