Brian Donlevy
Known for acting · Born 9 February 1901 · Died 6 April 1972 · aged 71 · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
119 credits
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
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
The Big Combo
1955
Kiss of Death
1947
Quatermass 2
1957
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
The Glass Key
1942
Curse of the Fly
1965
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The Great McGinty
1940
Canyon Passage
1946
Impact
1949
Destry Rides Again
1939
Acting (119)
2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerArchival FootageFilm
1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage)Film
1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage) · 2 episodesSeries
1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodProfessor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)Film
1987James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage)Film
1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)Film
1969Pit StopGrant WillardFilm
1968Arizona BushwhackersMayor Joe SmithFilm
1968Rogue's GalleryDetective LeeFilm
1967Five Golden DragonsDragon #3Film
1967Hostile GunsMarshal WillettFilm
1966Family AffairSeries
1966Gammera the InvincibleGen. Terry ArnoldFilm
1966The Fat SpyGeorge WellingtonFilm
1966WacoAce RossFilm
1965Curse of the FlyHenri DelambreFilm
1965How to Stuff a Wild BikiniB.D. 'Big Deal' MacPhersonFilm
1964The Big Parade of ComedyKurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)Film
1962The Pigeon That Took RomeCol. Sherman HarringtonFilm
1961The Errand BoyTom 'T.P.' ParamutualFilm
1961Target: The Corruptors!Series
1960Girl In Room 13Steve MarshallFilm
1959Never So FewGen. SloanFilm
1959RawhideJed RestonSeries
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonJohn RidgesSeries
1959Juke Box RhythmGeorge MantonFilm
1958CowboyDoc Bender, TrailhandFilm
1958The Texan · 2 episodesSeries
1957Quatermass 2Prof. Bernard QuatermassFilm
1957Perry MasonGeneral Roger BrandonSeries
1957DuPont Show of the MonthConstable DaleSeries
1957Escape from Red RockBronc GriersonFilm
1956A Cry in the NightEd BatesFilm
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreFred ChildressSeries
1955The Quatermass XperimentProf. Bernard QuatermassFilm
1955The Big ComboJoe McClureFilm
1955CrossroadsDr. Roy BellSeries
1954Climax!Sam MarvinSeries
1953Woman They Almost LynchedCharles QuantrillFilm
1952Hoodlum EmpireSen. William J. 'Bill' StephensFilm
1952Ride the Man DownBide MarrinerFilm
1952Dangerous Assignment · 41 episodesSeries
1951Slaughter TrailCapt. DempsterFilm
1951Fighting Coast GuardCmdr. McFarlandFilm
1950ShakedownNick PalmerFilm
1950Kansas RaidersQuantrillFilm
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelfSeries
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries
1950Lux Video TheatreDan Carmody, Walter Williams, Daniel J. McGintySeries
1949ImpactWalter WilliamsFilm
1949The Lucky StiffJohn J. MaloneFilm
1948Command DecisionBrigadier General Clifton I. GarnetFilm
1948Studio OneJimSeries
1948A Southern YankeeKurt DevlynnFilm
1947Kiss of DeathAssistant D.A. Louis D'AngeloFilm
1947The Beginning or the EndMaj. Gen. Leslie R. GrovesFilm
1947Killer McCoyJim CaighnFilm
1947Heaven Only KnowsAdam 'Duke' ByronFilm
1947Song of ScheherazadeCapt. Vladimir GregorovitchFilm
1947The Trouble with WomenJoe McBrideFilm
1946Canyon PassageGeorge CamroseFilm
1946The VirginianTrampasFilm
1946Two Years Before the MastRichard Henry DanaFilm
1946Our Hearts Were Growing UpTony MinnettiFilm
1945Duffy's TavernBrian DonlevyFilm
1944The Miracle of Morgan's CreekGovernor McGintyFilm
1944An American RomanceStefan Dubechek aka Steve DangosFilm
1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)Film
1943Hangmen Also Die!Dr. Franticek SvobodaFilm
1943StalingradNarrator (English version)Film
1942The Glass KeyPaul MadvigFilm
1942Wake IslandMaj. Geoffrey CatonFilm
1942Stand by for ActionLieut. Cmdr. Martin RobertsFilm
1942A Gentleman After DarkHarry MeltonFilm
1942Two Yanks in TrinidadVince BarrowsFilm
1942The Remarkable AndrewGeneral Andrew JacksonFilm
1942NightmareDaniel ShaneFilm
1941Hold Back the DawnMovie Actor (uncredited)Film
1941Billy the KidJim SherwoodFilm
1941Birth of the BluesMemphisFilm
1941The Great Man's LadySteely EdwardsFilm
1941I Wanted WingsCapt. MercerFilm
1941South of TahitiBobFilm
1940The Great McGintyDaniel 'Dan' McGintyFilm
1940When the Daltons RodeGrat DaltonFilm
1940Brigham YoungAngus DuncanFilm
1939Destry Rides AgainKentFilm
1939Jesse JamesBarsheeFilm
1939Beau GesteSergeant MarkoffFilm
1939Union PacificSid CampeauFilm
1939Allegheny UprisingRalph CallendarFilm
1939Behind Prison GatesAgent Norman Craig / Red MurrayFilm
1938In Old ChicagoGil WarrenFilm
1938Battle of BroadwayChesty WebbFilm
1938We're Going to Be RichYankee GordonFilm
1938SharpshootersSteve MitchellFilm
1937This Is My AffairBatiste DuryeaFilm
1937Born RecklessBob KaneFilm
1937Midnight TaxiCharles 'Chick' GardnerFilm
1936Crack-UpAce MartinFilm
1936Strike Me PinkVanceFilm
193613 Hours by AirJames EvartsFilm
193636 Hours to KillFrank EversFilm
1936High TensionSteve ReardonFilm
1936Human CargoPacky CampbellFilm
1936Half AngelDuffy GilesFilm
1935Barbary CoastKnuckles JacobyFilm
1935Another FaceBroken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro IIIFilm
1935Mary Burns, FugitiveSpikeFilm
1932A Modern CinderellaCharlie the ChauffeurFilm
1932IrenoDrunk (uncredited)Film
1929Gentlemen of the PressKelly - Reporter (uncredited)Film
1929Two AmericansUnknownFilm
1929Mother's BoyHarry O'DayFilm
1926A Man of QualityRichard CourtneyFilm
1925School for WivesRalphFilm
1924Monsieur BeaucaireunknownFilm
1924Damaged HeartsJim PorterFilm
1923JamestownMinor Role (Uncredited)Film