Brian Donlevy
2 credits on HibingeTV
American actor, born in 1901. A tough leading man of the 1930s and 1940s, often cast as soldiers or hard men. His films include Beau Geste (1939) and Impact (1949). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Billy Wilder's The Great McGinty (1940).
Acted In
Crime, Noir
A wealthy businessman survives a murder attempt arranged by his wife and her lover, then disappears so that the two of them can be charged with killing him. He hides out in a small town under an assumed name while the police, led by a sharp lieutenant played by Charles Coburn, work to build the case. Brian Donlevy is the wronged husband who has to decide whether to come back at all, and Ella Raines is the woman who helps him. The film was shot entirely in Northern California, around San Francisco and Marin County, which gives it a different look from the usual Los Angeles noir. It entered the public domain due to non-renewal of its copyright.
Crime · Noir · Mystery
Impact
1949 - as Walter Williams
Comedy
A 1966 American Z-movie comedy directed by Joseph Cates, starring Phyllis Diller, Jack E. Leonard, Brian Donlevy, and Jayne Mansfield. On a nearly-deserted island off the coast of Florida rumored to hold the Fountain of Youth, a boatload of teenagers arrives for a scavenger hunt. The island's wealthy owner (Donlevy) dispatches his daughter Junior (Mansfield) to remove them, while rotund botanist Irving (Leonard) is sent to spy on the teenagers. Irving's twin brother Herman (also Leonard) and the scheming Camille Salamander (Diller) have their own plans to find the fountain first. The film parodies teenage beach party films rather than spy films, and is featured in the 2004 documentary The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made. Released to the public domain in the 1990s, it has since been widely distributed on DVD and VHS.
Comedy
The Fat Spy
1966 - as George Wellington