Brian Donlevy
Actor
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".
Filmography
The Quatermass Xperiment
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass 1955
Destry Rides Again
as Kent 1939
The Big Combo
as Joe McClure 1955
Kiss of Death
as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo 1947
Quatermass 2
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass 1957
Hangmen Also Die!
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda 1943
The Glass Key
as Paul Madvig 1942
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Governor McGinty 1944
Beau Geste
as Sergeant Markoff 1939
Jesse James
as Barshee 1939
Curse of the Fly
as Henri Delambre 1965
Union Pacific
as Sid Campeau 1939
The Great McGinty
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty 1940
Cowboy
as Doc Bender, Trailhand 1958
Never So Few
as Gen. Sloan 1959
Canyon Passage
as George Camrose 1946