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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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 Pagode zum fünften Schrecken, Die (West Germany) - Hostile Guns (1967) .... Marshal Willett
- "Family Affair" .... Owen Pennington (1 episode, 1967)
- Hard Hat Jody (1967) TV episode .... Owen Pennington - Gammera 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 Brandon - How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) .... B.D. MacPherson aka Big Deal
- Curse of the Fly (1965) .... Henri Delambre
- "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 .... Preller - The 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 .... Pete - The Errand Boy (1961) .... Tom Paramutual aka T.P.
- Girl in Room 13 (1961) .... Steve Marshall
... aka A Moça do Quarto 13 (Brazil) - "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 Ridges
- 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 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 Reston - Cowboy (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 Dale - Quatermass 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 Marvin - 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) - 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's Story (1952) TV episode .... Steve Mitchell
- Archeologist 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) .... Brig. Gen. 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
- The Beginning or the End (1947) .... Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
- Song of Scheherazade (1947) .... Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
- 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
- Duffy's Tavern (1945) .... Brian Donlevy
- 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 (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
- Brigham Young (1940) .... Angus Duncan
... aka Brigham Young: Frontiersman (UK) (USA: promotional title) - When the Daltons Rode (1940) .... Grat Dalton
- The Great McGinty (1940) .... Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
... aka Down Went McGinty (UK)
- Destry Rides Again (1939) .... Kent - town boss
- 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 'Bat' 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. 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
- "Lux Video Theatre" .... Himself - Intermission guest (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- Betrayed (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Intermission guest - "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
- Unusual Occupations (1947/I) (uncredited) .... Himself
... aka Unusual Occupations L-6-6: Film Tot Holiday (USA: complete title) - The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad (1943) (voice) .... Narrator
Additional Details
Other Works:
From 1949-1953, he starred as Steve Mitchell, an international troubleshooter for an unnamed U.S. government agency in the NBC radio series "Dangerous Assignment". During its last year on radio, the series, using the same characters and primary cast, also ran on television as series produced for first run syndication.
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