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Brian Donlevy

Acting

Born: 1901-02-09
Died: 1972-04-06
From: Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Gender: Male
Popularity: 1

Also Known As

Waldo Brian DonlevyMcGinty

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".

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 1 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Beau Geste

1940
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Acting114 titles

Behind Prison Gates
10.0
Movie

Behind Prison Gates

1939Thriller
Jamestown
10.0
Movie

Jamestown

1923Documentary
The Trouble with Women
9.5
Movie

The Trouble with Women

1947Comedy
Mary Burns, Fugitive
9.0
Movie

Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935Drama
Damaged Hearts
8.0
Movie

Damaged Hearts

1924Drama
School for Wives
8.0
Movie

School for Wives

1925Drama
Sharpshooters
8.0
Movie

Sharpshooters

1938Action
Twenty Years After
8.0
Movie

Twenty Years After

1944Documentary
Juke Box Rhythm
7.7
Movie

Juke Box Rhythm

1959Drama
Ride the Man Down
7.7
Movie

Ride the Man Down

1952Action
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
7.7
Movie

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997Documentary
Perry Mason
7.7
Series

Perry Mason

1957-1966Thriller
Human Cargo
7.5
Movie

Human Cargo

1936Action
Half Angel
7.5
Movie

Half Angel

1936Comedy
The Remarkable Andrew
7.4
Movie

The Remarkable Andrew

1942Sci-Fi
DuPont Show of the Month
7.4
Series

DuPont Show of the Month

1957-1961Drama
This Is My Affair
7.3
Movie

This Is My Affair

1937Romance
Destry Rides Again
7.2
Movie

Destry Rides Again

1939Action
The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2
Movie

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964Comedy
Rawhide
7.2
Series

Rawhide

1959-1965Action
Kiss of Death
7.1
Movie

Kiss of Death

1947Thriller
Stand by for Action
7.1
Movie

Stand by for Action

1942Action
The Big Combo
7.0
Movie

The Big Combo

1955Drama
The Great McGinty
7.0
Movie

The Great McGinty

1940Comedy
Beau Geste
7.0
Movie

Beau Geste

1939Action
Rogue's Gallery
7.0
Movie

Rogue's Gallery

1968Thriller
Escape from Red Rock
7.0
Movie

Escape from Red Rock

1957Action
Mother's Boy
7.0
Movie

Mother's Boy

1929Drama
Hangmen Also Die!
6.9
Movie

Hangmen Also Die!

1943Drama
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
6.9
Movie

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944Comedy
The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.9
Series

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950-1955Comedy
Pit Stop
6.8
Movie

Pit Stop

1969Action
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.8
Series

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959-1961Drama
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.7
Movie

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982Comedy
Canyon Passage
6.7
Movie

Canyon Passage

1946Action
Union Pacific
6.7
Movie

Union Pacific

1939Drama
Hold Back the Dawn
6.7
Movie

Hold Back the Dawn

1941Drama
In Old Chicago
6.7
Movie

In Old Chicago

1938Drama
Waco
6.7
Movie

Waco

1966Action
Fighting Coast Guard
6.7
Movie

Fighting Coast Guard

1951Action
Gentlemen of the Press
6.7
Movie

Gentlemen of the Press

1929Drama
Family Affair
6.7
Series

Family Affair

1966-1971Comedy
The World of Hammer
6.7
Series

The World of Hammer

1994Documentary
Command Decision
6.6
Movie

Command Decision

1948Action
The Glass Key
6.6
Movie

The Glass Key

1942Thriller
Strike Me Pink
6.6
Movie

Strike Me Pink

1936Comedy
Woman They Almost Lynched
6.6
Movie

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953Action
Song of Scheherazade
6.6
Movie

Song of Scheherazade

1947Action
The Quatermass Xperiment
6.5
Movie

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955Sci-Fi
Hoodlum Empire
6.5
Movie

Hoodlum Empire

1952Thriller
Jesse James
6.5
Movie

Jesse James

1939Action
Cowboy
6.5
Movie

Cowboy

1958Action
Heaven Only Knows
6.5
Movie

Heaven Only Knows

1947Comedy
Two Years Before the Mast
6.5
Movie

Two Years Before the Mast

1946Action
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
6.5
Movie

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946Comedy
South of Tahiti
6.5
Movie

South of Tahiti

1941Action
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.5
Movie

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987Documentary
Quatermass 2
6.4
Movie

Quatermass 2

1957Sci-Fi
Shakedown
6.4
Movie

Shakedown

1950Thriller
The Beginning or the End
6.4
Movie

The Beginning or the End

1947Drama
Barbary Coast
6.4
Movie

Barbary Coast

1935Romance
Duffy's Tavern
6.4
Movie

Duffy's Tavern

1945Comedy
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4
Movie

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987Documentary
Killer McCoy
6.3
Movie

Killer McCoy

1947Drama
The Great Man's Lady
6.3
Movie

The Great Man's Lady

1941Action
Midnight Taxi
6.3
Movie

Midnight Taxi

1937Drama
Nightmare
6.3
Movie

Nightmare

1942Thriller
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
6.3
Cartoon

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

2021Documentary
Birth of the Blues
6.2
Movie

Birth of the Blues

1941Drama
The Virginian
6.2
Movie

The Virginian

1946Action
When the Daltons Rode
6.2
Movie

When the Daltons Rode

1940Action
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
Series

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-1961Action
Impact
6.1
Movie

Impact

1949Thriller
The Errand Boy
6.1
Movie

The Errand Boy

1961Comedy
36 Hours to Kill
6.1
Movie

36 Hours to Kill

1936Drama
An American Romance
6.1
Movie

An American Romance

1944Romance
Kansas Raiders
6.0
Movie

Kansas Raiders

1950Action
Girl In Room 13
6.0
Movie

Girl In Room 13

1960Drama
The Texan
6.0
Series

The Texan

1958-1960Action
Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
Series

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950-1957Drama
Wake Island
5.9
Movie

Wake Island

1942Action
Crack-Up
5.9
Movie

Crack-Up

1936Thriller
Allegheny Uprising
5.8
Movie

Allegheny Uprising

1939Action
The Lucky Stiff
5.8
Movie

The Lucky Stiff

1949Comedy
High Tension
5.8
Movie

High Tension

1936Comedy
Stalingrad
5.7
Movie

Stalingrad

1943Documentary
Target: The Corruptors!
5.7
Series

Target: The Corruptors!

1961-1962Thriller
I Wanted Wings
5.6
Movie

I Wanted Wings

1941Drama
Hostile Guns
5.6
Movie

Hostile Guns

1967Action
Monsieur Beaucaire
5.6
Movie

Monsieur Beaucaire

1924Drama
Never So Few
5.5
Movie

Never So Few

1959Action
A Southern Yankee
5.5
Movie

A Southern Yankee

1948Comedy
A Modern Cinderella
5.5
Movie

A Modern Cinderella

1932Drama
A Cry in the Night
5.4
Movie

A Cry in the Night

1956Thriller
Curse of the Fly
5.4
Movie

Curse of the Fly

1965Horror
Born Reckless
5.4
Movie

Born Reckless

1937Action
Studio One
5.4
Series

Studio One

1948-1958Drama
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
5.3
Movie

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

1965Comedy
Billy the Kid
5.3
Movie

Billy the Kid

1941Drama
The Pigeon That Took Rome
5.3
Movie

The Pigeon That Took Rome

1962Comedy
13 Hours by Air
5.3
Movie

13 Hours by Air

1936Thriller
Dangerous Assignment
5.3
Series

Dangerous Assignment

1952Action
Five Golden Dragons
5.2
Movie

Five Golden Dragons

1967Drama
Gammera the Invincible
5.0
Movie

Gammera the Invincible

1966Horror
Battle of Broadway
5.0
Movie

Battle of Broadway

1938Action
We're Going to Be Rich
5.0
Movie

We're Going to Be Rich

1938Comedy
Another Face
4.8
Movie

Another Face

1935Comedy
Brigham Young
4.6
Movie

Brigham Young

1940Drama
A Gentleman After Dark
4.6
Movie

A Gentleman After Dark

1942Drama
Slaughter Trail
4.5
Movie

Slaughter Trail

1951Action
Arizona Bushwhackers
4.3
Movie

Arizona Bushwhackers

1968Action
Two Yanks in Trinidad
4.0
Movie

Two Yanks in Trinidad

1942Action
Climax!
3.8
Series

Climax!

1954-1958Drama
The Fat Spy
3.1
Movie

The Fat Spy

1966Comedy