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Brian Donlevy

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' o

Born

Feb 09, 1901

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

Died

Apr 06, 1972

Known For

Acting

Movies

103 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.8

Known For

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Ireno
1932 • as Drunk (uncredited)
★ 7.5
The Curse of the Fly
The Curse of the Fly
1965 • as Henri Delambre
★ 5.4
Crack-Up
Crack-Up
1936 • as Ace Martin
★ 5.9
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 • as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
★ 6.6
Jesse James
Jesse James
1939 • as Barshee
★ 6.6
Jamestown
Jamestown
1923 • as Minor Role (Uncredited)
★ 10.0
In Old Chicago
In Old Chicago
1938 • as Gil Warren
★ 6.7
Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death
1947 • as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
★ 7.1
Cowboy
Cowboy
1958 • as Doc Bender, Trailhand
★ 6.5
Union Pacific
Union Pacific
1939 • as Sid Campeau
★ 6.7
Quatermass 2
Quatermass 2
1957 • as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
★ 6.4
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 • as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
★ 6.5
The Big Combo
The Big Combo
1955 • as Joe McClure
★ 7.0
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again
1939 • as Kent
★ 7.2
Brigham Young
Brigham Young
1940 • as Angus Duncan
★ 4.6
A Southern Yankee
A Southern Yankee
1948 • as Kurt Devlynn
★ 5.7
The Glass Key
The Glass Key
1942 • as Paul Madvig
★ 6.7
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 • as Governor McGinty
★ 6.9
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 • as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
★ 6.9
I Wanted Wings
I Wanted Wings
1941 • as Capt. Mercer
★ 5.6
Fighting Coast Guard
Fighting Coast Guard
1951 • as Cmdr. McFarland
★ 6.7
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After
1944 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Never So Few
Never So Few
1959 • as Gen. Sloan
★ 5.5
The Virginian
The Virginian
1946 • as Trampas
★ 6.0
When the Daltons Rode
When the Daltons Rode
1940 • as Grat Dalton
★ 6.2
Heaven Only Knows
Heaven Only Knows
1947 • as Adam 'Duke' Byron
★ 6.5
Woman They Almost Lynched
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 • as Charles Quantrill
★ 6.6
Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage
1946 • as George Camrose
★ 6.8
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939 • as Sergeant Markoff
★ 7.0
Stand by for Action
Stand by for Action
1942 • as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
★ 7.0
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 • as Movie Actor (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy
1961 • as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
★ 6.2
Five Golden Dragons
Five Golden Dragons
1967 • as Dragon #3
★ 5.2
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 • as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
★ 6.4
Wake Island
Wake Island
1942 • as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
★ 5.8
An American Romance
An American Romance
1944 • as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
★ 6.1
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 • as Richard Henry Dana
★ 6.5
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid
1941 • as Jim Sherwood
★ 5.3
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965 • as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
★ 5.3
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast
1935 • as Knuckles Jacoby
★ 6.4
Allegheny Uprising
Allegheny Uprising
1939 • as Ralph Callendar
★ 5.9
Impact
Impact
1949 • as Walter Williams
★ 6.1
This Is My Affair
This Is My Affair
1937 • as Batiste Duryea
★ 7.3
The Great Man's Lady
The Great Man's Lady
1941 • as Steely Edwards
★ 6.3
Waco
Waco
1966 • as Ace Ross
★ 6.7
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 • as Tony Minnetti
★ 6.5
A Cry in the Night
A Cry in the Night
1956 • as Ed Bates
★ 5.4
Rogue's Gallery
Rogue's Gallery
1968 • as Detective Lee
★ 7.0
The Beginning or the End
The Beginning or the End
1947 • as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
★ 6.4
The Pigeon That Took Rome
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962 • as Col. Sherman Harrington
★ 5.3
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 • as Vince Barrows
★ 4.0
Ride the Man Down
Ride the Man Down
1952 • as Bide Marriner
★ 6.2
The Fat Spy
The Fat Spy
1966 • as George Wellington
★ 3.1
Strike Me Pink
Strike Me Pink
1936 • as Vance
★ 6.6
Arizona Bushwhackers
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968 • as Mayor Joe Smith
★ 4.3
13 Hours by Air
13 Hours by Air
1936 • as James Evarts
★ 5.2
Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues
1941 • as Memphis
★ 6.2
A Gentleman After Dark
A Gentleman After Dark
1942 • as Harry Melton
★ 4.6
Shakedown
Shakedown
1950 • as Nick Palmer
★ 6.4
Command Decision
Command Decision
1948 • as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
★ 6.6
Gentlemen of the Press
Gentlemen of the Press
1929 • as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Kansas Raiders
Kansas Raiders
1950 • as Quantrill
★ 6.0
Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum Empire
1952 • as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
★ 6.5
36 Hours to Kill
36 Hours to Kill
1936 • as Frank Evers
★ 6.1
Gammera the Invincible
Gammera the Invincible
1966 • as Gen. Terry Arnold
★ 5.1
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 • as Spike
★ 9.0
Song of Scheherazade
Song of Scheherazade
1947 • as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
★ 6.6
Hostile Guns
Hostile Guns
1967 • as Marshal Willett
★ 5.6
Midnight Taxi
Midnight Taxi
1937 • as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
★ 6.2
The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty
1940 • as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
★ 7.0
Duffy's Tavern
Duffy's Tavern
1945 • as Brian Donlevy
★ 6.4
Stalingrad
Stalingrad
1943 • as Narrator (English version)
★ 5.7
The Trouble with Women
The Trouble with Women
1947 • as Joe McBride
★ 9.5
Human Cargo
Human Cargo
1936 • as Packy Campbell
★ 7.5
Girl In Room 13
Girl In Room 13
1960 • as Steve Marshall
★ 6.0
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
★ 6.3
Escape from Red Rock
Escape from Red Rock
1957 • as Bronc Grierson
★ 7.0
The Lucky Stiff
The Lucky Stiff
1949 • as John J. Malone
★ 5.8
We're Going to Be Rich
We're Going to Be Rich
1938 • as Yankee Gordon
★ 5.0
Another Face
Another Face
1935 • as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
★ 4.8
Pit Stop
Pit Stop
1969 • as Grant Willard
★ 6.9
Killer McCoy
Killer McCoy
1947 • as Jim Caighn
★ 6.3
Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924 • as unknown
★ 5.6
Half Angel
Half Angel
1936 • as Duffy Giles
★ 7.5
South of Tahiti
South of Tahiti
1941 • as Bob
★ 6.5
Slaughter Trail
Slaughter Trail
1951 • as Capt. Dempster
★ 4.5
Behind Prison Gates
Behind Prison Gates
1939 • as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
★ 10.0
High Tension
High Tension
1936 • as Steve Reardon
★ 5.8
Battle of Broadway
Battle of Broadway
1938 • as Chesty Webb
★ 5.0
Juke Box Rhythm
Juke Box Rhythm
1959 • as George Manton
★ 7.7
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A Man of Quality
1926 • as Richard Courtney
★ 10.0
Born Reckless
Born Reckless
1937 • as Bob Kane
★ 5.4
School for Wives
School for Wives
1925 • as Ralph
★ 8.0
Nightmare
Nightmare
1942 • as Daniel Shane
★ 6.5
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Two Americans
1929 • as Unknown
★ 7.0
The Remarkable Andrew
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 • as General Andrew Jackson
★ 7.4
Mother's Boy
Mother's Boy
1929 • as Harry O'Day
★ 7.0
Sharpshooters
Sharpshooters
1938 • as Steve Mitchell
★ 8.0
Damaged Hearts
Damaged Hearts
1924 • as Jim Porter
★ 8.0
A Modern Cinderella
A Modern Cinderella
1932 • as Charlie the Chauffeur
★ 5.4