Deceased

How Did Brian Donlevy Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 71

Also known asWaldo Brian Donlevy, McGintyGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn09/02/1901Born inPortadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UKDied06/04/1972Died inWoodland HillsCauseesophageal cancerWikidataQ912097 ↗TMDb#41755 ↗

Waldo Brian Donlevy was an American actor of film, stage, television, and radio. He appeared both in leading and supporting roles in Hollywood, and was noted for playing dangerous and tough "heavies", often in films noir. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Beau Geste (1939).

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Filmography69 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1997	Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineMovie	Self (archive footage)	96
1994	The World of HammerSeries	Self (archive footage)	93
1987	James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeMovie	Self (archive footage)	86
1982	Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidMovie	(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)	81
1966	Family AffairSeries	—	65
1966	WacoMovie	Ace Ross	65
1966	Gammera the InvincibleMovie	Gen. Terry Arnold	65
1965	Curse of the FlyMovie	Henri Delambre	64
1965	How to Stuff a Wild BikiniMovie	B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson	64
1964	The Big Parade of ComedyMovie	Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)	63
1961	Target: The Corruptors!Series	—	60
1961	The Errand BoyMovie	Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual	60
1959	RawhideSeries	Jed Reston	58
1959	Never So FewMovie	Gen. Sloan	58
1959	The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries	John Ridges	58
1958	The TexanSeries	—	57
1958	CowboyMovie	Doc Bender, Trailhand	57
1957	Perry MasonSeries	General Roger Brandon	56
1957	DuPont Show of the MonthSeries	Constable Dale	56
1957	Escape from Red RockMovie	Bronc Grierson	56
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries	Fred Childress	55
1956	A Cry in the NightMovie	Ed Bates	55
1955	The Big ComboMovie	Joe McClure	54
1955	The Quatermass XperimentMovie	Prof. Bernard Quatermass	54
1954	Climax!Series	Sam Marvin	53
1953	Woman They Almost LynchedMovie	Charles Quantrill	52
1952	Hoodlum EmpireMovie	Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens	51
1952	Ride the Man DownMovie	Bide Marriner	51
1950	Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries	—	49
1950	Lux Video TheatreSeries	Dan Carmody	49
1950	The Colgate Comedy HourSeries	Self	49
1950	ShakedownMovie	Nick Palmer	49
1948	Studio OneSeries	Jim	47
1948	Command DecisionMovie	Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet	47
1948	A Southern YankeeMovie	Kurt Devlynn	47
1947	Killer McCoyMovie	Jim Caighn	46
1947	Kiss of DeathMovie	Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo	46
1947	The Beginning or the EndMovie	Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves	46
1947	Song of ScheherazadeMovie	Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch	46
1946	The VirginianMovie	Trampas	45
1945	Duffy's TavernMovie	Brian Donlevy	44
1944	Twenty Years AfterMovie	(archive footage)	43
1944	The Miracle of Morgan's CreekMovie	Governor McGinty	43
1944	An American RomanceMovie	Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos	43
1942	The Remarkable AndrewMovie	General Andrew Jackson	41
1942	Wake IslandMovie	Maj. Geoffrey Caton	41
1942	The Glass KeyMovie	Paul Madvig	41
1942	NightmareMovie	Daniel Shane	41
1942	Stand by for ActionMovie	Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts	41
1942	Two Yanks in TrinidadMovie	Vince Barrows	41
1941	Hold Back the DawnMovie	Movie Actor (uncredited)	40
1941	Birth of the BluesMovie	Memphis	40
1941	The Great Man's LadyMovie	Steely Edwards	40
1941	Billy the KidMovie	Jim Sherwood	40
1940	The Great McGintyMovie	Daniel 'Dan' McGinty	39
1940	Brigham YoungMovie	Angus Duncan	39
1939	Jesse JamesMovie	Barshee	38
1939	Union PacificMovie	Sid Campeau	38
1939	Allegheny UprisingMovie	Ralph Callendar	38
1939	Destry Rides AgainMovie	Kent	38
1939	Beau GesteMovie	Sergeant Markoff	38
1938	In Old ChicagoMovie	Gil Warren	37
1937	This Is My AffairMovie	Batiste Duryea	36
1936	36 Hours to KillMovie	Frank Evers	35
1936	Human CargoMovie	Packy Campbell	35
1936	Half AngelMovie	Duffy Giles	35
1936	Crack-UpMovie	Ace Martin	35
1936	High TensionMovie	Steve Reardon	35
1935	Barbary CoastMovie	Knuckles Jacoby	34