Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Acting
Born Feb 09, 1901
From Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Died Apr 06, 1972

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

Filmography — Acting

The Quatermass Xperiment
6.5
1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.7
1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

Cowboy
6.3
1958

Cowboy

Doc Bender, Trailhand

Jesse James
6.5
1939

Jesse James

Barshee

Union Pacific
6.6
1939

Union Pacific

Sid Campeau

Wake Island
5.8
1942

Wake Island

Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Impact
6.0
1949

Impact

Walter Williams

Never So Few
5.4
1959

Never So Few

Gen. Sloan

Beau Geste
6.9
1939

Beau Geste

Sergeant Markoff

Kiss of Death
7.1
1947

Kiss of Death

Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Hangmen Also Die!
6.9
1943

Hangmen Also Die!

Dr. Franticek Svoboda

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
6.8
1944

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Governor McGinty

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
5.2
1965

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Allegheny Uprising
5.6
1939

Allegheny Uprising

Ralph Callendar

The Big Combo
7.0
1955

The Big Combo

Joe McClure

Curse of the Fly
5.4
1965

Curse of the Fly

Henri Delambre

Hold Back the Dawn
6.7
1941

Hold Back the Dawn

Movie Actor (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
7.5
1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Self (archive footage)

The Virginian
6.1
1946

The Virginian

Trampas

The Beginning or the End
6.1
1947

The Beginning or the End

Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

The Glass Key
6.6
1942

The Glass Key

Paul Madvig

Canyon Passage
6.7
1946

Canyon Passage

George Camrose

Hostile Guns
5.1
1967

Hostile Guns

Marshal Willett

Waco
6.4
1966

Waco

Ace Ross

Destry Rides Again
7.2
1939

Destry Rides Again

Kent

Shakedown
6.2
1950

Shakedown

Nick Palmer

Billy the Kid
5.2
1941

Billy the Kid

Jim Sherwood

The Fat Spy
2.5
1966

The Fat Spy

George Wellington

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4
1987

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

Gammera the Invincible
4.9
1966

Gammera the Invincible

Gen. Terry Arnold

The Errand Boy
6.1
1961

The Errand Boy

Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

The Great Man's Lady
6.3
1941

The Great Man's Lady

Steely Edwards

Five Golden Dragons
5.1
1967

Five Golden Dragons

Dragon #3

Quatermass 2
6.4
1957

Quatermass 2

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

When the Daltons Rode
6.0
1940

When the Daltons Rode

Grat Dalton

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.0
1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

Pit Stop
6.7
1969

Pit Stop

Grant Willard

Command Decision
6.4
1948

Command Decision

Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

Birth of the Blues
6.0
1941

Birth of the Blues

Memphis

Arizona Bushwhackers
3.6
1968

Arizona Bushwhackers

Mayor Joe Smith

36 Hours to Kill
5.3
1936

36 Hours to Kill

Frank Evers

The Remarkable Andrew
6.8
1942

The Remarkable Andrew

General Andrew Jackson

In Old Chicago
6.6
1938

In Old Chicago

Gil Warren

Stand by for Action
6.8
1942

Stand by for Action

Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

A Cry in the Night
5.2
1956

A Cry in the Night

Ed Bates

Kansas Raiders
5.8
1950

Kansas Raiders

Quantrill

The Pigeon That Took Rome
5.3
1962

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Col. Sherman Harrington

Two Yanks in Trinidad
2.5
1942

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Vince Barrows

Woman They Almost Lynched
6.4
1953

Woman They Almost Lynched

Charles Quantrill

I Wanted Wings
5.4
1941

I Wanted Wings

Capt. Mercer

Ride the Man Down
6.5
1952

Ride the Man Down

Bide Marriner

Duffy's Tavern
6.1
1945

Duffy's Tavern

Brian Donlevy

Twenty Years After
6.0
1944

Twenty Years After

(archive footage)

Barbary Coast
6.4
1935

Barbary Coast

Knuckles Jacoby

Hoodlum Empire
6.1
1952

Hoodlum Empire

Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

Killer McCoy
6.0
1947

Killer McCoy

Jim Caighn

Fighting Coast Guard
6.5
1951

Fighting Coast Guard

Cmdr. McFarland

Stalingrad
5.2
1943

Stalingrad

Narrator (English version)

Strike Me Pink
6.6
1936

Strike Me Pink

Vance

Born Reckless
5.1
1937

Born Reckless

Bob Kane

Half Angel
6.0
1936

Half Angel

Duffy Giles

Brigham Young
4.4
1940

Brigham Young

Angus Duncan

Human Cargo
6.0
1936

Human Cargo

Packy Campbell

The Big Parade of Comedy
6.6
1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

13 Hours by Air
4.6
1936

13 Hours by Air

James Evarts

Midnight Taxi
5.0
1937

Midnight Taxi

Charles 'Chick' Gardner

Two Years Before the Mast
6.1
1946

Two Years Before the Mast

Richard Henry Dana

Nightmare
5.0
1942

Nightmare

Daniel Shane

Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Spike

Monsieur Beaucaire
5.2
1924

Monsieur Beaucaire

unknown

A Southern Yankee
5.2
1948

A Southern Yankee

Kurt Devlynn

Slaughter Trail
3.8
1951

Slaughter Trail

Capt. Dempster

This Is My Affair
7.3
1937

This Is My Affair

Batiste Duryea

The Trouble with Women
9.0
1947

The Trouble with Women

Joe McBride

Escape from Red Rock
1957

Escape from Red Rock

Bronc Grierson

A Gentleman After Dark
3.3
1942

A Gentleman After Dark

Harry Melton

Heaven Only Knows
6.0
1947

Heaven Only Knows

Adam 'Duke' Byron

Sharpshooters
1938

Sharpshooters

Steve Mitchell

The Great McGinty
6.9
1940

The Great McGinty

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
6.3
2021

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Archival Footage

Behind Prison Gates
1939

Behind Prison Gates

Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

High Tension
5.4
1936

High Tension

Steve Reardon

Our Hearts Were Growing Up
6.2
1946

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Tony Minnetti

An American Romance
5.9
1944

An American Romance

Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

Another Face
4.2
1935

Another Face

Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

Rogue's Gallery
6.0
1968

Rogue's Gallery

Detective Lee

South of Tahiti
6.0
1941

South of Tahiti

Bob

Crack-Up
5.5
1936

Crack-Up

Ace Martin

Damaged Hearts
1924

Damaged Hearts

Jim Porter

Battle of Broadway
4.0
1938

Battle of Broadway

Chesty Webb

Gentlemen of the Press
5.5
1929

Gentlemen of the Press

Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

We're Going to Be Rich
4.5
1938

We're Going to Be Rich

Yankee Gordon

The Lucky Stiff
4.8
1949

The Lucky Stiff

John J. Malone

6.0
1932

Ireno

Drunk (uncredited)

1926

A Man of Quality

Richard Courtney

Song of Scheherazade
5.8
1947

Song of Scheherazade

Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

Juke Box Rhythm
7.0
1959

Juke Box Rhythm

George Manton

Mother's Boy
1929

Mother's Boy

Harry O'Day

1929

Two Americans

Unknown

School for Wives
1925

School for Wives

Ralph

Girl In Room 13
5.0
1960

Girl In Room 13

Steve Marshall

A Modern Cinderella
4.7
1932

A Modern Cinderella

Charlie the Chauffeur

Jamestown
1923

Jamestown

Minor Role (Uncredited)