Brian Donlevy
Acting · 71 years old
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
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
The Trouble with Women
Joe McBride
Perry Mason
General Roger Brandon
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
This Is My Affair
Batiste Duryea
Rawhide
Jed Reston
Destry Rides Again
Kent
Kiss of Death
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
The Big Combo
Joe McClure
Juke Box Rhythm
George Manton
Hangmen Also Die!
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
The Great McGinty
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Beau Geste
Sergeant Markoff
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Governor McGinty
The Remarkable Andrew
General Andrew Jackson
Stand by for Action
Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
DuPont Show of the Month
Constable Dale
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Canyon Passage
George Camrose
Hold Back the Dawn
Movie Actor (uncredited)