Waldo Brian Donlevy Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 5, 1972), later known as Brian Donlevy was an Irish-born American actor, noted for playing dangerous tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his best-known films are Beau Geste (1939) and The Great McGinty (1940). For his role as Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.Donlevy starred as US special agent Steve Mitchell in 40 episodes of the 1952 TV series "Dangerous Assignment". Mitchell received assignments to exotic locales involving international intrigue from 'The Commissioner' played by Hubert Butterfield.His obituary in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom stated that "any consideration of the American 'film noir' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him".
Full Name
Waldo Brian Donlevy
Net Worth
$1.2 Million
Date Of Birth
February 9, 1901
Died
1972-04-05
Place Of Birth
Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Occupation
Actor
Profession
Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
Spouse
Marjorie Lane child
Children
Judy Donlevy
Nicknames
Brian Donlevy, Donlevy, Brian
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
1
Was wounded twice while serving as a fighter pilot in France during World War I.
2
He is the only actor to play Professor Bernard Quatermass on screen more than once, which he did in the Hammer science fiction film The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and its sequel Enemy from Space (1957). In spite of this, he was reportedly "Quatermass" creator Nigel Kneale's least favourite actor in the role.
3
Although he is typically credited as having been with the Lafayette Escadrille, he was not. However he was a member of a group of young American men who went to France and received flight training there in WWI. As such, he was an honorary member of The Lafayette Flying Corps (also known as the Franco-American Flying Corps). The Corps was never officially a unit, it is a collective name for all American pilots -- including the Lafayette Escadrille pilots -- who flew for the French during World War I. The exact number of actual pilots who flew for the French is open to question and many different numbers exist depending on who is counting. The numbers range from as low as 180 to over 300. The most widely accepted number of men who were recognized as having successfully completed French flight training (received their "brevets") is 209. Of this 209, only 180 actually served at the Front in combat divided among 66 French pursuit escadrilles and 27 bomber/observer escadrilles.
4
Besides television, he also portrayed government spy Steve Mitchell on NBC Radio's "Dangerous Assignment" (1949-1953).
It's widely believed that Ray Milland accidentally cut Donlevy's shoulder during the filming of Beau Geste (1939) when he missed Donlevy's protective padding with his bayonet. This legend was recently repeated on American Movie Classics (AMC) during an airing of the film. In actuality, Ray stabbed him in the lower left ribcage. The wound was deep enough to not only make him bleed but resulted in a scar that Donlevy bore for the rest of his life.
10
According to a statement in a 1944 movie magazine, Donlevy did not smoke or play cards. The only smoking he did was "for the movies".
11
The two overriding interests in his life were gold mining and writing poetry.
12
On January 11, 1950, he crashed the plane he was flying into a hillside near Solvang, CA, but miraculously walked away unhurt.
13
When he was working on I Wanted Wings (1941) with Ray Milland they filmed on an actual military base and he played Capt. Mercer. He got so uncomfortable with soldiers thinking he was a real captain and saluting him that he wore a sign around his neck that said, "Actor".
14
His character, Gil Warren, in In Old Chicago (1937) died as a result of the Chicago fire. His character, Steely Edwards, in 'The Great Man's Lady (1942) died in the San Francisco fire.
15
Played historical figure William Quantrill, the leader of a Confederate guerrilla band during the US Civil War, in two films: Kansas Raiders (1950) and Woman They Almost Lynched (1953). The second was not a sequel to the first.
16
Sassy-talking, rugged-looking, square-shouldered supporting actor said, however, always to have gone through this necessary morning ritual before arriving on the movie set: 1) insert dentures; 2) don hairpiece; 3) strap on corset; 4) lace up "elevator" shoes.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pit Stop
1969
Grant Willard
Rogue's Gallery
1968
Detective Lee
Arizona Bushwhackers
1968
Mayor Joe Smith
Five Golden Dragons
1967
Dragon #3
Hostile Guns
1967
Marshal Willett
Family Affair
1967
TV Series
Owen Pennington
Gammera the Invincible
1966
Gen. Terry Arnold
Waco
1966
Ace Ross
The Fat Spy
1966
George Wellington
Perry Mason
1966
TV Series
General Roger Brandon
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Curse of the Fly
1965
Henri Delambre
The DuPont Show of the Week
1964
TV Series
Cheese Karapolis
Saints and Sinners
1962
TV Series
Preller
The Pigeon That Took Rome
1962
Col. Sherman Harrington
Target: The Corruptors
1962
TV Series
Pete
The Errand Boy
1961
Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
The Red Skelton Hour
1960
TV Series
Big Dan
Zane Grey Theater
1960
TV Series
Fred Childress
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1960
TV Series
John Ridges
Girl in Room 13
1960
Steve Marshall
Never So Few
1959
Gen. Sloan
The Texan
1959
TV Series
Sam Gallup / Sheriff Bob Gleason
Hotel de Paree
1959
TV Series
Juke Box Rhythm
1959
George Manton
Wagon Train
1959
TV Series
Jasper Cato
Rawhide
1959
TV Series
Jed Reston
Cowboy
1958
Doc Bender, Trailhand
Escape from Red Rock
1957
Bronc Grierson
The DuPont Show of the Month
1957
TV Series
Constable Dale
Enemy from Space
1957
Quatermass
Crossroads
1955-1957
TV Series
Reverend Jacob Chamberlain / Rev. Robert McClure / Dr. Roy Bell
A Cry in the Night
1956
Capt. Ed Bates
Lux Video Theatre
1953-1956
TV Series
Walter Williams / Daniel J. McGinty / Dan Carmody
The Ford Television Theatre
1955-1956
TV Series
Charlie Brock / Joe Aladdin
Studio One in Hollywood
1956
TV Series
Jim
Kraft Theatre
1956
TV Series
Damon Runyon Theater
1955
TV Series
Climax!
1955
TV Series
Sam Marvin / Lieutenant Commander Knowles
Star Stage
1955
TV Series
Honest John Gaminski
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
The Big Combo
1955
Joe McClure
Medallion Theatre
1954
TV Series
The Motorola Television Hour
1953
TV Series
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
Charles Quantrill
Ride the Man Down
1952
Bide Marriner
Hoodlum Empire
1952
Sen. Bill Stephens
Dangerous Assignment
1952
TV Series
Steve Mitchell
Slaughter Trail
1951
Capt. Dempster
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
Commander Ian McFarland
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950
TV Series
Kansas Raiders
1950
Col. William Clarke Quantrill
Shakedown
1950
Nick Palmer
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
1949
TV Series
Impact
1949
Walter Williams
The Lucky Stiff
1949
John J. Malone
Command Decision
1948
Brig. Gen. Clifton I. Garnet
A Southern Yankee
1948
Kurt Devlynn
Killer McCoy
1947
Jim Caighn
Heaven Only Knows
1947
Adam 'Duke' Byron
Kiss of Death
1947
Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
The Trouble with Women
1947
Joe McBride
Song of Scheherazade
1947
Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
The Beginning or the End
1947
Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Canyon Passage
1946
George Camrose
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
Tony Minnetti
The Virginian
1946
Trampas
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
Richard Henry Dana
Duffy's Tavern
1945
Brian Donlevy
An American Romance
1944
Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
Governor McGinty (as McGinty)
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Karel Vanek
Stand by for Action
1942
Lt. Cmdr. Martin J. Roberts
Nightmare
1942
Daniel Shane
The Glass Key
1942
Paul Madvig
Wake Island
1942
Maj. Geoffrey Caton
A Gentleman After Dark
1942
Harry 'Heliotrope Harry' Melton
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
Vince Barrows
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
General Andrew Jackson
The Great Man's Lady
1942
Steely Edwards
Birth of the Blues
1941
Memphis
South of Tahiti
1941
Bob
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
Movie Actor (uncredited)
Billy the Kid
1941
Jim Sherwood
I Wanted Wings
1941
Capt. Mercer
Brigham Young
1940
Angus Duncan
The Great McGinty
1940
Dan McGinty
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Grat Dalton
Destry Rides Again
1939
Kent
Allegheny Uprising
1939
Callendar
Behind Prison Gates
1939
Agent Norman Craig
Red Murray
Beau Geste
1939
Sergeant Markoff
Union Pacific
1939
Sid Campeau
Jesse James
1939
Barshee
Sharpshooters
1938
Steve Mitchell
We're Going to Be Rich
1938
Yankee Gordon
Battle of Broadway
1938
Chesty Webb
In Old Chicago
1937
Gil Warren
Born Reckless
1937
Bob 'Hurry' Kane
This Is My Affair
1937
Batiste Duryea
Midnight Taxi
1937
Charles 'Chick' Gardner
Crack-Up
1936
Ace Martin
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Frank Evers
High Tension
1936
Steve Reardon
Half Angel
1936
Duffy Giles
Human Cargo
1936
Packy Campbell
13 Hours by Air
1936
Dr. James L. Evarts
Strike Me Pink
1936
Vance
Another Face
1935
Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
Spike
Barbary Coast
1935
Knuckles Jacoby
A Modern Cinderella
1932
Short
Charlie - the Chauffeur
Ireno
1932
Short
The Drunk (uncredited)
Mother's Boy
1929
Harry O'Day
Gentlemen of the Press
1929
Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
A Man of Quality
1926
Richard Courtney
School for Wives
1925
Ralph
The Eve of the Revolution
1924
Short
Paul Revere
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924
Ball Guest at Bath (uncredited)
Damaged Hearts
1924
Jim Porter
Jamestown
1923
Short
Minor Role (uncredited)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dangerous Assignment
TV Series executive producer - 3 episodes, 1952 producer - 1 episode, 1952
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
performer: "Madison Avenue" - uncredited
36 Hours to Kill
1936
performer: "Row, Row. Row Your Boat" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Here's Hollywood
1961
TV Series
Himself
Lux Video Theatre
1956
TV Series
Himself - Intermission guest
I've Got a Secret
1953-1956
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1953
TV Series
Himself - Actor
The Name's the Same
1953
TV Series
Guest star contestant
Unusual Occupations
1947/I
Documentary short
Himself (uncredited)
The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic Stalingrad
1943
Documentary
Narrator (voice)
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1960
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Television
On 8 February 1960. At 1551 Vine Street.
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1940
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Beau Geste (1939)
3rd Place Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1942
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Actor
Wake Island (1942)
Known for movies
Dangerous Assignment (1952) as Steve Mitchell
Hangmen Also Die! (1943) as Dr. Franticek Svoboda / Karel Vanek
Kiss of Death (1947) as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo