Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
Born 09/02/1901 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 the 1940s would be incomplete without him".

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".

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Filmography (Movies)

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Character:Archival Footage

Release Date:17/06/2021

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Character:Self (archive footage)

Release Date:12/05/1997

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Character:Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

Release Date:26/06/1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Character:Self (archive footage)

Release Date:13/03/1987

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

Release Date:21/05/1982

Pit Stop

Pit Stop

Character:Grant Willard

Release Date:14/05/1969

Arizona Bushwhackers

Arizona Bushwhackers

Character:Mayor Joe Smith

Release Date:01/03/1968

Rogue's Gallery

Rogue's Gallery

Character:Detective Lee

Release Date:01/01/1968

Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons

Character:Dragon #3

Release Date:03/08/1967

Hostile Guns

Hostile Guns

Character:Marshal Willett

Release Date:01/07/1967

Gammera the Invincible

Gammera the Invincible

Character:Gen. Terry Arnold

Release Date:15/12/1966

Waco

Waco

Character:Ace Ross

Release Date:01/09/1966

The Fat Spy

The Fat Spy

Character:George Wellington

Release Date:11/05/1966

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

Character:B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Release Date:14/07/1965

Curse of the Fly

Curse of the Fly

Character:Henri Delambre

Release Date:01/05/1965

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

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

Release Date:02/09/1964

The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Pigeon That Took Rome

Character:Col. Sherman Harrington

Release Date:19/06/1962

The Errand Boy

The Errand Boy

Character:Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

Release Date:28/11/1961

Girl In Room 13

Girl In Room 13

Character:Steve Marshall

Release Date:01/01/1960

Never So Few

Never So Few

Character:Gen. Sloan

Release Date:07/12/1959

Juke Box Rhythm

Juke Box Rhythm

Character:George Manton

Release Date:01/08/1959

Cowboy

Cowboy

Character:Doc Bender, Trailhand

Release Date:23/01/1958

Escape from Red Rock

Escape from Red Rock

Character:Bronc Grierson

Release Date:01/12/1957

Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2

Character:Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Release Date:17/06/1957

A Cry in the Night

A Cry in the Night

Character:Ed Bates

Release Date:17/08/1956

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

Character:Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Release Date:26/09/1955

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

Character:Joe McClure

Release Date:13/02/1955

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched

Character:Charles Quantrill

Release Date:20/03/1953

Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down

Character:Bide Marriner

Release Date:25/11/1952

Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire

Character:Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

Release Date:15/04/1952

Slaughter Trail

Slaughter Trail

Character:Capt. Dempster

Release Date:15/10/1951

Fighting Coast Guard

Fighting Coast Guard

Character:Cmdr. McFarland

Release Date:31/05/1951

Kansas Raiders

Kansas Raiders

Character:Quantrill

Release Date:15/11/1950

Shakedown

Shakedown

Character:Nick Palmer

Release Date:01/09/1950

The Lucky Stiff

The Lucky Stiff

Character:John J. Malone

Release Date:26/05/1949

Impact

Impact

Character:Walter Williams

Release Date:20/03/1949

Command Decision

Command Decision

Character:Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

Release Date:23/12/1948

A Southern Yankee

A Southern Yankee

Character:Kurt Devlynn

Release Date:05/08/1948

Killer McCoy

Killer McCoy

Character:Jim Caighn

Release Date:01/12/1947

Heaven Only Knows

Heaven Only Knows

Character:Adam 'Duke' Byron

Release Date:12/09/1947

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

Character:Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Release Date:27/08/1947

The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women

Character:Joe McBride

Release Date:25/06/1947

Song of Scheherazade

Song of Scheherazade

Character:Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

Release Date:26/02/1947

The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End

Character:Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Release Date:19/02/1947

Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast

Character:Richard Henry Dana

Release Date:22/11/1946

Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

Character:George Camrose

Release Date:17/07/1946

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Character:Tony Minnetti

Release Date:14/06/1946

The Virginian

The Virginian

Character:Trampas

Release Date:05/05/1946

Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern

Character:Brian Donlevy

Release Date:28/09/1945

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

Character:Governor McGinty

Release Date:18/09/1944

An American Romance

An American Romance

Character:Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

Release Date:16/04/1944

Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After

Character:(archive footage)

Release Date:01/01/1944

Stalingrad

Stalingrad

Character:Narrator (English version)

Release Date:14/05/1943

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

Character:Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Release Date:01/04/1943

Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action

Character:Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

Release Date:31/12/1942

Nightmare

Nightmare

Character:Daniel Shane

Release Date:10/11/1942

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

Character:Paul Madvig

Release Date:08/09/1942

Wake Island

Wake Island

Character:Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Release Date:11/08/1942

A Gentleman After Dark

A Gentleman After Dark

Character:Harry Melton

Release Date:16/04/1942

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Character:Vince Barrows

Release Date:26/03/1942

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew

Character:General Andrew Jackson

Release Date:05/03/1942

Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues

Character:Memphis

Release Date:07/11/1941

The Great Man's Lady

The Great Man's Lady

Character:Steely Edwards

Release Date:31/10/1941

South of Tahiti

South of Tahiti

Character:Bob

Release Date:17/10/1941

Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn

Character:Movie Actor (uncredited)

Release Date:26/09/1941

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

Character:Jim Sherwood

Release Date:30/05/1941

I Wanted Wings

I Wanted Wings

Character:Capt. Mercer

Release Date:26/03/1941

Brigham Young

Brigham Young

Character:Angus Duncan

Release Date:27/09/1940

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode

Character:Grat Dalton

Release Date:23/08/1940

The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

Character:Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Release Date:01/08/1940

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

Character:Kent

Release Date:30/11/1939

Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising

Character:Ralph Callendar

Release Date:10/11/1939

Behind Prison Gates

Behind Prison Gates

Character:Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

Release Date:28/07/1939

Beau Geste

Beau Geste

Character:Sergeant Markoff

Release Date:24/07/1939

Union Pacific

Union Pacific

Character:Sid Campeau

Release Date:05/05/1939

Jesse James

Jesse James

Character:Barshee

Release Date:14/01/1939

Sharpshooters

Sharpshooters

Character:Steve Mitchell

Release Date:18/11/1938

We're Going to Be Rich

We're Going to Be Rich

Character:Yankee Gordon

Release Date:03/07/1938

Battle of Broadway

Battle of Broadway

Character:Chesty Webb

Release Date:22/04/1938

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

Character:Gil Warren

Release Date:15/04/1938

Born Reckless

Born Reckless

Character:Bob Kane

Release Date:25/06/1937

This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair

Character:Batiste Duryea

Release Date:28/05/1937

Midnight Taxi

Midnight Taxi

Character:Charles 'Chick' Gardner

Release Date:04/04/1937

Crack-Up

Crack-Up

Character:Ace Martin

Release Date:14/12/1936

36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill

Character:Frank Evers

Release Date:24/07/1936

High Tension

High Tension

Character:Steve Reardon

Release Date:10/07/1936

Half Angel

Half Angel

Character:Duffy Giles

Release Date:22/05/1936

Human Cargo

Human Cargo

Character:Packy Campbell

Release Date:15/05/1936

13 Hours by Air

13 Hours by Air

Character:James Evarts

Release Date:30/04/1936

Strike Me Pink

Strike Me Pink

Character:Vance

Release Date:24/01/1936

Another Face

Another Face

Character:Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

Release Date:20/12/1935

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Character:Spike

Release Date:15/11/1935

Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast

Character:Knuckles Jacoby

Release Date:13/10/1935

A Modern Cinderella

A Modern Cinderella

Character:Charlie the Chauffeur

Release Date:05/11/1932

Ireno

Ireno

Character:Drunk (uncredited)

Release Date:30/06/1932

Mother's Boy

Mother's Boy

Character:Harry O'Day

Release Date:01/07/1929

Two Americans

Two Americans

Character:Unknown

Release Date:22/06/1929

Gentlemen of the Press

Gentlemen of the Press

Character:Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

Release Date:04/05/1929

A Man of Quality

A Man of Quality

Character:Richard Courtney

Release Date:01/10/1926

School for Wives

School for Wives

Character:Ralph

Release Date:05/04/1925

Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire

Character:unknown

Release Date:11/08/1924

Damaged Hearts

Damaged Hearts

Character:Jim Porter

Release Date:21/02/1924

Jamestown

Jamestown

Character:Minor Role (Uncredited)

Release Date:04/11/1923

Television Appearances

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