Brian Donlevy
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1901-02-09 – 1972-04-06
Place of birth: Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
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".
Known for
Never So Few
1959Gen. Sloan
Kiss of Death
1947Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
Hangmen Also Die!
1943Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Command Decision
1948Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
The Big Combo
1955Joe McClure
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Impact
1949Walter Williams
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Quatermass 2
1957Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Hoodlum Empire
1952Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Gammera the Invincible
1966Gen. Terry Arnold
The Errand Boy
1961Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
A Cry in the Night
1956Ed Bates
The Great McGinty
1940Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Beau Geste
1939Sergeant Markoff
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944Governor McGinty
Canyon Passage
1946George Camrose
Wake Island
1942Maj. Geoffrey Caton