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
- 65top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
The Great McGinty86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 56 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.1average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.6
- Crime5.0average 3.7
- Politics3.5average 2.6
- Violence5.0average 4.3
- Adrenaline5.6average 5.1
- Class & Capitalism3.8average 3.3
- Tension6.4average 6.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.8, average 2.9
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.8
- Family Dynamics3.7, average 4.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Classic Western 10
- Classic Hollywood 8
- Historical Drama 7
- Social Commentary 6
- Film Noir 5
- Moral Dilemmas 5
- Frontier Justice 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Crime Thriller 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Victor YoungComposerTwo Years Before the Mast, Union Pacific, The Glass Key, Our Hearts Were Growing Up, The Trouble with Women, +2 more- SSteve FisherWriterWoman They Almost Lynched, Waco, Arizona Bushwhackers, Hostile Guns, Rogue's Gallery
Albert DekkerActorTwo Years Before the Mast, Beau Geste, Wake Island, Gammera the Invincible
Claire TrevorActorAllegheny Uprising, Hoodlum Empire, The Lucky Stiff, Human Cargo
J. Carrol NaishActorBeau Geste, Crack-Up, Ride the Man Down, Birth of the Blues
Joel McCreaActorUnion Pacific, The Virginian, Barbary Coast, The Great Man's Lady
Andy DevineActorIn Old Chicago, When the Daltons Rode, South of Tahiti, Slaughter Trail- DDavid ButtolphComposerKiss of Death, Brigham Young, A Cry in the Night, Wake Island
Theodor SparkuhlCinematographerThe Glass Key, Beau Geste, The Remarkable Andrew, Wake Island- MMilton CarruthEditorDestry Rides Again, Canyon Passage, Kansas Raiders, Shakedown
- JJohn PatrickWriterHigh Tension, Midnight Taxi, Born Reckless, Battle of Broadway
William C. MellorCinematographerThe Great McGinty, The Great Man's Lady, Birth of the Blues, Wake Island
Movies and TV shows
115Great
Score 80 to 89
6 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
86
as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
84
as Kent
83
as George Camrose
82
TV show · as General Roger Brandon
81
as Movie Actor (uncredited)
80
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Good
Score 70 to 79
13 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
78
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
76
as Knuckles Jacoby
75
as Sergeant Markoff
75
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
74
as Sid Campeau
74
as General Andrew Jackson
72
as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
72
as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
72
as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
71
TV show · as John Ridges
71
as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
71
as Joe McClure
Decent
Score 60 to 69
26 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
68
as Paul Madvig
66
as Nick Palmer
65
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
65
as Richard Henry Dana
65
as Walter Williams
65
as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
63
as Grant Willard
63
as Adam 'Duke' Byron
63
as Bide Marriner
62
as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
62
as Trampas
60
as Grat Dalton
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
33 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
as Jim Sherwood
59
as Ace Martin
59
as Charles Quantrill
59
as Ace Ross
57
as Steely Edwards
51
as Quantrill
50
as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
49
as Kurt Devlynn
45
as Ed Bates
44
as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
40
as Gen. Terry Arnold
39
as Henri Delambre
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
1 title
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
26
as George Wellington
Not rated yet
36 titles
Not rated yet
TV show
as Frank Evers
as Joe McBride
as Tony Minnetti
as Harry Melton
as Steve Reardon
as Bronc Grierson
as Cmdr. McFarland
as Vince Barrows
as Bob
as John J. Malone
as Charles 'Chick' Gardner