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Brian Donlevy
Actor 1901 - 1972

Brian Donlevy

Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK

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... Read full bio →

Featured Characters

Roles you can spot in Whatthemovie snapshots

18 roles
Shot from Woman They Almost Lynched
Character Charles Quantrill
Shot from The Glass Key
Character Paul Madvig
Shot from Pit Stop
Character Grant Willard

Pit Stop

1969

Shot from The Big Combo
Character Joe McClure
Shot from The Quatermass Xperiment
Character Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Shot from Kiss of Death
Character Asst. Dist. Atty. Louis D'Angelo
Title screen of Hangmen Also Die! No snapshots yet
Character Dr. Franticek Svoboda aka Karel Vanek
Shot from Jesse James
Character Barshee
Title screen of Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid No snapshots yet
Character (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Title screen of Five Golden Dragons No snapshots yet
Character Dragon #3
Gammera the Invincible No snapshots yet
Character Gen. Terry Arnold
Title screen of Curse of the Fly No snapshots yet
Character Henri Delambre
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Character B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
The Pigeon That Took Rome No snapshots yet
Character Col. Sherman Harrington
Title screen of The Errand Boy No snapshots yet
Character Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Title screen of Never So Few No snapshots yet
Character Gen. Sloan
Title screen of Cowboy No snapshots yet
Character Doc Bender, Trailhand

Cowboy

1958

Title screen of Quatermass 2 No snapshots yet
Character Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Filmography

Every title this person appears in

37 titles
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982
Pit Stop
Pit Stop 1969
Five Golden Dragons
Five Golden Dragons 1967
Gammera the Invincible
Gammera the Invincible 1966
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini 1965
Curse of the Fly
Curse of the Fly 1965
The Pigeon That Took Rome
The Pigeon That Took Rome 1962
The Errand Boy
The Errand Boy 1961
Never So Few
Never So Few 1959
Cowboy
Cowboy 1958
Quatermass 2
Quatermass 2 1957
A Cry in the Night
A Cry in the Night 1956
The Quatermass Xperiment
The Quatermass Xperiment 1955
The Big Combo
The Big Combo 1955
Woman They Almost Lynched
Woman They Almost Lynched 1953
Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum Empire 1952
Shakedown
Shakedown 1950
Impact
Impact 1949
Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death 1947
Killer McCoy
Killer McCoy 1947
Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage 1946
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944
An American Romance
An American Romance 1944
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die! 1943
Wake Island
Wake Island 1942
The Glass Key
The Glass Key 1942
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn 1941
Birth of the Blues
Birth of the Blues 1941
When the Daltons Rode
When the Daltons Rode 1940
The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty 1940
Brigham Young
Brigham Young 1940
Union Pacific
Union Pacific 1939
Jesse James
Jesse James 1939
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again 1939
Beau Geste
Beau Geste 1939
In Old Chicago
In Old Chicago 1937
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast 1935

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