Brian Donlevy
Born February 09, 1901 (Age: 125)
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Portadown, 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".
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".
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Filmography
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 96
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
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as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
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Age: 86
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 86
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
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as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
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Age: 81
Pit Stop
1969
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as Grant Willard
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Age: 68
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
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as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
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Age: 64
Curse of the Fly
1965
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as Henri Delambre
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Age: 64
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
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as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
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Age: 63
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
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as Col. Sherman Harrington
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Age: 61
The Errand Boy
1961
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as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
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Age: 60
Girl In Room 13
1960
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as Steve Marshall
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Age: 58
Never So Few
1959
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as Gen. Sloan
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Age: 58
Juke Box Rhythm
1959
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as George Manton
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Age: 58
Cowboy
1958
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as Doc Bender, Trailhand
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Age: 56
A Cry in the Night
1956
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as Ed Bates
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Age: 55
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
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as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
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Age: 54
The Big Combo
1955
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as Joe McClure
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Age: 54
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
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as Charles Quantrill
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Age: 52
Kansas Raiders
1950
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as Quantrill
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Age: 49
Shakedown
1950
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as Nick Palmer
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Age: 49
Duffy's Tavern
1945
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as Brian Donlevy
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Age: 44
Stand by for Action
1942
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as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
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Age: 41
Nightmare
1942
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as Daniel Shane
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Age: 41
The Glass Key
1942
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as Paul Madvig
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Age: 41
Wake Island
1942
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as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
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Age: 41
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
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as Harry Melton
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Age: 41
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
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as Vince Barrows
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Age: 41
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
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as General Andrew Jackson
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Age: 41
Birth of the Blues
1941
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as Memphis
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Age: 40
The Great Man's Lady
1941
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as Steely Edwards
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Age: 40
South of Tahiti
1941
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as Bob
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Age: 40
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
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as Movie Actor (uncredited)
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Age: 40
Billy the Kid
1941
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as Jim Sherwood
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Age: 40
I Wanted Wings
1941
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as Capt. Mercer
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Age: 40
A Modern Cinderella
1932
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as Charlie the Chauffeur
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Age: 31
No Image
Ireno
1932
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as Drunk (uncredited)
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Age: 31