Brian Donlevy

Known For

Acting

Born

Feb 09, 1901

Died

Apr 06, 1972

Place of Birth

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

Credits

118 titles

Brian Donlevy

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

Filmography

2021

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Archival Footage

Movie
1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Self (archive footage)

Movie
1994

The World of Hammer

Self (archive footage)

Tv
1987

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

Movie
1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

Movie
1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

Movie
1969

Pit Stop

Grant Willard

Movie
1968

Arizona Bushwhackers

Mayor Joe Smith

Movie
1968

Rogue's Gallery

Detective Lee

Movie
1967

Five Golden Dragons

Dragon #3

Movie
1967

Hostile Guns

Marshal Willett

Movie
1966

Gammera the Invincible

Gen. Terry Arnold

Movie
1966

Family Affair

Tv
1966

Waco

Ace Ross

Movie
1966

The Fat Spy

George Wellington

Movie
1965

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Movie
1965

Curse of the Fly

Henri Delambre

Movie
1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

Movie
1962

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Col. Sherman Harrington

Movie
1961

The Errand Boy

Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

Movie
1961

Target: The Corruptors!

Tv
1960

Girl In Room 13

Steve Marshall

Movie
1959

Never So Few

Gen. Sloan

Movie
1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

John Ridges

Tv
1959

Juke Box Rhythm

George Manton

Movie
1959

Rawhide

Jed Reston

Tv
1958

The Texan

Tv
1958

Cowboy

Doc Bender, Trailhand

Movie
1957

Escape from Red Rock

Bronc Grierson

Movie
1957

DuPont Show of the Month

Constable Dale

Tv
1957

Perry Mason

General Roger Brandon

Tv
1957

Quatermass 2

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Movie
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Fred Childress

Tv
1956

A Cry in the Night

Ed Bates

Movie
1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Movie
1955

The Big Combo

Joe McClure

Movie
1954

Climax!

Sam Marvin

Tv
1953

Woman They Almost Lynched

Charles Quantrill

Movie
1952

Ride the Man Down

Bide Marriner

Movie
1952

Hoodlum Empire

Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

Movie
1952

Dangerous Assignment

Tv
1951

Slaughter Trail

Capt. Dempster

Movie
1951

Fighting Coast Guard

Cmdr. McFarland

Movie
1950

Kansas Raiders

Quantrill

Movie
1950

Lux Video Theatre

Dan Carmody

Tv
1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv
1950

Shakedown

Nick Palmer

Movie
1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Tv
1949

The Lucky Stiff

John J. Malone

Movie
1949

Impact

Walter Williams

Movie