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Acting

Brian Donlevy

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: 61/100

Highest rated: The Great McGinty
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 59 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Brian Donlevy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

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

Main genres

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Recurring tags

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

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

115

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 68

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

68

as Archival Footage

1980s

2 titles · average score 69

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

68

as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

69

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

1960s

16 titles · average score 48

Pit Stop

51

as Grant Willard

Arizona Bushwhackers

38

as Mayor Joe Smith

Rogue's Gallery

as Detective Lee

Five Golden Dragons

42

as Dragon #3

Gammera the Invincible

41

as Gen. Terry Arnold

Waco

60

as Ace Ross

The Fat Spy

28

as George Wellington

Family Affair

45

TV show

Curse of the Fly

42

as Henri Delambre

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

44

as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

The Errand Boy

58

as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

Girl In Room 13

as Steve Marshall

1950s

26 titles · average score 62

Cowboy

68

as Doc Bender, Trailhand

Quatermass 2

74

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

A Cry in the Night

46

as Ed Bates

The Big Combo

83

as Joe McClure

The Quatermass Xperiment

70

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Woman They Almost Lynched

58

as Charles Quantrill

Dangerous Assignment

TV show

Hoodlum Empire

62

as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

Ride the Man Down

69

as Bide Marriner

Fighting Coast Guard

as Cmdr. McFarland

Kansas Raiders

52

as Quantrill

Shakedown

67

as Nick Palmer

1940s

37 titles · average score 66

Impact

65

as Walter Williams

A Southern Yankee

50

as Kurt Devlynn

Kiss of Death

72

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Canyon Passage

83

as George Camrose

The Virginian

56

as Trampas

Hangmen Also Die!

79

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

The Glass Key

78

as Paul Madvig

Wake Island

72

as Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Stand by for Action

48

as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

Billy the Kid

45

as Jim Sherwood

When the Daltons Rode

61

as Grat Dalton

The Great McGinty

86

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

1930s

25 titles · average score 64

Destry Rides Again

81

as Kent

Union Pacific

74

as Sid Campeau

Beau Geste

75

as Sergeant Markoff

In Old Chicago

64

as Gil Warren

Born Reckless

57

as Bob Kane

Midnight Taxi

as Charles 'Chick' Gardner

Crack-Up

60

as Ace Martin

Human Cargo

69

as Packy Campbell

36 Hours to Kill

as Frank Evers

High Tension

as Steve Reardon

Another Face

54

as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

as Drunk (uncredited)

1920s

8 titles · average score 57

as Unknown

Mother's Boy

as Harry O'Day

Gentlemen of the Press

as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

A Man of Quality

as Richard Courtney

School for Wives

as Ralph

Monsieur Beaucaire

57

as unknown

Damaged Hearts

as Jim Porter

Jamestown

as Minor Role (Uncredited)