Brian Donlevy, the Good Bad Guy

A Bio-Filmography

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by Derek Sculthorpe

Type

Biographies

Subject

Actor > Brian Donlevy

Keywords

Brian Donlevy, actor

Publishing date

2016

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 220 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-6657-0

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Book Presentation:
Brian Donlevy (1901–1972) was an underrated film actor with surprising range and a little-heralded gift for comedy. Often typecast as a villain, he played the definitive bad guy in such films as Destry Rides Again, Union Pacific and Beau Geste (all in 1939). He showed his versatility in the title role of Preston Sturges’ political satire The Great McGinty (1940) and impressed both New York critics and the Soviet government as the cooly authoritative Major Caton in Wake Island (1942). Donlevy was fondly remembered as globe-trotting U.S. Special Agent Steve Mitchell in the television series Dangerous Assignment (1952) and as Professor Quatermass in two acclaimed science fiction films. This first ever biography of Donlevy covers his colorful early life as a boy soldier, his years playing comedy roles on Broadway and his long career in Hollywood.

About the Author:
Derek Sculthorpe, an archives assistant and researcher, has written plays, short stories and articles. He lives in Leeds, Yorkshire.

Press Reviews:
"Sculthorpe’s analyses are superb…Sculthorpe does a fine job resurrecting Donlevy’s ‘intriguing if very uneven career.’ He is a good writer with solid, definite opinions and a knack for telling an interesting story. His research is amazing, unearthing many nuggets…very impressive"—Classic Images.

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