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Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Acting February 9, 1901 (71 years old) April 6, 1972 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".

Movies 103

The Curse of the Fly 5.4

The Curse of the Fly

as Henri Delambre

1965
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 6.6

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

1982
Union Pacific 6.7

Union Pacific

as Sid Campeau

1939
Jesse James 6.6

Jesse James

as Barshee

1939
Destry Rides Again 7.2

Destry Rides Again

as Kent

1939
Kiss of Death 7.1

Kiss of Death

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

1947
Cowboy 6.5

Cowboy

as Doc Bender, Trailhand

1958
The Virginian 6.0

The Virginian

as Trampas

1946
The Glass Key 6.7

The Glass Key

as Paul Madvig

1942
The Big Combo 7.0

The Big Combo

as Joe McClure

1955
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 6.9

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

as Governor McGinty

1944
Hangmen Also Die! 6.9

Hangmen Also Die!

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

1943
The Quatermass Xperiment 6.5

The Quatermass Xperiment

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

1955
Quatermass 2 6.4

Quatermass 2

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

1957
Brigham Young 4.6

Brigham Young

as Angus Duncan

1940
When the Daltons Rode 6.2

When the Daltons Rode

as Grat Dalton

1940
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood 6.4

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

1987
Birth of the Blues 6.2

Birth of the Blues

as Memphis

1941
Beau Geste 7.0

Beau Geste

as Sergeant Markoff

1939
Canyon Passage 6.8

Canyon Passage

as George Camrose

1946
Never So Few 5.5

Never So Few

as Gen. Sloan

1959
Impact 6.1

Impact

as Walter Williams

1949
Crack-Up 5.9

Crack-Up

as Ace Martin

1936
Five Golden Dragons 5.2

Five Golden Dragons

as Dragon #3

1967
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1987
Billy the Kid 5.3

Billy the Kid

as Jim Sherwood

1941
The Great Man's Lady 6.3

The Great Man's Lady

as Steely Edwards

1941
Command Decision 6.6

Command Decision

as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

1948
Wake Island 5.8

Wake Island

as Maj. Geoffrey Caton

1942
Two Years Before the Mast 6.5

Two Years Before the Mast

as Richard Henry Dana

1946
Hold Back the Dawn 6.7

Hold Back the Dawn

as Movie Actor (uncredited)

1941
Gammera the Invincible 5.1

Gammera the Invincible

as Gen. Terry Arnold

1966
The Errand Boy 6.2

The Errand Boy

as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

1961
Stand by for Action 7.0

Stand by for Action

as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

1942
The Beginning or the End 6.4

The Beginning or the End

as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

1947
This Is My Affair 7.3

This Is My Affair

as Batiste Duryea

1937
Shakedown 6.4

Shakedown

as Nick Palmer

1950
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker 6.3

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

as Archival Footage

2021
Waco 6.7

Waco

as Ace Ross

1966
The Trouble with Women 9.5

The Trouble with Women

as Joe McBride

1947
The Big Parade of Comedy 7.2

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

1964
Allegheny Uprising 5.9

Allegheny Uprising

as Ralph Callendar

1939
In Old Chicago 6.7

In Old Chicago

as Gil Warren

1938
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini 5.3

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

1965
Ride the Man Down 6.2

Ride the Man Down

as Bide Marriner

1952
Barbary Coast 6.4

Barbary Coast

as Knuckles Jacoby

1935
Woman They Almost Lynched 6.6

Woman They Almost Lynched

as Charles Quantrill

1953
The Pigeon That Took Rome 5.3

The Pigeon That Took Rome

as Col. Sherman Harrington

1962
13 Hours by Air 5.2

13 Hours by Air

as James Evarts

1936
An American Romance 6.1

An American Romance

as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

1944
Our Hearts Were Growing Up 6.5

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

as Tony Minnetti

1946
Two Yanks in Trinidad 4.0

Two Yanks in Trinidad

as Vince Barrows

1942
Twenty Years After 8.0

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1944
Jamestown 10.0

Jamestown

as Minor Role (Uncredited)

1923
I Wanted Wings 5.6

I Wanted Wings

as Capt. Mercer

1941
Fighting Coast Guard 6.7

Fighting Coast Guard

as Cmdr. McFarland

1951
Heaven Only Knows 6.5

Heaven Only Knows

as Adam 'Duke' Byron

1947
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line 7.7

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

as Self (archive footage)

1997
Hostile Guns 5.6

Hostile Guns

as Marshal Willett

1967
The Fat Spy 3.1

The Fat Spy

as George Wellington

1966
Slaughter Trail 4.5

Slaughter Trail

as Capt. Dempster

1951
A Cry in the Night 5.4

A Cry in the Night

as Ed Bates

1956
Human Cargo 7.5

Human Cargo

as Packy Campbell

1936
Strike Me Pink 6.6

Strike Me Pink

as Vance

1936
A Gentleman After Dark 4.6

A Gentleman After Dark

as Harry Melton

1942
A Southern Yankee 5.7

A Southern Yankee

as Kurt Devlynn

1948
Mary Burns, Fugitive 9.0

Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Spike

1935
Mother's Boy 7.0

Mother's Boy

as Harry O'Day

1929
Escape from Red Rock 7.0

Escape from Red Rock

as Bronc Grierson

1957
Midnight Taxi 6.2

Midnight Taxi

as Charles 'Chick' Gardner

1937
The Great McGinty 7.0

The Great McGinty

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

1940
Song of Scheherazade 6.6

Song of Scheherazade

as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

1947
Ireno 7.5

Ireno

as Drunk (uncredited)

1932
Kansas Raiders 6.0

Kansas Raiders

as Quantrill

1950
Arizona Bushwhackers 4.3

Arizona Bushwhackers

as Mayor Joe Smith

1968
Hoodlum Empire 6.5

Hoodlum Empire

as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

1952
Rogue's Gallery 7.0

Rogue's Gallery

as Detective Lee

1968
Pit Stop 6.9

Pit Stop

as Grant Willard

1969
36 Hours to Kill 6.1

36 Hours to Kill

as Frank Evers

1936
Killer McCoy 6.3

Killer McCoy

as Jim Caighn

1947
Half Angel 7.5

Half Angel

as Duffy Giles

1936
The Remarkable Andrew 7.4

The Remarkable Andrew

as General Andrew Jackson

1942
The Lucky Stiff 5.8

The Lucky Stiff

as John J. Malone

1949
Girl In Room 13 6.0

Girl In Room 13

as Steve Marshall

1960
Gentlemen of the Press 6.7

Gentlemen of the Press

as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

1929
Battle of Broadway 5.0

Battle of Broadway

as Chesty Webb

1938
South of Tahiti 6.5

South of Tahiti

as Bob

1941
Born Reckless 5.4

Born Reckless

as Bob Kane

1937
We're Going to Be Rich 5.0

We're Going to Be Rich

as Yankee Gordon

1938
Duffy's Tavern 6.4

Duffy's Tavern

as Brian Donlevy

1945
Another Face 4.8

Another Face

as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

1935
High Tension 5.8

High Tension

as Steve Reardon

1936
Stalingrad 5.7

Stalingrad

as Narrator (English version)

1943
Two Americans 7.0

Two Americans

as Unknown

1929
Nightmare 6.5

Nightmare

as Daniel Shane

1942
Juke Box Rhythm 7.7

Juke Box Rhythm

as George Manton

1959
Monsieur Beaucaire 5.6

Monsieur Beaucaire

as unknown

1924
Behind Prison Gates 10.0

Behind Prison Gates

as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

1939
School for Wives 8.0

School for Wives

as Ralph

1925
Sharpshooters 8.0

Sharpshooters

as Steve Mitchell

1938
Damaged Hearts 8.0

Damaged Hearts

as Jim Porter

1924
A Man of Quality 10.0

A Man of Quality

as Richard Courtney

1926
A Modern Cinderella 5.4

A Modern Cinderella

as Charlie the Chauffeur

1932

TV Shows 18

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