George Brent

George Brent

March 15, 1904 · 122 years old

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 hi…

Known For

24 titles
1
Jezebel

Jezebel

1938 · 1h 44m · Movie

In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.

7.4
2
42nd Street

42nd Street

1933 · 1h 29m · Movie

When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.

7.3
3
Dark Victory

Dark Victory

1939 · 1h 44m · Movie

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.

7.4
4
The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

1946 · 1h 23m · Movie

In 1906, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

7.3
5
Baby Face

Baby Face

1933 · 1h 11m · Movie

A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.

7.5
6
The Great Lie

The Great Lie

1941 · 1h 48m · Movie

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

7.0
7
Tomorrow Is Forever

Tomorrow Is Forever

1946 · 1h 44m · Movie

An American World War I soldier whose disfigured face is reconstructed by Austrian plastic surgeons returns home after 20 years, but no one recognizes him, his widow is married to another man, and his son is a grown young man.

7.3
8
The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th

1940 · 1h 30m · Movie

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.

6.6
9
My Reputation

My Reputation

1946 · 1h 34m · Movie

A recent widow meets an army major while skiing and becomes romantically involved with him despite pressures from friends and family.

7.0
10
The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price

1932 · 1h 8m · Movie

A torch singer becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.

6.4
11
The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

1934 · 1h 25m · Movie

A wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attaché.

6.5
12
Special Agent

Special Agent

1935 · 1h 16m · Movie

Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates wit...

6.4
13
Housewife

Housewife

1934 · 1h 9m · Movie

Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and heats up thei...

6.1
14
Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

1947 · 1h 30m · Movie

To save her fortune from a designing nephew, Matilda Reed must locate her three long-lost adopted sons in time for a Christmas Eve reunion.

5.7
15
The Keyhole

The Keyhole

1933 · 1h 9m · Movie

Anne Brooks is being blackmailed by her old dancing partner Maurice. They married when she was young but broke up after which he said he was getting a quickie divorce. Anne married the much older millionaire Schuyler Brooks only t...

6.5
16
Lilly Turner

Lilly Turner

1933 · 1h 5m · Movie

A carnival magician deserts his wife when he finds out she's pregnant. She then marries the carnival's barker, but finds herself attracted to a young engineer.

6.5
17
Stranded

Stranded

1935 · 1h 12m · Movie

A construction engineer with a heart of steel courts a social worker with a heart of gold, while fighting a protection racketeer that tries to derail the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.

6.5
18
Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1947 · 1h 24m · Movie

Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian artist, David Galleo and his always-there model, Deborah Tyler; and Olive Jenson...

6.3
19
Temptation

Temptation

1946 · 1h 38m · Movie

Ruby, a beautiful divorcee with a shady past, marries a rich Egyptologist, and while he continues excavating a Pharoah's tomb, she becomes bored until she falls for a debt-ridden, blackmailing Egyptian prince.

6.5
20
Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy

1939 · 1h 29m · Movie

Biplanes flying in formation past the Washington Monument. A flotilla of seaplanes rising majestically off the surface of the Atlantic.

6.0
21
Out Where the Stars Begin

Out Where the Stars Begin

1938 · 19m · Movie

A "Broadway Brevity" short from Vitaphone shot in Technicolor that spoofs the Hollywood studio set-up. When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director (Fritz Feld), her understu...

5.3
22
International Lady

International Lady

1941 · 1h 42m · Movie

The film opens with a German air raid over the skies of London, and moves to the attempts of the F.B.I. and Scotland Yard investigators trying to circumvent the attempts of a sabotage ring dedicated to impeding the flow of America...

6.6
23
Angel on the Amazon

Angel on the Amazon

1948 · 1h 26m · Movie

An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth.

5.6
24
The Kid from Cleveland

The Kid from Cleveland

1949 · 1h 29m · Movie

Baseball team (the Cleveland Indians) helps a troubled teenaged fan.

5.6