- Films
- 60
- Avg rating
- 6.61
- Peak run
- 1943’47
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Brian by the numbers
Average
6.61
33 rated films
Vote weighted
6.65
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.72
rating spread
Career
35y
1935 to 1969
Total votes
156K
across every film
Best
7.6
Destry Rides Again
Worst
6.6
The Quatermass Xperiment
Newest first
Filmography
| 1969 | Pit Stop | Grant Willard | 6.7 | 1,281 |
| 1968 | Arizona Bushwhackers | Mayor Joe Smith | · | 427 |
| 1967 | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #3 | · | 673 |
| 1967 | Hostile Guns | Marshal Willett | · | 326 |
| 1966 | The Fat Spy | George Wellington | · | 662 |
| 1966 | Waco | Ace Ross | · | 425 |
| 1966 | Gammera the Invincible | Gen. Terry Arnold | 5.0 | 1,504 |
| 1965 | Curse of the Fly | Henri Delambre | 5.1 | 2,816 |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson | 4.8 | 1,807 |
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | Col. Sherman Harrington | · | 511 |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy | Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual | 6.4 | 2,393 |
| 1959 | Never So Few | Gen. Sloan | 5.8 | 3,768 |
| 1958 | Cowboy | Doc Bender | 6.7 | 3,928 |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 | Quatermass | 6.7 | 5,592 |
| 1956 | A Cry in the Night | Capt. Ed Bates | 6.0 | 1,042 |
| 1955 |  The Big Combo | Joe McClure | 7.3 | 10,185 |
| 1955 | The Quatermass Xperiment | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | 6.6 | 8,778 |
| 1953 | Woman They Almost Lynched | Charles Quantrill | · | 605 |
| 1952 | Hoodlum Empire | Senator Bill Stephens | · | 505 |
| 1952 | Ride the Man Down | Bide Marriner | · | 296 |
Better together?
Brian Donlevy's regulars
- Robert TaylorCo-star · 3 films · 5.70 avg▼−0.91
- R.G. SpringsteenDirector and actor · 2 films
- Joseph KaneDirector and actor · 2 films
- William A. WellmanDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.50 avg▲+0.77
- George MarshallDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.43
- Henry HathawayDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.85 avg▲+0.18
- Val GuestDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.65 avg▲+0.21
- John FarrowDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.05
- William A. SeiterDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.44
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Brian Donlevy
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1940Brian Donlevy
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