Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 9, 1901
Place of Birth
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Also Known As
- Waldo Brian Donlevy
- McGinty
Brian Donlevy
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".
Known For - Movies
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
The Glass Key
as Paul Madvig
Union Pacific
as Sid Campeau
Jesse James
as Barshee
The Great Man's Lady
as Steely Edwards
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
Command Decision
as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
Cowboy
as Doc Bender, Trailhand
