Brian Donlevy

15 titles·Since 1939

February 9, 1901 · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

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".

Frequently works with

Susan Hayward

2 titles together

Val Guest

2 titles together

Filmography (15)

Curse of the Fly

1965 · Henri Delambre

The Errand Boy

1961 · Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

Cowboy

1958 · Doc Bender, Trailhand

Quatermass 2

1957 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass

The Big Combo

1955 · Joe McClure

Dangerous Assignment

1952

Impact

1949 · Walter Williams

Kiss of Death

1947 · Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Canyon Passage

1946 · George Camrose

Hangmen Also Die!

1943 · Dr. Franticek Svoboda

The Glass Key

1942 · Paul Madvig

The Great McGinty

1940 · Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Destry Rides Again

1939 · Kent

Beau Geste

1939 · Sergeant Markoff

February 9, 1901 · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

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".