Brian Donlevy
Known For
Acting
Born
1901-02-09 in Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Died
1972-04-06
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".
Most Known For
Perry Mason
as General Roger Brandon
Studio One
as Jim
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Fred Childress
Climax!
as Sam Marvin
Rawhide
as Jed Reston
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Texan
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Family Affair
DuPont Show of the Month
as Constable Dale
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as John Ridges
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
Target: The Corruptors!
Lux Video Theatre
as Dan Carmody
Lux Video Theatre
as Walter Williams
Lux Video Theatre
as Daniel J. McGinty
Brigham Young
as Angus Duncan
Dangerous Assignment
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Never So Few
as Gen. Sloan