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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) -- With Frankie away in Tahiti with his navel reserve unit, Dee Dee and the rest of the beach party gang get involved in new adventures.
In Old Chicago (1937) -- The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Impact (1949) -- In San Francisco, the successful self-made businessman Walter Williams has just bought three factories in Denver with the approval of the board of directors...

Overview

Date of Death:
5 April 1972, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Contact:
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Mini Biography:
It seems that Brian Donlevy started out life as colorfully as any character... more
Trivia:
When he was working on I Wanted Wings (1941) with Ray Milland they filmed... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
Alternate Names:
McGinty

Filmography

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Actor:
  1. Pit Stop (1969) .... Grant Willard
  2. Arizona Bushwhackers (1968) .... Mayor Joe Smith
  3. Rogues' Gallery (1968) .... Detective Lee
  4. Five Golden Dragons (1967) .... Dragon #2
    ... aka Die Pagode zum fünften Schrecken (West Germany)
  5. Hostile Guns (1967) .... Marshal Willett
  6. "Family Affair" .... Owen Pennington (1 episode, 1967)
        - Hard Hat Jody (1967) TV episode .... Owen Pennington
  7. Gammera the Invincible (1966) .... Gen. Terry Arnold
    ... aka Gammera (USA: short title)
  8. Waco (1966) .... Ace Ross
  9. The Fat Spy (1966) .... George Wellington
  10. "Perry Mason" .... General Roger Brandon (1 episode, 1966)
        - The Case of the Positive Negative (1966) TV episode .... General Roger Brandon
  11. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) .... B.D. MacPherson aka Big Deal
  12. Curse of the Fly (1965) .... Henri Delambre
    ... aka The Curse of the Fly (USA: DVD title)
  13. "The DuPont Show of the Week" .... Cheese Karapolis (1 episode, 1964)
        - Jeremy Rabbitt - The Secret Avenger (1964) TV episode .... Cheese Karapolis
  14. "Saints and Sinners" .... Preller (1 episode, 1962)
        - Dear George, the Siamese Cat Is Missing (1962) TV episode .... Preller
  15. The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) .... Col. Sherman Harrington
  16. "Target: The Corruptors" .... Pete (1 episode, 1962)
        - A Man Is Waiting to Be Murdered (1962) TV episode .... Pete
  17. The Errand Boy (1961) .... Tom Paramutual / T.P.
  18. "The Red Skelton Show" .... Guest (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka "The Red Skelton Hour" (USA: new title)
        - Deadeye the Blacksmith (1960) TV episode .... Guest
  19. "Zane Grey Theater" .... Fred Childress (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" (USA: complete title)
    ... aka "The Westerners" (USA: rerun title)
        - The Sunday Man (1960) TV episode .... Fred Childress
  20. "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" .... John Ridges (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka "The June Allyson Show"
        - Escape (1960) TV episode .... John Ridges
  21. Girl in Room 13 (1960) .... Steve Marshall
    ... aka A Moça do Quarto 13 (Brazil)

  22. Never So Few (1959) .... Gen. Sloan
    ... aka Campaign Burma (USA: alternative title)
  23. "The Texan" .... Sam Gallup / ... (2 episodes, 1959)
        - Traildust (1959) TV episode .... Sam Gallup
        - The Man Behind the Star (1959) TV episode .... Sheriff Bob Gleason
  24. "Hotel de Paree" (1 episode, 1959)
        - Juggernaut (1959) TV episode
  25. Juke Box Rhythm (1959) .... George Manton
  26. "Wagon Train" .... Jasper Cato (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master"
        - The Jasper Cato Story (1959) TV episode .... Jasper Cato
  27. "Rawhide" .... Jed Reston (1 episode, 1959)
        - Incident of the Power and the Plow (1959) TV episode .... Jed Reston
  28. Cowboy (1958) .... Doc Bender, Trailhand
  29. Escape from Red Rock (1957) .... Bronc Grierson
  30. "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Consable Dale (1 episode, 1957)
        - Beyond This Place (1957) TV episode .... Consable Dale
  31. Quatermass 2 (1957) .... Prof. Bernard Quatermass
    ... aka Enemy from Space (USA)
    ... aka Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (USA)
  32. "Crossroads" .... Rev. Robert McClure / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1957)
        - God of Kandikur (1957) TV episode .... Reverend Jacob Chamberlain
        - The Judge (1956) TV episode .... Rev. Robert McClure
        - Mr. Liberty Bell (1955) TV episode
  33. A Cry in the Night (1956) .... Capt. Ed Bates
  34. "Lux Video Theatre" .... McGinty / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1956)
    ... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - Impact (1956) TV episode .... Walter Williams
        - The Great McGinty (1955) TV episode .... McGinty
        - Tunnel Job (1953) TV episode
  35. "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Charlie Brock / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
    ... aka "Ford Theatre" (USA: short title)
        - Double Trouble (1956) TV episode .... Charlie Brock
        - The Policy of Joe Aladdin (1955) TV episode .... Joe Aladdin
  36. "Studio One" .... Jim (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Studio One Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
    ... aka "Studio One in Hollywood" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
    ... aka "Westinghouse Studio One" (USA)
    ... aka "Westinghouse Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - The Laughter of Giants (1956) TV episode .... Jim
  37. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
        - Home Is the Hero (1956) TV episode
  38. "Damon Runyon Theater" (1 episode, 1955)
        - Barbeque (1955) TV episode
  39. "Climax!" .... Sam Marvin (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
        - Pink Cloud (1955) TV episode .... Sam Marvin
  40. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) .... Prof. Bernard Quatermass
    ... aka Shock
    ... aka The Creeping Unknown (USA)
    ... aka The Quatermass Experiment (USA)
    ... aka X the Experiment (UK: informal alternative title)
  41. The Big Combo (1955) .... Joe McClure
  42. "Medallion Theatre" (1 episode, 1954)
        - Safari (1954) TV episode
  43. "The Motorola Television Hour" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka "Motorola TV Hour" (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka "Motorola TV Theatre" (USA)
        - At Ease (1953) TV episode
  44. Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) .... Quantrill
  45. Ride the Man Down (1952) .... Bide Marriner
  46. "Dangerous Assignment" .... Steve Mitchell (37 episodes, 1952)
        - The Dead General Story (1952) TV episode .... Steve Mitchell
        - The Archeological Story (1952) TV episode .... Steve Mitchell
        - The Decoy Story (1952) TV episode .... Steve Mitchell
        - The Paris Sewer Story (1952) TV episode .... Steve Mitchell
        - The Knitting Needle Story (1952) TV episode .... Steve Mitchell
          (32 more)
  47. Hoodlum Empire (1952) .... Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
  48. Slaughter Trail (1951) .... Capt. Dempster
  49. Fighting Coast Guard (1951) .... Cmdr. McFarland
    ... aka Fighting U.S. Coast Guard
  50. "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1950)
        - The Pharmacist's Mate (1950) TV episode
  51. Kansas Raiders (1950) .... William Clarke Quantrill
  52. Shakedown (1950) .... Nick Palmer

  53. "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre" (1 episode, 1949)
    ... aka "Chevrolet Television Theatre" (USA)
    ... aka "The Broadway Playhouse"
        - Weather Ahead (1949) TV episode
  54. Impact (1949) .... Walter Williams
  55. The Lucky Stiff (1949) .... John J. Malone
  56. Command Decision (1948) .... Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
  57. A Southern Yankee (1948) .... Kurt Devlynn
    ... aka My Hero (UK)
  58. Killer McCoy (1947) .... Jim Caighn
  59. Heaven Only Knows (1947) .... Adam 'Duke' Byron
    ... aka Montana Mike (USA: reissue title)
  60. Kiss of Death (1947) .... Asst. Dist. Atty. Louis D'Angelo
  61. The Trouble with Women (1947) .... Joe McBride
  62. Song of Scheherazade (1947) .... Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
  63. The Beginning or the End (1947) .... Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
  64. Canyon Passage (1946) .... George Camrose
  65. Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) .... Tony Minnetti
  66. The Virginian (1946) .... Trampas
  67. Two Years Before the Mast (1946) .... Richard Henry Dana
  68. An American Romance (1944) .... Steve Dangos
  69. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) (as McGinty) .... Gov. McGinty
  70. Hangmen Also Die! (1943) .... Dr. Franticek Svoboda aka Karel Vanek
    ... aka Hangmen Also Die! (UK)
    ... aka Lest We Forget
  71. Stand by for Action (1942) .... Lieut. Cmdr. Martin J. Roberts
    ... aka Cargo of Innocents (UK)
  72. Nightmare (1942) .... Daniel Shane
  73. The Glass Key (1942) .... Paul Madvig
  74. Wake Island (1942) .... Maj. Geoffrey Caton
  75. The Great Man's Lady (1942) .... Steely Edwards
  76. A Gentleman After Dark (1942) .... Harry Melton aka Heliotrope Harry
    ... aka Heliotrope Harry (USA: review title)
  77. Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942) .... Vince Barrows
  78. The Remarkable Andrew (1942) .... Gen. Andrew Jackson
  79. Birth of the Blues (1941) .... Memphis
  80. South of Tahiti (1941) .... Bob
  81. Hold Back the Dawn (1941) (uncredited) .... Movie Actor
  82. Billy the Kid (1941) .... Jim Sherwood
  83. I Wanted Wings (1941) .... Capt. Mercer
  84. When the Daltons Rode (1940) .... Grat Dalton
  85. Brigham Young (1940) .... Angus Duncan
    ... aka Brigham Young: Frontiersman (UK) (USA: promotional title)
  86. The Great McGinty (1940) .... Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
    ... aka Down Went McGinty (UK)

  87. Destry Rides Again (1939) .... Kent
  88. Allegheny Uprising (1939) .... Trader Ralph Callendar
    ... aka The First Rebel (UK)
  89. Beau Geste (1939) .... Sgt. Markoff
  90. Behind Prison Gates (1939) .... Agent Norman Craig, posing as Red Murray
  91. Union Pacific (1939) .... Sid Campeau
  92. Jesse James (1939) .... Barshee
  93. Sharpshooters (1938) .... Steve Mitchell
  94. We're Going to Be Rich (1938) .... Yankee Gordon
  95. Battle of Broadway (1938) .... Chesty Webb
  96. Born Reckless (1937) .... Bob 'Hurry' Kane
  97. This Is My Affair (1937) .... Batiste Duryea
    ... aka His Affair (UK)
  98. Midnight Taxi (1937) .... Chick Gardner
  99. In Old Chicago (1937) .... Gil Warren
  100. Crack-Up (1936) .... Ace Martin
  101. 36 Hours to Kill (1936) .... Frank Evers
    ... aka Thirty-six Hours to Live
  102. High Tension (1936) .... Steve Reardon
  103. Half Angel (1936) .... Duffy Giles
  104. Human Cargo (1936) .... Packy Campbell
  105. Thirteen Hours by Air (1936) .... Dr. James L. Evarts
  106. Strike Me Pink (1936) .... Vance
  107. Another Face (1935) .... Broken Nose Dawson, aka Spencer Dutro III
    ... aka It Happened in Hollywood (UK)
  108. Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) .... Spike
  109. Barbary Coast (1935) .... Knuckles Jacoby
    ... aka Port of Wickedness (USA: reissue title)
  110. A Modern Cinderella (1932) .... Charlie, the chauffeur
  111. Ireno (1932) (uncredited) .... The Drunk

  112. Mother's Boy (1929) .... Harry O'Day
  113. Gentlemen of the Press (1929) (uncredited) .... Bit part
  114. A Man of Quality (1926) .... Richard Courtney
  115. School for Wives (1925) .... Ralph
  116. The Eve of the Revolution (1924) .... Paul Revere
  117. Monsieur Beaucaire (1924) (uncredited) .... Ball Guest at Bath
  118. Damaged Hearts (1924) .... Jim Porter
  119. Jamestown (1923) (uncredited) .... Bit
Producer:
  1. "Dangerous Assignment" (executive producer) (3 episodes, 1952)
        - The Decoy Story (1952) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Displaced Persons Story (1952) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Submarine Story (1952) TV episode (executive producer)
Soundtrack:
  1. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) (performer: "Madison Avenue")

  2. 36 Hours to Kill (1936) ("Row, Row. Row Your Boat" (uncredited))
    ... aka Thirty-six Hours to Live
Self:
  1. "Lux Video Theatre" .... Himself - Intermission guest (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - Betrayed (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Intermission guest
  2. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Actor (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka "Colgate Summer Comedy Hour" (USA: summer title)
    ... aka "Colgate Variety Hour" (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka "Michael Todd Revue" (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #4.9 (1953) TV episode .... Himself - Actor
  3. "The Name's the Same" .... Guest star contestant (1 episode, 1953)
        - Episode dated 19 May 1953 (1953) TV episode .... Guest star contestant

  4. "The Milton Berle Show" .... Himself - Actor (1 episode, 1949)
    ... aka "Texaco Star Theater" (USA)
    ... aka "The Buick-Berle Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #1.53 (1949) TV episode .... Himself - Actor
  5. Unusual Occupations (1947/I) (uncredited) .... Himself
    ... aka Unusual Occupations L-6-6: Film Tot Holiday (USA: complete title)
  6. Duffy's Tavern (1945) .... Himself
  7. The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad (1943) (voice) .... Narrator
Archive Footage:
  1. Gunfighters of the Old West (1992) (V) (uncredited) .... Train Robber
  2. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) .... (in "The Glass Key")
  3. The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) (uncredited) .... Actor in 'A Southern Yankee'


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