Brian Donlevy
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1901-02-09
- Died
- 1972-04-06
- Place of birth
- Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
- Also known as
- Waldo Brian Donlevy · McGinty
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
TV Shows (15)
Perry Mason
1957
as General Roger Brandon
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Climax!
1954
as Sam Marvin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Fred Childress
Rawhide
1959
as Jed Reston
Studio One
1948
as Jim
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Texan
1958
Family Affair
1966
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Dan Carmody / Walter Williams / Daniel J. McGinty
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as John Ridges
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Constable Dale
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Movies (103)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Cowboy
1958
as Doc Bender, Trailhand
Canyon Passage
1946
as George Camrose
Never So Few
1959
as Gen. Sloan
Command Decision
1948
as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
Impact
1949
as Walter Williams
Union Pacific
1939
as Sid Campeau
Jesse James
1939
as Barshee
Barbary Coast
1935
as Knuckles Jacoby
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Combo
1955
as Joe McClure
The Glass Key
1942
as Paul Madvig
Slaughter Trail
1951
as Capt. Dempster
Crack-Up
1936
as Ace Martin
The Virginian
1946
as Trampas
Kiss of Death
1947
as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
The Great McGinty
1940
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Kurt Devlynn
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
Billy the Kid
1941
as Jim Sherwood
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Kent
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Kansas Raiders
1950
as Quantrill
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
The Errand Boy
1961
as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Nightmare
1942
as Daniel Shane
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as Richard Henry Dana
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Bide Marriner
Five Golden Dragons
1967
as Dragon #3
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
Quatermass 2
1957
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Beau Geste
1939
as Sergeant Markoff
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
as Mayor Joe Smith
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
as Vince Barrows
Gammera the Invincible
1966
as Gen. Terry Arnold
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
An American Romance
1944
as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
Wake Island
1942
as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
Shakedown
1950
as Nick Palmer
Waco
1966
as Ace Ross
Allegheny Uprising
1939
as Ralph Callendar
Brigham Young
1940
as Angus Duncan
Hostile Guns
1967
as Marshal Willett
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Governor McGinty
The Trouble with Women
1947
as Joe McBride
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Movie Actor (uncredited)
Human Cargo
1936
as Packy Campbell
Stand by for Action
1942
as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Killer McCoy
1947
as Jim Caighn
Hoodlum Empire
1952
as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Pit Stop
1969
as Grant Willard
13 Hours by Air
1936
as James Evarts
In Old Chicago
1938
as Gil Warren
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Grat Dalton
This Is My Affair
1937
as Batiste Duryea
A Cry in the Night
1956
as Ed Bates
Stalingrad
1943
as Narrator (English version)
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
as Cmdr. McFarland
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
as Harry Melton
Half Angel
1936
as Duffy Giles
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Steely Edwards
I Wanted Wings
1941
as Capt. Mercer
Juke Box Rhythm
1959
as George Manton
The Lucky Stiff
1949
as John J. Malone
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
as Col. Sherman Harrington
Song of Scheherazade
1947
as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
as Tony Minnetti
Curse of the Fly
1965
as Henri Delambre
Battle of Broadway
1938
as Chesty Webb
Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Brian Donlevy
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as Charles Quantrill
Born Reckless
1937
as Bob Kane
High Tension
1936
as Steve Reardon
Another Face
1935
as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
Strike Me Pink
1936
as Vance
Heaven Only Knows
1947
as Adam 'Duke' Byron
The Fat Spy
1966
as George Wellington
South of Tahiti
1941
as Bob
Sharpshooters
1938
as Steve Mitchell
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
as Archival Footage
Two Americans
1929
as Unknown
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Spike
School for Wives
1925
as Ralph
Behind Prison Gates
1939
as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
A Man of Quality
1926
as Richard Courtney
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as General Andrew Jackson
Birth of the Blues
1941
as Memphis
36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Frank Evers
Mother's Boy
1929
as Harry O'Day
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924
as unknown
Escape from Red Rock
1957
as Bronc Grierson
Gentlemen of the Press
1929
as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
Ireno
1932
as Drunk (uncredited)
We're Going to Be Rich
1938
as Yankee Gordon
Rogue's Gallery
1968
as Detective Lee
Damaged Hearts
1924
as Jim Porter
Girl In Room 13
1960
as Steve Marshall
Jamestown
1923
as Minor Role (Uncredited)
A Modern Cinderella
1932
as Charlie the Chauffeur
About Brian Donlevy
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". With 118 credits spanning from 1923 to 2021, Brian Donlevy has appeared in 103 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Brian Donlevy Movies
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
- Cowboy (1958) — as Doc Bender, Trailhand
- Canyon Passage (1946) — as George Camrose
- Never So Few (1959) — as Gen. Sloan
- Command Decision (1948) — as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
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