Donald Evans Dorrell (December 26, 1933 – May 3, 2003)[2] was an American film and television actor.

He was best known for playing the role of Donovan in the American western television series Pony Express.

[4] In 1959, he joined the cast of the new syndicated western television series Pony Express playing the role of Brett Clark's troubleshooter Donovan.

[5] In 1962, Dorrell survived a plane crash in the sea off Avalon, California.

[6] Dorrell died of cancer on May 3, 2003, in Port Ludlow, Washington, at the age of 69.