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Brian Donlevy

Film Producer / Actor | * 02/09/1901 († 71, 04/05/1972) | Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland] (United Kingdom (UK))
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Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 6, 1972) was an American actor, who was noted for playing dangerous and tough characters. Usually appearing in supporting roles, among his best-known films are Beau Geste (1939), The Great McGinty (1940) and Wake Island (1942). For his role as the sadistic Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He starred as U.S. special agent Steve Mitchell in the radio/TV series Dangerous Assignment. His obituary in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom said, "Any consideration of the American 'film noir' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him". ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Western

Known for these Movies & Shows

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign. ...

The Glass Key

NR

1942 | 3.3/5 | 1h 25min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has b ...

Quatermass 2

Certification unknown

1957 | 3.3/5 | 1h 25min
Horror, Science Fiction
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When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight f ...

Beau Geste

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1939 | 3.5/5 | 1h 52min
Adventure, Drama, War
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After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime. ...

Impact

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1949 | 3.2/5 | 1h 51min
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
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Awards & Nominations for Brian Donlevy

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Brian Donlevy as Actor(97)

as Self (archive footage)1988 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as (archive footage)1987 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as Grant Willard1969 Pit Stop
as Mayor Joe Smith1968 Arizona Bushwhackers
as Detective Lee1968 Rogue's Gallery
as Marshal Willett1967 Hostile Guns
as Dragon #31967 Five Golden Dragons
as Ace Ross1966 Waco
as Gen. Terry Arnold1966 Gammera the Invincible
as George Wellington1966 The Fat Spy
as Henri Delambre1965 Curse of the Fly
as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson1965 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as (archive footage)1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Col. Sherman Harrington1962 The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual1961 The Errand Boy
as Steve Marshall1960 Girl In Room 13
as Gen. Sloan1959 Never So Few
as George Manton1959 Juke Box Rhythm
as Doc Bender, Trailhand1958 Cowboy
as Bronc Grierson1957 Escape from Red Rock
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass1957 Quatermass 2
as Ed Bates1956 A Cry in the Night
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass1955 The Quatermass Xperiment
as Joe McClure1955 The Big Combo
as Charles Quantrill1953 Woman They Almost Lynched
as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens1952 Hoodlum Empire
as Bide Marriner1952 Ride the Man Down
as Capt. Dempster1951 Slaughter Trail
as Cmdr. McFarland1951 Fighting Coast Guard
as Quantrill1950 Kansas Raiders
as Nick Palmer1950 Shakedown
as Walter Williams1949 Impact
as John J. Malone1949 The Lucky Stiff
as Kurt Devlynn1948 A Southern Yankee
as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet1948 Command Decision
as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch1947 Song of Scheherazade
as Adam 'Duke' Byron1947 Heaven Only Knows
as Joe McBride1947 The Trouble with Women
as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves1947 The Beginning or the End
as Jim Caighn1947 Killer McCoy
as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo1947 Kiss of Death
as George Camrose1946 Canyon Passage
as Richard Henry Dana1946 Two Years Before the Mast
as Tony Minnetti1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up
as Trampas1946 The Virginian
as himself1945 Duffy's Tavern
as Governor McGinty1944 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944 Twenty Years After
as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos1944 An American Romance
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda1943 Hangmen Also Die!
as Steely Edwards1942 The Great Man's Lady
as Maj. Geoffrey Caton1942 Wake Island
as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts1942 Stand by for Action
as Paul Madvig1942 The Glass Key
as General Andrew Jackson1942 The Remarkable Andrew
as Daniel Shane1942 Nightmare
as Vince Barrows1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Harry Melton1942 A Gentleman After Dark
as Capt. Mercer1941 I Wanted Wings
as Memphis1941 Birth of the Blues
as Jim Sherwood1941 Billy the Kid
as Movie Actor (uncredited)1941 Hold Back the Dawn
as Bob1941 South of Tahiti
as Grat Dalton1940 When the Daltons Rode
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty1940 The Great McGinty
as Angus Duncan1940 Brigham Young
as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray1939 Behind Prison Gates
as Sergeant Markoff1939 Beau Geste
as Barshee1939 Jesse James
as Ralph Callendar1939 Allegheny Uprising
as Sid Campeau1939 Union Pacific
as Kent1939 Destry Rides Again
as Chesty Webb1938 Battle Of Broadway
as Steve Mitchell1938 Sharpshooters
as Gil Warren1938 In Old Chicago
as Yankee Gordon1938 We're Going to Be Rich
as Batiste Duryea1937 This Is My Affair
as Bob Kane1937 Born Reckless
as Charles 'Chick' Gardner1937 Midnight Taxi
as James Evarts1936 13 Hours by Air
as Vance1936 Strike Me Pink
as Ace Martin1936 Crack-Up
as Steve Reardon1936 High Tension
as Packy Campbell1936 Human Cargo
as Frank Evers1936 36 Hours to Kill
as Duffy Giles1936 Half Angel
as Knuckles Jacoby1935 Barbary Coast
as Spike1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III1935 Another Face
as Drunk (uncredited)1932 Ireno
as Charlie the Chauffeur1932 A Modern Cinderella
as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)1929 Gentlemen Of The Press
as Harry O'Day1929 Mother's Boy
as Richard Courtney1926 A Man of Quality
as unknown1924 Monsieur Beaucaire
as Jim Porter1924 Damaged Hearts

TV Shows/Series with Brian Donlevy as Actor(15)

1966 Family Affair
1961 Target: The Corruptors!
as John Ridges1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Jed Reston1959 Rawhide
1958 The Texan
as General Roger Brandon1957 Perry Mason
as Constable Dale1957 DuPont Show of the Month
as Fred Childress1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sam Marvin1954 Climax!
as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Dan Carmody1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Daniel J. McGinty1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Walter Williams1950 Lux Video Theatre
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Jim1948 Studio One

Full Name: Brian Donlevy
Born: Saturday, 02/09 1901 (February) in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland] (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 04/05 1972 (April) in Woodland Hills (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Marjorie Lane, Lillian Arch
Other names for Brian Donlevy (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Waldo Brian Donlevy"
"McGinty"
Brian Donlevy frequently works together with these people:
Vaughn Taylor (35x, Actor)
Harry Townes (27x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (22x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (20x, Actor)
Anne Seymour (19x, Actress)
Addison Richards (18x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (18x, Actor)
June Lockhart (18x, Actress)
Robert H. Harris (18x, Actor)
John Newland (18x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (17x, Actor)
James Daly (17x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5595, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024