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".
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Known For
Jesse James
(1939)
Barshee
Kiss of Death
(1947)
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
The Big Combo
(1955)
Joe McClure
Canyon Passage
(1946)
George Camrose
Beau Geste
(1939)
Sergeant Markoff
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Never So Few
(1959)
Gen. Sloan
Destry Rides Again
(1939)
Kent
Quatermass II
(1957)
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
The Glass Key
(1942)
Paul Madvig
Cowboy
(1958)
Doc Bender, Trailhand
Union Pacific
(1939)
Sid Campeau
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
(1943)
Governor McGinty
Impact
(1949)
Walter Williams
The Errand Boy
(1961)
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Full Filmography
Acting
Damaged Hearts
(1924)
Jim Porter
Monsieur Beaucaire
(1924)
unknown
A Man of Quality
(1926)
Richard Courtney
Gentlemen of the Press
(1929)
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
Mother's Boy
(1929)
Harry O'Day
Two Americans
(1929)
Unknown
A Modern Cinderella
(1932)
Charlie the Chauffeur
Ireno
(1932)
Drunk (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
(1935)
Knuckles Jacoby
Mary Burns, Fugitive
(1935)
Spike
Another Face
(1935)
Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
36 Hours to Kill
(1936)
Frank Evers
Strike Me Pink
(1936)
Vance
High Tension
(1936)
Steve Reardon
Crack-Up
(1936)
Ace Martin
13 Hours by Air
(1936)
James Evarts
Human Cargo
(1936)
Packy Campbell
Half Angel
(1936)
Duffy Giles
This Is My Affair
(1937)
Batiste Duryea
Born Reckless
(1937)
Bob Kane
Midnight Taxi
(1937)
Charles 'Chick' Gardner
In Old Chicago
(1938)
Gil Warren
Battle Of Broadway
(1938)
Chesty Webb
We're Going to Be Rich
(1938)
Yankee Gordon
Sharpshooters
(1938)
Steve Mitchell
Beau Geste
(1939)
Sergeant Markoff
Allegheny Uprising
(1939)
Ralph Callendar
Destry Rides Again
(1939)
Kent
Jesse James
(1939)
Barshee
Union Pacific
(1939)
Sid Campeau
Behind Prison Gates
(1939)
Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
The Great McGinty
(1940)
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Brigham Young
(1940)
Angus Duncan
When the Daltons Rode
(1940)
Grat Dalton
Hold Back the Dawn
(1941)
Movie Actor (uncredited)
Birth of the Blues
(1941)
Memphis
Billy the Kid
(1941)
Jim Sherwood
I Wanted Wings
(1941)
Capt. Mercer
South of Tahiti
(1941)
Bob
Wake Island
(1942)
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
The Glass Key
(1942)
Paul Madvig
The Remarkable Andrew
(1942)
General Andrew Jackson
A Gentleman After Dark
(1942)
Harry Melton
The Great Man's Lady
(1942)
Steely Edwards
Stand by for Action
(1942)
Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Two Yanks in Trinidad
(1942)
Vince Barrows
Nightmare
(1942)
Daniel Shane
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
(1943)
Governor McGinty
Stalingrad
(1943)
Narrator (English version)
An American Romance
(1944)
Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
Twenty Years After
(1944)
(archive footage)
Duffy's Tavern
(1945)
Brian Donlevy
Canyon Passage
(1946)
George Camrose
The Virginian
(1946)
Trampas
Two Years Before the Mast
(1946)
Richard Henry Dana
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
(1946)
Tony Minnetti
Kiss of Death
(1947)
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
The Beginning or the End
(1947)
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Killer McCoy
(1947)
Jim Caighn
Song of Scheherazade
(1947)
Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
The Trouble with Women
(1947)
Joe McBride
Heaven Only Knows
(1947)
Adam 'Duke' Byron
Command Decision
(1948)
Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
A Southern Yankee
(1948)
Kurt Devlynn
Impact
(1949)
Walter Williams
The Lucky Stiff
(1949)
John J. Malone
Shakedown
(1950)
Nick Palmer
Kansas Raiders
(1950)
Quantrill
Slaughter Trail
(1951)
Capt. Dempster
Fighting Coast Guard
(1951)
Cmdr. McFarland
Hoodlum Empire
(1952)
Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Ride the Man Down
(1952)
Bide Marriner
Woman They Almost Lynched
(1953)
Charles Quantrill
The Big Combo
(1955)
Joe McClure
The Quatermass Xperiment
(1955)
Bernard Quatermass
A Cry in the Night
(1956)
Ed Bates
Quatermass II
(1957)
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Escape from Red Rock
(1957)
Bronc Grierson
Cowboy
(1958)
Doc Bender, Trailhand
Never So Few
(1959)
Gen. Sloan
Juke Box Rhythm
(1959)
George Manton
Girl In Room 13
(1960)
Steve Marshall
The Errand Boy
(1961)
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
The Pigeon That Took Rome
(1962)
Col. Sherman Harrington
The Big Parade of Comedy
(1964)
Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
(1965)
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Curse of the Fly
(1965)
Henri Delambre
Gammera the Invincible
(1966)
Gen. Terry Arnold
Waco
(1966)
Ace Ross
The Fat Spy
(1966)
George Wellington
Five Golden Dragons
(1967)
Dragon #3
Hostile Guns
(1967)
Marshal Willett
Rogue's Gallery
(1968)
Detective Lee
Arizona Bushwhackers
(1968)
Mayor Joe Smith
Pit Stop
(1969)
Grant Willard
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
(1987)
Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
(1997)
Self (archive footage)