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Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

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' o

Born

Feb 09, 1901

Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

Died

Apr 06, 1972

Known For

Acting

Movies

103 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.6

Known For

Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 • as Richard Henry Dana
★ 6.5
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 • as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
★ 6.6
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy
1961 • as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
★ 6.2
Never So Few
Never So Few
1959 • as Gen. Sloan
★ 5.5
Jesse James
Jesse James
1939 • as Barshee
★ 6.6
Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death
1947 • as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
★ 7.1
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again
1939 • as Kent
★ 7.2
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965 • as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
★ 5.3
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 • as Sid Campeau
★ 6.7
When the Daltons Rode
When the Daltons Rode
1940 • as Grat Dalton
★ 6.2
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 • as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
★ 6.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Quatermass 2
Quatermass 2
1957 • as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
★ 6.4
In Old Chicago
In Old Chicago
1938 • as Gil Warren
★ 6.7
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 • as Governor McGinty
★ 6.8
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 • as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
★ 6.9
Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage
1946 • as George Camrose
★ 6.8
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 • as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
★ 6.4
The Big Combo
The Big Combo
1955 • as Joe McClure
★ 7.0
A Cry in the Night
A Cry in the Night
1956 • as Ed Bates
★ 5.4
Woman They Almost Lynched
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 • as Charles Quantrill
★ 6.6
The Glass Key
The Glass Key
1942 • as Paul Madvig
★ 6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 • as Movie Actor (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Brigham Young
Brigham Young
1940 • as Angus Duncan
★ 4.6
36 Hours to Kill
36 Hours to Kill
1936 • as Frank Evers
★ 6.1
The Beginning or the End
The Beginning or the End
1947 • as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
★ 6.4
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
This Is My Affair
This Is My Affair
1937 • as Batiste Duryea
★ 7.3
Curse of the Fly
Curse of the Fly
1965 • as Henri Delambre
★ 5.4
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939 • as Sergeant Markoff
★ 7.0
The Virginian
The Virginian
1946 • as Trampas
★ 6.2
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast
1935 • as Knuckles Jacoby
★ 6.4
Stand by for Action
Stand by for Action
1942 • as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
★ 7.0
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 • as Tony Minnetti
★ 6.5
Cowboy
Cowboy
1958 • as Doc Bender, Trailhand
★ 6.5
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After
1944 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Command Decision
Command Decision
1948 • as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
★ 6.6
The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady
1941 • as Steely Edwards
★ 6.3
Ride the Man Down
Ride the Man Down
1952 • as Bide Marriner
★ 7.7
I Wanted Wings
I Wanted Wings
1941 • as Capt. Mercer
★ 5.6
Allegheny Uprising
Allegheny Uprising
1939 • as Ralph Callendar
★ 5.9
Kansas Raiders
Kansas Raiders
1950 • as Quantrill
★ 6.0
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
1941 • as Jim Sherwood
★ 5.3
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 • as Vince Barrows
★ 4.0
Impact
Impact
1949 • as Walter Williams
★ 6.1
The Trouble with Women
The Trouble with Women
1947 • as Joe McBride
★ 9.5
Wake Island
Wake Island
1942 • as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
★ 5.9
The Pigeon That Took Rome
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962 • as Col. Sherman Harrington
★ 5.3
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
★ 6.3
Five Golden Dragons
Five Golden Dragons
1967 • as Dragon #3
★ 5.2
Waco
Waco
1966 • as Ace Ross
★ 6.7
Escape from Red Rock
Escape from Red Rock
1957 • as Bronc Grierson
★ 7.0
Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues
1941 • as Memphis
★ 6.2
The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty
1940 • as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
★ 7.0
13 Hours by Air
13 Hours by Air
1936 • as James Evarts
★ 5.2
Gammera the Invincible
Gammera the Invincible
1966 • as Gen. Terry Arnold
★ 5.1
A Southern Yankee
A Southern Yankee
1948 • as Kurt Devlynn
★ 5.7
Heaven Only Knows
Heaven Only Knows
1947 • as Adam 'Duke' Byron
★ 6.5
A Gentleman After Dark
A Gentleman After Dark
1942 • as Harry Melton
★ 4.6
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Ireno
1932 • as Drunk (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Crack-Up
Crack-Up
1936 • as Ace Martin
★ 5.9
Rogue's Gallery
Rogue's Gallery
1968 • as Detective Lee
★ 7.0
Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum Empire
1952 • as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
★ 6.5
Arizona Bushwhackers
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968 • as Mayor Joe Smith
★ 4.3
Strike Me Pink
Strike Me Pink
1936 • as Vance
★ 6.6
Duffy's Tavern
Duffy's Tavern
1945 • as Brian Donlevy
★ 6.4
Half Angel
Half Angel
1936 • as Duffy Giles
★ 7.5
Fighting Coast Guard
Fighting Coast Guard
1951 • as Cmdr. McFarland
★ 6.7
Pit Stop
Pit Stop
1969 • as Grant Willard
★ 6.9
Nightmare
Nightmare
1942 • as Daniel Shane
★ 6.5
Shakedown
Shakedown
1950 • as Nick Palmer
★ 6.4
An American Romance
An American Romance
1944 • as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
★ 6.1
Hostile Guns
Hostile Guns
1967 • as Marshal Willett
★ 5.6
Another Face
Another Face
1935 • as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
★ 4.8
Jamestown
Jamestown
1923 • as Minor Role (Uncredited)
★ 10.0
Slaughter Trail
Slaughter Trail
1951 • as Capt. Dempster
★ 4.5
Gentlemen of the Press
Gentlemen of the Press
1929 • as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Killer McCoy
Killer McCoy
1947 • as Jim Caighn
★ 6.3
We're Going to Be Rich
We're Going to Be Rich
1938 • as Yankee Gordon
★ 5.0
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Two Americans
1929 • as Unknown
★ 7.0
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 • as Spike
★ 9.0
The Remarkable Andrew
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 • as General Andrew Jackson
★ 7.4
High Tension
High Tension
1936 • as Steve Reardon
★ 5.8
Stalingrad
Stalingrad
1943 • as Narrator (English version)
★ 5.7
Song of Scheherazade
Song of Scheherazade
1947 • as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
★ 6.6
South of Tahiti
South of Tahiti
1941 • as Bob
★ 6.5
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi
1937 • as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
★ 6.2
Human Cargo
Human Cargo
1936 • as Packy Campbell
★ 7.5
Born Reckless
Born Reckless
1937 • as Bob Kane
★ 5.4
Girl In Room 13
Girl In Room 13
1960 • as Steve Marshall
★ 6.0
The Lucky Stiff
The Lucky Stiff
1949 • as John J. Malone
★ 5.8
The Fat Spy
The Fat Spy
1966 • as George Wellington
★ 3.1
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A Man of Quality
1926 • as Richard Courtney
★ 10.0
Battle of Broadway
Battle of Broadway
1938 • as Chesty Webb
★ 5.0
Behind Prison Gates
Behind Prison Gates
1939 • as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
★ 10.0
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924 • as unknown
★ 5.6
Sharpshooters
Sharpshooters
1938 • as Steve Mitchell
★ 8.0
Mother's Boy
Mother's Boy
1929 • as Harry O'Day
★ 7.0
A Modern Cinderella
A Modern Cinderella
1932 • as Charlie the Chauffeur
★ 5.4
Juke Box Rhythm
Juke Box Rhythm
1959 • as George Manton
★ 7.7
Damaged Hearts
Damaged Hearts
1924 • as Jim Porter
★ 8.0
School for Wives
School for Wives
1925 • as Ralph
★ 8.0