ACTOR

Brian Donlevy

1901 - 1972

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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 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He starred as U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Donlevy has received more than 1,005,385 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Brian Donlevy is the 6,256th most popular actor (down from 5,914th in 2019), the 9,184th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,824th in 2019) and the 2,868th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Brian Donlevies by language

Over the past year Brian Donlevy has had the most page views in the with 133,986 views, followed by Italian (4,816), and Spanish (4,728). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (122.34%), Irish (83.50%), and Korean (54.01%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brian Donlevy ranks 6,256 out of 13,578. Before him are Luise Ullrich, Dick Haymes, Mark Lenard, Kay Johnson, Ben Alexander, and Parminder Nagra. After him are Kathy Hilton, Marion Leonard, Lilyan Chauvin, Stephen Amell, Roxann Dawson, and Kathryn Hunter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Brian Donlevy ranks 309. Before him are Al LeConey, Mildred Wiley, Sven Utterström, Malcolm MacDonald, Henry Eyring, and Paul Fritsch. After him are Leon Shamroy, Georgy Ushakov, Eusebio Díaz, Clementina de Jesus, Carlo Biotti, and Thomas Cooray. Among people deceased in 1972, Brian Donlevy ranks 227. Before him are Yuri Linnik, Yevgeni Babich, Moe Berg, Franciska Gaal, Per Bertilsson, and Betty Blythe. After him are Jaap Mol, Herbert Hübner, John Berryman, Arnold Jackson, Walter Winchell, and Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brian Donlevy ranks 9,184 out of 20,380. Before him are Randy Barnes (1966), Kay Johnson (1904), Robert Pearce (1908), Ben Alexander (1911), Christy Mathewson (1880), and Peabo Bryson (1951). After him are Kathy Hilton (1959), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), Marion Leonard (1881), Vincent Matthews (1947), Jim Risch (1943), and Barney Ewell (1918).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brian Donlevy ranks 2,868. Before him are Mimi Kennedy (1948), Anthony Anderson (1970), Jenna Dewan (1980), Mark Lenard (1924), Kay Johnson (1904), and Ben Alexander (1911). After him are Kathy Hilton (1959), Marion Leonard (1881), Roxann Dawson (1958), Kathryn Hunter (1957), Kristin Chenoweth (1968), and James MacArthur (1937).

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Television and Movie Roles

Hangmen Also Die!
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
Apr 15o 19436.972 / 10
The Quatermass Xperiment
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
Aug 26o 19556.5 / 10
Quatermass 2
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
May 24o 19576.4 / 10