Acting

Brian Donlevy

1901–1972 · Acting

57.3avg grm

11titles

1honors

Honors

1

—star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Bio

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".

Filmography

ranked on this site

1950s2 titles

The Big Combo1955 · as Joe McClure55.5 S

Shakedown1950 · as Nick Palmer56.8

1940s7 titles

Command Decision1948 · as Brig. Gen. Clifton I. Garnet56.9 K

Kiss of Death1947 · as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo56.8 C

The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad1943 · as Narrator58.6 C

The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad1943 · as Narrator58.6 M

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek1943 · as Governor McGinty58.0 H

Hangmen Also Die!1943 · as Dr. Franticek Svoboda (Karel Vanek)56.9 G

The Great McGinty1940 · as Dan McGinty55.2

1930s2 titles

Destry Rides Again1939 · as Kent59.1 B

Beau Geste1939 · as Sergeant Markoff58.0

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Brian Donlevy

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born1901

died1972

known forActing

titles on site11

avg GRM57.3

honors1 · star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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".

Filmography

ranked on this site

1950s

2 titles

55.5The Big Combo1955 · as Joe McClure S

56.8Shakedown1950 · as Nick Palmer

1940s

7 titles

56.9Command Decision1948 · as Brig. Gen. Clifton I. Garnet K

56.8Kiss of Death1947 · as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo C

58.6The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad1943 · as Narrator C

58.6The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad1943 · as Narrator M

58.0The Miracle of Morgan's Creek1943 · as Governor McGinty H

56.9Hangmen Also Die!1943 · as Dr. Franticek Svoboda (Karel Vanek)G

55.2The Great McGinty1940 · as Dan McGinty

1930s

2 titles

59.1Destry Rides Again1939 · as Kent B

58.0Beau Geste1939 · as Sergeant Markoff

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