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Acting

Brian Donlevy

Titles
103movies16TV shows
Career

Active from 1923 to 2021, with a break from 1970 to 2020, busiest in 1942 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
65
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Great McGinty
The Great McGinty
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Brian Donlevy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 10
  • Classic Hollywood 7
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Historical Drama 7
  • Moral Dilemmas 5
  • Film Noir 5
  • Moral Ambiguity 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Frontier Justice 4
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Historical Conflict 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

115

2020s

1 title Β· average score 68

1980s

2 titles Β· average score 69

as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

1960s

16 titles Β· average score 47

as Grant Willard

as Marshal Willett

as Ace Ross

as George Wellington

as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

as Henri Delambre

as Col. Sherman Harrington

as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

as Steve Marshall

All 16 titles from the 1960s

1950s

26 titles Β· average score 62

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

as Capt. Dempster

as Nick Palmer

All 26 titles from the 1950s

1940s

37 titles Β· average score 66

as Walter Williams

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

as George Camrose

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

as Maj. Geoffrey Caton

as Jim Sherwood

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

All 37 titles from the 1940s

1930s

25 titles Β· average score 64

as Sergeant Markoff

as Ralph Callendar

as Charles 'Chick' Gardner

as Ace Martin

as Steve Reardon

as Packy Campbell

as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

All 25 titles from the 1930s

1920s

8 titles Β· average score 57

as Harry O'Day

as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

as Richard Courtney

as Minor Role (Uncredited)