Brian Donlevy

🎭 Actor

Brian Donlevy

🎂 Born 9 February 1901 (age 71)✝ 6 April 1972📍 Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

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Popularity Score

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Acting Credits

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

Never So Few

Wake Island

Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

Beau Geste

Sergeant Markoff

Full Filmography(100 films)

YearTitleCharacterRating

1959Never So FewGen. Sloan★ 5.5 1942Wake IslandMaj. Geoffrey Caton★ 5.9 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)★ 6.7 1939Beau GesteSergeant Markoff★ 7.0 1942The Glass KeyPaul Madvig★ 6.6 1939Union PacificSid Campeau★ 6.7 1939Jesse JamesBarshee★ 6.5 1947Kiss of DeathAssistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo★ 7.1 1940Brigham YoungAngus Duncan★ 4.6 1961The Errand BoyTom 'T.P.' Paramutual★ 6.2 1958CowboyDoc Bender, Trailhand★ 6.5 1955The Big ComboJoe McClure★ 7.0 1946The VirginianTrampas★ 6.2 1957Quatermass 2Prof. Bernard Quatermass★ 6.4 1946Canyon PassageGeorge Camrose★ 6.7 1935Barbary CoastKnuckles Jacoby★ 6.4 1949ImpactWalter Williams★ 6.1 1939Destry Rides AgainKent★ 7.2 1969Pit StopGrant Willard★ 6.8 1955The Quatermass XperimentProf. Bernard Quatermass★ 6.5 1939Allegheny UprisingRalph Callendar★ 5.9 1943Hangmen Also Die!Dr. Franticek Svoboda★ 6.9 1946Two Years Before the MastRichard Henry Dana★ 6.5 1936Half AngelDuffy Giles★ 7.5 1944The Miracle of Morgan's CreekGovernor McGinty★ 6.9 1938In Old ChicagoGil Warren★ 6.7 1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)★ 8.0 1966Gammera the InvincibleGen. Terry Arnold★ 5.1 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage)★ 6.5 1950Kansas RaidersQuantrill★ 6.0 1941Billy the KidJim Sherwood★ 5.3 1941I Wanted WingsCapt. Mercer★ 5.6 1942Stand by for ActionLieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts★ 7.1 1940The Great McGintyDaniel 'Dan' McGinty★ 7.0 1941Hold Back the DawnMovie Actor (uncredited)★ 6.7 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage)★ 7.7 1965Curse of the FlyHenri Delambre★ 5.4 1966WacoAce Ross★ 6.7 1942The Remarkable AndrewGeneral Andrew Jackson★ 7.4 1965How to Stuff a Wild BikiniB.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson★ 5.3 1968Arizona BushwhackersMayor Joe Smith★ 4.3 1936Crack-UpAce Martin★ 5.9 1952Hoodlum EmpireSen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens★ 6.5 1967Five Golden DragonsDragon #3★ 5.2 1945Duffy's TavernBrian Donlevy★ 6.4 1937This Is My AffairBatiste Duryea★ 7.3 1966The Fat SpyGeorge Wellington★ 3.1 1941The Great Man's LadySteely Edwards★ 6.3 1947Killer McCoyJim Caighn★ 6.3 1948Command DecisionBrigadier General Clifton I. Garnet★ 6.6 1964The Big Parade of ComedyKurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)★ 7.2 1940When the Daltons RodeGrat Dalton★ 6.2 1937Born RecklessBob Kane★ 5.4 1946Our Hearts Were Growing UpTony Minnetti★ 6.5 1951Slaughter TrailCapt. Dempster★ 4.5 1956A Cry in the NightEd Bates★ 5.4 1952Ride the Man DownBide Marriner★ 7.7 1947The Beginning or the EndMaj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves★ 6.4 1947Song of ScheherazadeCapt. Vladimir Gregorovitch★ 6.6 1936High TensionSteve Reardon★ 5.8 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodProfessor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)★ 6.4 1942Two Yanks in TrinidadVince Barrows★ 4.0 1967Hostile GunsMarshal Willett★ 5.6 193613 Hours by AirJames Evarts★ 5.2 1949The Lucky StiffJohn J. Malone★ 5.8 1957Escape from Red RockBronc Grierson★ 7.0 193636 Hours to KillFrank Evers★ 6.1 1947Heaven Only KnowsAdam 'Duke' Byron★ 6.5 1953Woman They Almost LynchedCharles Quantrill★ 6.6 1950ShakedownNick Palmer★ 6.4 1936Human CargoPacky Campbell★ 7.5 1968Rogue's GalleryDetective Lee★ 7.0 1947The Trouble with WomenJoe McBride★ 9.5 1938SharpshootersSteve Mitchell★ 8.0 1942NightmareDaniel Shane★ 6.3 2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerArchival Footage★ 6.3 1951Fighting Coast GuardCmdr. McFarland★ 6.7 1943StalingradNarrator (English version)★ 5.7 1925School for WivesRalph★ 8.0 1948A Southern YankeeKurt Devlynn★ 5.5 1923JamestownMinor Role (Uncredited)★ 10.0 1962The Pigeon That Took RomeCol. Sherman Harrington★ 5.3 1941South of TahitiBob★ 6.5 1942A Gentleman After DarkHarry Melton★ 4.6 1941Birth of the BluesMemphis★ 6.2 1935Mary Burns, FugitiveSpike★ 9.0 1938Battle of BroadwayChesty Webb★ 5.0 1937Midnight TaxiCharles 'Chick' Gardner★ 6.2 1944An American RomanceStefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos★ 6.1 1936Strike Me PinkVance★ 6.6 1929Mother's BoyHarry O'Day★ 7.0 1924Monsieur Beaucaireunknown★ 5.6 1960Girl In Room 13Steve Marshall★ 6.0 1935Another FaceBroken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III★ 4.8 1929Gentlemen of the PressKelly - Reporter (uncredited)★ 6.7 1938We're Going to Be RichYankee Gordon★ 5.0 1959Juke Box RhythmGeorge Manton★ 7.7 1924Damaged HeartsJim Porter★ 8.0 1939Behind Prison GatesAgent Norman Craig / Red Murray★ 10.0 1932A Modern CinderellaCharlie the Chauffeur★ 5.4

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