Brian Donlevy
Born
February 9, 1901 (age 71)
Died
April 6, 1972
Birthplace
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

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' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him".

Movies

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021 ★ 6.3
Archival Footage
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 ★ 6.4
Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 ★ 6.6
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Pit Stop
Pit Stop
1969 ★ 6.7
Grant Willard
Arizona Bushwhackers
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968 ★ 3.6
Mayor Joe Smith
Rogue's Gallery
Rogue's Gallery
1968 ★ 6.0
Detective Lee
Five Golden Dragons
Five Golden Dragons
1967 ★ 5.1
Dragon #3
Hostile Guns
Hostile Guns
1967 ★ 5.1
Marshal Willett
Gammera the Invincible
Gammera the Invincible
1966 ★ 4.9
Gen. Terry Arnold
Waco
Waco
1966 ★ 6.4
Ace Ross
The Fat Spy
The Fat Spy
1966 ★ 2.5
George Wellington
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965 ★ 5.2
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Curse of the Fly
Curse of the Fly
1965 ★ 5.4
Henri Delambre
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 ★ 6.3
Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
The Pigeon That Took Rome
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962 ★ 5.3
Col. Sherman Harrington
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy
1961 ★ 6.1
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Girl In Room 13
Girl In Room 13
1960 ★ 5.0
Steve Marshall
Never So Few
Never So Few
1959 ★ 5.4
Gen. Sloan
Juke Box Rhythm
Juke Box Rhythm
1959 ★ 7.0
George Manton
Cowboy
Cowboy
1958 ★ 6.3
Doc Bender, Trailhand
Escape from Red Rock
Escape from Red Rock
1957
Bronc Grierson
Quatermass 2
Quatermass 2
1957 ★ 6.4
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
A Cry in the Night
A Cry in the Night
1956 ★ 5.2
Ed Bates
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 ★ 6.5
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
The Big Combo
The Big Combo
1955 ★ 7.0
Joe McClure
Woman They Almost Lynched
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 ★ 6.3
Charles Quantrill
Ride the Man Down
Ride the Man Down
1952 ★ 6.5
Bide Marriner
Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum Empire
1952 ★ 6.1
Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Slaughter Trail
Slaughter Trail
1951 ★ 3.8
Capt. Dempster
Fighting Coast Guard
Fighting Coast Guard
1951 ★ 6.5
Cmdr. McFarland
Kansas Raiders
Kansas Raiders
1950 ★ 5.8
Quantrill
Shakedown
Shakedown
1950 ★ 6.2
Nick Palmer
The Lucky Stiff
The Lucky Stiff
1949 ★ 4.8
John J. Malone
Impact
Impact
1949 ★ 6.0
Walter Williams
Command Decision
Command Decision
1948 ★ 6.4
Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
A Southern Yankee
A Southern Yankee
1948 ★ 5.2
Kurt Devlynn
Killer McCoy
Killer McCoy
1947 ★ 6.0
Jim Caighn
Heaven Only Knows
Heaven Only Knows
1947 ★ 6.0
Adam 'Duke' Byron
Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death
1947 ★ 7.0
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
The Trouble with Women
The Trouble with Women
1947
Joe McBride
Song of Scheherazade
Song of Scheherazade
1947 ★ 5.8
Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
The Beginning or the End
The Beginning or the End
1947 ★ 6.1
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 ★ 6.1
Richard Henry Dana
Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage
1946 ★ 6.6
George Camrose
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 ★ 6.2
Tony Minnetti
The Virginian
The Virginian
1946 ★ 6.0
Trampas
Duffy's Tavern
Duffy's Tavern
1945 ★ 6.1
Brian Donlevy
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944 ★ 6.8
Governor McGinty
An American Romance
An American Romance
1944 ★ 5.9
Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After
1944 ★ 6.0
(archive footage)
Stalingrad
Stalingrad
1943 ★ 5.2
Narrator (English version)
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 ★ 6.9
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Stand by for Action
Stand by for Action
1942 ★ 6.8
Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Nightmare
Nightmare
1942 ★ 5.0
Daniel Shane
The Glass Key
The Glass Key
1942 ★ 6.6
Paul Madvig
Wake Island
Wake Island
1942 ★ 5.8
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
A Gentleman After Dark
A Gentleman After Dark
1942 ★ 2.7
Harry Melton
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 ★ 2.5
Vince Barrows
The Remarkable Andrew
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 ★ 8.2
General Andrew Jackson
Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues
1941 ★ 6.0
Memphis
The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady
1941 ★ 6.3
Steely Edwards
South of Tahiti
South of Tahiti
1941 ★ 6.0
Bob
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 ★ 6.7
Movie Actor (uncredited)
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
1941 ★ 5.0
Jim Sherwood
I Wanted Wings
I Wanted Wings
1941 ★ 5.4
Capt. Mercer
Brigham Young
Brigham Young
1940 ★ 4.4
Angus Duncan
When the Daltons Rode
When the Daltons Rode
1940 ★ 6.0
Grat Dalton
The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty
1940 ★ 6.9
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again
1939 ★ 7.2
Kent
Allegheny Uprising
Allegheny Uprising
1939 ★ 5.6
Ralph Callendar
Behind Prison Gates
Behind Prison Gates
1939
Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939 ★ 6.9
Sergeant Markoff
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 ★ 6.6
Sid Campeau
Jesse James
Jesse James
1939 ★ 6.5
Barshee
Sharpshooters
Sharpshooters
1938
Steve Mitchell
We're Going to Be Rich
We're Going to Be Rich
1938 ★ 4.5
Yankee Gordon
Battle of Broadway
Battle of Broadway
1938 ★ 4.0
Chesty Webb
In Old Chicago
In Old Chicago
1938 ★ 6.6
Gil Warren
Born Reckless
Born Reckless
1937 ★ 5.1
Bob Kane
This Is My Affair
This Is My Affair
1937 ★ 7.3
Batiste Duryea
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi
1937 ★ 5.0
Charles 'Chick' Gardner
Crack-Up
Crack-Up
1936 ★ 5.5
Ace Martin
36 Hours to Kill
36 Hours to Kill
1936 ★ 5.3
Frank Evers
High Tension
High Tension
1936 ★ 5.4
Steve Reardon
Half Angel
Half Angel
1936 ★ 6.0
Duffy Giles
Human Cargo
Human Cargo
1936 ★ 6.0
Packy Campbell
13 Hours by Air
13 Hours by Air
1936 ★ 4.6
James Evarts
Strike Me Pink
Strike Me Pink
1936 ★ 6.6
Vance
Another Face
Another Face
1935 ★ 4.2
Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
Spike
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast
1935 ★ 6.5
Knuckles Jacoby
A Modern Cinderella
A Modern Cinderella
1932 ★ 4.7
Charlie the Chauffeur
Ireno
Ireno
1932 ★ 6.0
Drunk (uncredited)
Mother's Boy
Mother's Boy
1929
Harry O'Day
Two Americans
Two Americans
1929
Unknown
Gentlemen of the Press
Gentlemen of the Press
1929 ★ 5.0
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
A Man of Quality
A Man of Quality
1926
Richard Courtney
School for Wives
School for Wives
1925
Ralph
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924 ★ 5.2
unknown
Damaged Hearts
Damaged Hearts
1924
Jim Porter
Jamestown
Jamestown
1923
Minor Role (Uncredited)

TV Series