Want to know the best George Brent movies? How about the worst George Brent movies? Curious about George Brent box office grosses or which George Brent movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which George Brent movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
George Brent (1904-1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor. Brent was one of the busiest actors working in movies in the 1930s and 1940s. His IMDb page shows 105 acting credits between 1924 and 1978. This page will rank George Brent movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that we unable to find box office grosses on were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request by UMR Hall of Famer Flora.
George Brent Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
George Brent Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each George Brent movie received.
- Sort George Brent movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About George Brent
1. George Patrick Nolan was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland in 1904.
2. George Brent fled Ireland with a bounty set on his head by the British government, although he later claimed only to have been a courier for guerrilla leader and tactician Michael Collins.
3. George Brent and Bette Davis starred in eleven feature films together: So Big! (1932), The Rich Are Always with Us (1932), Housewife (1934), Front Page Woman (1935), Special Agent (1935), The Golden Arrow (1936), Jezebel (1938), Dark Victory (1939), The Old Maid (1939), The Great Lie (1941) and In This Our Life (1942).
4. George Brent was a licensed pilot. You can see him landing an airplane in The Great Lie (1941).
5. Warner Bros. tested George Brent for the title role in Captain Blood (1935) after Robert Donat turned it down. Despite his reliable tenure at the studio, he was better known as a ladies’ man in tearjerkers than a swashbuckler, so newcomer Errol Flynn got the part. It made him an instant star.
Check out George Brent’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Added bonus – George Brent Worldwide Grosses On Some Of His Movies
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George Brent is the # 71 most connectible actor of the 1940’s.
Henry O’Neill, Glen Cavender and Cliff Saum appeared with George in 14 films.
Jack Mower appeared with him 13 times.
Bill Elliott (yes Wild Bill), Stuart Holmes, Milton Kibbee (Guy’s brother) and Edward Keane appeared in 12 George Brent movies.
Sam McDaniel (Hattie’s brother) and Emmet Vogan appeared with him 11 times.
Joseph Crehan and John Ridgely were in 10 films with him.
Hey Dan. It looks like George Brent was well aware of the regulars Warner Brothers supporting and but players. 13 actors that appeared in double digit movies with him. Good stuff.
i saw 6 including top 4. 10s not favorites jezebel, dark victory. 9 and favorite the rains came(i am a pawn in Myrna loy’s hands) which was Brent’s box office leader doubling jezebel and garnering 6 oscar nomination , one more than jezebel. hidden gem baby face a 7 but with George #2 billing above john wayne #8 who had already appeared in 40 movies( per letterboxd but only 5 per UMR), and he appeared in 44 more (per letterboxd 6 per UMR) before stagecoach.
Cogerson, Wayne might be an excellent candidate for a supplemental review only chart.
i am impressed with George Brent having 18 movies pass the $100,000,000 adj dom B.O. and a large number getting reviews above 55%, 59 out of 70(45 out of 70 over 60% review) .
Hey bob cox. Thanks for the feedback on our George Brent page. Your 6 tops my total, but far far behind Flora’s total. Love seeing Myrna Loy getting some attention. Baby Face is an interesting movie…..Wayne is only in the movie for about 10 minutes. Sadly, we have never been able to find much from Wayne’s B western days…but it is not for lack of trying…we even bought a few books on Republic Studioes….but they offered up little information either. Good breakdown on his stats….18 $100 million is indeed impressive. Good stuff.