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Brian Donlevy (1901–1972)

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It seems that Brian Donlevy started out life as colorfully as any character he ever played on the stage or screen. He lied about his age (he was actually 14) in 1916 so he could join the army. When Gen. John J. Pershing sent American troops to invade Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa--Mexican rebels under Villa's command raided Columbus... See full bio »

Born:

Waldo Brian Donlevy
in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Died:

(age 71) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1969 Pit Stop
Grant Willard
 
1968 Arizona Bushwhackers
Mayor Joe Smith
 
1968 Rogue's Gallery
Detective Lee
 
1967 Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #3
 
1967 Hostile Guns
Marshal Willett
 
1967 Family Affair (TV series)
Owen Pennington
– Hard Hat Jody (1967) … Owen Pennington
 
1966 Gammera the Invincible
Gen. Terry Arnold
 
1966 Waco
Ace Ross
 
1966 The Fat Spy
George Wellington
 
1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
General Roger Brandon
– The Case of the Positive Negative (1966) … General Roger Brandon
 
1965 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
 
1965 Curse of the Fly
Henri Delambre
 
1964 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Cheese Karapolis
– Jeremy Rabbitt - The Secret Avenger (1964) … Cheese Karapolis
 
1962 Saints and Sinners (TV series)
Preller
– Dear George, the Siamese Cat Is Missing (1962) … Preller
 
1962 The Pigeon That Took Rome
Col. Sherman Harrington
 
1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Pete
– A Man Is Waiting to Be Murdered (1962) … Pete
 
1961 The Errand Boy
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
 
1960 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Big Dan
– Deadeye the Blacksmith (1960) … Big Dan
 
1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Fred Childress
– The Sunday Man (1960) … Fred Childress
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
John Ridges
– Escape (1960) … John Ridges
 
1960 Girl in Room 13
Steve Marshall
 
1959 Never So Few
Gen. Sloan
 
1959 The Texan (TV series)
Sam Gallup / Sheriff Bob Gleason
– Traildust (1959) … Sam Gallup
– The Man Behind the Star (1959) … Sheriff Bob Gleason
 
1959 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
– Juggernaut (1959)
 
1959 Juke Box Rhythm
George Manton
 
1959 Wagon Train (TV series)
Jasper Cato
– The Jasper Cato Story (1959) … Jasper Cato
 
1959 Rawhide (TV series)
Jed Reston
– Incident of the Power and the Plow (1959) … Jed Reston
 
1958 Cowboy
Doc Bender, Trailhand
 
1957 Escape from Red Rock
Bronc Grierson
 
1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Consable Dale
– Beyond This Place (1957) … Consable Dale
 
1957 Quatermass II: Enemy from Space
Quatermass
 
1955-1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Rev. Robert McClure / Reverend Jacob Chamberlain
– God of Kandikur (1957) … Reverend Jacob Chamberlain
– The Judge (1956) … Rev. Robert McClure
– Mr. Liberty Bell (1955)
 
1956 A Cry in the Night
Captain Ed Bates
 
1953-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Dan Carmody / Daniel J. McGinty / Walter Williams
– Impact (1956) … Walter Williams
– The Great McGinty (1955) … Daniel J. McGinty
– Tunnel Job (1953) … Dan Carmody
 
1955-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Charlie Brock / Joe Aladdin
– Double Trouble (1956) … Charlie Brock
– The Policy of Joe Aladdin (1955) … Joe Aladdin
 
1956 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Jim
– The Laughter of Giants (1956) … Jim
 
1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Home Is the Hero (1956)
 
1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
– Barbeque (1955)
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
Lieutenant Commander Knowles / Sam Marvin
– Pink Cloud (1955) … Sam Marvin
– The Valiant Men (1955) … Lieutenant Commander Knowles
 
1955 Star Stage (TV series)
Honest John
– Honest John and the 13 Uncle Sams (1955) … Honest John
 
1955 The Quatermass Xperiment
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
 
1955 The Big Combo
Joe McClure
 
1954 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– Safari (1954)
 
1953 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
– At Ease (1953)
 
1953 Woman They Almost Lynched
Charles Quantrill
 
1952 Ride the Man Down
Bide Marriner
 
1952 Dangerous Assignment (TV series)
Steve Mitchell
– The Dead General Story (1952) … Steve Mitchell
– The Archeological Story (1952) … Steve Mitchell
– The Decoy Story (1952) … Steve Mitchell
– The Paris Sewer Story (1952) … Steve Mitchell
– The Knitting Needle Story (1952) … Steve Mitchell
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1952 Hoodlum Empire
Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
 
1951 Slaughter Trail
Capt. Dempster
 
1951 Fighting Coast Guard
Cmdr. McFarland
 
1950 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
– The Pharmacist's Mate (1950)
 
1950 Kansas Raiders
Col. William Clarke Quantrill
 
1950 Shakedown
Nick Palmer
 
1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– Weather Ahead (1949)
 
1949 Impact
Walter Williams
 
1949 The Lucky Stiff
John J. Malone
 
1948 Command Decision
Brig. Gen. Clifton I. Garnet
 
1948 A Southern Yankee
Kurt Devlynn
 
1947 Killer McCoy
Jim Caighn
 
1947 Heaven Only Knows
Adam 'Duke' Byron
 
1947 Kiss of Death
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
 
1947 The Trouble with Women
Joe McBride
 
1947 Song of Scheherazade
Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
 
1947 The Beginning or the End
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
 
1946 Canyon Passage
George Camrose
 
1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Tony Minnetti
 
1946 The Virginian
Trampas
 
1946 Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry Dana
 
1944 An American Romance
Steve Dangos
 
1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Governor McGinty (as McGinty)
 
1943 Hangmen Also Die!
Dr. Franticek Svoboda/Karel Vanek
 
1942 Stand by for Action
Lieut. Cmdr. Martin J. Roberts
 
1942 Nightmare
Daniel Shane
 
1942 The Glass Key
Paul Madvig
 
1942 Wake Island
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
 
1942 A Gentleman After Dark
Harry 'Heliotrope Harry' Melton
 
1942 The Great Man's Lady
Steely Edwards
 
1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad
Vince Barrows
 
1942 The Remarkable Andrew
General Andrew Jackson
 
1941 Birth of the Blues
Memphis
 
1941 South of Tahiti
Bob
 
1941 Hold Back the Dawn
Movie Actor (uncredited)
 
1941 Billy the Kid
Jim Sherwood
 
1941 I Wanted Wings
Capt. Mercer
 
1940 When the Daltons Rode
Grat Dalton
 
1940 Brigham Young
Angus Duncan
 
1940 The Great McGinty
Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
 
1939 Destry Rides Again
Kent
 
1939 Allegheny Uprising
Callendar
 
1939 Beau Geste
Sergeant Markoff
 
1939 Behind Prison Gates
Agent Norman Craig/Red Murray
 
1939 Union Pacific
Sid Campeau
 
1939 Jesse James
Barshee
 
1938 Sharpshooters
Steve Mitchell
 
1938 We're Going to Be Rich
Yankee Gordon
 
1938 Battle of Broadway
Chesty Webb
 
1937 Born Reckless
Bob 'Hurry' Kane
 
1937 This Is My Affair
Batiste Duryea
 
1937 Midnight Taxi
Charles 'Chick' Gardner
 
1937 In Old Chicago
Gil Warren
 
1936 Crack-Up
Ace Martin
 
1936 36 Hours to Kill
Frank Evers
 
1936 High Tension
Steve Reardon
 
1936 Half Angel
Duffy Giles
 
1936 Human Cargo
Packy Campbell
 
1936 Thirteen Hours by Air
Dr. James L. Evarts
 
1936 Strike Me Pink
Vance
 
1935 Another Face
Broken Nose Dawson/Spencer Dutro III
 
1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
Spike
 
1935 Barbary Coast
Knuckles Jacoby
 
1932 A Modern Cinderella (short)
Charlie, the chauffeur
 
1932 Ireno (short)
The Drunk (uncredited)
 
1929 Mother's Boy
Harry O'Day
 
1929 Gentlemen of the Press
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
 
1926 A Man of Quality
Richard Courtney
 
1925 School for Wives
Ralph
 
1924 The Eve of the Revolution (short)
Paul Revere
 
1924 Monsieur Beaucaire
Ball Guest at Bath (uncredited)
 
1924 Damaged Hearts
Jim Porter
 
1923 Jamestown (short)
Bit (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1952 Dangerous Assignment (TV series) (executive producer - 4 episodes, 1952) (producer - 1 episode, 1952)
– The Dead General Story (1952) (producer)
– The Archeological Story (1952) (executive producer)
– The Decoy Story (1952) (executive producer)
– Displaced Persons Story (1952) (executive producer)
– The Submarine Story (1952) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1965 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (performer: "Madison Avenue" - uncredited)
 
1936 36 Hours to Kill (performer: "Row, Row. Row Your Boat" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Intermission guest
– Betrayed (1956) … Himself - Intermission guest
 
1953 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #4.9 (1953) … Himself - Actor
 
1953 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Guest star contestant
– Episode dated 19 May 1953 (1953) … Guest star contestant
 
1949 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #1.53 (1949) … Himself - Actor
 
1947/I Unusual Occupations (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1945 Duffy's Tavern
Himself
 
1943 The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (video documentary)
Train Robber (uncredited)
 
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Glass Key")
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Actor in 'Jesse James' (uncredited)
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Actor in 'A Southern Yankee' (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

McGinty

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Sassy-talking, rugged-looking, square-shouldered supporting actor said, however, always to have gone through this necessary morning ritual before arriving on the movie set: 1) insert dentures; 2) don hairpiece; 3) strap on corset; 4) lace up "elevator" shoes. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius