Brian Donlevy
Acting
Born February 9, 1901 · Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Died April 6, 1972
Also known as Waldo Brian Donlevy · McGinty
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".
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1940 · nominated
Filmography41 titles
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Perry Mason
Rawhide
Destry Rides Again
Kiss of Death
Stand by for Action
Rogue's Gallery
The Big Combo
The Great McGinty
Beau Geste
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Hangmen Also Die!
Pit Stop
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Family Affair
Canyon Passage
Hold Back the Dawn
In Old Chicago
Lux Video Theatre
Command Decision
The Glass Key
Cowboy
The Quatermass Xperiment
Jesse James
Quatermass 2
Barbary Coast
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
When the Daltons Rode
The Errand Boy
Impact
Kansas Raiders
The Texan
Allegheny Uprising
Never So Few
A Southern Yankee
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Billy the Kid
Five Golden Dragons
Arizona Bushwhackers
The Fat Spy