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

Robert Montgomery Presents

Climax!

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Rawhide

Studio One

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Family Affair

All Movies (103)

• Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker2021 · as Archival Footage
• Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987 · as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982 · as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
• Pit Stop1969 · as Grant Willard
• Arizona Bushwhackers1968 · as Mayor Joe Smith
• Rogue's Gallery1968 · as Detective Lee
• Five Golden Dragons1967 · as Dragon #3
• Hostile Guns1967 · as Marshal Willett
• Gammera the Invincible1966 · as Gen. Terry Arnold
• Waco1966 · as Ace Ross
• The Fat Spy1966 · as George Wellington
• How to Stuff a Wild Bikini1965 · as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
• Curse of the Fly1965 · as Henri Delambre
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
• The Pigeon That Took Rome1962 · as Col. Sherman Harrington
• The Errand Boy1961 · as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
• Girl In Room 131960 · as Steve Marshall
• Never So Few1959 · as Gen. Sloan
• Juke Box Rhythm1959 · as George Manton
• Cowboy1958 · as Doc Bender, Trailhand
• Escape from Red Rock1957 · as Bronc Grierson
• Quatermass 21957 · as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
• A Cry in the Night1956 · as Ed Bates
• The Quatermass Xperiment1955 · as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
• The Big Combo1955 · as Joe McClure
• Woman They Almost Lynched1953 · as Charles Quantrill
• Ride the Man Down1952 · as Bide Marriner
• Hoodlum Empire1952 · as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
• Slaughter Trail1951 · as Capt. Dempster
• Fighting Coast Guard1951 · as Cmdr. McFarland
• Kansas Raiders1950 · as Quantrill
• Shakedown1950 · as Nick Palmer
• The Lucky Stiff1949 · as John J. Malone
• Impact1949 · as Walter Williams
• Command Decision1948 · as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
• A Southern Yankee1948 · as Kurt Devlynn
• Killer McCoy1947 · as Jim Caighn
• Heaven Only Knows1947 · as Adam 'Duke' Byron
• Kiss of Death1947 · as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
• The Trouble with Women1947 · as Joe McBride
• Song of Scheherazade1947 · as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
• The Beginning or the End1947 · as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
• Two Years Before the Mast1946 · as Richard Henry Dana
• Canyon Passage1946 · as George Camrose
• Our Hearts Were Growing Up1946 · as Tony Minnetti
• The Virginian1946 · as Trampas
• Duffy's Tavern1945 · as Brian Donlevy
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek1944 · as Governor McGinty
• An American Romance1944 · as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• Stalingrad1943 · as Narrator (English version)
• Hangmen Also Die!1943 · as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
• Stand by for Action1942 · as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
• Nightmare1942 · as Daniel Shane
• The Glass Key1942 · as Paul Madvig
• Wake Island1942 · as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
• A Gentleman After Dark1942 · as Harry Melton
• Two Yanks in Trinidad1942 · as Vince Barrows
• The Remarkable Andrew1942 · as General Andrew Jackson
• Birth of the Blues1941 · as Memphis
• The Great Man's Lady1941 · as Steely Edwards
• South of Tahiti1941 · as Bob
• Hold Back the Dawn1941 · as Movie Actor (uncredited)
• Billy the Kid1941 · as Jim Sherwood
• I Wanted Wings1941 · as Capt. Mercer
• Brigham Young1940 · as Angus Duncan
• When the Daltons Rode1940 · as Grat Dalton
• The Great McGinty1940 · as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
• Destry Rides Again1939 · as Kent
• Allegheny Uprising1939 · as Ralph Callendar
• Behind Prison Gates1939 · as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
• Beau Geste1939 · as Sergeant Markoff
• Union Pacific1939 · as Sid Campeau
• Jesse James1939 · as Barshee
• Sharpshooters1938 · as Steve Mitchell
• We're Going to Be Rich1938 · as Yankee Gordon
• Battle of Broadway1938 · as Chesty Webb
• In Old Chicago1938 · as Gil Warren
• Born Reckless1937 · as Bob Kane
• This Is My Affair1937 · as Batiste Duryea
• Midnight Taxi1937 · as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
• Crack-Up1936 · as Ace Martin
• 36 Hours to Kill1936 · as Frank Evers
• High Tension1936 · as Steve Reardon
• Half Angel1936 · as Duffy Giles
• Human Cargo1936 · as Packy Campbell
• 13 Hours by Air1936 · as James Evarts
• Strike Me Pink1936 · as Vance
• Another Face1935 · as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
• Mary Burns, Fugitive1935 · as Spike
• Barbary Coast1935 · as Knuckles Jacoby
• A Modern Cinderella1932 · as Charlie the Chauffeur
• Ireno1932 · as Drunk (uncredited)
• Mother's Boy1929 · as Harry O'Day
• Two Americans1929 · as Unknown
• Gentlemen of the Press1929 · as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
• A Man of Quality1926 · as Richard Courtney
• School for Wives1925 · as Ralph
• Monsieur Beaucaire1924 · as unknown
• Damaged Hearts1924 · as Jim Porter
• Jamestown1923 · as Minor Role (Uncredited)

All TV Shows (17)

• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Family Affair1966
• Target: The Corruptors!1961
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as John Ridges
• Rawhide1959 · as Jed Reston
• The Texan1958
• DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as Constable Dale
• Perry Mason1957 · as General Roger Brandon
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Fred Childress
• Climax!1954 · as Sam Marvin
• Dangerous Assignment1952
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Dan Carmody
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Walter Williams
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Daniel J. McGinty
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• Studio One1948 · as Jim