

Brian Donlevy
Acting
February 9, 1901
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
April 6, 1972
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".
The Filmography


Five Golden Dragons

Hostile Guns

Gammera the Invincible

Waco

The Fat Spy

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

Curse of the Fly

The Pigeon That Took Rome

The Errand Boy

Cowboy

Quatermass 2

The Quatermass Xperiment

The Big Combo

Ride the Man Down

Hoodlum Empire

Kansas Raiders

Shakedown

Impact
