Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Known for: Acting

Born: February 9, 1901 in 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 ...

Top Movies

Behind Prison Gates as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray (1939)
Jamestown as Minor Role (Uncredited) (1923)
The Trouble with Women as Joe McBride (1947)
Mary Burns, Fugitive as Spike (1935)
Damaged Hearts as Jim Porter (1924)
School for Wives as Ralph (1925)
Sharpshooters as Steve Mitchell (1938)
Twenty Years After as (archive footage) (1944)

Full Filmography (103 movies, 17 TV shows)

Movies

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (2021) as Archival Footage
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) as Self (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987) as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) as Self (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Pit Stop (1969) as Grant Willard
Arizona Bushwhackers (1968) as Mayor Joe Smith
Rogue's Gallery (1968) as Detective Lee
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
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
Girl In Room 13 (1960) as Steve Marshall
Never So Few (1959) as Gen. Sloan
Juke Box Rhythm (1959) as George Manton
Cowboy (1958) as Doc Bender, Trailhand
Escape from Red Rock (1957) as Bronc Grierson
Quatermass 2 (1957) as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
A Cry in the Night (1956) as Ed Bates
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
The Big Combo (1955) as Joe McClure
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) as Charles Quantrill
Ride the Man Down (1952) as Bide Marriner
Hoodlum Empire (1952) as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Slaughter Trail (1951) as Capt. Dempster
Fighting Coast Guard (1951) as Cmdr. McFarland
Kansas Raiders (1950) as Quantrill
Shakedown (1950) as Nick Palmer
The Lucky Stiff (1949) as John J. Malone
Impact (1949) as Walter Williams
Command Decision (1948) as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
A Southern Yankee (1948) as Kurt Devlynn
Killer McCoy (1947) as Jim Caighn
Heaven Only Knows (1947) as Adam 'Duke' Byron