Brian Donlevy

Acting • 1901-02-09 • 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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2021
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerFilm
Archival Footage
★ 6.3
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
1994
The World of HammerTV
Self (archive footage) • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodFilm
Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
★ 6.4
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidFilm
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
★ 6.6
1969
Pit StopFilm
Grant Willard
★ 6.9
1968
Arizona BushwhackersFilm
Mayor Joe Smith
★ 4.3
1968
Rogue's GalleryFilm
Detective Lee
★ 7.0
1967
Five Golden DragonsFilm
Dragon #3
★ 5.2
1967
Hostile GunsFilm
Marshal Willett
★ 5.6
1966
Family AffairTV
★ 6.7
1966
Gammera the InvincibleFilm
Gen. Terry Arnold
★ 5.1
1966
WacoFilm
Ace Ross
★ 6.7
1966
The Fat SpyFilm
George Wellington
★ 3.1
1965
The Curse of the FlyFilm
Henri Delambre
★ 5.4
1965
How to Stuff a Wild BikiniFilm
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
★ 5.3
1964
The Big Parade of ComedyFilm
Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
★ 7.2
1962
The Pigeon That Took RomeFilm
Col. Sherman Harrington
★ 5.3
1961
The Errand BoyFilm
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
★ 6.2
1961
Target: The Corruptors!TV
★ 5.7
1960
Girl In Room 13Film
Steve Marshall
★ 6.0
1959
RawhideTV
Jed Reston • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1959
Never So FewFilm
Gen. Sloan
★ 5.5
1959
The DuPont Show with June AllysonTV
John Ridges • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1959
Juke Box RhythmFilm
George Manton
★ 7.7
1958
CowboyFilm
Doc Bender, Trailhand
★ 6.5
1958
The TexanTV
★ 6.0
1957
Perry MasonTV
General Roger Brandon • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1957
Quatermass 2Film
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
★ 6.4
1957
DuPont Show of the MonthTV
Constable Dale • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1957
Escape from Red RockFilm
Bronc Grierson
★ 7.0
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV
Fred Childress • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1956
A Cry in the NightFilm
Ed Bates
★ 5.4
1955
The Quatermass XperimentFilm
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
★ 6.5
1955
The Big ComboFilm
Joe McClure
★ 7.0
1955
CrossroadsTV
Dr. Roy Bell • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1954
Climax!TV
Sam Marvin • 1 episodes
★ 3.8
1953
Woman They Almost LynchedFilm
Charles Quantrill
★ 6.6
1952
Hoodlum EmpireFilm
Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
★ 6.5
1952
Dangerous AssignmentTV
★ 5.3
1952
Ride the Man DownFilm
Bide Marriner
★ 6.2
1951
Slaughter TrailFilm
Capt. Dempster
★ 4.5
1951
Fighting Coast GuardFilm
Cmdr. McFarland
★ 6.7
1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsTV
★ 6.0
1950
The Colgate Comedy HourTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1950
ShakedownFilm
Nick Palmer
★ 6.4
1950
Kansas RaidersFilm
Quantrill
★ 6.0
1950
Lux Video TheatreTV
Dan Carmody • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video TheatreTV
Walter Williams • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video TheatreTV
Daniel J. McGinty • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1949
ImpactFilm
Walter Williams
★ 6.1
1949
The Lucky StiffFilm
John J. Malone
★ 5.8
1948
Studio OneTV
Jim • 1 episodes
★ 5.4
1948
Command DecisionFilm
Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
★ 6.6
1948
A Southern YankeeFilm
Kurt Devlynn
★ 5.7
1947
Kiss of DeathFilm
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
★ 7.1
1947
The Beginning or the EndFilm
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
★ 6.4
1947
Heaven Only KnowsFilm
Adam 'Duke' Byron
★ 6.5
1947
Killer McCoyFilm
Jim Caighn
★ 6.3
1947
Song of ScheherazadeFilm
Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
★ 6.6
1947
The Trouble with WomenFilm
Joe McBride
★ 9.5
1946
Canyon PassageFilm
George Camrose
★ 6.8
1946
The VirginianFilm
Trampas
★ 6.0
1946
Two Years Before the MastFilm
Richard Henry Dana
★ 6.5
1946
Our Hearts Were Growing UpFilm
Tony Minnetti
★ 6.5
1945
Duffy's TavernFilm
Brian Donlevy
★ 6.4
1944
The Miracle of Morgan's CreekFilm
Governor McGinty
★ 6.9
1944
An American RomanceFilm
Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
★ 6.1
1944
Twenty Years AfterFilm
(archive footage)
★ 8.0
1943
Hangmen Also Die!Film
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
★ 6.9
1943
StalingradFilm
Narrator (English version)
★ 5.7
1942
The Glass KeyFilm
Paul Madvig
★ 6.7
1942
Wake IslandFilm
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
★ 5.8
1942
Stand by for ActionFilm
Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
★ 7.0
1942
The Remarkable AndrewFilm
General Andrew Jackson
★ 7.4
1942
NightmareFilm
Daniel Shane
★ 6.5
1942
A Gentleman After DarkFilm
Harry Melton
★ 4.6
1942
Two Yanks in TrinidadFilm
Vince Barrows
★ 4.0
1941
Hold Back the DawnFilm
Movie Actor (uncredited)
★ 6.7
1941
Billy the KidFilm
Jim Sherwood
★ 5.3
1941
The Great Man's LadyFilm
Steely Edwards
★ 6.3
1941
Birth of the BluesFilm
Memphis
★ 6.2
1941
I Wanted WingsFilm
Capt. Mercer
★ 5.6
1941
South of TahitiFilm
Bob
★ 6.5
1940
The Great McGintyFilm
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
★ 7.0
1940
When the Daltons RodeFilm
Grat Dalton
★ 6.2
1940
Brigham YoungFilm
Angus Duncan
★ 4.6
1939
Destry Rides AgainFilm
Kent
★ 7.2
1939
Jesse JamesFilm
Barshee
★ 6.6
1939
Beau GesteFilm
Sergeant Markoff
★ 7.0
1939
Union PacificFilm
Sid Campeau
★ 6.7
1939
Allegheny UprisingFilm
Ralph Callendar
★ 5.9
1939
Behind Prison GatesFilm
Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
★ 10.0
1938
In Old ChicagoFilm
Gil Warren
★ 6.7
1938
Battle of BroadwayFilm
Chesty Webb
★ 5.0
1938
We're Going to Be RichFilm
Yankee Gordon
★ 5.0
1938
SharpshootersFilm
Steve Mitchell
★ 8.0
1937
This Is My AffairFilm
Batiste Duryea
★ 7.3
1937
Born RecklessFilm
Bob Kane
★ 5.4
1937
Midnight TaxiFilm
Charles 'Chick' Gardner
★ 6.2
1936
Crack-UpFilm
Ace Martin
★ 5.9
1936
Strike Me PinkFilm
Vance
★ 6.6
1936
13 Hours by AirFilm
James Evarts
★ 5.2
1936
36 Hours to KillFilm
Frank Evers
★ 6.1
1936
High TensionFilm
Steve Reardon
★ 5.8
1936
Human CargoFilm
Packy Campbell
★ 7.5
1936
Half AngelFilm
Duffy Giles
★ 7.5
1935
Barbary CoastFilm
Knuckles Jacoby
★ 6.4
1935
Another FaceFilm
Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
★ 4.8
1935
Mary Burns, FugitiveFilm
Spike
★ 9.0
1932
A Modern CinderellaFilm
Charlie the Chauffeur
★ 5.4
1932
IrenoFilm
Drunk (uncredited)
★ 7.5
1929
Gentlemen of the PressFilm
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
★ 6.7
1929
Two AmericansFilm
Unknown
★ 7.0
1929
Mother's BoyFilm
Harry O'Day
★ 7.0
1926
A Man of QualityFilm
Richard Courtney
★ 10.0
1925
School for WivesFilm
Ralph
★ 8.0
1924
Monsieur BeaucaireFilm
unknown
★ 5.6
1924
Damaged HeartsFilm
Jim Porter
★ 8.0
1923
JamestownFilm
Minor Role (Uncredited)
★ 10.0

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The Quatermass Xperiment

Quatermass 2

Hangmen Also Die!

Kiss of Death

The Glass Key

The Big Combo

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