Overview
Date of Death:
5 April 1972 , Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Mini Biography:
It seems that Brian Donlevy started out life as colorfully as any character...
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Trivia:
According to a statement in a 1944 movie magazine, Donlevy did not smoke...
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
1 win
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Alternate Names:
McGinty
Filmography Pit Stop (1969) .... Grant Willard Arizona Bushwhackers (1968) .... Mayor Joe Smith Rogues' Gallery (1968) .... Detective Lee Five Golden Dragons (1967) .... Dragon #2 ... aka Die Pagode zum fünften Schrecken (West Germany) Hostile Guns (1967) .... Marshal Willett "Family Affair" .... Owen Pennington (1 episode, 1967) - Hard Hat Jody (1967) TV episode .... Owen PenningtonGammera the Invincible (1966) .... Gen. Terry Arnold ... aka Gammera (USA: short title) Waco (1966) .... Ace Ross The Fat Spy (1966) .... George Wellington "Perry Mason" .... General Roger Brandon (1 episode, 1966) - The Case of the Positive Negative (1966) TV episode .... General Roger BrandonHow to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) .... B.D. MacPherson aka Big Deal Curse of the Fly (1965) .... Henri Delambre ... aka The Curse of the Fly (USA: DVD title) "The DuPont Show of the Week" .... Cheese Karapolis (1 episode, 1964) - Jeremy Rabbitt - The Secret Avenger (1964) TV episode .... Cheese Karapolis"Saints and Sinners" .... Preller (1 episode, 1962) - Dear George, the Siamese Cat Is Missing (1962) TV episode .... PrellerThe Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) .... Col. Sherman Harrington "Target: The Corruptors" .... Pete (1 episode, 1962) - A Man Is Waiting to Be Murdered (1962) TV episode .... PeteThe Errand Boy (1961) .... Tom Paramutual / T.P. "The Red Skelton Show" .... Guest (1 episode, 1960) ... aka "The Red Skelton Hour" (USA: new title) - Deadeye the Blacksmith (1960) TV episode .... Guest"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"The DuPont Show with June Allyson" .... John Ridges (1 episode, 1960) ... aka "The June Allyson Show" - Escape (1960) TV episode .... John RidgesGirl in Room 13 (1960) .... Steve Marshall ... aka A Moça do Quarto 13 (Brazil) Never So Few (1959) .... Gen. Sloan ... aka Campaign Burma (USA: alternative title) "The Texan" .... Sam Gallup / ... (2 episodes, 1959) - Traildust (1959) TV episode .... Sam Gallup - The Man Behind the Star (1959) TV episode .... Sheriff Bob Gleason"Hotel de Paree" (1 episode, 1959) - Juggernaut (1959) TV episode Juke Box Rhythm (1959) .... George Manton "Wagon Train" .... Jasper Cato (1 episode, 1959) ... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master" - The Jasper Cato Story (1959) TV episode .... Jasper Cato"Rawhide" .... Jed Reston (1 episode, 1959) - Incident of the Power and the Plow (1959) TV episode .... Jed RestonCowboy (1958) .... Doc Bender, Trailhand Escape from Red Rock (1957) .... Bronc Grierson "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Consable Dale (1 episode, 1957) - Beyond This Place (1957) TV episode .... Consable DaleQuatermass 2 (1957) .... Prof. Bernard Quatermass ... aka Enemy from Space (USA) ... aka Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (USA) "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 A Cry in the Night (1956) .... Capt. Ed Bates "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 "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"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"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 "Damon Runyon Theater" (1 episode, 1955) - Barbeque (1955) TV episode "Climax!" .... Sam Marvin (1 episode, 1955) ... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA) - Pink Cloud (1955) TV episode .... Sam MarvinThe 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) The Big Combo (1955) .... Joe McClure "Medallion Theatre" (1 episode, 1954) - Safari (1954) TV episode "The Motorola Television Hour" (1 episode, 1953) ... aka "Motorola TV Hour" (USA: alternative title) ... aka "Motorola TV Theatre" (USA) - At Ease (1953) TV episode Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) .... Quantrill Ride the Man Down (1952) .... Bide Marriner "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 )Hoodlum Empire (1952) .... Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens Slaughter Trail (1951) .... Capt. Dempster Fighting Coast Guard (1951) .... Cmdr. McFarland ... aka Fighting U.S. Coast Guard "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1950) - The Pharmacist's Mate (1950) TV episode Kansas Raiders (1950) .... William Clarke Quantrill Shakedown (1950) .... Nick Palmer "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre" (1 episode, 1949) ... aka "Chevrolet Television Theatre" (USA) ... aka "The Broadway Playhouse" - Weather Ahead (1949) TV episode Impact (1949) .... Walter Williams The Lucky Stiff (1949) .... John J. Malone Command Decision (1948) .... Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet A Southern Yankee (1948) .... Kurt Devlynn ... aka My Hero (UK) Killer McCoy (1947) .... Jim Caighn Heaven Only Knows (1947) .... Adam 'Duke' Byron ... aka Montana Mike (USA: reissue title) Kiss of Death (1947) .... Asst. Dist. Atty. Louis D'Angelo The Trouble with Women (1947) .... Joe McBride Song of Scheherazade (1947) .... Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch The Beginning or the End (1947) .... Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves Canyon Passage (1946) .... George Camrose Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) .... Tony Minnetti The Virginian (1946) .... Trampas Two Years Before the Mast (1946) .... Richard Henry Dana An American Romance (1944) .... Steve Dangos The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) (as McGinty) .... Gov. McGinty Hangmen Also Die! (1943) .... Dr. Franticek Svoboda aka Karel Vanek ... aka Hangmen Also Die! (UK) ... aka Lest We Forget Stand by for Action (1942) .... Lieut. Cmdr. Martin J. Roberts ... aka Cargo of Innocents (UK) Nightmare (1942) .... Daniel Shane The Glass Key (1942) .... Paul Madvig Wake Island (1942) .... Maj. Geoffrey Caton The Great Man's Lady (1942) .... Steely Edwards A Gentleman After Dark (1942) .... Harry Melton aka Heliotrope Harry ... aka Heliotrope Harry (USA: review title) Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942) .... Vince Barrows The Remarkable Andrew (1942) .... Gen. Andrew Jackson Birth of the Blues (1941) .... Memphis South of Tahiti (1941) .... Bob Hold Back the Dawn (1941) (uncredited) .... Movie Actor Billy the Kid (1941) .... Jim Sherwood I Wanted Wings (1941) .... Capt. Mercer When the Daltons Rode (1940) .... Grat Dalton Brigham Young (1940) .... Angus Duncan ... aka Brigham Young: Frontiersman (UK) (USA: promotional title) The Great McGinty (1940) .... Daniel 'Dan' McGinty ... aka Down Went McGinty (UK) Destry Rides Again (1939) .... Kent Allegheny Uprising (1939) .... Trader Ralph Callendar ... aka The First Rebel (UK) Beau Geste (1939) .... Sgt. Markoff Behind Prison Gates (1939) .... Agent Norman Craig, posing as Red Murray Union Pacific (1939) .... Sid Campeau Jesse James (1939) .... Barshee Sharpshooters (1938) .... Steve Mitchell We're Going to Be Rich (1938) .... Yankee Gordon Battle of Broadway (1938) .... Chesty Webb Born Reckless (1937) .... Bob 'Hurry' Kane This Is My Affair (1937) .... Batiste Duryea ... aka His Affair (UK) Midnight Taxi (1937) .... Chick Gardner In Old Chicago (1937) .... Gil Warren Crack-Up (1936) .... Ace Martin 36 Hours to Kill (1936) .... Frank Evers ... aka Thirty-six Hours to Live High Tension (1936) .... Steve Reardon Half Angel (1936) .... Duffy Giles Human Cargo (1936) .... Packy Campbell Thirteen Hours by Air (1936) .... Dr. James L. Evarts Strike Me Pink (1936) .... Vance Another Face (1935) .... Broken Nose Dawson, aka Spencer Dutro III ... aka It Happened in Hollywood (UK) Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) .... Spike Barbary Coast (1935) .... Knuckles Jacoby ... aka Port of Wickedness (USA: reissue title) A Modern Cinderella (1932) .... Charlie, the chauffeur Ireno (1932) (uncredited) .... The Drunk Mother's Boy (1929) .... Harry O'Day Gentlemen of the Press (1929) (uncredited) .... Bit part A Man of Quality (1926) .... Richard Courtney School for Wives (1925) .... Ralph The Eve of the Revolution (1924) .... Paul Revere Monsieur Beaucaire (1924) (uncredited) .... Ball Guest at Bath Damaged Hearts (1924) .... Jim Porter Jamestown (1923) (uncredited) .... Bit
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