Brian Donlevy
Actor
- Born
- February 9, 1901 · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
- Died
- April 6, 1972 (age 71)
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 Plaid
May 21, 1982
The Quatermass Xperiment
September 26, 1955
Destry Rides Again
November 30, 1939
The Big Combo
February 13, 1955
Kiss of Death
August 27, 1947
Quatermass 2
June 17, 1957
Hangmen Also Die!
April 1, 1943
The Glass Key
September 8, 1942
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
September 18, 1944
Jesse James
January 14, 1939
Beau Geste
July 24, 1939
Curse of the Fly
May 1, 1965
Acting103
- 2021Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker as Archival Footage
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self (archive footage)
- 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
- 1969Pit Stop as Grant Willard
- 1968Arizona Bushwhackers as Mayor Joe Smith
- 1968Rogue's Gallery as Detective Lee
- 1967Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #3