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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Donlevy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

The Quatermass Xperiment

as Bernard Quatermass

Destry Rides Again

as Kent

The Big Combo

as Joe McClure

Kiss of Death

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Quatermass 2

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Hangmen Also Die!

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Perry Mason

as General Roger Brandon

The Glass Key

as Paul Madvig

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Governor McGinty