Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1901-02-09
Day of Death
1972-04-06
Place of Birth
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Brian Donlevy
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".
Filmography (103)
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Archival Footage
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
⭐ 7.7
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
⭐ 6.4
Role:
Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
⭐ 6.7
Role:
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Grant Willard
Pit Stop
1969
⭐ 4.3
Role:
Mayor Joe Smith
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Detective Lee
Rogue's Gallery
1968
⭐ 5.2
Role:
Dragon #3
Five Golden Dragons
1967
⭐ 5.6
Role:
Marshal Willett
Hostile Guns
1967
⭐ 5.0
Role:
Gen. Terry Arnold
Gammera the Invincible
1966
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Ace Ross
Waco
1966
⭐ 3.1
Role:
George Wellington
The Fat Spy
1966
⭐ 5.3
Role:
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
⭐ 5.4
Role:
Henri Delambre
