Brian Donlevy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

120

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-02-09

Day of death

1972-04-06 (71 years old)

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".

Known For

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Rawhide

    Rawhide

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Hoodlum Empire

    Hoodlum Empire

  • Shakedown

    Shakedown

  • The Texan

    The Texan

  • Pit Stop

    Pit Stop

  • Family Affair

    Family Affair

  • Waco

    Waco

  • Brigham Young

    Brigham Young

  • Half Angel

    Half Angel

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • Target: The Corruptors!

    Target: The Corruptors!

  • Hangmen Also Die!

    Hangmen Also Die!

  • DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

  • I Wanted Wings

    I Wanted Wings

  • Wake Island

    Wake Island

  • A Modern Cinderella

    A Modern Cinderella

  • Killer McCoy

    Killer McCoy

  • In Old Chicago

    In Old Chicago

  • Arizona Bushwhackers

    Arizona Bushwhackers

  • Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death

  • The World of Hammer

    The World of Hammer

  • Crack-Up

    Crack-Up

  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Sharpshooters

    Sharpshooters

  • The Quatermass Xperiment

    The Quatermass Xperiment

  • The Beginning or the End

    The Beginning or the End

  • Strike Me Pink

    Strike Me Pink

  • An American Romance

    An American Romance

  • Heaven Only Knows

    Heaven Only Knows

  • Cowboy

    Cowboy

  • Nightmare

    Nightmare

  • Monsieur Beaucaire

    Monsieur Beaucaire

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Dangerous Assignment

    Dangerous Assignment

  • Fighting Coast Guard

    Fighting Coast Guard

  • Song of Scheherazade

    Song of Scheherazade

  • Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

  • This Is My Affair

    This Is My Affair

  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

  • Beau Geste

    Beau Geste

  • Kansas Raiders

    Kansas Raiders

  • The Errand Boy

    The Errand Boy

  • Curse of the Fly

    Curse of the Fly

  • Ireno

    Ireno

  • Jesse James

    Jesse James

  • Impact

    Impact

  • 13 Hours by Air

    13 Hours by Air

  • A Southern Yankee

    A Southern Yankee

  • High Tension

    High Tension

  • Canyon Passage

    Canyon Passage

  • The Glass Key

    The Glass Key

  • Never So Few

    Never So Few

  • Union Pacific

    Union Pacific

  • Allegheny Uprising

    Allegheny Uprising

  • The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

  • The Big Combo

    The Big Combo

  • Barbary Coast

    Barbary Coast

  • Stand by for Action

    Stand by for Action

  • Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

  • Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

  • Midnight Taxi

    Midnight Taxi

  • Quatermass 2

    Quatermass 2

  • The Remarkable Andrew

    The Remarkable Andrew

  • Five Golden Dragons

    Five Golden Dragons

  • Destry Rides Again

    Destry Rides Again

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

    How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

  • Two Americans

    Two Americans

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown

  • Command Decision

    Command Decision

  • Born Reckless

    Born Reckless

  • Hostile Guns

    Hostile Guns

  • Stalingrad

    Stalingrad

  • A Cry in the Night

    A Cry in the Night

  • Ride the Man Down

    Ride the Man Down

  • The Great Man's Lady

    The Great Man's Lady

  • The Fat Spy

    The Fat Spy

  • The Trouble with Women

    The Trouble with Women

  • Slaughter Trail

    Slaughter Trail

  • Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

  • Our Hearts Were Growing Up

    Our Hearts Were Growing Up

  • Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

    Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

  • Birth of the Blues

    Birth of the Blues

  • Gammera the Invincible

    Gammera the Invincible

  • Another Face

    Another Face

  • Gentlemen of the Press

    Gentlemen of the Press

  • When the Daltons Rode

    When the Daltons Rode

  • The Great McGinty

    The Great McGinty

  • Two Yanks in Trinidad

    Two Yanks in Trinidad

  • Two Years Before the Mast

    Two Years Before the Mast

  • Mother's Boy

    Mother's Boy

  • 36 Hours to Kill

    36 Hours to Kill

  • South of Tahiti

    South of Tahiti

  • Battle of Broadway

    Battle of Broadway

  • Rogue's Gallery

    Rogue's Gallery

  • The Pigeon That Took Rome

    The Pigeon That Took Rome

  • Escape from Red Rock

    Escape from Red Rock

  • We're Going to Be Rich

    We're Going to Be Rich

  • Juke Box Rhythm

    Juke Box Rhythm

  • Human Cargo

    Human Cargo

  • A Man of Quality

    A Man of Quality

  • Woman They Almost Lynched

    Woman They Almost Lynched

  • A Gentleman After Dark

    A Gentleman After Dark

  • The Lucky Stiff

    The Lucky Stiff

  • Girl In Room 13

    Girl In Room 13

  • School for Wives

    School for Wives

  • Damaged Hearts

    Damaged Hearts

  • Behind Prison Gates

    Behind Prison Gates