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