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Davis also said that Brent was totally gray by the time he started working for Warner Brothers, and he had to dye his hair black.

== Filmography ==

=== Feature films ===
{|
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*The Sacred Flame ([[1929 in film|1929]])
*Under Suspicion ([[1930 in film|1930]])
*Once a Sinner ([[1931 in film|1931]])
*Fair Warning (1931)
*[[Charlie Chan Carries On]] (1931)
*Ex-Bad Boy (1931)
*Homicide Squad (1931)
*[[The Lightning Warrior]] (1931)
*[[So Big! (1932 film)|]] ([[1932 in film|1932]])
*[[...|The Rich Are Always With Us]] (1932)
*Week-end Marriage (1932)
*[[The Purchase Price]] (1932)
*Miss Pinkerton (1932)
*[[The Crash (film)|]] (1932)
*They Call It Sin (1932)
*[[42nd Street (film)|]] ([[1933 in film|1933]])
*Luxury Liner (1933)
*[[The Keyhole]] (1933)
*[[Lilly Turner]] (1933)
*[[Baby Face (film)|]] (1933)
*[[Female (1933 film)|]] (1933)
*From Headquarters (1933)
*[[Stamboul Quest]] (1934)
*[[Housewife (film)|]] (1934)
* (1934)
*[[The Painted Veil (1934 film)|]] (1934)
*The Right to Live (1935)
*[[Living on Velvet]] (1935)
*Stranded (1935)
*[[Front Page Woman]] (1935)
*[[Special Agent (1935 film)|]] (1935)

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{{Infobox person
| bgcolour = silver
| name = George Brent
| image = George Brent 1-M-2004.jpg
| image_size = 225px
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[County Roscommon|Raharabeg, County Roscommon]], [[Ireland]]
| death_date = {{dda|1979|5|26|1899|3|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Solana Beach, California|Solana Beach]], [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]] [[California]], USA
| death_cause = [[Emphysema]]
| resting_place=
| birth_name = George Brendan Nolan
| occupation = actor
| years_active = 1924–1960, 1978
| spouse = Helen Louise Campbell (married 1925–1927) [[Ruth Chatterton]] (married 1932–1934) [[Constance Worth]] (married and divorced in 1937) [[Ann Sheridan]] (married 1942–1943) Janet Michaels (married 1947–1974, her death; 2 children)
| children = Barry and Suzanne
}}

'''George Brent''' (15 March 1899 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish stage, film, and television [[actor]] in American cinema.

==Early life==
Brent was born '''George Brendan Nolan''' in [[County Roscommon|Raharabeg, County Roscommon]] on the opposite bank of the [[River Shannon]] from the town of [[Shannonbridge]], [[County Offaly]], [[Ireland]], the son of a [[British Army]] officer.<ref name=b119>Byrne, James Patrick; Coleman, Philip and King, Jason Francis. (2008). ''Ireland and the Americas, Vol 2.'', New York: ABC-CLIO.
 pp.119-120</ref> During the [[Irish War of Independence]] (1919–1922), Brent was part of an [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] Active Service Unit as early as 1920, carrying out IRA directives.<ref name=b119 /><ref name=c160 /> He fled with a bounty set on his head by the [[United Kingdom|British]], although he claimed only to have been a courier for guerrilla leader and tactician [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]].<ref name=b119 /><ref>Karney, Robyn. (1986). ''The Movie Stars Story'', p.48. New York: Crescent Books.</ref>

==Career==
Brent came to the United States in 1925, touring with a production of ''[[Abie's Irish Rose]]''.<ref name=b119 /> During the next five years, he acted in stock companies in [[Colorado]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Florida]], and [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=b119 /> In 1927, he appeared on [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] in ''Love, Honor, and Betray'', alongside [[Clark Gable]].<ref name=b119 />

He eventually moved to [[Hollywood]] and made his first film, ''Under Suspicion'', in 1930.<ref name=b119 /><ref name=c160>Cozad, W. Lee. (2002). ''Those magnificent mountain movies: (the golden years) 1911-1939'', p. 160. Lake Arrowhead, CA: Rim of the World Historic Society.</ref> Over the next two years he appeared in a number of minor films produced by [[Universal Studios]] and [[20th Century Fox|Fox]], before being signed to contract by [[Warner Brothers]] in 1932.<ref name=b119 /> He would remain at Warner Brothers for the next twenty years, carving out a successful career as a top-flight leading man during the late 1930s and 1940s.<ref name=b119 /><ref name=c160 />

Highly regarded by [[Bette Davis]], he became her most frequent male co-star, appearing with her in thirteen films, including ''[[Front Page Woman]]'' (1935), ''[[Special Agent (1935 film)|Special Agent]]'' (1935), ''[[The Golden Arrow]]'' (1936), ''[[Jezebel (film)|Jezebel]]'' (1938), ''[[The Old Maid (1939 film)|The Old Maid]]'' (1939), ''[[Dark Victory]]'' (1939) and ''[[The Great Lie]]'' (1941). Brent also played opposite [[Ruby Keeler]] in ''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'' (1933), [[Greta Garbo]] in ''[[The Painted Veil (1934 film)|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 film)|So Big!]]'' (1932), ''[[The Purchase Price]]'' (1932), ''[[Baby Face (film)|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 film)|The Spiral Staircase]]'' (1946), [[Lucille Ball]] in ''Lover Come Back'' (1946) and [[Yvonne De Carlo]] in ''Slave Girl'' (1947).<ref>"George Brent (I) (1899–1979)." Accessed June 1, 2011. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107575</ref>

Brent drifted into "B" pictures from the late 1940s and retired from film in 1953.<ref name=b119 /> He continued to appear on television until 1960, having appeared on the religion [[anthology series]], ''[[Crossroads (1955 TV 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 (film)|Born Again]]''.<ref name=b119 /><ref name=c160 />

George Brent earned two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], the first, at 1709 Vine St., for his film contributions, the second star, at 1614 Vine St., for his work in television.

==Personal life==
Brent, known as a womanizer in Hollywood, reputedly carried on a lengthy relationship with his frequent co-star [[Bette Davis]]. He was married five times: Helen Louise Campbell (1925–1927), [[Ruth Chatterton]] (1932–1934), [[Constance Worth]] (1937) and [[Ann Sheridan]] (1942–1943) with Chatterton, Worth, and Sheridan being actresses.<ref name=b119 /><ref name=c160 /> Chatterton and Sheridan were both fellow Warner Brothers players.<ref name=b119 /> His final marriage to Janet Michaels, a former model and dress designer, lasted 27 years until her death in 1974. They had two children together, a son and a daughter.

In her final years, Bette Davis described her last meeting with Brent after many years of estrangement. Brent was suffering from fatal [[emphysema]], and Davis later expressed great remorse at his ill health and sadness that such a virile and attractive man could have deteriorated so dramatically. Brent died shortly afterward in 1979 in [[Solana Beach, California|Solana Beach]] in [[San Diego County, California|San Diego County]], California. He was eighty.

Davis also said that Brent was totally gray by the time he started working for Warner Brothers, and he had to dye his hair black.

==Filmography==

===Feature films===
{|
|
*''The Sacred Flame'' ([[1929 in film|1929]])
*''Under Suspicion'' ([[1930 in film|1930]])
*''Once a Sinner'' ([[1931 in film|1931]])
*''Fair Warning'' (1931)
*''[[Charlie Chan Carries On]]'' (1931)
*''Ex-Bad Boy'' (1931)
*''Homicide Squad'' (1931)
*''[[The Lightning Warrior]]'' (1931)
*''[[So Big! (1932 film)|So Big!]]'' ([[1932 in film|1932]])
*''[[The Rich Are Always with Us|The Rich Are Always With Us]]'' (1932)
*''Week-end Marriage'' (1932)
*''[[The Purchase Price]]'' (1932)
*''Miss Pinkerton'' (1932)
*''[[The Crash (film)|The Crash]]'' (1932)
*''They Call It Sin'' (1932)
*''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'' ([[1933 in film|1933]])
*''Luxury Liner'' (1933)
*''[[The Keyhole]]'' (1933)
*''[[Lilly Turner]]'' (1933)
*''[[Baby Face (film)|Baby Face]]'' (1933)
*''[[Female (1933 film)|Female]]'' (1933)
*''From Headquarters'' (1933)
*''[[Stamboul Quest]]'' (1934)
*''[[Housewife (film)|Housewife]]'' (1934)
*''<<link:0>>'' (1934)
*''[[The Painted Veil (1934 film)|The Painted Veil]]'' (1934)
*''The Right to Live'' (1935)
*''[[Living on Velvet]]'' (1935)
*''Stranded'' (1935)
*''[[Front Page Woman]]'' (1935)
*''[[Special Agent (1935 film)|Special Agent]]'' (1935)
*''The Goose and the Gander'' (1935)
*''In Person'' (1935)
*''Snowed Under'' (1936)
*''The Case Against Mrs. Ames'' (1936)
*''[[The Golden Arrow]]'' (1936)
*''Give Me Your Heart'' (1936)
*''[[More Than a Secretary]]'' (1936)
*''God's Country and the Woman'' (1937)
*''[[Mountain Justice (1937 film)|Mountain Justice]]'' (1937)
*''The Go Getter'' (1937)
*''Submarine D-1'' (1937)
*''[[Gold Is Where You Find It]]'' (1938)
*''[[Jezebel (film)|Jezebel]]'' (1938)
|
*''Racket Busters'' (1938)
*''[[Secrets of an Actress]]'' (1938)
*''[[Wings of the Navy (film)|Wings of the Navy]]'' (1939)
*''[[Dark Victory]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Old Maid (1939 film)|The Old Maid]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Rains Came]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' ([[1940 in film|1940]])
*''[[Adventure in Diamonds]]'' (1940)
*''[['Til We Meet Again]]'' (1940)
*''The Man Who Talked Too Much'' (1940)
*''[[South of Suez]]'' (1940)
*''Honeymoon for Three'' (1941)
*''[[The Great Lie]]'' (1941)
*''[[They Dare Not Love]]'' (1941)
*''[[International Lady]]'' (1941)
*''[[Twin Beds (1942 film)|Twin Beds]]'' (1942)
*''[[In This Our Life]]'' (1942)
*''[[The Gay Sisters]]'' (1942)
*''You Can't Escape Forever'' (1942)
*''[[Silver Queen]]'' (1942)
*''[[Experiment Perilous]]'' ([[1944 in film|1944]])
*''[[The Affairs of Susan]]'' ([[1945 in film|1945]])
*''[[The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)|The Spiral Staircase]]'' ([[1946 in film|1946]])
*''[[Tomorrow Is Forever]]'' (1946)
*''[[My Reputation]]'' (1946)
*''Lover Come Back'' (1946)
*''[[Temptation (1946 film)|Temptation]]'' (1946)
*''[[Out of the Blue (1947 film)|Out of the Blue]]'' ([[1947 in film|1947]])
*''The Corpse Came C.O.D.'' (1947)
*''Slave Girl'' (1947)
*''[[Christmas Eve (film)|Christmas Eve]]'' (1947)
*''[[Luxury Liner (film)|Luxury Liner]]'' ([[1948 in film|1948]])
*''Angel on the Amazon'' (1948)
*''[[Red Canyon (1949 film)|Red Canyon]]'' ([[1949 in film|1949]])
*''Illegal Entry'' (1949)
*''[[The Kid from Cleveland]]'' (1949)
*''[[Bride for Sale]]'' (1949)
*''[[FBI Girl]]'' ([[1951 in film|1951]])
*''[[The Last Page]]'' ([[1952 in film|1952]])
*''Montana Belle'' (1952)
*''Tangier Incident'' ([[1953 in film|1953]])
*''Mexican Manhunt'' (1953)
*''[[Death of a Scoundrel]]'' ([[1956 in film|1956]])
*''[[Born Again (film)|Born Again]]'' ([[1978 in film|1978]])
|}

===Short subjects===
*''A Dream Comes True'' ([[1935 in film|1935]])
*''Swingtime in the Movies'' ([[1938 in film|1938]])

{{Portal|Biography|Ireland|New York|California|Theatre|Film|Television}}

==References==
'''Notes'''
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0107575}}
* {{tcmdb name|21881}}
* {{IBDB name|66951}}
*{{Find a Grave|11732357}}
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=967 Photographs and literature]

{{Persondata
|NAME= Brent, George
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Nolan, George Brendan
|SHORT DESCRIPTION=[[Actor]]
|DATE OF BIRTH= 1899-03-15
|PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Raharabeg]], [[County Roscommon]], [[Ireland]]
|DATE OF DEATH= 1979-05-26
|PLACE OF DEATH= [[Solana Beach, California]]
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brent, George}}
[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:Irish film actors]]
[[Category:Irish television actors]]
[[Category:People from County Roscommon]]
[[Category:Deaths from emphysema]]
[[Category:Irish Republican Army members (1917–1922)]]
[[Category:20th-century American actors]]
[[Category:People from Solana Beach, California]]
[[Category:Warner Bros. contract players]]
[[Category:Irish emigrants to the United States]]

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