Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 6, 1972) was an American actor, who was noted for playing dangerous and tough characters. Usually appearing in supporting roles, among his best-known films are '' Beau Geste'' (1939), '' The Great McGinty'' (1940) and '' Wake Island'' (1942). For his role as the sadistic Sergeant Markoff in ''Beau Geste'', he was nominated for the

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. He starred as U.S. special agent Steve Mitchell in the radio/TV series '' Dangerous Assignment''. His obituary in ''

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'' newspaper in the United Kingdom said, "Any consideration of the American '

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' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him".

Early life

Brian Donlevy was born on February 9, 1901, in

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. His parents were Thomas Donlevy and Rebecca (''née'' Parks), Irish emigrants originally from

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. Sometime between 1910 and 1912, the family moved to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, where Donlevy's father worked as a supervisor at the Brickner Woolen Mills.

Career

Broadway

Donlevy moved to New York City in his youth, where he modeled for illustrator J. C. Leyendecker, who produced illustrations for the famous Arrow Collar advertisements. His acting career began in the early 1920s, when he began appearing in theater productions, and eventually won parts in

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s. He had small roles in the silent films ''Jamestown'' (1923), ''Damaged Hearts'' (1924), '' Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1924), ''The Eve of the Revolution'' (1924), and ''School for Wives'' (1925). He had a small role on Broadway in the play ''

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'' (1925), which was a big hit and ran for two years, establishing him as an actor. He was in the film '' A Man of Quality'' (1926). On Broadway, he was in the popular musical '' Hit the Deck'' (1927–28), which ran for a year; then ''Ringside'' (1928), ''Rainbow'' (1928), and ''Queen Bee'' (1929). He had roles in the films '' Gentlemen of the Press'' (1929) and '' Mother's Boy'' (1929). On stage, he appeared in ''Up Pops the Devil'' (1930–31), ''Peter Flies High'' (1931), ''Society Girl'' (1931–32), ''The Inside Story'' (1932), and ''The Boy Friend'' (1932). He was in a film short with

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, ''Ireno'' (1932); and another short with Ruth Etting, ''A Modern Cinderella'' (1932). He returned to the stage for ''Three And One'' (1933) with Lilian Bond, a big personal success; ''No Questions Asked'' (1934); ''The Perfumed Lady'' (1934); and ''The Milky Way'' (1934). The latter led to him receiving a Hollywood offer to reprise his role in the film version, but he was unable to due to a production delay. He had a final Broadway success with '' Life Begins at 8:40'' (1934) with Bert Lahr and Ray Bolger. After that show, Donlevy said "they were all signed for the movies. I thought that if they can make it, I'm going to take a crack too."

Hollywood

Donlevy's break came in 1935, when he was cast in the film '' Barbary Coast'', directed by

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and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Later that year, he was cast in '' Mary Burns, Fugitive''. In 1936, he received second billing in '' It Happened in Hollywood'', and had a supporting role in Goldwyn's '' Strike Me Pink'' and Paramount's '' 13 Hours by Air''.

"B" leading man

Donlevy had his first lead in a

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at Fox, '' Human Cargo'' (1936), playing a wisecracking reporter opposite Claire Trevor. He followed it with other "B" lead roles: '' Half Angel'' (1936), '' High Tension'' (1936), '' 36 Hours to Kill'' (1936), '' Crack-Up'' (1936) with Peter Lorre, and '' Midnight Taxi'' (1937). He had a supporting role in an "A" movie, '' This Is My Affair'' (1937), with Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck and Victor McLaglen; then starred in another "B", '' Born Reckless'' (1937). He was in '' In Old Chicago'' (1938) and was teamed with Victor McLaglen in '' Battle of Broadway'' (1938) and '' We're Going to Be Rich'' (1938). He starred in '' Sharpshooters'' (1938), and was the lead villain in the studio's prestigious ''

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'' (1939).

Paramount

Paramount used Donlevy for a key role in Cecil B. De Mille's ''

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'' (1939), stepping in for Charles Bickford. He stayed at that studio for '' Beau Geste'' (1939). His performance in ''Beau Geste'' as the ruthless Sergeant Markoff earned him a nomination for an

. Donlevy went to Columbia to star in a "B film", '' Behind Prison Gates'' (1939), and went to RKO for a support part in '' Allegheny Uprising'' (1939). He was the villain in Universal's '' Destry Rides Again'' (1939). Donlevy was then given the title role in '' The Great McGinty'' (1940) at Paramount, the directorial debut of

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. It was not a big hit, but was profitable and received excellent reviews, launching Sturges' directing career. Donlevy later reprised the role several times on radio and television. At Universal, Donlevy was in '' When the Daltons Rode'' (1940), then went into Fox's '' Brigham Young: Frontiersman'' (1940). He was fourth-billed in '' I Wanted Wings'' (1941); then MGM borrowed him to support Robert Taylor in '' Billy the Kid'' (1941). At Universal, he was top-billed in '' South of Tahiti'' (1941), and supported

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in '' Birth of the Blues'' (1942). The-Glass-Key-1942-Poster

Paramount gave him a star part in ''

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'' (1942), playing

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, then Columbia teamed him with Pat O'Brien in '' Two Yanks in Trinidad'' (1942). Edward Small hired him to play the lead in '' A Gentleman After Dark'' (1942) and he supported Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck in Paramount's '' The Great Man's Lady'' (1942). In 1942, he starred in '' Wake Island'' with William Bendix and Robert Preston, playing a role based on James Devereux. The film, directed by

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, was a huge success, as was the adaptation of Dashiell Hammet's classic '' The Glass Key'' (1942). At Universal, Donlevy starred in '' Nightmare'' (1942), and MGM borrowed him to support Taylor again in '' Stand By for Action'' (1942). Donlevy had the lead role in

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's '' Hangmen Also Die!'' (1943), made for United Artists and co-written by

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. He had a cameo as Governor McGinty in Sturges' ''

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'' (1944). Donlevy was given the lead role in '' An American Romance'' (1944), directed by

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for MGM, in a role intended for Spencer Tracy. It was a prestigious production, but the film was a box-office and critical disappointment. He had a cameo as himself in '' Duffy's Tavern'' (1945), and he was Trampas to Joel McCrea's '' The Virginian'' (1946). After playing the male lead in '' Our Hearts Were Growing Up'' (1946) he was borrowed by Walter Wanger for '' Canyon Passage'' (1946). Brian-Donlevy-Esther-Fernandez-Alan-Ladd-Two-Years-Before-the-Mast

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At Paramount, he was in '' Two Years Before the Mast'' (1946), although top billing went to Alan Ladd. Donlevy was originally going to play the sadistic captain, but wound up giving that role to Howard da Silva and playing Richard Dana instead. At Paramount, Donlevy supported Ray Milland in '' The Trouble with Women'' (1947), then went to Fox to play a heroic DA in '' Kiss of Death'' (1947) with Victor Mature and Richard Widmark. For UA, he supported Robert Cummings in '' Heaven Only Knows'' (1947), then went to MGM for the '' Killer McCoy'' (1947), a hit with

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; '' A Southern Yankee'' (1948) with Red Skelton; and '' Command Decision'' (1948) with

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. He supported Dorothy Lamour in '' The Lucky Stiff'' (1949) then starred in

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's '' Impact'' (1949).

Television

He appeared on television in '' The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre'', and made two films for Universal-International, '' Shakedown'' (1950) and '' Kansas Raiders'' (1950) (playing William Quantrill opposite

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). He did '' Pulitzer Prize Playhouse'' on TV, then went to Republic for '' Fighting Coast Guard'' (1951), '' Ride the Man Down'' (1952), '' Hoodlum Empire'' (1952) and '' Woman They Almost Lynched'' (1953); then filmed '' Slaughter Trail'' (1952) for RKO. In 1952 he produced and starred in a TV series, '' Dangerous Assignment'', which he had performed on radio from 1949 to 1954. Donlevy focused on television: '' Robert Montgomery Presents'', '' The Motorola Television Hour'', '' Medallion Theatre'', '' Star Stage'', '' Climax!'', '' Damon Runyon Theater'', '' Kraft Theatre'', '' Studio One in Hollywood'', '' Crossroads'', '' The Ford Television Theatre'', '' The DuPont Show of the Month'' and '' Lux Video Theatre''. After a supporting role in '' The Big Combo'' (1955), Donlevy appeared in the British

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'' The Quatermass Xperiment'' (called ''The Creeping Unknown'' in the US) for Hammer Films, in the lead role of Professor Bernard Quatermass. The film was based on a 1953

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serial of the same name. The character had been British, but Hammer cast Donlevy in an attempt to help sell the film to North American audiences. Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale disliked Donlevy's portrayal, referring to him as "a former Hollywood heavy gone to seed". Nonetheless, the film was a success, and Donlevy returned for the sequel, '' Quatermass 2'' (''Enemy From Space'' in the US), in 1957, also based on a BBC television serial. It made him the only man to play the famous scientist on screen twice (although Scottish actor Andrew Keir later played him both on film and radio). In between the films, Donlevy was in '' A Cry in the Night'' (1956). He had the lead in a "B" western, '' Escape from Red Rock'' (1957) and a supporting part in ''

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'' (1958). He announced that he had formed his own production company for whom he would make a western, ''The Golden Spur'', but it appears to have not been made. He guest-starred on TV in '' Rawhide'', '' Wagon Train'', '' Hotel de Paree'', '' The Texan'', '' The DuPont Show with June Allyson'', ''

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'', and '' The Red Skelton Hour'', had supporting roles in '' Juke Box Rhythm'' and '' Never So Few'' (both 1959), and had the lead in '' Girl in Room 13'' (1960). He toured on stage in a production of '' The Andersonville Trial''. He supported

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in '' The Errand Boy'' (1961) and

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in '' The Pigeon That Took Rome'' (1962), and guested on '' Target: The Corruptors'', '' Saints and Sinners'', and '' The DuPont Show of the Week''.

Later career

Donlevy had the lead in ''

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'' (1965) for Robert L. Lippert, and supported in '' How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' (1965). In 1966, in one of the final episodes of '' Perry Mason'', "The Case of the Positive Negative", he played defendant General Roger Brandon. Donlevy's last performances included '' The Fat Spy'' (1966), an episode of '' Family Affair'', new American footage shot in New York for '' Gamera the Invincible'' (1966), '' Five Golden Dragons'' (1967) for Harry Alan Towers, and the A.C. Lyles films '' Waco'' (1966), '' Hostile Guns'' (1967), '' Arizona Bushwhackers'' (1968), and '' Rogue's Gallery'' (1968). His last film was '' Pit Stop'', released in 1969.

Personal life

Donlevy was married to Yvonne Grey from 1928 to 1936. She divorced him on grounds of cruelty, and he agreed to pay $5,000 a month in alimony. He married actress Marjorie Lane in 1936. They had one child, but divorced in 1947. He was married to Lillian Arch Lugosi (1911-1981) (the former wife of

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) from 1966 until his death in 1972. Donlevy supported Thomas Dewey in the 1944 United States presidential election.

Death

Donlevy was operated on for throat cancer in 1971 and died from the disease on April 6, 1972, at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in

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. He was 71. His ashes were scattered over Santa Monica Bay.

Selected filmography

*'' Damaged Hearts'' (1924) as Jim Porter *'' Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1924) as Ball Guest at Bath (uncredited) * '' School for Wives'' (1925) as Ralph *'' A Man of Quality'' (1926) as Richard Courtney *'' Gentlemen of the Press'' (1929) as Kelly – Reporter (uncredited) *'' Mother's Boy'' (1929) as Harry O'Day *''A Modern Cinderella'' (1932, short) *'' Barbary Coast'' (1935) as Knuckles Jacoby *'' Mary Burns, Fugitive'' (1935) as Spike *'' Another Face'' (1935) as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III *'' Strike Me Pink'' (1936) as Vance *'' 13 Hours by Air'' (1936) as Dr. James L. Evarts *'' Human Cargo'' (1936) as Packy Campbell *'' Half Angel'' (1936) as Duffy Giles *'' High Tension'' (1936) as Steve Reardon *'' 36 Hours to Kill'' (1936) as Frank Evers *'' Crack-Up'' (1936) as Ace Martin *'' Midnight Taxi'' (1937) as Charles 'Chick' Gardner *'' This Is My Affair'' (1937) as Batiste Duryea *'' Born Reckless'' (1937) as Bob 'Hurry' Kane *'' In Old Chicago'' (1937) as Gil Warren *'' Battle of Broadway'' (1938) as Chesty Webb *'' We're Going to Be Rich'' (1938) as Yankee Gordon *'' Sharpshooters'' (1938) as Steve Mitchell *''

'' (1939) as Barshee *''

'' (1939) as Sid Campeau *'' Beau Geste'' (1939) as Sergeant Markoff *'' Behind Prison Gates'' (1939) as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray *'' Allegheny Uprising'' (1939) as Callendar *'' Destry Rides Again'' (1939) as Kent *'' The Great McGinty'' (1940) as Dan McGinty *'' When the Daltons Rode'' (1940) as Grat Dalton *''

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'' (1940) as Angus Duncan *'' I Wanted Wings'' (1941) as Capt. Mercer *'' Billy the Kid'' (1941) as Jim Sherwood *'' Hold Back the Dawn'' (1941) as Movie Actor (uncredited) *'' South of Tahiti'' (1941) as Bob *'' Birth of the Blues'' (1941) as Memphis *''

'' (1942) as General Andrew Jackson *'' Two Yanks in Trinidad'' (1942) as Vince Barrows *'' A Gentleman After Dark'' (1942) as Harry 'Heliotrope Harry' Melton *'' The Great Man's Lady'' (1942) as Steely Edwards *'' Wake Island'' (1942) as Maj. Geoffrey Caton *'' The Glass Key'' (1942) as Paul Madvig *'' Nightmare'' (1942) as Daniel Shane *'' Stand By for Action'' (1942) as Lt. Cmdr. Martin J. Roberts *'' Hangmen Also Die!'' (1943) as Dr. Franticek Svoboda / Karel Vanek *''

'' (1943) as Governor McGinty *'' An American Romance'' (1944) as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos *'' Duffy's Tavern'' (1945) as Brian Donlevy *'' The Virginian'' (1946) as Trampas *'' Our Hearts Were Growing Up'' (1946) as Tony Minnetti *'' Canyon Passage'' (1946) as George Camrose *'' Two Years Before the Mast'' (1946) as Richard Henry Dana *'' The Beginning or the End'' (1947) as Major General Leslie R. Groves *'' Song of Scheherazade'' (1947) as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch *'' The Trouble with Women'' (1947) as Joe McBride *'' Kiss of Death'' (1947) as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo *'' Heaven Only Knows'' (1947) as Adam 'Duke' Byron *'' Killer McCoy'' (1947) as Jim Caighn *'' A Southern Yankee'' (1948) as Kurt Devlynn *'' Command Decision'' (1948) as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet *'' The Lucky Stiff'' (1949) as John J. Malone *'' Impact'' (1949) as Walter Williams *'' Shakedown'' (1950) as Nick Palmer *'' Kansas Raiders'' (1950) as Col. William Clarke Quantrill *'' Fighting Coast Guard'' (1951) as Commander Ian McFarland *'' Slaughter Trail'' (1951) as Capt. Dempster *'' Hoodlum Empire'' (1952) as Senator Bill Stephens *'' Ride the Man Down'' (1952) as Bide Marriner *'' Woman They Almost Lynched'' (1953) as Charles Quantrill *'' The Big Combo'' (1955) as Joe McClure *'' The Quatermass Xperiment'' (1955, US title ''The Creeping Unknown'') as Prof. Bernard Quatermass *'' A Cry in the Night'' (1956) as Capt. Ed Bates *'' Quatermass 2'' (1957, originally titled ''Quatermass II, Enemy from Space''; known in USA as ''The Enemy from Space'') as Quatermass *'' Escape from Red Rock'' (1957) as Bronc Grierson *''

'' (1958) as Doc Bender – Trail Hand *'' Juke Box Rhythm'' (1959) as George Manton *'' Never So Few'' (1959) as Gen. Sloan *'' Girl in Room 13'' (1960, shot in Brazil) as Steve Marshall *'' The Errand Boy'' (1961) as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual *'' The Pigeon That Took Rome'' (1962) as Col. Sherman Harrington *''

'' (1965) as Henri Delambre *'' How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' (1965) as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson *'' The Fat Spy'' (1966) as George Wellington *'' Waco'' (1966) as Ace Ross *'' Gammera: The Invincible'' (1966) as Gen. Terry Arnold *'' Five Golden Dragons'' (1967) as Dragon #3 *'' Hostile Guns'' (1967) as Marshal Willett *'' Arizona Bushwhackers'' (1968) as Mayor Joe Smith * '' Rogue's Gallery'' (1968) as Detective Lee *'' Pit Stop'' (1969) as Grant Willard (final film role)

Television appearances

Radio appearances

References

External links

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