Acting · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK · Born February 9, 1901
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".
MovieCoded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
2021
as Archival Footage
MovieBarbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
MoviePit Stop
1969
as Grant Willard
MovieArizona Bushwhackers
1968
as Mayor Joe Smith
MovieRogue's Gallery
1968
as Detective Lee
MovieFive Golden Dragons
1967
as Dragon #3
MovieHostile Guns
1967
as Marshal Willett
MovieGammera the Invincible
1966
as Gen. Terry Arnold
TVFamily Affair
1966
MovieWaco
1966
as Ace Ross
MovieThe Fat Spy
1966
as George Wellington
MovieHow to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
MovieCurse of the Fly
1965
as Henri Delambre
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
MovieThe Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
as Col. Sherman Harrington
MovieThe Errand Boy
1961
as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
MovieGirl In Room 13
1960
as Steve Marshall
MovieNever So Few
1959
as Gen. Sloan
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as John Ridges
MovieJuke Box Rhythm
1959
as George Manton
TVRawhide
1959
as Jed Reston
TVThe Texan
1958
MovieCowboy
1958
as Doc Bender, Trailhand
MovieEscape from Red Rock
1957
as Bronc Grierson
TVDuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Constable Dale
TVPerry Mason
1957
as General Roger Brandon
MovieQuatermass 2
1957
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Fred Childress
MovieA Cry in the Night
1956
as Ed Bates
MovieThe Quatermass Xperiment
1955
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
MovieThe Big Combo
1955
as Joe McClure
TVClimax!
1954
as Sam Marvin
MovieWoman They Almost Lynched
1953
as Charles Quantrill
MovieRide the Man Down
1952
as Bide Marriner
MovieHoodlum Empire
1952
as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
TVDangerous Assignment
1952
MovieSlaughter Trail
1951
as Capt. Dempster
MovieFighting Coast Guard
1951
as Cmdr. McFarland
MovieKansas Raiders
1950
as Quantrill
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Dan Carmody
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
MovieShakedown
1950
as Nick Palmer
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
MovieThe Lucky Stiff
1949
as John J. Malone
MovieImpact
1949
as Walter Williams
MovieCommand Decision
1948
as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
TVStudio One
1948
as Jim
MovieA Southern Yankee
1948
as Kurt Devlynn
MovieKiller McCoy
1947
as Jim Caighn
MovieHeaven Only Knows
1947
as Adam 'Duke' Byron
MovieKiss of Death
1947
as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
MovieThe Trouble with Women
1947
as Joe McBride
MovieSong of Scheherazade
1947
as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
MovieThe Beginning or the End
1947
as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
MovieTwo Years Before the Mast
1946
as Richard Henry Dana
MovieCanyon Passage
1946
as George Camrose
MovieOur Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
as Tony Minnetti
MovieThe Virginian
1946
as Trampas
MovieDuffy's Tavern
1945
as Brian Donlevy
MovieThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Governor McGinty
MovieAn American Romance
1944
as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
MovieTwenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MovieStalingrad
1943
as Narrator (English version)
MovieHangmen Also Die!
1943
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
MovieStand by for Action
1942
as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
MovieNightmare
1942
as Daniel Shane
MovieThe Glass Key
1942
as Paul Madvig
MovieWake Island
1942
as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
MovieA Gentleman After Dark
1942
as Harry Melton
MovieTwo Yanks in Trinidad
1942
as Vince Barrows
MovieThe Remarkable Andrew
1942
as General Andrew Jackson
MovieBirth of the Blues
1941
as Memphis
MovieThe Great Man's Lady
1941
as Steely Edwards
MovieSouth of Tahiti
1941
as Bob
MovieHold Back the Dawn
1941
as Movie Actor (uncredited)
MovieBilly the Kid
1941
as Jim Sherwood
MovieI Wanted Wings
1941
as Capt. Mercer
MovieBrigham Young
1940
as Angus Duncan
MovieWhen the Daltons Rode
1940
as Grat Dalton
MovieThe Great McGinty
1940
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
MovieDestry Rides Again
1939
as Kent
MovieAllegheny Uprising
1939
as Ralph Callendar
MovieBehind Prison Gates
1939
as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
MovieBeau Geste
1939
as Sergeant Markoff
MovieUnion Pacific
1939
as Sid Campeau
MovieJesse James
1939
as Barshee
MovieSharpshooters
1938
as Steve Mitchell
MovieWe're Going to Be Rich
1938
as Yankee Gordon
MovieBattle of Broadway
1938
as Chesty Webb
MovieIn Old Chicago
1938
as Gil Warren
MovieBorn Reckless
1937
as Bob Kane
MovieThis Is My Affair
1937
as Batiste Duryea
MovieMidnight Taxi
1937
as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
MovieCrack-Up
1936
as Ace Martin
Movie36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Frank Evers
MovieHigh Tension
1936
as Steve Reardon
MovieHalf Angel
1936
as Duffy Giles
MovieHuman Cargo
1936
as Packy Campbell
Movie13 Hours by Air
1936
as James Evarts
MovieStrike Me Pink
1936
as Vance
MovieAnother Face
1935
as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
MovieMary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Spike
MovieBarbary Coast
1935
as Knuckles Jacoby
MovieA Modern Cinderella
1932
as Charlie the Chauffeur
Ireno
1932
as Drunk (uncredited)
MovieMother's Boy
1929
as Harry O'Day
Two Americans
1929
as Unknown
MovieGentlemen of the Press
1929
as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
A Man of Quality
1926
as Richard Courtney
MovieSchool for Wives
1925
as Ralph
MovieMonsieur Beaucaire
1924
as unknown
MovieDamaged Hearts
1924
as Jim Porter
MovieJamestown
1923
as Minor Role (Uncredited)
