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b'Brian Donlevy was famous for his roles playing dangerous touch guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. In this episode of the radio program "Dangerous Assignment" he plays such a character (Steve Mitchell) working for the American government. Intro audio gives details of the show and Donlevy as well as listing the other well-known actors that co-starred with him in this show. Backstory: Brian Donlevy (born 1901) lied about his age in 1916 (he was 14) so he could join the army. Gen. John Pershing sent him as part of a battalion of American troops to invade Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa. Mexican rebels under Villa\'s command had raided Columbus, NM and killed 16 soldiers and civilians. Donlevy served with that expedition and later in WW I was a pilot with the Lafayette Flying Corps, a unite of the French Air Force made up of American and Canadian pilots. He was wounded twice serving as a fighter pilot. He also spent 2 yrs at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, but gave up his military career for the stage... his first big film was "What Price Glory" , In 1950 he crashed a plane he was flying into a mountain side in California and survived. He died of cancer at the age of 69 on April 5, 1972\\nThis track will be stored in the "Detective/Mystery" Playlist on this Soundcloud podcast.'