Brian Donlevy
Born
February 9, 1901
Died
April 6, 1972 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
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".
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Known For
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage
2021
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Self (archive footage)
1997
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1988
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
1987
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
1982
Pit Stop
Grant Willard
1969
Arizona Bushwhackers
Mayor Joe Smith
1968
Rogue's Gallery
Detective Lee
1968
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #3
1967
Hostile Guns
Marshal Willett
1967
Gammera the Invincible
Gen. Terry Arnold
1966
Family Affair
(1 episode)
1966
Waco
Ace Ross
1966
The Fat Spy
George Wellington
1966
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
1965
Curse of the Fly
Henri Delambre
1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
1964
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Col. Sherman Harrington
1962
The Errand Boy
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
(1 episode)
1961
Girl In Room 13
Steve Marshall
1960
Never So Few
Gen. Sloan
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
John Ridges · (1 episode)
1959
Juke Box Rhythm
George Manton
1959
Rawhide
Jed Reston · (1 episode)
1959
The Texan
(2 episodes)
1958
Cowboy
Doc Bender, Trailhand
1958
Escape from Red Rock
Bronc Grierson
1957
DuPont Show of the Month
Constable Dale · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
General Roger Brandon · (1 episode)
1957
Quatermass 2
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Fred Childress · (1 episode)
1956
A Cry in the Night
Ed Bates
1956
The Quatermass Xperiment
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1955
The Big Combo
Joe McClure
1955
Climax!
Sam Marvin · (1 episode)
1954
Woman They Almost Lynched
Charles Quantrill
1953
Ride the Man Down
Bide Marriner
1952
Hoodlum Empire
Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
1952
Dangerous Assignment
(41 episodes)
1952
Slaughter Trail
Capt. Dempster
1951
Fighting Coast Guard
Cmdr. McFarland
1951
Kansas Raiders
Quantrill
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Dan Carmody · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Walter Williams · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Daniel J. McGinty · (1 episode)
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (1 episode)
1950
Shakedown
Nick Palmer
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1 episode)
1950
The Lucky Stiff
John J. Malone
1949
Impact
Walter Williams
1949
Command Decision
Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
1948
Studio One
Jim · (1 episode)
1948
A Southern Yankee
Kurt Devlynn
1948
Killer McCoy
Jim Caighn
1947
Heaven Only Knows
Adam 'Duke' Byron
1947
Kiss of Death
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
1947
The Trouble with Women
Joe McBride
1947
Song of Scheherazade
Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
1947
The Beginning or the End
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
1947
Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry Dana
1946
Canyon Passage
George Camrose
1946
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Tony Minnetti
1946
The Virginian
Trampas
1946
Duffy's Tavern
Brian Donlevy
1945
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Governor McGinty
1944
An American Romance
Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
1944
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
Stalingrad
Narrator (English version)
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
1943
Stand by for Action
Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
1942
Nightmare
Daniel Shane
1942
The Glass Key
Paul Madvig
1942
Wake Island
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
1942
A Gentleman After Dark
Harry Melton
1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Vince Barrows
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
General Andrew Jackson
1942
Birth of the Blues
Memphis
1941
The Great Man's Lady
Steely Edwards
1941
South of Tahiti
Bob
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
Movie Actor (uncredited)
1941
Billy the Kid
Jim Sherwood
1941
I Wanted Wings
Capt. Mercer
1941
Brigham Young
Angus Duncan
1940
When the Daltons Rode
Grat Dalton
1940
The Great McGinty
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
1940
Destry Rides Again
Kent
1939
Allegheny Uprising
Ralph Callendar
1939
Behind Prison Gates
Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
1939
Beau Geste
Sergeant Markoff
1939
Union Pacific
Sid Campeau
1939
Jesse James
Barshee
1939
Sharpshooters
Steve Mitchell
1938
We're Going to Be Rich
Yankee Gordon
1938
Battle of Broadway
Chesty Webb
1938
In Old Chicago
Gil Warren
1938
Born Reckless
Bob Kane
1937
This Is My Affair
Batiste Duryea
1937
Midnight Taxi
Charles 'Chick' Gardner
1937
Crack-Up
Ace Martin
1936
36 Hours to Kill
Frank Evers
1936
High Tension
Steve Reardon
1936
Half Angel
Duffy Giles
1936
Human Cargo
Packy Campbell
1936
13 Hours by Air
James Evarts
1936
Strike Me Pink
Vance
1936
Another Face
Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Spike
1935
Barbary Coast
Knuckles Jacoby
1935
A Modern Cinderella
Charlie the Chauffeur
1932
Ireno
Drunk (uncredited)
1932
Mother's Boy
Harry O'Day
1929
Two Americans
Unknown
1929
Gentlemen of the Press
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
1929
A Man of Quality
Richard Courtney
1926
School for Wives
Ralph
1925
Monsieur Beaucaire
unknown
1924
Damaged Hearts
Jim Porter
1924
Jamestown
Minor Role (Uncredited)
1923