James Flavin
American character actor whose career lasted nearly half a century. James Wilson Flavin Jr. was the son of a hotel waiter of Canadian-English extraction and a mother, Katherine, whose father was an Irish immigrant. (Thus Flavin, well-known in Hollywood as an "Irish" type, was only one-quarter Irish.) Flavin was born and raised in Portland, Maine (a fact that may have enrichened his later working relationship with director John Ford, also a Portland native). He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, but (contrary to some sources) did not graduate. Instead he dropped out and returned to Portland where he drove a taxi. Then as now, summer stock companies flocked to Maine each year, and in 1929 he was asked to fill in for an actor. He did well with the part and the company manager offered him $150 per week to go with the troupe back to New York. Flavin accepted and by the spring of 1930 was living in a rooming house at 108 W. 87th Street in Manhattan. Flavin didn't manage to crack Broadway at this time (his Broadway debut would not occur for another thirty-nine years, in the 1971 revival of "The Front Page," in which Flavin played Murphy and briefly took over the lead role of Walter Burns from star Robert Ryan). He worked his way across the country in stock productions and tours, arriving in Los Angeles around 1932. He quickly made the transition to movies, landing the lead in his very first film, a Universal serial, The Airmail Mystery (1932). He also landed his leading lady, marrying the serial's female star Lucile Browne that same year. However, the serial marked virtually the last time that Flavin would play the lead in a film. Thereafter, he was restricted almost exclusively to supporting characters, many of them without so much as a name. He specialized in uniformed cops and hard-bitten detectives, but played chauffeurs, cabbies, and even a 16th-century palace guard with aplomb. Flavin appeared in nearly four hundred films between 1932 and 1971, and in almost a hundred television episodes before his final appearance, as President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976). Flavin died of a heart ailment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on April 23, 1976. His widow Lucile died seventeen days later. They were survived by their son, William James Flavin, subsequently a professor at the United States Army War College. James and Lucile Brown Flavin were buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
Fotos
Películas (279)
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
2005 · Second Mate Briggs (archive footage)
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976 · President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Law and Order
1976 · Capt. Toomey
In Cold Blood
1967 · Clarence Duntz
Good Times
1967 · Lieutenant
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965 · Lt. Flynn
Cheyenne Autumn
1964 · Ft. Robinson Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Patrolman (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
1963 · Security Guard (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
1958 · Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)
Johnny Rocco
1958 · Mooney
Wild Is the Wind
1957 · Wool Buyer
Night Passage
1957 · Tim Riley
The Restless Breed
1957 · Secret Service Chief
Footsteps in the Night
1957 · Mr. Bradbury
Hold That Hypnotist
1957 · Jake Morgan
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · MP at Garden Party (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House
1956 · Police Chief Martin
Never Say Goodbye
1956 · Timmy
Apache Ambush
1955 · Col. Marshall
The Naked Street
1955 · Attorney Michael X. Flanders
Mister Roberts
1955 · Military Policeman
Return of the Dead
1954 · Judd Harrison
Massacre Canyon
1954 · Col. Tarant
Dragonfly Squadron
1954 · Doctor
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953 · Kelly
Fighter Attack
1953 · Col. Allison
Hot News
1953 · Al Bragg
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953 · First Policeman in Bank
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Coach Buck Holman
I Beheld His Glory
1953 · Longinus
Confidentially Connie
1953 · Harry (uncredited)
Star of Texas
1953 · Texas Rangers Capt. Sturdivant
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 · Conductor
O. Henry's Full House
1952 · Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Carrie
1952 · Mike - Bartender (uncredited)
Here Come the Marines
1952 · Lieutenant-Colonel at End
Sailor Beware
1952 · Petty Officer (uncredited)
As We Forgive
1952
Come Fill the Cup
1951 · Russ - Homicide Captain (uncredited)
Rhubarb
1951 · O'Leary, Manhattan Police Chief (uncredited)
Fighting Coast Guard
1951 · Commander Rogers
Follow the Sun
1951 · Henry Gibbs
According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951 · Prosecuting Attorney
Oh! Susanna
1951 · Capt. Worth
Operation Pacific
1951 · SP Commander
South Sea Sinner
1950 · Andrews
Destination Murder
1950 · Police Lt. Brewster
Armored Car Robbery
1950 · Lt. Phillips
The Savage Horde
1950 · Guard
Rock Island Trail
1950 · Railroad Workman
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950 · Gen. Brevort (uncredited)
Dakota Lil
1950 · Secret Service Chief
Prison Warden
1949 · Guard Capt. Peter Butler
The Devil's Henchmen
1949 · Police Sergeant Briggs
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
1949 · Brophy
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Schultz
Mississippi Rhythm
1949 · Stan Caldwell
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 · Insp. Wellman
Flamingo Road
1949
Homicide
1949 · Det. Lt. Boylan
Shockproof
1949 · Policeman in Park (Uncredited)
Bungalow 13
1948 · Lt. Sam Wilson
The Plunderers
1948 · Sergeant Major
One Touch of Venus
1948 · Kerrigan
The Velvet Touch
1948 · Sgt. Oliphant
Secret Service Investigator
1948 · Police Inspector Thorndyke
The Noose Hangs High
1948 · Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Sleep, My Love
1948 · Lieutenant Mitchell
My Girl Tisa
1948 · Guard (uncredited)
Unconquered
1947 · Villager (uncredited)
Nightmare Alley
1947 · Hoatley / First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
1947 · Policeman
Song of the Thin Man
1947 · Policeman Reardon (uncredited)
Desert Fury
1947 · Pat Johnson
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947 · Captain Danforth
Dishonored Lady
1947 · Police Sergeant Patella
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 · First Policeman (uncredited)
My Favorite Brunette
1947 · Det. Lt. 'Mac' Hennessey (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
1947 · District Attorney
Nobody Lives Forever
1946 · Shake Thomas
Cloak and Dagger
1946 · Col. Walsh
Angel on My Shoulder
1946 · Dan Bellamy
Step by Step
1946 · Woods
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946 · Police Detective #1
The Missing Lady
1946 · Police Insp. Cardona
Easy to Wed
1946 · Joe
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 · Turnkey (uncredited)
Boys' Ranch
1946 · Policeman (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
1946 · Investigator (uncredited)
Sentimental Journey
1946 · Detective Sgt. McFarland (uncredited)
Young Widow
1946 · Subway Conductor (Uncredited)
Tars and Spars
1946 · Chief Bosun Mate Gurney
The Spider
1945 · Officer Johnny Tracy
Hold That Blonde!
1945 · Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
1945 · Flavin, Mate of the Quincy (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Detective (uncredited)
The Shanghai Cobra
1945 · H.R. Jarvis
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Radio Cop
Over 21
1945 · Captain (uncredited)
Murder, He Says
1945 · Police Officer (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
1945 · Guard
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 · Major at Kweilin Airbase (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
1944 · Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Laura
1944 · Det. McEveety (uncredited)
Strange Affair
1944 · Bank Security Guard (uncredited)
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944 · Sgt. Wiggins
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Once Upon a Time
1944 · Man in Subway (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
1944 · Policeman (uncredited)
Uncertain Glory
1944 · Captain of Mobile Guard
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Riding High
1943 · Train Conductor
Swing Shift Maisie
1943 · Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
Footlight Glamour
1943 · Mr. Phillips (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
1943 · 1st Lt. Bill Gardner
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Policeman (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront
1943 · Cmdr. Kalin
So Proudly We Hail
1943 · Captain O'Brien (Uncredited)
I Dood It
1943 · Federal Agent (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
1943 · Policeman (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Merchant Marine School Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943 · American Senator (uncredited)
Air Force
1943 · Maj. A.M. Bagley
Something to Shout About
1943 · Policeman
It Ain't Hay
1943 · Cop (uncredited)
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942 · Policeman
Gentleman Jim
1942 · George Corbett (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
1942 · Egan (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942 · Capt. Luddy
Thru Different Eyes
1942 · Thomas
Tough as They Come
1942 · Process Server
Broadway
1942 · Doorman (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
1942 · Police Lieutenant Schaeffer
Saboteur
1942 · Motorcycle Cop (voice) (uncredited)
Kid Glove Killer
1942 · Keenan - Detective Grilling Eddie (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Girl's Father (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942 · Railroad Detective #2 (uncredited)
Treat 'Em Rough
1942 · Joe Trosper
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942 · Police Dispatcher
Bedtime Story
1941 · Hotel Guest in Room 625 (uncredited)
Kathleen
1941 · Moving Man
The Night of January 16th
1941 · Policeman Kelly
New York Town
1941 · Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · Detective (uncredited)
Texas
1941 · Abilene Fight Announcer
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 · Immigration Guard (uncredited)
We Go Fast
1941 · Police Lt. Bardette
Belle Starr
1941 · Sergeant
Manpower
1941 · Orderly About to Give Bath (uncredited)
Affectionately Yours
1941 · Tomassetti
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Buck (uncredited)
Ride on Vaquero
1941 · Officer Johnson
Pot o' Gold
1941 · Sheriff Bud Connolly (uncredited), Sheriff Bud Connolly
Western Union
1941 · Deputy Sheriff
The Strawberry Blonde
1941 · Ticket Inspector on Boat (uncredited)
Buck Privates
1941 · Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941 · Policeman (uncredited)
Four Mothers
1941 · Demolition Man (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley
1940 · Army Sergeant (uncredited)
Youth Will Be Served
1940 · Buck Miller
The Long Voyage Home
1940 · Dock Policeman
The Devil's Pipeline
1940 · Dowling
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Mountie
Knute Rockne All American
1940 · Army Assistant Coach (uncredited)
The Great Profile
1940 · Detective
Rhythm on the River
1940 · Detective
When the Daltons Rode
1940 · Annabella's Brother
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Cop (uncredited)
South of Pago Pago
1940 · Cafe Customer
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940 · Truck Driver
The Way of All Flesh
1940 · Policeman
Private Affairs
1940 · Doorman (uncredited)
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940 · Ranch Foreman
Queen of the Mob
1940 · Third FBI Director
The Ghost Breakers
1940 · Hotel Porter (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
1940 · Parking Attendant at Fat Dutchy's (uncredited)
Florian
1940 · Policeman
Girl in 313
1940 · Det. Carvin
La Conga Nights
1940 · Grogin
Hot Steel
1940 · Storm Swenson
Johnny Apollo
1940 · Prison Guard In Library (uncredited)
It All Came True
1940 · Roaring 90's Club Doorman (uncredited)
And One Was Beautiful
1940 · McRafferty
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Guard (uncredited)
Women Without Names
1940 · Guard
Double Alibi
1940 · Patrolman Johnson
Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Death Row Guard (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 · Clancy (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
1940 · Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Remember the Night
1940 · Court Attendant (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939 · Sergeant
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 · Policeman
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Policeman (uncredited)
Fast and Furious
1939 · Policeman Guarding Entrance (uncredited)
Irish Luck
1939 · Fluger
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Policeman (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
1939 · Police Sergeant (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes
1939 · Coard Guard Man on Road (uncredited)
They All Come Out
1939 · Officer (uncredited)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939 · Police Sgt. Jerry
Mickey the Kid
1939 · Sanders
Tell No Tales
1939 · Officer Simmons (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939 · Turnkey
Union Pacific
1939 · Paddy (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Guard (uncredited)
Big Town Czar
1939 · George Mitchell
Code of the Streets
1939 · Doorman
Sergeant Madden
1939 · Police Interrogator
Everybody's Baby
1939 · Police Announcer (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939 · Doorman (uncredited)
Jesse James
1939 · Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
The Duke of West Point
1938 · Plebe Hockey Coach
While New York Sleeps
1938 · 2nd Cop
Convicts at Large
1938 · Detective Sgt. Berkovich
Blondie
1938 · Policeman in Accident Car (uncredited)
Lightning Carson Rides Again
1938 · Justice Department Agent
Too Hot to Handle
1938 · Young Reporter (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938 · Jack's Friend (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Jailer (uncredited)
I Am the Law
1938 · George - Witness (uncredited)
Gateway
1938 · Guard
Wives Under Suspicion
1938 · Jenks (uncredited)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · Army Captain (uncredited)
Test Pilot
1938 · Pilot (uncredited)
Miracle Money
1938 · Cop (uncredited)
Start Cheering
1938 · Gas Station Attendant
Night Spot
1938 · Kidnapper
Born to Be Wild
1938 · Striker (uncredited)
Mannequin
1938 · Burly Man (Uncredited)
Everybody's Doing It
1938 · Detective Hayes
Big Town Girl
1937 · State Trooper
Live, Love and Learn
1937 · Marine Who Likes Painting (uncredited)
Hot Water
1937 · Policeman (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
1937 · Driver
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 · Dr. Spitzy Calahan (uncredited)
Girls Can Play
1937 · Det. Bill O'Malley
Angel's Holiday
1937 · Detective
I Promise to Pay
1937 · Bill Seaver
Midnight Taxi
1937 · Detective McCormick
You Only Live Once
1937 · State Trooper (uncredited)
Dangerous Number
1937 · Cab Driver
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936 · Policeman
They Met in a Taxi
1936 · Policeman
My Man Godfrey
1936 · Detective (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936 · Detective
How to Behave
1936 · Man in Manhole (uncredited)
One Way Ticket
1935 · Ed
Rendezvous
1935 · 2st Military Policeman (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever
1935 · Lieutenant (uncredited)
Special Agent
1935 · Agent Arresting Julie (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 · Chauffeur (uncredited)
Woman Wanted
1935 · Mac - Policeman (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man
1935 · Informant on Telephone
The Murder Man
1935 · Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Chinatown Squad
1935 · Detective
Public Hero Number 1
1935 · Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited)
'G' Men
1935 · Agent with Jean (uncredited)
Straight from the Heart
1935 · Policeman
Captain Hurricane
1935 · Freighter Officer
Secrets of Chinatown
1935 · Brandhma
The Brand of Hate
1934 · Holt Larkins
The Affairs of Cellini
1934 · Palace Guard (uncredited)
Baby Take a Bow
1934 · Flannigan
Wild Gold
1934 · Detective (uncredited)
The Big Race
1934 · Bill Figg
Beloved
1934 · Wilcox
Only Yesterday
1933 · Billy (Uncredited)
Ship of Wanted Men
1933 · Frank Busch
Riot Squad
1933 · Det. Mack McCue
Hello, Sister!
1933 · Fireman
King Kong
1933 · Mate Briggs
Air Mail
1932 · Man with Radio Report (uncredited)
The All-American
1932 · Don Lindsay
The Most Dangerous Game
1932 · First Mate on Yacht (uncredited)
Okay, America!
1932 · Undetermined Role (uncredited)
McKenna of the Mounted
1932 · Corporal Randall McKenna
Back Street
1932 · Reporter (uncredited)
The Airmail Mystery
1932 · Bob Lee
Series (44)
The Brady Bunch
1969
It Takes a Thief
1968 · Gen. Levin
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
The Addams Family
1964 · Lt. Poston
Mr. Novak
1963 · Fire Chief Hawkins
Burke's Law
1963 · Officer Danny Robin
The Lucy Show
1962 · Sergeant Wilcox
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
1961 · Moose
Dr. Kildare
1961 · John Dolan
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Arnie Kellwin
Mister Ed
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960 · Robert Howard
Surfside 6
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
Coronado 9
1960
Johnny Midnight
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959 · 1962 Policeman, Truck Driver
Man with a Camera
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Gavin Marshall
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Sam Cooper
State Trooper
1956 · Police Capt. Daniel Box
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Joe Felix, Tony - The Doorman, Dan
Navy Log
1955 · Col. Flynn
The Millionaire
1955 · Dan Mulcahy
Climax!
1954 · Hogan
December Bride
1954
Public Defender
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953 · MacNamara, Sgt. Danny Doofle, Deputy Mason
City Detective
1953
General Electric Theater
1953 · Callahan
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Joe Kelly
Cavalcade of America
1952
Death Valley Days
1952 · Perry
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Mr. Swanson
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Captain Kimble, General Charles Lee
I Love Lucy
1951 · Immigration Officer
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Racket Squad
1951
The Living Christ
1951 · Longinus
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Steve, Heineman, Detective