Born 1901 (age 71) · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Appears in 118 titles

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".

Filmography

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
The Quatermass Xperiment
6.6
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Destry Rides Again
7.2
Destry Rides Again
1939
as Kent
The Big Combo
7.0
The Big Combo
1955
as Joe McClure
Kiss of Death
7.1
Kiss of Death
1947
as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
Quatermass 2
6.4
Quatermass 2
1957
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Hangmen Also Die!
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
The Glass Key
6.6
The Glass Key
1942
as Paul Madvig
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
6.9
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Governor McGinty
Beau Geste
7.0
Beau Geste
1939
as Sergeant Markoff
Jesse James
6.5
Jesse James
1939
as Barshee
Curse of the Fly
5.4
Curse of the Fly
1965
as Henri Delambre
Union Pacific
6.7
Union Pacific
1939
as Sid Campeau
The Great McGinty
7.0
The Great McGinty
1940
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Cowboy
6.4
Cowboy
1958
as Doc Bender, Trailhand
Canyon Passage
6.7
Canyon Passage
1946
as George Camrose
Never So Few
5.5
Never So Few
1959
as Gen. Sloan
Impact
6.1
Impact
1949
as Walter Williams
The Errand Boy
6.1
The Errand Boy
1961
as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Hold Back the Dawn
6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Movie Actor (uncredited)