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Brian Donlevy
ActingBORN: 1901-02-09Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
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".
Top Filmography
6.7
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 // MOVIE
6.5
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 // MOVIE
7.2
Destry Rides Again
1939 // MOVIE
7.1
Kiss of Death
1947 // MOVIE
7.0
The Big Combo
1955 // MOVIE
6.4
Quatermass 2
1957 // MOVIE
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 // MOVIE
7.7
Perry Mason
1957 // TV
6.6
The Glass Key
1942 // MOVIE
6.8
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 // MOVIE
6.9
Beau Geste
1939 // MOVIE
6.5
Jesse James
1939 // MOVIE
5.4
Curse of the Fly
1965 // MOVIE
6.6
Union Pacific
1939 // MOVIE
6.9
The Great McGinty
1940 // MOVIE