Brian Donlevy
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 9, 1901 (125 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2021 | Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerArchival Footage | |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | The World of HammerSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodProfessor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) | |
| 1969 | Pit StopGrant Willard | |
| 1968 | Rogue's GalleryDetective Lee | |
| 1968 | Arizona BushwhackersMayor Joe Smith | |
| 1967 | Five Golden DragonsDragon #3 | |
| 1967 | Hostile GunsMarshal Willett | |
| 1966 | Gammera the InvincibleGen. Terry Arnold | |
| 1966 | WacoAce Ross | |
| 1966 | The Fat SpyGeorge Wellington | |
| 1966 | Family Affair | |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild BikiniB.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson | |
| 1965 | Curse of the FlyHenri Delambre | |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of ComedyKurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took RomeCol. Sherman Harrington | |
| 1961 | The Errand BoyTom 'T.P.' Paramutual | |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! | |
| 1960 | Girl In Room 13Steve Marshall | |
| 1959 | Never So FewGen. Sloan | |
| 1959 | Juke Box RhythmGeorge Manton | |
| 1959 | RawhideJed Reston | |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June AllysonJohn Ridges | |
| 1958 | CowboyDoc Bender, Trailhand | |
| 1958 | The Texan | |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2Prof. Bernard Quatermass | |
| 1957 | Escape from Red RockBronc Grierson | |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the MonthConstable Dale | |
| 1957 | Perry MasonGeneral Roger Brandon | |
| 1956 | A Cry in the NightEd Bates | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreFred Childress | |
| 1955 | The Big ComboJoe McClure | |
| 1955 | The Quatermass XperimentProf. Bernard Quatermass | |
| 1954 | Climax!Sam Marvin | |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost LynchedCharles Quantrill | |
| 1952 | Hoodlum EmpireSen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens | |
| 1952 | Ride the Man DownBide Marriner | |
| 1952 | Dangerous Assignment | |
| 1951 | Slaughter TrailCapt. Dempster | |
| 1951 | Fighting Coast GuardCmdr. McFarland | |
| 1950 | ShakedownNick Palmer | |
| 1950 | Kansas RaidersQuantrill | |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy HourSelf | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreDan Carmody | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreWalter Williams | |
| 1950 | Lux Video TheatreDaniel J. McGinty | |
| 1949 | ImpactWalter Williams | |
| 1949 | The Lucky StiffJohn J. Malone | |
| 1948 | Command DecisionBrigadier General Clifton I. Garnet | |
| 1948 | A Southern YankeeKurt Devlynn | |
| 1948 | Studio OneJim | |
| 1947 | Kiss of DeathAssistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo | |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the EndMaj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves | |
| 1947 | Killer McCoyJim Caighn | |
| 1947 | Heaven Only KnowsAdam 'Duke' Byron | |
| 1947 | Song of ScheherazadeCapt. Vladimir Gregorovitch | |
| 1947 | The Trouble with WomenJoe McBride | |
| 1946 | Canyon PassageGeorge Camrose | |
| 1946 | The VirginianTrampas | |
| 1946 | Two Years Before the MastRichard Henry Dana | |
| 1946 | Our Hearts Were Growing UpTony Minnetti | |
| 1945 | Duffy's TavernBrian Donlevy | |
| 1944 | The Miracle of Morgan's CreekGovernor McGinty | |
| 1944 | An American RomanceStefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos | |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After(archive footage) | |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die!Dr. Franticek Svoboda | |
| 1943 | StalingradNarrator (English version) | |
| 1942 | Wake IslandMaj. Geoffrey Caton | |
| 1942 | The Glass KeyPaul Madvig | |
| 1942 | The Remarkable AndrewGeneral Andrew Jackson | |
| 1942 | A Gentleman After DarkHarry Melton | |
| 1942 | Stand by for ActionLieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts | |
| 1942 | Two Yanks in TrinidadVince Barrows | |
| 1942 | NightmareDaniel Shane | |
| 1941 | Hold Back the DawnMovie Actor (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Birth of the BluesMemphis | |
| 1941 | The Great Man's LadySteely Edwards | |
| 1941 | Billy the KidJim Sherwood | |
| 1941 | I Wanted WingsCapt. Mercer | |
| 1941 | South of TahitiBob | |
| 1940 | The Great McGintyDaniel 'Dan' McGinty | |
| 1940 | Brigham YoungAngus Duncan | |
| 1940 | When the Daltons RodeGrat Dalton | |
| 1939 | Beau GesteSergeant Markoff | |
| 1939 | Allegheny UprisingRalph Callendar | |
| 1939 | Jesse JamesBarshee | |
| 1939 | Destry Rides AgainKent | |
| 1939 | Union PacificSid Campeau | |
| 1939 | Behind Prison GatesAgent Norman Craig / Red Murray | |
| 1938 | In Old ChicagoGil Warren | |
| 1938 | Battle of BroadwayChesty Webb | |
| 1938 | We're Going to Be RichYankee Gordon | |
| 1938 | SharpshootersSteve Mitchell | |
| 1937 | This Is My AffairBatiste Duryea | |
| 1937 | Born RecklessBob Kane | |
| 1937 | Midnight TaxiCharles 'Chick' Gardner | |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to KillFrank Evers | |
| 1936 | Strike Me PinkVance | |
| 1936 | High TensionSteve Reardon | |
| 1936 | Crack-UpAce Martin | |
| 1936 | 13 Hours by AirJames Evarts | |
| 1936 | Human CargoPacky Campbell | |
| 1936 | Half AngelDuffy Giles | |
| 1935 | Barbary CoastKnuckles Jacoby | |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, FugitiveSpike | |
| 1935 | Another FaceBroken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III | |
| 1932 | A Modern CinderellaCharlie the Chauffeur | |
| 1932 | IrenoDrunk (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | Two AmericansUnknown | |
| 1929 | Gentlemen of the PressKelly - Reporter (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | Mother's BoyHarry O'Day | |
| 1926 | A Man of QualityRichard Courtney | |
| 1925 | School for WivesRalph | |
| 1924 | Damaged HeartsJim Porter | |
| 1924 | Monsieur Beaucaireunknown | |
| 1923 | JamestownMinor Role (Uncredited) |