- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1901
- Place of Birth
- Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
- Died
- April 6, 1972
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".
Filmography
movieCoded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021 · Archival Footage
movieBarbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe World of Hammer
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieHammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
movieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
moviePit Stop
1969 · Grant Willard
movieArizona Bushwhackers
1968 · Mayor Joe Smith
movieRogue's Gallery
1968 · Detective Lee
movieFive Golden Dragons
1967 · Dragon #3
movieHostile Guns
1967 · Marshal Willett
movieGammera the Invincible
1966 · Gen. Terry Arnold
tvFamily Affair
1966
movieWaco
1966 · Ace Ross
movieThe Fat Spy
1966 · George Wellington
movieHow to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965 · B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
movieCurse of the Fly
1965 · Henri Delambre
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964 · Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
movieThe Pigeon That Took Rome
1962 · Col. Sherman Harrington
movieThe Errand Boy
1961 · Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
tvTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
movieGirl In Room 13
1960 · Steve Marshall
movieNever So Few
1959 · Gen. Sloan
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · John Ridges
movieJuke Box Rhythm
1959 · George Manton
tvRawhide
1959 · Jed Reston
tvThe Texan
1958
movieCowboy
1958 · Doc Bender, Trailhand
movieEscape from Red Rock
1957 · Bronc Grierson
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Constable Dale
tvPerry Mason
1957 · General Roger Brandon
movieQuatermass 2
1957 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Fred Childress
movieA Cry in the Night
1956 · Ed Bates
movieThe Quatermass Xperiment
1955 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass
movieThe Big Combo
1955 · Joe McClure
tvClimax!
1954 · Sam Marvin
movieWoman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Charles Quantrill
movieRide the Man Down
1952 · Bide Marriner
movieHoodlum Empire
1952 · Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
tvDangerous Assignment
1952
movieSlaughter Trail
1951 · Capt. Dempster
movieFighting Coast Guard
1951 · Cmdr. McFarland
movieKansas Raiders
1950 · Quantrill
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Dan Carmody, Walter Williams, Daniel J. McGinty
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieShakedown
1950 · Nick Palmer
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
movieThe Lucky Stiff
1949 · John J. Malone
movieImpact
1949 · Walter Williams
movieCommand Decision
1948 · Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
tvStudio One
1948 · Jim
movieA Southern Yankee
1948 · Kurt Devlynn
movieKiller McCoy
1947 · Jim Caighn
movieHeaven Only Knows
1947 · Adam 'Duke' Byron
movieKiss of Death
1947 · Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
movieThe Trouble with Women
1947 · Joe McBride
movieSong of Scheherazade
1947 · Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
movieThe Beginning or the End
1947 · Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
movieTwo Years Before the Mast
1946 · Richard Henry Dana
movieCanyon Passage
1946 · George Camrose
movieOur Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 · Tony Minnetti
movieThe Virginian
1946 · Trampas
movieDuffy's Tavern
1945 · Brian Donlevy
movieThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Governor McGinty
movieAn American Romance
1944 · Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
movieTwenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
movieStalingrad
1943 · Narrator (English version)
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943 · Dr. Franticek Svoboda
movieStand by for Action
1942 · Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
movieNightmare
1942 · Daniel Shane
movieThe Glass Key
1942 · Paul Madvig
movieWake Island
1942 · Maj. Geoffrey Caton
movieA Gentleman After Dark
1942 · Harry Melton
movieTwo Yanks in Trinidad
1942 · Vince Barrows
movieThe Remarkable Andrew
1942 · General Andrew Jackson
movieBirth of the Blues
1941 · Memphis
movieThe Great Man's Lady
1941 · Steely Edwards
movieSouth of Tahiti
1941 · Bob
movieHold Back the Dawn
1941 · Movie Actor (uncredited)
movieBilly the Kid
1941 · Jim Sherwood
movieI Wanted Wings
1941 · Capt. Mercer
movieBrigham Young
1940 · Angus Duncan
movieWhen the Daltons Rode
1940 · Grat Dalton
movieThe Great McGinty
1940 · Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
movieDestry Rides Again
1939 · Kent
movieAllegheny Uprising
1939 · Ralph Callendar
movieBehind Prison Gates
1939 · Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
movieBeau Geste
1939 · Sergeant Markoff
movieUnion Pacific
1939 · Sid Campeau
movieJesse James
1939 · Barshee
movieSharpshooters
1938 · Steve Mitchell
movieWe're Going to Be Rich
1938 · Yankee Gordon
movieBattle of Broadway
1938 · Chesty Webb
movieIn Old Chicago
1938 · Gil Warren
movieBorn Reckless
1937 · Bob Kane
movieThis Is My Affair
1937 · Batiste Duryea
movieMidnight Taxi
1937 · Charles 'Chick' Gardner
movieCrack-Up
1936 · Ace Martin
movie36 Hours to Kill
1936 · Frank Evers
movieHigh Tension
1936 · Steve Reardon
movieHalf Angel
1936 · Duffy Giles
movieHuman Cargo
1936 · Packy Campbell
movie13 Hours by Air
1936 · James Evarts
movieStrike Me Pink
1936 · Vance
movieAnother Face
1935 · Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
movieMary Burns, Fugitive
1935 · Spike
movieBarbary Coast
1935 · Knuckles Jacoby
movieA Modern Cinderella
1932 · Charlie the Chauffeur
Ireno
1932 · Drunk (uncredited)
movieMother's Boy
1929 · Harry O'Day
Two Americans
1929 · Unknown
movieGentlemen of the Press
1929 · Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
A Man of Quality
1926 · Richard Courtney
movieSchool for Wives
1925 · Ralph
movieMonsieur Beaucaire
1924 · unknown
movieDamaged Hearts
1924 · Jim Porter
movieJamestown
1923 · Minor Role (Uncredited)