
Known for
Acting
Born
March 15, 1904
Birthplace
Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland
Died
May 26, 1979 (aged 75)
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.
Highly regarded by Bette Davis, he became her most freq...
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Self (archive footage)
1994
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
as Judge Gerhard Gesell
1960
1959
1956
as Man with Balloon at Party
1956
1955
1954
1953
as David L. 'Dave' Brady
1953
as Steve Gordon
1952
as Tom Bradfield
1952
as John Harman
1951
as Jeff Donley
1951
1949
as Paul Martin
1949
as Mike Jackson
1949
as Chief Agent Dan Collins
1949
as Matthew Bostel
1948
as Captain Jeremy Bradford
1948
as Jim Warburton
1947
as Michael Brooks
1947
as Matt Claibourne