Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-02-09

Day of Death

1972-04-06 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

Also Known As

Waldo Brian Donlevy

McGinty

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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Donlevy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew

This Is My Affair

This Is My Affair

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Acting

Never So Few

1959

Never So Few

as

Gen. Sloan

Kiss of Death

1947

Kiss of Death

as

Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Hangmen Also Die!

1943

Hangmen Also Die!

as

Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Command Decision

1948

Command Decision

as

Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

The Big Combo

1955

The Big Combo

as

Joe McClure

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

as

Bernard Quatermass

Impact

1949

Impact

as

Walter Williams

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as

(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

Quatermass 2

1957

Quatermass 2

as

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Hoodlum Empire

1952

Hoodlum Empire

as

Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

1965

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

as

B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Gammera the Invincible

1966

Gammera the Invincible

as

Gen. Terry Arnold

The Errand Boy

1961

The Errand Boy

as

Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

A Cry in the Night

1956

A Cry in the Night

as

Ed Bates

The Great McGinty

1940

The Great McGinty

as

Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Beau Geste

1939

Beau Geste

as

Sergeant Markoff

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as

Governor McGinty

Canyon Passage

1946

Canyon Passage

as

George Camrose

Wake Island

1942

Wake Island

as

Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Allegheny Uprising

1939

Allegheny Uprising

as

Ralph Callendar

Jesse James

1939

Jesse James

as

Barshee

Destry Rides Again

1939

Destry Rides Again

as

Kent

Union Pacific

1939

Union Pacific

as

Sid Campeau

36 Hours to Kill

1936

36 Hours to Kill

as

Frank Evers

Curse of the Fly

1965

Curse of the Fly

as

Henri Delambre

The Glass Key

1942

The Glass Key

as

Paul Madvig

Cowboy

1958

Cowboy

as

Doc Bender, Trailhand

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

Hold Back the Dawn

as

Movie Actor (uncredited)

Shakedown

1950

Shakedown

as

Nick Palmer

Brigham Young

1940

Brigham Young

as

Angus Duncan

Pit Stop

1969

Pit Stop

as

Grant Willard

The Beginning or the End

1947

The Beginning or the End

as

Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Barbary Coast

1935

Barbary Coast

as

Knuckles Jacoby

Five Golden Dragons

1967

Five Golden Dragons

as

Dragon #3

Stalingrad

1943

Stalingrad

as

Narrator (English version)

Killer McCoy

1947

Killer McCoy

as

Jim Caighn

Birth of the Blues

1941

Birth of the Blues

as

Memphis

In Old Chicago

1938

In Old Chicago

as

Gil Warren

The Remarkable Andrew

1942

The Remarkable Andrew

as

General Andrew Jackson

A Gentleman After Dark

1942

A Gentleman After Dark

as

Harry Melton

The Great Man's Lady

1941

The Great Man's Lady

as

Steely Edwards

Kansas Raiders

1950

Kansas Raiders

as

Quantrill

Waco

1966

Waco

as

Ace Ross

Heaven Only Knows

1947

Heaven Only Knows

as

Adam 'Duke' Byron

Stand by for Action

1942

Stand by for Action

as

Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

The Virginian

1946

The Virginian

as

Trampas

Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935

Mary Burns, Fugitive

as

Spike

Slaughter Trail

1951

Slaughter Trail

as

Capt. Dempster

Billy the Kid

1941

Billy the Kid

as

Jim Sherwood

Strike Me Pink

1936

Strike Me Pink

as

Vance

Battle of Broadway

1938

Battle of Broadway

as

Chesty Webb

I Wanted Wings

1941

I Wanted Wings

as

Capt. Mercer

When the Daltons Rode

1940

When the Daltons Rode

as

Grat Dalton

This Is My Affair

1937

This Is My Affair

as

Batiste Duryea

The Lucky Stiff

1949

The Lucky Stiff

as

John J. Malone

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953

Woman They Almost Lynched

as

Charles Quantrill

An American Romance

1944

An American Romance

as

Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

Rogue's Gallery

1968

Rogue's Gallery

as

Detective Lee

High Tension

1936

High Tension

as

Steve Reardon

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968

Arizona Bushwhackers

as

Mayor Joe Smith

The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962

The Pigeon That Took Rome

as

Col. Sherman Harrington

Behind Prison Gates

1939

Behind Prison Gates

as

Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

Hostile Guns

1967

Hostile Guns

as

Marshal Willett

Juke Box Rhythm

1959

Juke Box Rhythm

as

George Manton

Damaged Hearts

1924

Damaged Hearts

as

Jim Porter

A Southern Yankee

1948

A Southern Yankee

as

Kurt Devlynn

Another Face

1935

Another Face

as

Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

Born Reckless

1937

Born Reckless

as

Bob Kane

Crack-Up

1936

Crack-Up

as

Ace Martin

13 Hours by Air

1936

13 Hours by Air

as

James Evarts

The Fat Spy

1966

The Fat Spy

as

George Wellington

Two Years Before the Mast

1946

Two Years Before the Mast

as

Richard Henry Dana

Song of Scheherazade

1947

Song of Scheherazade

as

Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

A Man of Quality

1926

A Man of Quality

as

Richard Courtney

Human Cargo

1936

Human Cargo

as

Packy Campbell

Fighting Coast Guard

1951

Fighting Coast Guard

as

Cmdr. McFarland

Half Angel

1936

Half Angel

as

Duffy Giles

Midnight Taxi

1937

Midnight Taxi

as

Charles 'Chick' Gardner

Monsieur Beaucaire

1924

Monsieur Beaucaire

as

unknown

Escape from Red Rock

1957

Escape from Red Rock

as

Bronc Grierson

The Trouble with Women

1947

The Trouble with Women

as

Joe McBride

Ride the Man Down

1952

Ride the Man Down

as

Bide Marriner

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as

Self (archive footage)

Jamestown

1923

Jamestown

as

Minor Role (Uncredited)

Two Americans

1929

Two Americans

as

Unknown

School for Wives

1925

School for Wives

as

Ralph

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

as

Tony Minnetti

We're Going to Be Rich

1938

We're Going to Be Rich

as

Yankee Gordon

Duffy's Tavern

1945

Duffy's Tavern

as

Brian Donlevy

Girl In Room 13

1960

Girl In Room 13

as

Steve Marshall

Sharpshooters

1938

Sharpshooters

as

Steve Mitchell

Two Yanks in Trinidad

1942

Two Yanks in Trinidad

as

Vince Barrows

A Modern Cinderella

1932

A Modern Cinderella

as

Charlie the Chauffeur

South of Tahiti

1941

South of Tahiti

as

Bob

Gentlemen of the Press

1929

Gentlemen of the Press

as

Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

Ireno

1932

Ireno

as

Drunk (uncredited)

Mother's Boy

1929

Mother's Boy

as

Harry O'Day

Twenty Years After

1944

Twenty Years After

as

(archive footage)

Nightmare

1942

Nightmare

as

Daniel Shane

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as

Self (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as

Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as

Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

2021

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

as

Archival Footage

Family Affair

Family Affair

as

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as

Self

Studio One

Studio One

as

Jim

Target: The Corruptors!

Target: The Corruptors!

as

Rawhide

Rawhide

as

Jed Reston

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Dan Carmody

Climax!

Climax!

as

Sam Marvin

The Texan

The Texan

as

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

as

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as

Fred Childress

Dangerous Assignment

Dangerous Assignment

as

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as

John Ridges

DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month

as

Constable Dale

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Walter Williams

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

as

General Roger Brandon

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Daniel J. McGinty

Production

Crew

Directing