Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Acting

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".

Filmography

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Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker ★ 6.3 Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker 2021 Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line ★ 7.7 Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line 1997 The World of Hammer ★ 6.7 The World of Hammer 1994 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood ★ 6.4 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood 1987 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life ★ 6.5 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ★ 6.7 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 Pit Stop ★ 6.8 Pit Stop 1969 Arizona Bushwhackers ★ 4.3 Arizona Bushwhackers 1968 Rogue's Gallery ★ 7.0 Rogue's Gallery 1968 Five Golden Dragons ★ 5.2 Five Golden Dragons 1967 Hostile Guns ★ 5.6 Hostile Guns 1967 Gammera the Invincible ★ 5.0 Gammera the Invincible 1966 Family Affair ★ 6.7 Family Affair 1966 Waco ★ 6.7 Waco 1966 The Fat Spy ★ 3.1 The Fat Spy 1966 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini ★ 5.3 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini 1965 Curse of the Fly ★ 5.4 Curse of the Fly 1965 The Big Parade of Comedy ★ 7.2 The Big Parade of Comedy 1964 The Pigeon That Took Rome ★ 5.3 The Pigeon That Took Rome 1962 The Errand Boy ★ 6.1 The Errand Boy 1961 Target: The Corruptors! ★ 5.7 Target: The Corruptors! 1961 Girl In Room 13 ★ 6.0 Girl In Room 13 1960 Never So Few ★ 5.5 Never So Few 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson ★ 6.8 The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959 Juke Box Rhythm ★ 7.7 Juke Box Rhythm 1959 Rawhide ★ 7.2 Rawhide 1959 The Texan ★ 6.0 The Texan 1958 Cowboy ★ 6.5 Cowboy 1958 Escape from Red Rock ★ 7.0 Escape from Red Rock 1957 DuPont Show of the Month ★ 7.4 DuPont Show of the Month 1957 Perry Mason ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957 Quatermass 2 ★ 6.4 Quatermass 2 1957 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ★ 6.2 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956 A Cry in the Night ★ 5.4 A Cry in the Night 1956 The Quatermass Xperiment ★ 6.5 The Quatermass Xperiment 1955 The Big Combo ★ 7.0 The Big Combo 1955 Climax! ★ 3.8 Climax! 1954 Woman They Almost Lynched ★ 6.6 Woman They Almost Lynched 1953 Ride the Man Down ★ 7.7 Ride the Man Down 1952 Hoodlum Empire ★ 6.5 Hoodlum Empire 1952 Dangerous Assignment ★ 5.3 Dangerous Assignment 1952 Slaughter Trail ★ 4.5 Slaughter Trail 1951 Fighting Coast Guard ★ 6.7 Fighting Coast Guard 1951 Kansas Raiders ★ 6.0 Kansas Raiders 1950 Lux Video Theatre ★ 6.7 Lux Video Theatre 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ★ 6.9 The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950 Shakedown ★ 6.4 Shakedown 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ★ 6.0 Robert Montgomery Presents 1950 The Lucky Stiff ★ 5.8 The Lucky Stiff 1949 Impact ★ 6.1 Impact 1949 Command Decision ★ 6.6 Command Decision 1948 Studio One ★ 5.4 Studio One 1948 A Southern Yankee ★ 5.5 A Southern Yankee 1948 Killer McCoy ★ 6.3 Killer McCoy 1947 Heaven Only Knows ★ 6.5 Heaven Only Knows 1947 Kiss of Death ★ 7.1 Kiss of Death 1947 The Trouble with Women ★ 9.5 The Trouble with Women 1947 Song of Scheherazade ★ 6.6 Song of Scheherazade 1947 The Beginning or the End ★ 6.4 The Beginning or the End 1947 Two Years Before the Mast ★ 6.5 Two Years Before the Mast 1946 Canyon Passage ★ 6.7 Canyon Passage 1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up ★ 6.5 Our Hearts Were Growing Up 1946 The Virginian ★ 6.2 The Virginian 1946 Duffy's Tavern ★ 6.4 Duffy's Tavern 1945 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek ★ 6.9 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 An American Romance ★ 6.1 An American Romance 1944 Twenty Years After ★ 8.0 Twenty Years After 1944 Stalingrad ★ 5.7 Stalingrad 1943 Hangmen Also Die! ★ 6.9 Hangmen Also Die! 1943 Stand by for Action ★ 7.1 Stand by for Action 1942 Nightmare ★ 6.3 Nightmare 1942 The Glass Key ★ 6.6 The Glass Key 1942 Wake Island ★ 5.9 Wake Island 1942 A Gentleman After Dark ★ 4.6 A Gentleman After Dark 1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad ★ 4.0 Two Yanks in Trinidad 1942 The Remarkable Andrew ★ 7.4 The Remarkable Andrew 1942 Birth of the Blues ★ 6.2 Birth of the Blues 1941 The Great Man's Lady ★ 6.3 The Great Man's Lady 1941 South of Tahiti ★ 6.5 South of Tahiti 1941 Hold Back the Dawn ★ 6.7 Hold Back the Dawn 1941