Brian Donlevy

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Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

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".

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Appearances

Never So Few
5.5
Never So Few
Gen. Sloan
Kiss of Death
7.1
Kiss of Death
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
Hangmen Also Die!
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Command Decision
6.6
Command Decision
Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
The Big Combo
7.0
The Big Combo
Joe McClure
The Quatermass Xperiment
6.6
The Quatermass Xperiment
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Impact
6.1
Impact
Walter Williams
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Quatermass 2
6.4
Quatermass 2
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Hoodlum Empire
6.5
Hoodlum Empire
Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
5.3
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Gammera the Invincible
5.1
Gammera the Invincible
Gen. Terry Arnold
The Errand Boy
6.1
The Errand Boy
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
A Cry in the Night
5.4
A Cry in the Night
Ed Bates
The Great McGinty
7.0
The Great McGinty
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Beau Geste
7.0
Beau Geste
Sergeant Markoff
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
6.9
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Governor McGinty
Canyon Passage
6.7
Canyon Passage
George Camrose
Wake Island
5.9
Wake Island
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
Allegheny Uprising
5.8
Allegheny Uprising
Ralph Callendar
Jesse James
6.5
Jesse James
Barshee
Destry Rides Again
7.2
Destry Rides Again
Kent
Union Pacific
6.7
Union Pacific
Sid Campeau
36 Hours to Kill
6.1
36 Hours to Kill
Frank Evers
Curse of the Fly
5.4
Curse of the Fly
Henri Delambre
The Glass Key
6.6
The Glass Key
Paul Madvig
Cowboy
6.4
Cowboy
Doc Bender, Trailhand
Hold Back the Dawn
6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
Movie Actor (uncredited)
Shakedown
6.4
Shakedown
Nick Palmer
Brigham Young
4.6
Brigham Young
Angus Duncan
Pit Stop
6.8
Pit Stop
Grant Willard
The Beginning or the End
6.4
The Beginning or the End
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Barbary Coast
6.5
Barbary Coast
Knuckles Jacoby
Five Golden Dragons
5.3
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #3
Stalingrad
5.7
Stalingrad
Narrator (English version)
Killer McCoy
6.3
Killer McCoy
Jim Caighn
Birth of the Blues
6.1
Birth of the Blues
Memphis
In Old Chicago
6.7
In Old Chicago
Gil Warren
The Remarkable Andrew
7.4
The Remarkable Andrew
General Andrew Jackson
A Gentleman After Dark
4.6
A Gentleman After Dark
Harry Melton
The Great Man's Lady
6.3
The Great Man's Lady
Steely Edwards
Kansas Raiders
6.0
Kansas Raiders
Quantrill
Waco
6.5
Waco
Ace Ross
Heaven Only Knows
6.5
Heaven Only Knows
Adam 'Duke' Byron
Stand by for Action
7.1
Stand by for Action
Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
The Virginian
6.2
The Virginian
Trampas
Mary Burns, Fugitive
9.0
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Spike
Slaughter Trail
4.5
Slaughter Trail
Capt. Dempster
Billy the Kid
5.3
Billy the Kid
Jim Sherwood
Strike Me Pink
6.6
Strike Me Pink
Vance
Battle of Broadway
5.0
Battle of Broadway
Chesty Webb
I Wanted Wings
5.6
I Wanted Wings
Capt. Mercer
When the Daltons Rode
6.2
When the Daltons Rode
Grat Dalton
This Is My Affair
7.3
This Is My Affair
Batiste Duryea
The Lucky Stiff
5.8
The Lucky Stiff
John J. Malone
Woman They Almost Lynched
6.5
Woman They Almost Lynched
Charles Quantrill
An American Romance
6.1
An American Romance
Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
Rogue's Gallery
7.0
Rogue's Gallery
Detective Lee
High Tension
5.8
High Tension
Steve Reardon
Arizona Bushwhackers
4.3
Arizona Bushwhackers
Mayor Joe Smith
The Pigeon That Took Rome
5.3
The Pigeon That Took Rome
Col. Sherman Harrington
Behind Prison Gates
10.0
Behind Prison Gates
Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
Hostile Guns
5.6
Hostile Guns
Marshal Willett
Juke Box Rhythm
7.7
Juke Box Rhythm
George Manton
Damaged Hearts
8.0
Damaged Hearts
Jim Porter
A Southern Yankee
5.5
A Southern Yankee
Kurt Devlynn
Another Face
4.8
Another Face
Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
Born Reckless
5.4
Born Reckless
Bob Kane
Crack-Up
5.9
Crack-Up
Ace Martin
13 Hours by Air
5.3
13 Hours by Air
James Evarts
The Fat Spy
3.1
The Fat Spy
George Wellington
Two Years Before the Mast
6.5
Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry Dana
Song of Scheherazade
6.6
Song of Scheherazade
Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
A Man of Quality
10.0
A Man of Quality
Richard Courtney
Human Cargo
7.5
Human Cargo
Packy Campbell
Fighting Coast Guard
6.7
Fighting Coast Guard
Cmdr. McFarland
Half Angel
7.5
Half Angel
Duffy Giles
Midnight Taxi
6.3
Midnight Taxi
Charles 'Chick' Gardner
Monsieur Beaucaire
5.6
Monsieur Beaucaire
unknown
Escape from Red Rock
7.0
Escape from Red Rock
Bronc Grierson
The Trouble with Women
9.5
The Trouble with Women
Joe McBride
Ride the Man Down
7.7
Ride the Man Down
Bide Marriner
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
Jamestown
10.0
Jamestown
Minor Role (Uncredited)
Two Americans
7.0
Two Americans
Unknown
School for Wives
8.0
School for Wives
Ralph
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
6.5
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Tony Minnetti
We're Going to Be Rich
5.0
We're Going to Be Rich
Yankee Gordon
Duffy's Tavern
6.4
Duffy's Tavern
Brian Donlevy
Girl In Room 13
6.0
Girl In Room 13
Steve Marshall
Sharpshooters
8.0
Sharpshooters
Steve Mitchell
Two Yanks in Trinidad
4.0
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Vince Barrows
A Modern Cinderella
5.5
A Modern Cinderella
Charlie the Chauffeur
South of Tahiti
6.5
South of Tahiti
Bob
Gentlemen of the Press
6.7
Gentlemen of the Press
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
Ireno
7.5
Ireno
Drunk (uncredited)
Mother's Boy
7.0
Mother's Boy
Harry O'Day
Twenty Years After
8.0
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Nightmare
6.3
Nightmare
Daniel Shane
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
6.3
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Archival Footage
Family Affair
6.7
Family Affair
The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Studio One
5.4
Studio One
Jim
Target: The Corruptors!
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
Rawhide
7.2
Rawhide
Jed Reston
Lux Video Theatre
6.7
Lux Video Theatre
Dan Carmody
Climax!
3.8
Climax!
Sam Marvin
The Texan
6.4
The Texan
Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Fred Childress
Dangerous Assignment
5.3
Dangerous Assignment
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
John Ridges
DuPont Show of the Month
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
Constable Dale
Lux Video Theatre
6.7
Lux Video Theatre
Walter Williams
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
General Roger Brandon
Lux Video Theatre
6.7
Lux Video Theatre
Daniel J. McGinty
The World of Hammer
6.7
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)

Crew

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