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Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Born: 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".

Filmography
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker poster
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021 • Archival Footage
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line poster
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 • Self (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood poster
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 • Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 • Self (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid poster
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 • (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Pit Stop poster
Pit Stop
1969 • Grant Willard
Arizona Bushwhackers poster
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968 • Mayor Joe Smith
Rogue's Gallery poster
Rogue's Gallery
1968 • Detective Lee
Five Golden Dragons poster
Five Golden Dragons
1967 • Dragon #3
Hostile Guns poster
Hostile Guns
1967 • Marshal Willett
Gammera the Invincible poster
Gammera the Invincible
1966 • Gen. Terry Arnold
Waco poster
Waco
1966 • Ace Ross
The Fat Spy poster
The Fat Spy
1966 • George Wellington
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini poster
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965 • B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Curse of the Fly poster
Curse of the Fly
1965 • Henri Delambre
The Big Parade of Comedy poster
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
The Pigeon That Took Rome poster
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962 • Col. Sherman Harrington
The Errand Boy poster
The Errand Boy
1961 • Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Girl In Room 13 poster
Girl In Room 13
1960 • Steve Marshall
Never So Few poster
Never So Few
1959 • Gen. Sloan
Juke Box Rhythm poster
Juke Box Rhythm
1959 • George Manton
Cowboy poster
Cowboy
1958 • Doc Bender, Trailhand
Escape from Red Rock poster
Escape from Red Rock
1957 • Bronc Grierson
Quatermass 2 poster
Quatermass 2
1957 • Prof. Bernard Quatermass
A Cry in the Night poster
A Cry in the Night
1956 • Ed Bates
The Quatermass Xperiment poster
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 • Prof. Bernard Quatermass
The Big Combo poster
The Big Combo
1955 • Joe McClure
Woman They Almost Lynched poster
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 • Charles Quantrill
Ride the Man Down poster
Ride the Man Down
1952 • Bide Marriner
Hoodlum Empire poster
Hoodlum Empire
1952 • Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Slaughter Trail poster
Slaughter Trail
1951 • Capt. Dempster
Fighting Coast Guard poster
Fighting Coast Guard
1951 • Cmdr. McFarland
Kansas Raiders poster
Kansas Raiders
1950 • Quantrill
Shakedown poster
Shakedown
1950 • Nick Palmer
The Lucky Stiff poster
The Lucky Stiff
1949 • John J. Malone
Impact poster
Impact
1949 • Walter Williams
Command Decision poster
Command Decision
1948 • Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
A Southern Yankee poster
A Southern Yankee
1948 • Kurt Devlynn
Killer McCoy poster
Killer McCoy
1947 • Jim Caighn
Heaven Only Knows poster
Heaven Only Knows
1947 • Adam 'Duke' Byron
Kiss of Death poster
Kiss of Death
1947 • Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
The Trouble with Women poster
The Trouble with Women
1947 • Joe McBride
Song of Scheherazade poster
Song of Scheherazade
1947 • Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
The Beginning or the End poster
The Beginning or the End
1947 • Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Two Years Before the Mast poster
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 • Richard Henry Dana
Canyon Passage poster
Canyon Passage
1946 • George Camrose
Our Hearts Were Growing Up poster
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 • Tony Minnetti
The Virginian poster
The Virginian
1946 • Trampas
Duffy's Tavern poster
Duffy's Tavern
1945 • Brian Donlevy
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek poster
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 • Governor McGinty
An American Romance poster
An American Romance
1944 • Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
Twenty Years After poster
Twenty Years After
1944 • (archive footage)
Stalingrad poster
Stalingrad
1943 • Narrator (English version)
Hangmen Also Die! poster
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 • Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Stand by for Action poster
Stand by for Action
1942 • Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Nightmare poster
Nightmare
1942 • Daniel Shane
The Glass Key poster
The Glass Key
1942 • Paul Madvig
Wake Island poster
Wake Island
1942 • Maj. Geoffrey Caton
A Gentleman After Dark poster
A Gentleman After Dark
1942 • Harry Melton
Two Yanks in Trinidad poster
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 • Vince Barrows
The Remarkable Andrew poster
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 • General Andrew Jackson
Birth of the Blues poster
Birth of the Blues
1941 • Memphis
The Great Man's Lady poster
The Great Man's Lady
1941 • Steely Edwards
South of Tahiti poster
South of Tahiti
1941 • Bob
Hold Back the Dawn poster
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 • Movie Actor (uncredited)
Billy the Kid poster
Billy the Kid
1941 • Jim Sherwood
I Wanted Wings poster
I Wanted Wings
1941 • Capt. Mercer
Brigham Young poster
Brigham Young
1940 • Angus Duncan
When the Daltons Rode poster
When the Daltons Rode
1940 • Grat Dalton
The Great McGinty poster
The Great McGinty
1940 • Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Destry Rides Again poster
Destry Rides Again
1939 • Kent
Allegheny Uprising poster
Allegheny Uprising
1939 • Ralph Callendar
Behind Prison Gates poster
Behind Prison Gates
1939 • Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
Beau Geste poster
Beau Geste
1939 • Sergeant Markoff
Union Pacific poster
Union Pacific
1939 • Sid Campeau
Jesse James poster
Jesse James
1939 • Barshee
Sharpshooters poster
Sharpshooters
1938 • Steve Mitchell
We're Going to Be Rich poster
We're Going to Be Rich
1938 • Yankee Gordon
Battle of Broadway poster
Battle of Broadway
1938 • Chesty Webb
In Old Chicago poster
In Old Chicago
1938 • Gil Warren
Born Reckless poster
Born Reckless
1937 • Bob Kane
This Is My Affair poster
This Is My Affair
1937 • Batiste Duryea
Midnight Taxi poster
Midnight Taxi
1937 • Charles 'Chick' Gardner
Crack-Up poster
Crack-Up
1936 • Ace Martin
36 Hours to Kill poster
36 Hours to Kill
1936 • Frank Evers
High Tension poster
High Tension
1936 • Steve Reardon
Half Angel poster
Half Angel
1936 • Duffy Giles
Human Cargo poster
Human Cargo
1936 • Packy Campbell
13 Hours by Air poster
13 Hours by Air
1936 • James Evarts
Strike Me Pink poster
Strike Me Pink
1936 • Vance
Another Face poster
Another Face
1935 • Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
Mary Burns, Fugitive poster
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 • Spike
Barbary Coast poster
Barbary Coast
1935 • Knuckles Jacoby
A Modern Cinderella poster
A Modern Cinderella
1932 • Charlie the Chauffeur
No Image
Ireno
1932 • Drunk (uncredited)
Mother's Boy poster
Mother's Boy
1929 • Harry O'Day
No Image
Two Americans
1929 • Unknown
Gentlemen of the Press poster
Gentlemen of the Press
1929 • Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
No Image
A Man of Quality
1926 • Richard Courtney
School for Wives poster
School for Wives
1925 • Ralph