Brian Donlevy

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

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 ★ 6.7

Family Affair 1966 ★ 6.7

Target: The Corruptors! 1961 ★ 5.7

Rawhide 1959 ★ 7.2

The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959 ★ 6.8

Never So Few 1959 ★ 5.5

The Texan 1958 ★ 6.0

Cowboy 1958 ★ 6.5

Perry Mason 1957 ★ 7.7

DuPont Show of the Month 1957 ★ 7.4

Quatermass 2 1957 ★ 6.4

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956 ★ 6.2

The Big Combo 1955 ★ 7.0

The Quatermass Xperiment 1955 ★ 6.5

Climax! 1954 ★ 3.8

Dangerous Assignment 1952 ★ 5.3

Robert Montgomery Presents 1950 ★ 6.0

Studio One 1948 ★ 5.4

Kiss of Death 1947 ★ 7.1

Canyon Passage 1946 ★ 6.7

Hangmen Also Die! 1943 ★ 6.9

Jesse James 1939 ★ 6.5

Beau Geste 1939 ★ 7.0

Union Pacific 1939 ★ 6.7