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Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

ActingBorn February 9, 1901Died April 6, 1972 (age 71)Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

Biography

Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 5, 1972) was an Ulster-born American film actor, noted for playing tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his best known films are Beau Geste (1939) and The Great McGinty (1940). For his role as Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His obituary in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom stated that "any consideration of the American 'film noir' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him".

Filmography

2021Movie
1997Movie
1994
The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

Movie
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

Movie
1969
Pit Stop

as Grant Willard

Movie
1968
Arizona Bushwhackers

as Mayor Joe Smith

Movie
1968
Rogue's Gallery

as Detective Lee

Movie
1967Movie
1967
Hostile Guns

as Marshal Willett

Movie
1966
Gammera the Invincible

as Gen. Terry Arnold

Movie
1966
Waco

as Ace Ross

Movie
1966
The Fat Spy

as George Wellington

Movie
1965
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Movie
1965
Curse of the Fly

as Henri Delambre

Movie
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

Movie
1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome

as Col. Sherman Harrington

Movie
1961
The Errand Boy

as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

Movie
1960
Girl In Room 13

as Steve Marshall

Movie
1959
Never So Few

as Gen. Sloan

Movie
1959
Juke Box Rhythm

as George Manton

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as Jed Reston

TV
1958TV
1958
Cowboy

as Doc Bender, Trailhand

Movie
1957
Escape from Red Rock

as Bronc Grierson

Movie
1957
DuPont Show of the Month

as Constable Dale

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as General Roger Brandon

TV
1957
Quatermass 2

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Movie
1956TV
1956Movie
1955
The Quatermass Xperiment

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Movie
1955
The Big Combo

as Joe McClure

Movie
1954
Climax!

as Sam Marvin

TV
1953
Woman They Almost Lynched

as Charles Quantrill

Movie
1952
Ride the Man Down

as Bide Marriner

Movie
1952
Hoodlum Empire

as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

Movie
1951
Slaughter Trail

as Capt. Dempster

Movie
1951
Fighting Coast Guard

as Cmdr. McFarland

Movie
1950
Kansas Raiders

as Quantrill

Movie
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Dan Carmody

TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Walter Williams

TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Daniel J. McGinty

TV
1950
Shakedown

as Nick Palmer

Movie
1949
The Lucky Stiff

as John J. Malone

Movie
1949
Impact

as Walter Williams

Movie
1948
Command Decision

as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

Movie
1948TV
1948
A Southern Yankee

as Kurt Devlynn

Movie
1947
Killer McCoy

as Jim Caighn

Movie
1947
Heaven Only Knows

as Adam 'Duke' Byron

Movie
1947
Kiss of Death

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Movie
1947Movie
1947
Song of Scheherazade

as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

Movie
1947
The Beginning or the End

as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Movie
1946
Two Years Before the Mast

as Richard Henry Dana

Movie
1946
Canyon Passage

as George Camrose

Movie
1946Movie
1946
The Virginian

as Trampas

Movie
1945
Duffy's Tavern

as Brian Donlevy

Movie
1944Movie
1944
An American Romance

as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

Movie
1944
Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Movie
1943
Stalingrad

as Narrator (English version)

Movie
1943
Hangmen Also Die!

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Movie
1942
Stand by for Action

as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

Movie
1942
Nightmare

as Daniel Shane

Movie
1942
The Glass Key

as Paul Madvig

Movie
1942
Wake Island

as Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Movie
1942
A Gentleman After Dark

as Harry Melton

Movie
1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad

as Vince Barrows

Movie
1942
The Remarkable Andrew

as General Andrew Jackson

Movie
1941Movie
1941
The Great Man's Lady

as Steely Edwards

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Hold Back the Dawn

as Movie Actor (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Billy the Kid

as Jim Sherwood

Movie
1941
I Wanted Wings

as Capt. Mercer

Movie
1940
Brigham Young

as Angus Duncan

Movie
1940
When the Daltons Rode

as Grat Dalton

Movie
1940
The Great McGinty

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Allegheny Uprising

as Ralph Callendar

Movie
1939
Behind Prison Gates

as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

Movie
1939
Beau Geste

as Sergeant Markoff

Movie
1939
Union Pacific

as Sid Campeau

Movie
1939
Jesse James

as Barshee

Movie
1938
Sharpshooters

as Steve Mitchell

Movie
1938
We're Going to Be Rich

as Yankee Gordon

Movie
1938
Battle of Broadway

as Chesty Webb

Movie
1938
In Old Chicago

as Gil Warren

Movie
1937
Born Reckless

as Bob Kane

Movie
1937
This Is My Affair

as Batiste Duryea

Movie
1937
Midnight Taxi

as Charles 'Chick' Gardner

Movie
1936
Crack-Up

as Ace Martin

Movie
1936
36 Hours to Kill

as Frank Evers

Movie
1936
High Tension

as Steve Reardon

Movie
1936
Half Angel

as Duffy Giles

Movie
1936
Human Cargo

as Packy Campbell

Movie
1936
13 Hours by Air

as James Evarts

Movie
1936Movie
1935
Another Face

as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Barbary Coast

as Knuckles Jacoby

Movie
1932
A Modern Cinderella

as Charlie the Chauffeur

Movie
1932
Ireno

as Drunk (uncredited)

Movie
1929
Mother's Boy

as Harry O'Day

Movie
1929
Two Americans

as Unknown

Movie
1929
Gentlemen of the Press

as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

Movie
1926
A Man of Quality

as Richard Courtney

Movie
1925Movie
1924Movie
1924
Damaged Hearts

as Jim Porter

Movie
1923
Jamestown

as Minor Role (Uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 9, 1901
Day of DeathApril 6, 1972
Place of BirthPortadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
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