Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Acting

Birthday

1901/02/09

Day of death

1972/04/06 (71 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

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

Also know as

Waldo Brian Donlevy, McGinty

Biography

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...Read more

Acting
Never So Few
5.4

(1959) Never So Few

as Gen. Sloan

Kiss of Death
7.0

(1947) Kiss of Death

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Hangmen Also Die!
6.9

(1943) Hangmen Also Die!

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Command Decision
6.6

(1948) Command Decision

as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

The Big Combo
7.0

(1955) The Big Combo

as Joe McClure

The Quatermass Xperiment
6.5

(1955) The Quatermass Xperiment

as Bernard Quatermass

Impact
6.1

(1949) Impact

as Walter Williams

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.6

(1982) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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

Quatermass 2
6.4

(1957) Quatermass 2

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Hoodlum Empire
6.1

(1952) Hoodlum Empire

as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
5.5

(1965) How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Gammera the Invincible
4.9

(1966) Gammera the Invincible

as Gen. Terry Arnold

The Errand Boy
6.1

(1961) The Errand Boy

as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

A Cry in the Night
5.2

(1956) A Cry in the Night

as Ed Bates

The Great McGinty
7.0

(1940) The Great McGinty

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Beau Geste
6.9

(1939) Beau Geste

as Sergeant Markoff

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
6.9

(1943) The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Governor McGinty

Canyon Passage
6.6

(1946) Canyon Passage

as George Camrose

Wake Island
5.6

(1942) Wake Island

as Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Allegheny Uprising
5.6

(1939) Allegheny Uprising

as Ralph Callendar

Destry Rides Again
7.2

(1939) Destry Rides Again

as Kent

Jesse James
6.4

(1939) Jesse James

as Barshee

Union Pacific
6.5

(1939) Union Pacific

as Sid Campeau

36 Hours to Kill
5.3

(1936) 36 Hours to Kill

as Frank Evers

Curse of the Fly
5.4

(1965) Curse of the Fly

as Henri Delambre

The Glass Key
6.6

(1942) The Glass Key

as Paul Madvig

Cowboy
6.3

(1958) Cowboy

as Doc Bender, Trailhand

Hold Back the Dawn
6.6

(1941) Hold Back the Dawn

as Movie Actor (uncredited)

Shakedown
6.1

(1950) Shakedown

as Nick Palmer

Brigham Young
4.4

(1940) Brigham Young

as Angus Duncan

Pit Stop
6.7

(1969) Pit Stop

as Grant Willard

The Beginning or the End
6.5

(1947) The Beginning or the End

as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Barbary Coast
6.5

(1935) Barbary Coast

as Knuckles Jacoby

Five Golden Dragons
5.4

(1967) Five Golden Dragons

as Dragon #3

Сталинград
5.2

(1943) Stalingrad

as Narrator (English version)

Killer McCoy
6.0

(1947) Killer McCoy

as Jim Caighn

Birth of the Blues
5.3

(1941) Birth of the Blues

as Memphis

In Old Chicago
6.4

(1938) In Old Chicago

as Gil Warren

The Remarkable Andrew
8.2

(1942) The Remarkable Andrew

as General Andrew Jackson

A Gentleman After Dark
3.5

(1942) A Gentleman After Dark

as Harry Melton

The Great Man's Lady
6.3

(1941) The Great Man's Lady

as Steely Edwards

Kansas Raiders
5.8

(1950) Kansas Raiders

as Quantrill

Waco
6.4

(1966) Waco

as Ace Ross

Heaven Only Knows
6.0

(1947) Heaven Only Knows

as Adam 'Duke' Byron

Stand by for Action
7.0

(1942) Stand by for Action

as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

The Virginian
6.1

(1946) The Virginian

as Trampas

Mary Burns, Fugitive
0.0

(1935) Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Spike

Slaughter Trail
3.8

(1951) Slaughter Trail

as Capt. Dempster

Billy the Kid
4.7

(1941) Billy the Kid

as Jim Sherwood

Strike Me Pink
6.6

(1936) Strike Me Pink

as Vance

Battle of Broadway
4.2

(1938) Battle of Broadway

as Chesty Webb

I Wanted Wings
5.1

(1941) I Wanted Wings

as Capt. Mercer

When the Daltons Rode
6.0

(1940) When the Daltons Rode

as Grat Dalton

This Is My Affair
7.3

(1937) This Is My Affair

as Batiste Duryea

The Lucky Stiff
4.8

(1949) The Lucky Stiff

as John J. Malone

Woman They Almost Lynched
6.2

(1953) Woman They Almost Lynched

as Charles Quantrill

An American Romance
5.9

(1944) An American Romance

as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

Rogue's Gallery
6.0

(1968) Rogue's Gallery

as Detective Lee

High Tension
5.4

(1936) High Tension

as Steve Reardon

Arizona Bushwhackers
2.8

(1968) Arizona Bushwhackers

as Mayor Joe Smith

The Pigeon That Took Rome
5.3

(1962) The Pigeon That Took Rome

as Col. Sherman Harrington

Behind Prison Gates
0.0

(1939) Behind Prison Gates

as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

Hostile Guns
5.1

(1967) Hostile Guns

as Marshal Willett

Juke Box Rhythm
7.0

(1959) Juke Box Rhythm

as George Manton

Damaged Hearts
0.0

(1924) Damaged Hearts

as Jim Porter

A Southern Yankee
5.2

(1948) A Southern Yankee

as Kurt Devlynn

Another Face
4.2

(1935) Another Face

as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

Born Reckless
5.5

(1937) Born Reckless

as Bob Kane

Crack-Up
5.7

(1936) Crack-Up

as Ace Martin

13 Hours by Air
4.3

(1936) 13 Hours by Air

as James Evarts

The Fat Spy
2.7

(1966) The Fat Spy

as George Wellington

Two Years Before the Mast
6.2

(1946) Two Years Before the Mast

as Richard Henry Dana

Song of Scheherazade
5.8

(1947) Song of Scheherazade

as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

0.0

(1926) A Man of Quality

as Richard Courtney

Human Cargo
6.0

(1936) Human Cargo

as Packy Campbell

Fighting Coast Guard
6.5

(1951) Fighting Coast Guard

as Cmdr. McFarland

Half Angel
0.0

(1936) Half Angel

as Duffy Giles

Midnight Taxi
5.0

(1937) Midnight Taxi

as Charles 'Chick' Gardner

Monsieur Beaucaire
5.9

(1924) Monsieur Beaucaire

as unknown

Escape from Red Rock
0.0

(1957) Escape from Red Rock

as Bronc Grierson

The Trouble with Women
0.0

(1947) The Trouble with Women

as Joe McBride

Ride the Man Down
6.5

(1952) Ride the Man Down

as Bide Marriner

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
7.0

(1997) Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)

0.0

(1923) Jamestown

as Minor Role (Uncredited)

0.0

(1929) Two Americans

as Unknown

School for Wives
0.0

(1925) School for Wives

as Ralph

Our Hearts Were Growing Up
6.2

(1946) Our Hearts Were Growing Up

as Tony Minnetti

We're Going to Be Rich
5.0

(1938) We're Going to Be Rich

as Yankee Gordon

Duffy's Tavern
6.1

(1945) Duffy's Tavern

as Brian Donlevy

Girl In Room 13
5.0

(1960) Girl In Room 13

as Steve Marshall

Sharpshooters
0.0

(1938) Sharpshooters

as Steve Mitchell

Two Yanks in Trinidad
2.0

(1942) Two Yanks in Trinidad

as Vince Barrows

A Modern Cinderella
4.0

(1932) A Modern Cinderella

as Charlie the Chauffeur

South of Tahiti
6.0

(1941) South of Tahiti

as Bob

Gentlemen of the Press
5.0

(1929) Gentlemen of the Press

as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

6.0

(1932) Ireno

as Drunk (uncredited)

Mother's Boy
0.0

(1929) Mother's Boy

as Harry O'Day

Twenty Years After
6.0

(1944) Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Nightmare
4.0

(1942) Nightmare

as Daniel Shane

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.0

(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy
6.3

(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy

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

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4

(1987) Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

Family Affair
6.6

(1966) Family Affair

as ---

The Colgate Comedy Hour
7.0

(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Studio One
4.7

(1948) Studio One

as Jim

Target: The Corruptors!
3.5

(1961) Target: The Corruptors!

as ---

Rawhide
7.1

(1959) Rawhide

as Jed Reston

6.0

(1950) Lux Video Theatre

as Dan Carmody

Climax!
3.0

(1954) Climax!

as Sam Marvin

The Texan
5.5

(1958) The Texan

as ---

Robert Montgomery Presents
5.2

(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents

as ---

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5

(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Fred Childress

Dangerous Assignment
3.5

(1952) Dangerous Assignment

as ---

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.3

(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as John Ridges

DuPont Show of the Month
6.7

(1957) DuPont Show of the Month

as Constable Dale

6.0

(1950) Lux Video Theatre

as Walter Williams

Perry Mason
7.7

(1957) Perry Mason

as General Roger Brandon

6.0

(1950) Lux Video Theatre

as Daniel J. McGinty