Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
Person

Brian Donlevy

Actor 1901-02-09 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 i...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 · (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

1939 · Kent

The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955 · Joe McClure

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

1947 · Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2

1957 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

1943 · Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957 · General Roger Brandon

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942 · Paul Madvig

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944 · Governor McGinty

Jesse James

Jesse James

1939 · Barshee

Beau Geste

Beau Geste

1939 · Sergeant Markoff

Curse of the Fly

Curse of the Fly

1965 · Henri Delambre

Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939 · Sid Campeau

The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

1940 · Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Cowboy

Cowboy

1958 · Doc Bender, Trailhand

Never So Few

Never So Few

1959 · Gen. Sloan

Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

1946 · George Camrose

Impact

Impact

1949 · Walter Williams

The Errand Boy

The Errand Boy

1961 · Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual