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Brian Donlevy

1901-1972

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Mid 1940s studio photo of Brian Donlevy

the films of brian donlevy

High Tension (1936)

From the 20th Century-Fox comedy High Tension with Glenda Farrell and Helen Wood

Behind Prison Gates (1939)

With Julie Bishop in Columbia's noir Behind Prison Gates

The Great McGinty (1940)

From the Paramount comedy The Great McGinty with Muriel Angelus

The Glass Key (1942)

With Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd in The Glass Key

A Gentleman After Dark (1942)

With Miriam Hopkins and Preston Foster in the noir thriller A Gentleman After Dark

Wake Island (1942)

From the Paramount war drama Wake Island with Macdonald Carey and Robert Preston

Hangmen Also Die (1943)

With Anna Lee in the war noir United Artists release Hangmen Also Die

Canyon Passage (1946)

With Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc, and Dana Andrews in Universal's western release Canyon Passage

Two Years Before the Mast (1946)

From Paramount's adventure flick Two Years Before the Mast. LEFT: With William Bendix. RIGHT: With Barry Fitzgerald and Alan Ladd

Command Decision (1948)

From the MGM war drama Command Decision with Cameron Mitchell and Walter Pidgeon

The Lucky Stiff (1949)

From the United Artists noir comedy The Lucky Stiff with Dorothy Lamour

Shakedown (1950)

From Universal-International's film noir thriller Shakedown

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

From the British sci-fi flick The Quatermass Xperiment

A Cry in the Night (1956)

In A Cry in the Night, Donlevy tries to rescue kidnapping victim Natalie Wood from the clutches of Raymond Burr

Quatermass II (1957)

From the British sci-fi sequel Quatermass II

Juke Box Rhythm (1959)

From the Columbia musical Juke Box Rhythm with Karin Booth and Jack Jones

The Girl in Room 13 (1961)

From the Brazilian-made crime drama The Girl in Room 13

The Fat Spy (1965)

From the low-budget comedy The Fat Spy with Jayne Mansfield

Curse of the Fly (1965)

With George Baker in Curse of the Fly, a British-made final entry in The Fly series released by 20th Century-Fox

later years

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filmography

FILM
Pit Stop (1969) with Richard Davalos, Sid Haig, and Ellen Burstyn
Rogues' Gallery (1968) with Farley Granger, Roger Smith, Mala Powers, Edgar Bergen, and Richard Arlen
Arizona Bushwhackers (1968) with Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Howard Keel, Scott Brady, and James Craig
Hostile Guns (1967) with George Montgomery, Yvonne De Carlo, Tab Hunter, John Russell, James Craig, and Richard Arlen
Five Golden Dragons (1967) with Robert Cummings, Margaret Lee, Klaus Kinski, Christopher Lee, and Dan Duryea
Waco (1966) with Jane Russell, Howard Keel, Wendell Corey, John Agar, John Smith, Terry Moore, Jeff Richards, and Richard Arlen
Curse of the Fly (1965) with George Baker
The Fat Spy (1965) with Jayne Mansfield, Phyllis Diller, and Jack E. Leonard
Gamera the Invincible (1965) with Albert Dekker
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) with Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, John Ashley, Jody McCrea, Bobbi Shaw, Harvey Lembeck, and Beverly Adams
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962) with Charlton Heston, Elsa Martinelli, Harry Guardino, and Gary Collins
The Girl in Room 13 (1961)
The Errand Boy (1961) with Jerry Lewis and Quinn O'Hara
Never So Few (1959) with Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, John Hoyt, and Whit Bissell
Juke Box Rhythm (1959) with Karin Booth and Jack Jones
Cowboy (1958) with Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, and Dick York
Escape From Red Rock (1958) with Jay C. Flippen and Myron Healey
Quatermass 2 (1957)
A Cry in the Night (1956) with Raymond Burr, Natalie Wood, Edmond O'Brien, and Irene Hervey
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Big Combo (1955) with Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, John Hoyt, and Whit Bissell
The Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) with John Lund, Audrey Totter, Ann Savage, Virginia Christine, and Reed Hadley
Ride the Man Down (1952) with Rod Cameron, Ella Raines, Forrest Tucker, Barbara Britton, Chill Wills, and J. Carrol Naish
Hoodlum Empire (1952) with Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, and John Russell
Slaughter Trail (1951) with Gig Young, Virginia Grey, and Andy Devine
Fighting Coast Guard (1951) with Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines, John Russell, Martin Milner, Steve Brodie, Hugh O'Brian, and Morris Ankrum
Kansas Raiders (1950) with Audie Murphy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady, Richard Long, James Best, Dewey Martin, Richard Egan, and Richard Arlen
Shakedow (1950) with Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Rock Hudson, and Peggie Castle
Impact (1949) with Ella Raines and Anna May Wong
The Lucky Stiff (1949) with Dorothy Lamour, Claire Trevor, Irene Hervey, and Robert Armstrong
Command Decision (1948) with Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Marshall Thompson, Cameron Mitchell, and Ray Collins
A Southern Yankee (1948) with Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl, and John Ireland
Killer McCoy (1947) with Mickey Rooney and Ann Blyth
Heaven Only Knows (1947) with Robert Cummings, Gerald Mohr, and Marjorie Reynolds
Kiss of Death (1947) with Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, and Richard Widmark
The Trouble with Women (1947) with Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Frank Faylen, and Lloyd Bridges
The Beginning or the End (1947) with Robert Walker
Song of Scheherazade (1947) with Yvonne De Carlo, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Eve Arden
Two Years Before the Mast (1946) with Alan Ladd, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank Faylen, Albert Dekker, and Ray Collins
Canyon Passage (1946) with Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Ward Bond, Patricia Roc, and Lloyd Bridges
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) with Gail Russell, Billy De Wolfe, and William Demarest
The Virginian (1946) with Joel McCrea, Barbara Britton, Sonny Tufts, Fay Bainter, and William Frawley
An American Romance (1944) with Stephen McNally
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) with Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, and William Demarest
Stand by for Action (1943) with Robert Taylor, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan, Marilyn Maxwell, and Chill Wills
Hangmen Also Die (1943) with Anna Lee and Walter Brennan
Nightmare (1942) with Diana Barrymore
The Glass Key (1942) with Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Richard Denning, Bonita Granville, William Bendix, and Frances Gifford
Wake Island (1942) with Robert Preston, Macdonald Carey, Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton, William Bendix, and Phillip Terry
The Great Man's Lady (1942) with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea
A Gentleman After Dark (1942) with Miriam Hopkins, Preston Foster, and Gloria Holden
Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942) with Pat O'Brien and Janet Blair
The Remarkable Andrew (1942) with William Holden, Ellen Drew, and Rod Cameron
Birth of the Blues (1941) with Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, and J. Carrol Naish
South of Tahiti (1941) Broderick Crawford, Andy Devine, Maria Montez, and Armida
Billy the Kid (1941) with Robert Taylor and Lon Chaney Jr.
I Wanted Wings (1941) with Ray Milland, William Holden, Veronica Lake, and Constance Moore
Brigham Young - Frontiersman (1940) with Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, John Carradine, Mary Astor, and Vincent Price
When the Daltons Rode (1940) with Randolph Scott, Kay Francis, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Erwin, and Andy Devine
The Great McGinty (1940) with William Demarest
Destry Rides Again (1939) with Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Irene Hervey, Una Merkel, and Billy Gilbert
Allegheny Uprising (1939) with John Wayne, Claire Trevor, George Sanders, and Chill Wills
Beau Geste (1939) with Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish, Albert Dekker, and Broderick Crawford
Behind Prison Gates (1939) with Julie Bishop
Union Pacific (1939) with Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Anthony Quinn, and Evelyn Keyes
Jesse James (1939) with Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Henry Hull, and Slim Summerville
Sharpshooters (1938) with Lynn Bari
We're Going to Be Rich (1938) with Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen, and Coral Browne
Battle of Broadway (1938) with Victor McLaglen, Gypsy Rose Lee, Lynn Bari, and Jane Darwell
In Old Chicago (1937) with Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, and Andy Devine
Born Reckless (1937) with Rochelle Hudson and Chick Chandler
This Is My Affair (1937) with Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, and John Carradine
Midnight Taxi (1937) with Frances Drake, Gilbert Roland, and Lon Chaney Jr.
36 Hours to Kill (1936) with Gloria Stuart, Douglas Fowley, Isabel Jewell, and Stepin Fetchit
Crack-Up (1936) with Peter Lorre and J. Carrol Naish
High Tension (1936) with Glenda Farrell
Human Cargo (1936) with Claire Trevor
Half Angel (1936) with Frances Dee
Thirteen Hours by Air (1936) with Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Zasu Pitts, and John Howard
Strike Me Pink (1936) with Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers, and William Frawley
Another Face (1935) with Wallace Ford
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) with Silvia Sidney, Melvyn Douglas, and Wallace Ford
Barbary Coast (1935) with Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Robinson, Joel McCrea, and Walter Brennan
Mother's Boy (1929) with Barbara Bennett, Helen Chandler, and Morton Downey
A Man of Quality (1926)
School for Wives (1925)
The Eve of the Revolution (1924)
Damaged Hearts (1924)

TELEVISION SERIES
Dangerous Assignment, 1952-1953 syndicated TV series. Donlevy portrayed Steve Mitchell

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