Born
1901-02-09 (age 125)
Birthplace
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Known For
Acting
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".
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Never So Few
as Gen. Sloan
1959
Kiss of Death
as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
1947
Hangmen Also Die!
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
1943
Command Decision
as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
1948
The Big Combo
as Joe McClure
1955
The Quatermass Xperiment
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1955
Impact
as Walter Williams
1949
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
1982
Quatermass 2
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1957
Hoodlum Empire
as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
1952
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
1965
Gammera the Invincible
as Gen. Terry Arnold
1966
The Errand Boy
as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
1961
A Cry in the Night
as Ed Bates
1956
The Great McGinty
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
1940
Beau Geste
as Sergeant Markoff
1939
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as Governor McGinty
1944
Canyon Passage
as George Camrose
1946
Wake Island
as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
1942
Allegheny Uprising
as Ralph Callendar
1939
TV Appearances
Family Affair
1966
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
Studio One
as Jim
1948
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Rawhide
as Jed Reston
1959
Lux Video Theatre
as Dan Carmody
1950
Climax!
as Sam Marvin
1954
The Texan
1958
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Fred Childress
1956
Dangerous Assignment
1952
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as John Ridges
1959