From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Romney Brent
Romney Brent
In New York in the 1930s, Brent created the role of
the Rev Phosphor Hammingtrap in Shaw’s The Simpleton
of the Unexpected Isles, which he also directed.[1] In London
he played Tobias in James Bridie’s Tobias and the Angel and
Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. After that, his main
work in the theatre was in America, both in the classics
and in modern works, as actor and director. For example,
in 1946–47 he starred on Broadway in Joan of Lorraine. In
Mexico he directed plays in Spanish.[1]
Brent appeared in numerous television shows from
1930 into the 1960s. Among other films, he appeared in
Romney Brent sings "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" in Words and
East Meets West (1936), Under the Red Robe (1937), Dinner at
Music
the Ritz (1937), The Middle Watch (1940) and The Adventures
of Don Juan (1949).
Romney Brent (26 January 1902 – 24 September 1976)
During the last seven years of his life, he taught dra-
was a Mexican-born actor, director and dramatist. Most
ma in Mexico City.[3] Brent was married to the American
of his career was on stage in North America, but in the
actress and singer Gina Malo. He died at the age of 74 in
1930s he was frequently seen on the London stage, on
Mexico City, Mexico.
television and in films.
Biography Selected filmography
• Head Over Heels (1937)
Born Romulo Larralde in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico,
Brent’s father was a diplomat, and so he was educated in
several countries, especially in New York City.[1] Notes
He studied for the stage under Theodore Komisar-
[1] ^ The Times obituary, 13 October 1976, p. 18
jevsky and began work as an actor with the Theatre Guild
[2] Lesley, p. 164
in He Who Gets Slapped when he was 20 and later that year
[3] "Romney Brent Biography", Broadway
was on Broadway in their production of The Lucky One by
Photographs
A. A. Milne. He established a reputation in "gentle, ingra-
tiating" roles, such as the Lion in George Bernard Shaw’s
Androcles and the Lion, the worried groom in Shaw’s Get- References
ting Married and Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of • Lesley, Cole (1976) The Life of Noel Coward, Jonathan
Venice.[1] In 1925–26, he appeared in two seasons of the Cape, London, ISBN 0-224-01288-6
long-running musical revue Garrick Gaieties on Broadway.
Another Broadway success was in The Little Show in
1925–30. External links
In 1932, in London, he appeared in Noël Coward’s re- • Romney Brent at Find a Grave
vue Words and Music as compère, as Stanhope in a parody • Romney Brent at the IBDB
of Journey’s End, and as a missionary in a sketch in which • Romney Brent at the IMBD
he sang Coward’s famous song "Mad Dogs and English- • Profile from All Movie Guide
men".[1] While in London, he directed a Herbert Farjeon • 1926 photo of Brent
revue and wrote the book for Cole Porter’s Nymph Er-
Persondata
rant.[1] In 1933 Brent was cast as Paul, Duc de Chaucigny-
Varennes in Coward’s Conversation Piece but struggled Name
with the role and was replaced by Coward himself, to Alternative names
whom Brent gladly handed it over, adding "providing Short description
you let me still come to rehearsals and watch you find out
Date of birth
what a bloody awful part it is."[2]
Place of birth
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