Brian Donlevy

Deceased · Born: Feb 9, 1901 · Died: Apr 6, 1972

Personal Details

Born Feb 9, 1901 Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

Spouse

Lillian Arch Lugosi
( Feb 25, 1966 to Apr 5, 1972 )
Marjorie Lane
( Dec 31, 1936 to Jan 20, 1948 )
Yvonne Grey
( Oct 5, 1928 to Feb 1, 1936 )

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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Donlevy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Career

acting

1987

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood!

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! as Professor Bernard Quatermass

1969

Pit Stop as Grant Willard

1968

Arizona Bushwhackers

Arizona Bushwhackers as Mayor Joe Smith

Rogue's Gallery

Rogue's Gallery as Detective Lee

1967

Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons as Dragon #3

Hostile Guns as Marshal Willett

1966

Gammera the Invincible

Gammera the Invincible as Gen. Terry Arnold

Waco as Ace Ross

The Fat Spy as George Wellington

1965

Curse of the Fly

Curse of the Fly as Henri Delambre

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Perry Mason as General Roger Brandon

1962

The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Pigeon That Took Rome as Col. Sherman Harrington

1961

The Errand Boy as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

1960

Girl in Room 13

Girl in Room 13 as Steve Marshall

1959

Never So Few as Gen. Sloan

Juke Box Rhythm

Juke Box Rhythm as George Manton

Rawhide as Jed Reston

1958

Cowboy as Doc Bender, Trailhand

1957

Quatermass 2 as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Escape from Red Rock

Escape from Red Rock as Bronc Grierson

1956

A Cry in the Night

A Cry in the Night as Ed Bates

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

The Big Combo as Joe McClure

Climax! as Sam Marvin

1954

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre as Daniel J. McGinty

1953

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched as Charles Quantrill

1952

Hoodlum Empire as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down as Bide Marriner

1951

Fighting Coast Guard

Fighting Coast Guard as Cmdr. McFarland

Slaughter Trail

Slaughter Trail as Capt. Dempster

1950

Kansas Raiders as Quantrill

Shakedown as Nick Palmer

1949

Impact as Walter Williams

The Lucky Stiff

The Lucky Stiff as John J. Malone

1948

Command Decision

Command Decision as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

A Southern Yankee

A Southern Yankee as Kurt Devlynn

1947

Kiss of Death as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Song of Scheherazade

Song of Scheherazade as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

The Beginning or the End

The Beginning or the End as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Heaven Only Knows

Heaven Only Knows as Adam 'Duke' Byron

The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women as Joe McBride

Killer McCoy as Jim Caighn

1946

The Virginian as Trampas

Canyon Passage as George Camrose

Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast as Richard Henry Dana

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up as Tony Minnetti

1945

Duffy's Tavern as Brian Donlevy

1944

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek as Governor McGinty

An American Romance

An American Romance as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

1943

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die! as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

1942

Wake Island as Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

Nightmare as Daniel Shane

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew as General Andrew Jackson

The Great Man's Lady

The Great Man's Lady as Steely Edwards

A Gentleman After Dark

A Gentleman After Dark as Harry Melton

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Two Yanks in Trinidad as Vince Barrows

The Glass Key as Paul Madvig

1941

I Wanted Wings as Capt. Mercer

South of Tahiti

South of Tahiti as Bob

Billy the Kid as Jim Sherwood

Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues as Memphis

1940

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode as Grat Dalton

Brigham Young as Angus Duncan

The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

1939

Jesse James as Barshee

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again as Kent

Allegheny Uprising

Allegheny Uprising as Ralph Callendar

Union Pacific as Sid Campeau

Behind Prison Gates

Behind Prison Gates as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

Beau Geste as Sergeant Markoff

1938

Battle of Broadway

Battle of Broadway as Chesty Webb

In Old Chicago as Gil Warren

We're Going to Be Rich

We're Going to Be Rich as Yankee Gordon

1937

Midnight Taxi as Charles 'Chick' Gardner

Born Reckless as Bob Kane

This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair as Batiste Duryea

1936

Half Angel as Duffy Giles

36 Hours to Kill

36 Hours to Kill as Frank Evers

Crack-Up as Ace Martin

Human Cargo as Packy Campbell

Strike Me Pink as Vance

High Tension as Steve Reardon

1935

Barbary Coast as Knuckles Jacoby

Another Face as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Mary Burns, Fugitive as Spike

1932

A Modern Cinderella

A Modern Cinderella as Charlie the Chauffeur

appearances

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