6.5
Movie
Acting
Brian Donlevy
- Born
- Died
- (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
- Credits
- 119 titles
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 the 1940s would be incomplete without him".
Signature work
Known For
6.5
Movie
7.2
Movie
Destry Rides Again
7.0
Movie
The Big Combo
7.1
Movie
Kiss of Death
6.4
Movie
Quatermass 2
6.9
Movie
Hangmen Also Die!
7.7
TV
Perry Mason
6.7
Movie
The Glass Key
6.8
Movie
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
6.6
Movie
Jesse James
7.0
Movie
Beau Geste
5.4
Movie
Curse of the Fly
6.7
Movie
Union Pacific
7.0
Movie
The Great McGinty
6.5
Movie
Cowboy
5.5
Movie
Never So Few
6.8
Movie
Canyon Passage
6.1
Movie
Impact
Acting credits 119
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker Film | Archival Footage |
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer TV | Self (archive footage) (2 ep) |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood Film | Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage) |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Film | (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) |
| 1969 | Pit Stop Film | Grant Willard |
| 1968 | Arizona Bushwhackers Film | Mayor Joe Smith |
| 1968 | Rogue's Gallery Film | Detective Lee |
| 1967 | Five Golden Dragons Film | Dragon #3 |
| 1967 | Hostile Guns Film | Marshal Willett |
| 1966 | Gammera the Invincible Film | Gen. Terry Arnold |
| 1966 | Family Affair TV | (1 ep) |
| 1966 | Waco Film | Ace Ross |
| 1966 | The Fat Spy Film | George Wellington |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Film | B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson |
| 1965 | Curse of the Fly Film | Henri Delambre |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy Film | Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome Film | Col. Sherman Harrington |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy Film | Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors! TV | (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Girl In Room 13 Film | Steve Marshall |
| 1959 | Never So Few Film | Gen. Sloan |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV | John Ridges (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Juke Box Rhythm Film | George Manton |
| 1959 | Rawhide TV | Jed Reston (1 ep) |
| 1958 | The Texan TV | (2 ep) |
| 1958 | Cowboy Film | Doc Bender, Trailhand |
| 1957 | Escape from Red Rock Film | Bronc Grierson |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month TV | Constable Dale (1 ep) |
| 1957 | Perry Mason TV | General Roger Brandon (1 ep) |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 Film | Prof. Bernard Quatermass |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV | Fred Childress (1 ep) |
| 1956 | A Cry in the Night Film | Ed Bates |
| 1955 | Crossroads TV | Dr. Roy Bell (1 ep) |
| 1955 | The Quatermass Xperiment Film | Prof. Bernard Quatermass |
| 1955 | The Big Combo Film | Joe McClure |
| 1954 | Climax! TV | Sam Marvin (1 ep) |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched Film | Charles Quantrill |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down Film | Bide Marriner |
| 1952 | Hoodlum Empire Film | Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens |
| 1952 | Dangerous Assignment TV | (41 ep) |
| 1951 | Slaughter Trail Film | Capt. Dempster |
| 1951 | Fighting Coast Guard Film | Cmdr. McFarland |
| 1950 | Kansas Raiders Film | Quantrill |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre TV | Dan Carmody, Walter Williams, Daniel J. McGinty (1 ep) |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1950 | Shakedown Film | Nick Palmer |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents TV | (1 ep) |
| 1949 | The Lucky Stiff Film | John J. Malone |
| 1949 | Impact Film | Walter Williams |
| 1948 | Command Decision Film | Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet |
| 1948 | Studio One TV | Jim (1 ep) |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee Film | Kurt Devlynn |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy Film | Jim Caighn |
| 1947 | Heaven Only Knows Film | Adam 'Duke' Byron |
| 1947 | Kiss of Death Film | Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo |
| 1947 | The Trouble with Women Film | Joe McBride |
| 1947 | Song of Scheherazade Film | Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End Film | Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves |