Brian Donlevy
Acting
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".
Born: February 9, 1901 · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Filmography (73)
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
The World of Hammer
1994
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Pit Stop
1969
Five Golden Dragons
1967
Hostile Guns
1967
Gammera the Invincible
1966
Family Affair
1966
Waco
1966
The Fat Spy
1966
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
Curse of the Fly
1965
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
The Errand Boy
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Never So Few
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Rawhide
1959
The Texan
1958
Cowboy
1958
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Quatermass 2
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
A Cry in the Night
1956
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
The Big Combo
1955
Climax!
1954
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
Hoodlum Empire
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Kansas Raiders
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Shakedown
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Impact
1949
Command Decision
1948
Studio One
1948
Kiss of Death
1947
The Beginning or the End
1947
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
Canyon Passage
1946
The Virginian
1946
Duffy's Tavern
1945
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
An American Romance
1944
Stalingrad
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
Stand by for Action
1942
The Glass Key
1942
Wake Island
1942
Birth of the Blues
1941
The Great Man's Lady
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
Billy the Kid
1941
I Wanted Wings
1941
Brigham Young
1940
When the Daltons Rode
1940
The Great McGinty
1940
Destry Rides Again
1939
Allegheny Uprising
1939
Beau Geste
1939
Union Pacific
1939
Jesse James
1939
In Old Chicago
1938
Born Reckless
1937
This Is My Affair
1937
Crack-Up
1936
13 Hours by Air
1936
Strike Me Pink
1936
Barbary Coast
1935
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924