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Actor
Brian Donlevy
- Born February 9, 1901 in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
- Died April 6, 1972
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
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982
The Quatermass Xperiment1955
Destry Rides Again1939
The Big Combo1955
Kiss of Death1947
Quatermass 21957
Hangmen Also Die!1943
Perry Mason1957
Filmography
- 2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerFilmArchival Footage
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1994The World of HammerSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodFilmProfessor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1982Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidFilm(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
- 1969Pit StopFilmGrant Willard
- 1968Arizona BushwhackersFilmMayor Joe Smith
- 1968Rogue's GalleryFilmDetective Lee
- 1967Five Golden DragonsFilmDragon #3
- 1967Hostile GunsFilmMarshal Willett
- 1966Family AffairSeries
- 1966Gammera the InvincibleFilmGen. Terry Arnold
- 1966The Fat SpyFilmGeorge Wellington
- 1966WacoFilmAce Ross
- 1965The Curse of the FlyFilmHenri Delambre
- 1965How to Stuff a Wild BikiniFilmB.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
- 1964The Big Parade of ComedyFilmKurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
- 1962The Pigeon That Took RomeFilmCol. Sherman Harrington
- 1961The Errand BoyFilmTom 'T.P.' Paramutual
- 1961Target: The Corruptors!Series
- 1960Girl In Room 13FilmSteve Marshall
- 1959Never So FewFilmGen. Sloan
- 1959RawhideSeriesJed Reston
- 1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeriesJohn Ridges
- 1959Juke Box RhythmFilmGeorge Manton
- 1958CowboyFilmDoc Bender, Trailhand
- 1958The TexanSeries
- 1957Quatermass 2FilmProf. Bernard Quatermass
- 1957Perry MasonSeriesGeneral Roger Brandon
- 1957DuPont Show of the MonthSeriesConstable Dale
- 1957Escape from Red RockFilmBronc Grierson
- 1956A Cry in the NightFilmEd Bates
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeriesFred Childress
- 1955The Quatermass XperimentFilmProf. Bernard Quatermass
- 1955The Big ComboFilmJoe McClure
- 1955CrossroadsSeriesDr. Roy Bell
- 1954Climax!SeriesSam Marvin
- 1953Woman They Almost LynchedFilmCharles Quantrill
- 1952Hoodlum EmpireFilmSen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
- 1952Ride the Man DownFilmBide Marriner
- 1952Dangerous AssignmentSeries
- 1951Slaughter TrailFilmCapt. Dempster
- 1951Fighting Coast GuardFilmCmdr. McFarland
- 1950ShakedownFilmNick Palmer
- 1950Kansas RaidersFilmQuantrill
- 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesSelf
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries
- 1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesDan Carmody, Walter Williams, Daniel J. McGinty
- 1949ImpactFilmWalter Williams
- 1949The Lucky StiffFilmJohn J. Malone
- 1948Command DecisionFilmBrigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
- 1948Studio OneSeriesJim
- 1948A Southern YankeeFilmKurt Devlynn
- 1947Kiss of DeathFilmAssistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
- 1947The Beginning or the EndFilmMaj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
- 1947Killer McCoyFilmJim Caighn
- 1947Heaven Only KnowsFilmAdam 'Duke' Byron
- 1947Song of ScheherazadeFilmCapt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
- 1947The Trouble with WomenFilmJoe McBride
- 1946Canyon PassageFilmGeorge Camrose
- 1946The VirginianFilmTrampas
- 1946Two Years Before the MastFilmRichard Henry Dana
- 1946Our Hearts Were Growing UpFilmTony Minnetti
- 1945Duffy's TavernFilmBrian Donlevy
- 1944The Miracle of Morgan's CreekFilmGovernor McGinty
- 1944An American RomanceFilmStefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
- 1944Twenty Years AfterFilm(archive footage)
- 1943Hangmen Also Die!FilmDr. Franticek Svoboda
- 1943StalingradFilmNarrator (English version)
- 1942The Glass KeyFilmPaul Madvig
- 1942Wake IslandFilmMaj. Geoffrey Caton
- 1942Stand by for ActionFilmLieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
- 1942A Gentleman After DarkFilmHarry Melton
- 1942Two Yanks in TrinidadFilmVince Barrows
- 1942The Remarkable AndrewFilmGeneral Andrew Jackson
- 1942NightmareFilmDaniel Shane
- 1941Hold Back the DawnFilmMovie Actor (uncredited)
- 1941Billy the KidFilmJim Sherwood
- 1941Birth of the BluesFilmMemphis