Quick Facts
Born1901-02-09
BirthplacePortadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Credits75 titles
Person
Brian Donlevy
Actor · Crew· 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".
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) · 1982
The Quatermass Xperiment
Prof. Bernard Quatermass · 1955
Destry Rides Again
Kent · 1939
The Big Combo
Joe McClure · 1955
Kiss of Death
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo · 1947
Quatermass 2
Prof. Bernard Quatermass · 1957
Hangmen Also Die!
Dr. Franticek Svoboda · 1943
The Glass Key
Paul Madvig · 1942
Filmography
75 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage) | Film |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) | Film |
| 1969 | Pit Stop | Grant Willard | Film |
| 1968 | Rogue's Gallery | Detective Lee | Film |
| 1968 | Arizona Bushwhackers | Mayor Joe Smith | Film |
| 1967 | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #3 | Film |
| 1966 | Gammera the Invincible | Gen. Terry Arnold | Film |
| 1966 | Waco | Ace Ross | Film |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson | Film |
| 1965 | Curse of the Fly | Henri Delambre | Film |
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | Col. Sherman Harrington | Film |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy | Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual | Film |
| 1959 | Juke Box Rhythm | George Manton | Film |
| 1959 | Never So Few | Gen. Sloan | Film |
| 1958 | Cowboy | Doc Bender, Trailhand | Film |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | Film |
| 1956 | A Cry in the Night | Ed Bates | Film |
| 1955 | The Big Combo | Joe McClure | Film |
| 1955 | The Quatermass Xperiment | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | Film |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched | Charles Quantrill | Film |
| 1952 | Hoodlum Empire | Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens | Film |
| 1952 | Dangerous Assignment | TV | |
| 1951 | Slaughter Trail | Capt. Dempster | Film |
| 1950 | Kansas Raiders | Quantrill | Film |
| 1950 | Shakedown | Nick Palmer | Film |
| 1949 | Impact | Walter Williams | Film |
| 1949 | The Lucky Stiff | John J. Malone | Film |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet | Film |
| 1947 | Heaven Only Knows | Adam 'Duke' Byron | Film |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy | Jim Caighn | Film |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End | Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves | Film |
| 1947 | Kiss of Death | Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo | Film |
| 1946 | The Virginian | Trampas | Film |
| 1946 | Canyon Passage | George Camrose | Film |
| 1945 | Duffy's Tavern | Brian Donlevy | Film |
| 1944 | An American Romance | Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos | Film |
| 1944 | The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Governor McGinty | Film |
| 1943 | Stalingrad | Narrator (English version) | Film |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Dr. Franticek Svoboda | Film |
| 1942 | Wake Island | Maj. Geoffrey Caton | Film |
| 1942 | The Glass Key | Paul Madvig | Film |
| 1942 | The Remarkable Andrew | General Andrew Jackson | Film |
| 1942 | Two Yanks in Trinidad | Vince Barrows | Film |
| 1942 | A Gentleman After Dark | Harry Melton | Film |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts | Film |
| 1942 | Nightmare | Daniel Shane | Film |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Movie Actor (uncredited) | Film |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid | Jim Sherwood | Film |
| 1941 | South of Tahiti | Bob | Film |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues | Memphis | Film |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Steely Edwards | Film |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | Capt. Mercer | Film |
| 1940 | Brigham Young | Angus Duncan | Film |
| 1940 | The Great McGinty | Daniel 'Dan' McGinty | Film |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Grat Dalton | Film |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Sid Campeau | Film |
| 1939 | Jesse James | Barshee | Film |
| 1939 | Beau Geste | Sergeant Markoff | Film |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising | Ralph Callendar | Film |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again | Kent | Film |
| 1939 | Behind Prison Gates | Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray | Film |
| 1938 | In Old Chicago | Gil Warren | Film |
| 1938 | Battle of Broadway | Chesty Webb | Film |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | Batiste Duryea | Film |
| 1936 | Human Cargo | Packy Campbell | Film |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill | Frank Evers | Film |
| 1936 | 13 Hours by Air | James Evarts | Film |
| 1936 | Strike Me Pink | Vance | Film |
| 1936 | Crack-Up | Ace Martin | Film |
| 1936 | High Tension | Steve Reardon | Film |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast | Knuckles Jacoby | Film |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Spike | Film |
| 1932 | A Modern Cinderella | Charlie the Chauffeur | Film |
| 1929 | Two Americans | Unknown | Film |
| 1924 | Monsieur Beaucaire | unknown | Film |
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