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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

Waldo Brian Donlevy was an American actor of film, stage, television, and radio. He appeared both in leading and supporting roles in Hollywood, and was noted for playing dangerous and tough "heavies", often in films noir. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Beau Geste (1939).

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1940 · nominated

Filmography42 titles

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997as Self (archive footage)

Perry Mason

1957as General Roger Brandon

Rawhide

1959as Jed Reston

Destry Rides Again

1939as Kent

Kiss of Death

1947as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Stand by for Action

1942as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

Rogue's Gallery

1968as Detective Lee

The Big Combo

1955as Joe McClure

The Great McGinty

1940as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Beau Geste

1939as Sergeant Markoff

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1943as Governor McGinty

Hangmen Also Die!

1943as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Pit Stop

1969as Grant Willard

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

Family Affair

1966

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Walter Williams

Canyon Passage

1946as George Camrose

Hold Back the Dawn

1941as Movie Actor (uncredited)

In Old Chicago

1938as Gil Warren

Command Decision

1948as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

The Glass Key

1942as Paul Madvig

Cowboy

1958as Doc Bender, Trailhand

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Jesse James

1939as Barshee

Quatermass 2

1957as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Barbary Coast

1935as Knuckles Jacoby

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

2021as Archival Footage

The Virginian

1946as Trampas

When the Daltons Rode

1940as Grat Dalton

The Errand Boy

1961as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

Impact

1949as Walter Williams

The Texan

1958

Kansas Raiders

1950as Quantrill

Allegheny Uprising

1939as Ralph Callendar

Never So Few

1959as Gen. Sloan

A Southern Yankee

1948as Kurt Devlynn

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

1965as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Billy the Kid

1941as Jim Sherwood

Five Golden Dragons

1967as Dragon #3

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968as Mayor Joe Smith

The Fat Spy

1966as George Wellington