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Brian Donlevy
Born
9 February 1901
Died
6 April 1972
Place
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Acting

Brian Donlevy

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".

As actor

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

2021 · Archival Footage
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997 · Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 · Self (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987 · Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 · (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Pit Stop

Pit Stop

1969 · Grant Willard
Rogue's Gallery

Rogue's Gallery

1968 · Detective Lee
Arizona Bushwhackers

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968 · Mayor Joe Smith
Five Golden Dragons

Five Golden Dragons

1967 · Dragon #3
Hostile Guns

Hostile Guns

1967 · Marshal Willett
Gammera the Invincible

Gammera the Invincible

1966 · Gen. Terry Arnold
Waco

Waco

1966 · Ace Ross
The Fat Spy

The Fat Spy

1966 · George Wellington
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

1965 · B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Curse of the Fly

Curse of the Fly

1965 · Henri Delambre
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962 · Col. Sherman Harrington
The Errand Boy

The Errand Boy

1961 · Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Girl In Room 13

Girl In Room 13

1960 · Steve Marshall
Never So Few

Never So Few

1959 · Gen. Sloan
Juke Box Rhythm

Juke Box Rhythm

1959 · George Manton
Cowboy

Cowboy

1958 · Doc Bender, Trailhand
Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2

1957 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Escape from Red Rock

Escape from Red Rock

1957 · Bronc Grierson
A Cry in the Night

A Cry in the Night

1956 · Ed Bates
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955 · Joe McClure
The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953 · Charles Quantrill
Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire

1952 · Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down

1952 · Bide Marriner