Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Known for
Acting
Born
February 9, 1901
Died
April 6, 1972 (aged 71)
Birthplace
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".

Known For

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Filmography

2021
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker poster

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Movie · as Archival Footage

1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line poster

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood poster

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Movie · as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid poster

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

1969
Pit Stop poster

Pit Stop

Movie · as Grant Willard

1968
Rogue's Gallery poster

Rogue's Gallery

Movie · as Detective Lee

1968
Arizona Bushwhackers poster

Arizona Bushwhackers

Movie · as Mayor Joe Smith

1967
Five Golden Dragons poster

Five Golden Dragons

Movie · as Dragon #3

1967
Hostile Guns poster

Hostile Guns

Movie · as Marshal Willett

1966
Gammera the Invincible poster

Gammera the Invincible

Movie · as Gen. Terry Arnold

1966
Waco poster

Waco

Movie · as Ace Ross

1966
The Fat Spy poster

The Fat Spy

Movie · as George Wellington

1966
Family Affair poster

Family Affair

TV · 1 ep

1965
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini poster

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

Movie · as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

1965
The Curse of the Fly poster

The Curse of the Fly

Movie · as Henri Delambre

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy poster

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

1962
The Pigeon That Took Rome poster

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Movie · as Col. Sherman Harrington

1961
The Errand Boy poster

The Errand Boy

Movie · as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1960
Girl In Room 13 poster

Girl In Room 13

Movie · as Steve Marshall

1959
Never So Few poster

Never So Few

Movie · as Gen. Sloan

1959
Juke Box Rhythm poster

Juke Box Rhythm

Movie · as George Manton

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Jed Reston · 1 ep

1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV · as John Ridges · 1 ep

1958
Cowboy poster

Cowboy

Movie · as Doc Bender, Trailhand

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · 2 eps

1957
Quatermass 2 poster

Quatermass 2

Movie · as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

1957
Escape from Red Rock poster

Escape from Red Rock

Movie · as Bronc Grierson

1957
DuPont Show of the Month poster

DuPont Show of the Month

TV · as Constable Dale · 1 ep

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as General Roger Brandon · 1 ep

1956
A Cry in the Night poster

A Cry in the Night

Movie · as Ed Bates

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Fred Childress · 1 ep

1955
The Big Combo poster

The Big Combo

Movie · as Joe McClure

1955
The Quatermass Xperiment poster

The Quatermass Xperiment

Movie · as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

1955
Crossroads poster

Crossroads

TV · as Dr. Roy Bell · 1 ep

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Sam Marvin · 1 ep

1953
Woman They Almost Lynched poster

Woman They Almost Lynched

Movie · as Charles Quantrill

1952
Hoodlum Empire poster

Hoodlum Empire

Movie · as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

1952
Ride the Man Down poster

Ride the Man Down

Movie · as Bide Marriner

1952
Dangerous Assignment poster

Dangerous Assignment

TV · 41 eps

1951
Slaughter Trail poster

Slaughter Trail

Movie · as Capt. Dempster

1951
Fighting Coast Guard poster

Fighting Coast Guard

Movie · as Cmdr. McFarland

1950
Shakedown poster

Shakedown

Movie · as Nick Palmer

1950
Kansas Raiders poster

Kansas Raiders

Movie · as Quantrill

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as Dan Carmody, Walter Williams, Daniel J. McGinty · 1 ep

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV · 1 ep

1949
Impact poster

Impact

Movie · as Walter Williams

1949
The Lucky Stiff poster

The Lucky Stiff

Movie · as John J. Malone

1948
Command Decision poster

Command Decision

Movie · as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

1948
A Southern Yankee poster

A Southern Yankee

Movie · as Kurt Devlynn

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Jim · 1 ep

1947
Kiss of Death poster

Kiss of Death

Movie · as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

1947
The Beginning or the End poster

The Beginning or the End

Movie · as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

1947
Killer McCoy poster

Killer McCoy

Movie · as Jim Caighn

1947
Heaven Only Knows poster

Heaven Only Knows

Movie · as Adam 'Duke' Byron

1947
Song of Scheherazade poster

Song of Scheherazade

Movie · as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

1947
The Trouble with Women poster

The Trouble with Women

Movie · as Joe McBride

1946
Canyon Passage poster

Canyon Passage

Movie · as George Camrose

1946
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

Movie · as Trampas

1946
Two Years Before the Mast poster

Two Years Before the Mast

Movie · as Richard Henry Dana

1946
Our Hearts Were Growing Up poster

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Movie · as Tony Minnetti

1945
Duffy's Tavern poster

Duffy's Tavern

Movie · as Brian Donlevy

1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek poster

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Movie · as Governor McGinty

1944
An American Romance poster

An American Romance

Movie · as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

1944
Twenty Years After poster

Twenty Years After

Movie · as (archive footage)

1943
Hangmen Also Die! poster

Hangmen Also Die!

Movie · as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

1943
Stalingrad poster

Stalingrad

Movie · as Narrator (English version)

1942
Wake Island poster

Wake Island

Movie · as Maj. Geoffrey Caton

1942
The Glass Key poster

The Glass Key

Movie · as Paul Madvig

1942
The Remarkable Andrew poster

The Remarkable Andrew

Movie · as General Andrew Jackson

1942
A Gentleman After Dark poster

A Gentleman After Dark

Movie · as Harry Melton

1942
Stand by for Action poster

Stand by for Action

Movie · as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

1942
Two Yanks in Trinidad poster

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Movie · as Vince Barrows

1942
Nightmare poster

Nightmare

Movie · as Daniel Shane

1941
Hold Back the Dawn poster

Hold Back the Dawn

Movie · as Movie Actor (uncredited)

1941
Birth of the Blues poster

Birth of the Blues

Movie · as Memphis

1941
The Great Man's Lady poster

The Great Man's Lady

Movie · as Steely Edwards

1941
Billy the Kid poster

Billy the Kid

Movie · as Jim Sherwood

1941
I Wanted Wings poster

I Wanted Wings

Movie · as Capt. Mercer

1941
South of Tahiti poster

South of Tahiti

Movie · as Bob

1940
The Great McGinty poster

The Great McGinty

Movie · as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

1940
Brigham Young poster

Brigham Young

Movie · as Angus Duncan

1940
When the Daltons Rode poster

When the Daltons Rode

Movie · as Grat Dalton

1939
Beau Geste poster

Beau Geste

Movie · as Sergeant Markoff

1939
Allegheny Uprising poster

Allegheny Uprising

Movie · as Ralph Callendar

1939
Jesse James poster

Jesse James

Movie · as Barshee

1939
Destry Rides Again poster

Destry Rides Again

Movie · as Kent

1939
Union Pacific poster

Union Pacific

Movie · as Sid Campeau

1939
Behind Prison Gates poster

Behind Prison Gates

Movie · as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

1938
In Old Chicago poster

In Old Chicago

Movie · as Gil Warren

1938
Battle of Broadway poster

Battle of Broadway

Movie · as Chesty Webb

1938
We're Going to Be Rich poster

We're Going to Be Rich

Movie · as Yankee Gordon

1938
Sharpshooters poster

Sharpshooters

Movie · as Steve Mitchell

1937
This Is My Affair poster

This Is My Affair

Movie · as Batiste Duryea

1937
Born Reckless poster

Born Reckless

Movie · as Bob Kane

1937
Midnight Taxi poster

Midnight Taxi

Movie · as Charles 'Chick' Gardner

1936
36 Hours to Kill poster

36 Hours to Kill

Movie · as Frank Evers

1936
Strike Me Pink poster

Strike Me Pink

Movie · as Vance

1936
High Tension poster

High Tension

Movie · as Steve Reardon

1936
Crack-Up poster

Crack-Up

Movie · as Ace Martin

1936
13 Hours by Air poster

13 Hours by Air

Movie · as James Evarts

1936
Human Cargo poster

Human Cargo

Movie · as Packy Campbell

1936
Half Angel poster

Half Angel

Movie · as Duffy Giles

1935
Barbary Coast poster

Barbary Coast

Movie · as Knuckles Jacoby

1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive poster

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Movie · as Spike

1935
Another Face poster

Another Face

Movie · as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

1932
A Modern Cinderella poster

A Modern Cinderella

Movie · as Charlie the Chauffeur

1932
Ireno

Ireno

Movie · as Drunk (uncredited)

1929
Two Americans

Two Americans

Movie · as Unknown

1929
Gentlemen of the Press poster

Gentlemen of the Press

Movie · as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

1929
Mother's Boy poster

Mother's Boy

Movie · as Harry O'Day

1926
A Man of Quality

A Man of Quality

Movie · as Richard Courtney

1925
School for Wives poster

School for Wives

Movie · as Ralph

1924
Damaged Hearts poster

Damaged Hearts

Movie · as Jim Porter

1924
Monsieur Beaucaire poster

Monsieur Beaucaire

Movie · as unknown

1923
Jamestown poster

Jamestown

Movie · as Minor Role (Uncredited)