Brian Donlevy
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
as Archival Footage
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Pit Stop
1969
as Grant Willard
Rogue's Gallery
1968
as Detective Lee
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
as Mayor Joe Smith
Five Golden Dragons
1967
as Dragon #3
Hostile Guns
1967
as Marshal Willett
Gammera the Invincible
1966
as Gen. Terry Arnold
Waco
1966
as Ace Ross
The Fat Spy
1966
as George Wellington
Family Affair
1966
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Curse of the Fly
1965
as Henri Delambre
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
as Col. Sherman Harrington
The Errand Boy
1961
as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Girl In Room 13
1960
as Steve Marshall
Never So Few
1959
as Gen. Sloan
Juke Box Rhythm
1959
as George Manton
Rawhide
1959
as Jed Reston
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as John Ridges
Cowboy
1958
as Doc Bender, Trailhand
The Texan
1958
Quatermass 2
1957
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Escape from Red Rock
1957
as Bronc Grierson
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Constable Dale
Perry Mason
1957
as General Roger Brandon
A Cry in the Night
1956
as Ed Bates
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Fred Childress
The Big Combo
1955
as Joe McClure
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Crossroads
1955
as Dr. Roy Bell
Climax!
1954
as Sam Marvin
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as Charles Quantrill
Hoodlum Empire
1952
as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Ride the Man Down
1952
as Bide Marriner
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Slaughter Trail
1951
as Capt. Dempster
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
as Cmdr. McFarland
Shakedown
1950
as Nick Palmer
Kansas Raiders
1950
as Quantrill
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Dan Carmody
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Walter Williams
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Daniel J. McGinty
Impact
1949
as Walter Williams
The Lucky Stiff
1949
as John J. Malone
Command Decision
1948
as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Kurt Devlynn
Studio One
1948
as Jim
Kiss of Death
1947
as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Killer McCoy
1947
as Jim Caighn
Heaven Only Knows
1947
as Adam 'Duke' Byron
Song of Scheherazade
1947
as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
The Trouble with Women
1947
as Joe McBride
Canyon Passage
1946
as George Camrose
The Virginian
1946
as Trampas
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as Richard Henry Dana
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
as Tony Minnetti
Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Brian Donlevy
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Governor McGinty
An American Romance
1944
as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Stalingrad
1943
as Narrator (English version)
Wake Island
1942
as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
The Glass Key
1942
as Paul Madvig
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as General Andrew Jackson
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
as Harry Melton
Stand by for Action
1942
as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
as Vince Barrows
Nightmare
1942
as Daniel Shane
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Movie Actor (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues
1941
as Memphis
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Steely Edwards
Billy the Kid
1941
as Jim Sherwood
I Wanted Wings
1941
as Capt. Mercer
South of Tahiti
1941
as Bob
The Great McGinty
1940
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Brigham Young
1940
as Angus Duncan
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Grat Dalton
Beau Geste
1939
as Sergeant Markoff
Allegheny Uprising
1939
as Ralph Callendar
Jesse James
1939
as Barshee
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Kent
Union Pacific
1939
as Sid Campeau
Behind Prison Gates
1939
as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
In Old Chicago
1938
as Gil Warren
Battle of Broadway
1938
as Chesty Webb
We're Going to Be Rich
1938
as Yankee Gordon
Sharpshooters
1938
as Steve Mitchell
This Is My Affair
1937
as Batiste Duryea
Born Reckless
1937
as Bob Kane
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Frank Evers
Strike Me Pink
1936
as Vance
High Tension
1936
as Steve Reardon
Crack-Up
1936
as Ace Martin
13 Hours by Air
1936
as James Evarts
Human Cargo
1936
as Packy Campbell
Half Angel
1936
as Duffy Giles
Barbary Coast
1935
as Knuckles Jacoby
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Spike
Another Face
1935
as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
A Modern Cinderella
1932
as Charlie the Chauffeur
Ireno
1932
as Drunk (uncredited)
Two Americans
1929
as Unknown
Gentlemen of the Press
1929
as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
Mother's Boy
1929
as Harry O'Day
A Man of Quality
1926
as Richard Courtney
School for Wives
1925
as Ralph
Damaged Hearts
1924
as Jim Porter
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924
as unknown
Jamestown
1923
as Minor Role (Uncredited)