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Brian Donlevy
Born 1901-02-09Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
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".
Screen work
Movies & roles
Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. LeyendeckerArchival FootageBarbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage)Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodProfessor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage)Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)Pit StopGrant WillardArizona BushwhackersMayor Joe SmithRogue's GalleryDetective LeeFive Golden DragonsDragon #3Hostile GunsMarshal WillettGammera the InvincibleGen. Terry ArnoldWacoAce RossThe Fat SpyGeorge WellingtonHow to Stuff a Wild BikiniB.D. 'Big Deal' MacPhersonCurse of the FlyHenri DelambreThe Big Parade of ComedyKurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)The Pigeon That Took RomeCol. Sherman HarringtonThe Errand BoyTom 'T.P.' ParamutualGirl In Room 13Steve MarshallNever So FewGen. SloanJuke Box RhythmGeorge MantonCowboyDoc Bender, TrailhandEscape from Red RockBronc GriersonQuatermass 2Prof. Bernard Quatermass