Francis Loftus Sullivan (6 January 1903, Wandsworth, London - 19 November 1956, New York City) was an English film and stage actor. He attended Stonyhurst, the Jesuit public school in Lancashire, England whose alumni include Charles Laughton and Arthur Conan Doyle.A heavily built man with a striking double-chin and a deep voice, Sullivan made his acting debut at the Old Vic aged 18 in Shakespeares Richard III and appeared in his first film in 1932. Some of his notable film roles include Mr. Bumble in Oliver Twist (1948) and Phil Nosseross in the film noir Night and the City (1950). Sullivan also played the part of Jaggers in two versions of Charles Dickenss Great Expectations - in 1934 and 1946. He appeared in a fourth Dickens film, the 1935 Universal Pictures version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, in which he played Crisparkle.In 1938, he was featured in The Citadel, starring Robert Donat, and a decade later, he played the role of Pierre Cauchon in the technicolor version of Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman. Also in 1938 he starred in a revival of the Stokes brothers play Oscar Wilde at Londons Arts Theatre.Sullivan also acted in light comedies, notably My Favorite Spy (1951), starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr, in which he played an enemy agent, and the comedy Fiddlers Three (1944), portraying Nero. He also played the role of Pothinus in the 1945 film version of George Bernard Shaws Caesar and Cleopatra. The film was directed by Gabriel Pascal, and was the last film personally supervised by Shaw himself. Sullivan later reprised the role in a stage revival of the play.Sullivan, who eventually became a naturalized US citizen, won a Tony Award in 1955 for the Agatha Christie play Witness for the Prosecution. Earlier, he had played Hercule Poirot at the Embassy Theatre (London) in the Christie play, Black Coffee (1930). He died of a heart attack, aged 53 (some sources claim he died from an unspecified lung ailment).Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis L. Sullivan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies unavailable from Francis L. Sullivan

The Wandering Jew

Juan de Texada (Phase IV)

Movie 1933

The Red Danube

Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron

Movie 1949

'Pimpernel' Smith

General von Graum

Movie 1941

Hell's Island

Barzland

Movie 1955

The Citadel

Ben Chenkin

Movie 1938

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Rev. Mr. Septimus Crisparkle

Movie 1935

The Winslow Boy

Attorney General

Movie 1948

My Favorite Spy

Karl Brubaker

Movie 1951

The Return of Bulldog Drummond

Carl Peterson

Movie 1934

Take My Life

Prosecuting Counsel

Movie 1947

Drums of Tahiti

Commissioner Pierre Duvois

Movie 1954

Called Back

Kaledin

Movie 1933

Fiddlers Three

Nero

Movie 1944

Sangaree

Dr. Bristol

Movie 1953

The Lady from Lisbon

Minghetti

Movie 1942

The Four Just Men

Leon Poiccard

Movie 1939

Broken Journey

Anton Perami

Movie 1948

Non-Stop New York

Hugo Brant

Movie 1937

The Drum

Governor

Movie 1938

Red Wagon

Cranley

Movie 1933

Caribbean

Andrew McAllister

Movie 1952

Spy of Napoleon

Chief of Police

Movie 1936

The Ware Case

Attorney General

Movie 1938

F.P.1

A Sailor

Movie 1933

Action for Slander

Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan)

Movie 1937

When London Sleeps

Rodney Haines

Movie 1932

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1996

Chu Chin Chow

The Caliph

Movie 1934

The Fire Raisers

Stedding

Movie 1934

Climbing High

Madman

Movie 1938

The Butler's Dilemma

Leo Carrington

Movie 1943

The Warren Case

Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)

Movie 1934

What Happened Then?

Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel

Movie 1934

The Chinese Puzzle

Herman Strumm

Movie 1932

The Missing Rembrandt

Baron von Guntermann

Movie 1932

The Right to Live

Roger Stoneham

Movie 1933

Her Last Affaire

Sir Julian Weyre

Movie 1935

The Prodigal

Bosra

Movie 1955

Pontius Pilate

Herod Antipas

Movie 1952

Great Expectations

Jaggers

Movie 1934

The Foreman Went to France

French Skipper

Movie 1942

Dinner at the Ritz

Brogard

Movie 1937

The Man Within

Mr. Braddock

Movie 1947

Young Man's Fancy

Blackbeard, Vincent St George

Movie 1939

Fine Feathers

Hugo Steinway

Movie 1937

The Laughing Lady

Sir Williams Tremayne

Movie 1946

A Woman Alone

Prosecutor

Movie 1936

Tv series unavailable from Francis L. Sullivan

General Electric Theater

Tv 1953

Lux Video Theatre

Detective Yates

Tv 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Tv 1951

The Philco Television Playhouse

Tv 1948

Suspense

Tv 1949

Robert Montgomery Presents

Tv 1950

Cavalcade of America

Tv 1952

Lights Out

Tv 1949

Sure As Fate

Tv 1950

Destiny

Tv

General Electric Theater

Captain William Bligh

Tv 1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Garman

Tv 1951

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948