Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

🎂 9th February 1901 (125 yrs) 📍 Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

Known For

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Biography

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".

Brian Donlevy

Movies Featuring Brian Donlevy

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker (2021)

as Archival Footage
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)

as Self (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)

as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)

as Self (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Pit Stop

Pit Stop (1969)

as Grant Willard
Arizona Bushwhackers

Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)

as Mayor Joe Smith
Rogue's Gallery

Rogue's Gallery (1968)

as Detective Lee
Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons (1967)

as Dragon #3
Hostile Guns

Hostile Guns (1967)

as Marshal Willett
Gammera the Invincible

Gammera the Invincible (1966)

as Gen. Terry Arnold
Waco

Waco (1966)

as Ace Ross
The Fat Spy

The Fat Spy (1966)

as George Wellington
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Curse of the Fly

Curse of the Fly (1965)

as Henri Delambre
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)

as Col. Sherman Harrington
The Errand Boy

The Errand Boy (1961)

as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Girl In Room 13

Girl In Room 13 (1960)

as Steve Marshall
Never So Few

Never So Few (1959)

as Gen. Sloan
Juke Box Rhythm

Juke Box Rhythm (1959)

as George Manton
Cowboy

Cowboy (1958)

as Doc Bender, Trailhand
Escape from Red Rock

Escape from Red Rock (1957)

as Bronc Grierson
Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2 (1957)

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
A Cry in the Night

A Cry in the Night (1956)

as Ed Bates
The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
The Big Combo

The Big Combo (1955)

as Joe McClure
Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)

as Charles Quantrill
Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down (1952)

as Bide Marriner
Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire (1952)

as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Slaughter Trail

Slaughter Trail (1951)

as Capt. Dempster
Fighting Coast Guard

Fighting Coast Guard (1951)

as Cmdr. McFarland
Kansas Raiders

Kansas Raiders (1950)

as Quantrill
Shakedown

Shakedown (1950)

as Nick Palmer
The Lucky Stiff

The Lucky Stiff (1949)

as John J. Malone
Impact

Impact (1949)

as Walter Williams
Command Decision

Command Decision (1948)

as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
A Southern Yankee

A Southern Yankee (1948)

as Kurt Devlynn
Killer McCoy

Killer McCoy (1947)

as Jim Caighn
Heaven Only Knows

Heaven Only Knows (1947)

as Adam 'Duke' Byron
Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death (1947)

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women (1947)

as Joe McBride
Song of Scheherazade

Song of Scheherazade (1947)

as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End (1947)

as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast (1946)

as Richard Henry Dana
Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage (1946)

as George Camrose
Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)

as Tony Minnetti
The Virginian

The Virginian (1946)

as Trampas
Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern (1945)

as Brian Donlevy
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)

as Governor McGinty
An American Romance

An American Romance (1944)

as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After (1944)

as (archive footage)
Stalingrad

Stalingrad (1943)

as Narrator (English version)
Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action (1942)

as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Nightmare

Nightmare (1942)

as Daniel Shane
The Glass Key

The Glass Key (1942)

as Paul Madvig
Wake Island

Wake Island (1942)

as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
A Gentleman After Dark

A Gentleman After Dark (1942)

as Harry Melton
Two Yanks in Trinidad

Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)

as Vince Barrows
The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)

as General Andrew Jackson
Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues (1941)

as Memphis
The Great Man's Lady

The Great Man's Lady (1941)

as Steely Edwards
South of Tahiti

South of Tahiti (1941)

as Bob
Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

as Movie Actor (uncredited)
Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid (1941)

as Jim Sherwood
I Wanted Wings

I Wanted Wings (1941)

as Capt. Mercer
Brigham Young

Brigham Young (1940)

as Angus Duncan
When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode (1940)

as Grat Dalton
The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty (1940)

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again (1939)

as Kent
Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising (1939)

as Ralph Callendar
Behind Prison Gates

Behind Prison Gates (1939)

as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
Beau Geste

Beau Geste (1939)

as Sergeant Markoff
Union Pacific

Union Pacific (1939)

as Sid Campeau
Jesse James

Jesse James (1939)

as Barshee
Sharpshooters

Sharpshooters (1938)

as Steve Mitchell
We're Going to Be Rich

We're Going to Be Rich (1938)

as Yankee Gordon
Battle of Broadway

Battle of Broadway (1938)

as Chesty Webb
In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago (1938)

as Gil Warren
Born Reckless

Born Reckless (1937)

as Bob Kane
This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair (1937)

as Batiste Duryea
Midnight Taxi

Midnight Taxi (1937)

as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
Crack-Up

Crack-Up (1936)

as Ace Martin
36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill (1936)

as Frank Evers
High Tension

High Tension (1936)

as Steve Reardon
Half Angel

Half Angel (1936)

as Duffy Giles
Human Cargo

Human Cargo (1936)

as Packy Campbell
13 Hours by Air

13 Hours by Air (1936)

as James Evarts
Strike Me Pink

Strike Me Pink (1936)

as Vance
Another Face

Another Face (1935)

as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
Mary Burns, Fugitive

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)

as Spike
Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast (1935)

as Knuckles Jacoby
A Modern Cinderella

A Modern Cinderella (1932)

as Charlie the Chauffeur
No Image

Ireno (1932)

as Drunk (uncredited)
Mother's Boy

Mother's Boy (1929)

as Harry O'Day
No Image

Two Americans (1929)

as Unknown
Gentlemen of the Press

Gentlemen of the Press (1929)

as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
No Image

A Man of Quality (1926)

as Richard Courtney
School for Wives

School for Wives (1925)

as Ralph
Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)

as unknown
Damaged Hearts

Damaged Hearts (1924)

as Jim Porter
Jamestown

Jamestown (1923)

as Minor Role (Uncredited)