Brian Donlevy
Acting
Born: 1901-02-09 · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Died: 1972-04-06
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
Archival Footage
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Self (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Pit Stop
1969
Grant Willard
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
Mayor Joe Smith
Rogue's Gallery
1968
Detective Lee
Five Golden Dragons
1967
Dragon #3
Hostile Guns
1967
Marshal Willett
Gammera the Invincible
1966
Gen. Terry Arnold
Waco
1966
Ace Ross
The Fat Spy
1966
George Wellington
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Curse of the Fly
1965
Henri Delambre
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
Col. Sherman Harrington
The Errand Boy
1961
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Girl In Room 13
1960
Steve Marshall
Never So Few
1959
Gen. Sloan
📺 TV Shows (17)
The World of Hammer
1994
Self (archive footage)
Family Affair
1966
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
John Ridges
Rawhide
1959
Jed Reston
The Texan
1958
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Constable Dale
Perry Mason
1957
General Roger Brandon
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Fred Childress
Climax!
1954
Sam Marvin
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Dan Carmody
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Walter Williams
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Daniel J. McGinty
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948
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