James Flavin acteur
- Toutes les séries télévisées connues 50
- Total des films connus 263
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 didnt 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 serials 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.
Mate Briggs
Film 1933
Orderly About to Give Bath (uncredited)
Film 1941
Harry (uncredited)
Film 1953
Buck Miller
Film 1940
First Mate on Yacht (uncredited)
Film 1932
Guard (uncredited)
Film 1948
Brophy
Film 1949
Ed
Film 1935
Lt. Phillips
Film 1950
Lieutenant-Colonel at End
Film 1952
Jack's Friend (uncredited)
Film 1938
Burly Man (Uncredited)
Film 1938
Police Sergeant Briggs
Film 1949
Pat Johnson
Film 1947
District Attorney
Film 1947
Detective
Film 1936
Police Lt. Brewster
Film 1950
Guard
Film 1950
Corporal Randall McKenna
Film 1932
Army Captain (uncredited)
Film 1938
Col. Walsh
Film 1946
Ft. Robinson Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
Film 1964
Striker (uncredited)
Film 1938
Mr. Bradbury
Film 1957
Police Lieutenant Schaeffer
Film 1942
Schultz
Film 1949
Det. Lt. Boylan
Film 1949
Detective (uncredited)
Film 1934
First Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1947
Sergeant
Film 1941
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Film 1935
Lt. Flynn
Film 1965
Police Sgt. Jerry
Film 1939
Police Chief Martin
Film 1956
Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Film 1935
2st Military Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1935
Petty Officer (uncredited)
Film 1952
Attorney Michael X. Flanders
Film 1955
Major at Kweilin Airbase (uncredited)
Film 1945
Man in Manhole (uncredited)
Film 1936
Captain O'Brien (Uncredited)
Film 1943
Girl's Father (uncredited)
Film 1942
Federal Agent (uncredited)
Film 1943
Police Insp. Cardona
Film 1946
Det. Mack McCue
Film 1933
Film 1949
Capt. Toomey
Film 1976
Guard Capt. Peter Butler
Film 1949
Sgt. Wiggins
Film 1944
Jake Morgan
Film 1957
Cmdr. Kalin
Film 1943
Jenks - Chauffeur (uncredited)
Film 1938
Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1946
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Film 1952
Officer (uncredited)
Film 1939
Col. Marshall
Film 1955
Henry Gibbs
Film 1951
Holt Larkins
Film 1934
Police Lt. Bardette
Film 1941
Detective Sgt. Berkovich
Film 1938
Fireman
Film 1933
Stan Caldwell
Film 1949
Justice Department Agent
Film 1938
2nd Cop
Film 1938
Col. Tarant
Film 1954
Palace Guard (uncredited)
Film 1934
Dowling
Film 1940
Sheriff Bud Connolly (uncredited)
Film 1941
Policeman
Film 1936
Dr. Spitzy Calahan (uncredited)
Film 1937
Marine Who Likes Painting (uncredited)
Film 1937
Policeman in Accident Car (uncredited)
Film 1938
Mac - Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1935
Officer Simmons (uncredited)
Film 1939
Detective Hayes
Film 1938
Prosecuting Attorney
Film 1951
Policeman
Film 1942
Bob Lee
Film 1932
Reporter (uncredited)
Film 1932
Gas Station Attendant
Film 1938
Mike - Bartender (uncredited)
Film 1952
Clancy (uncredited)
Film 1940
Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
Film 1939
Lieutenant
Film 1967
Doorman (Uncredited)
Film 1939
Paddy (uncredited)
Film 1939
Guard (uncredited)
Film 1939
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Film 1939
Turnkey
Film 1939
Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1939
Police Interrogator
Film 1939
Policeman Guarding Entrance (uncredited)
Film 1939
Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1939
Investigator (uncredited)
Film 1946
Policeman
Film 1941
Ranch Foreman
Film 1940
Cafe Customer
Film 1940
Brandhma
Film 1935
Gen. Brevort (uncredited)
Film 1950
Guard (uncredited)
Film 1940
Hotel Guest in Room 625 (uncredited)
Film 1941
Jailer (uncredited)
Film 1938
George - Witness (uncredited)
Film 1938
Cop (uncredited)
Film 1938
Villager (uncredited)
Film 1947
Captain of Mobile Guard
Film 1944
Detective (uncredited)
Film 1945
Joe Trosper
Film 1942
Court Attendant (uncredited)
Film 1940
Detective Sgt. McFarland (uncredited)
Film 1946
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Film 1940
Parking Attendant at Fat Dutchy's (uncredited)
Film 1940
Secret Service Chief
Film 1950
Immigration Guard (uncredited)
Film 1941
Lt. Sam Wilson
Film 1948
Det. McEveety (uncredited)
Film 1944
Prison Guard In Library (uncredited)
Film 1940
Police Announcer (uncredited)
Film 1939
Motorcycle Cop (voice) (uncredited)
Film 1942
Frank Busch
Film 1933
Thomas
Film 1942
Policeman Kelly
Film 1941
Annabella's Brother
Film 1940
Officer Johnson
Film 1941
Mountie
Film 1940
Doorman
Film 1939
Flannigan
Film 1934
Army Sergeant (uncredited)
Film 1940
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Film 1976
George Corbett (uncredited)
Film 1942
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
Film 1940
Roaring 90's Club Doorman (uncredited)
Film 1940
Army Assistant Coach (uncredited)
Film 1940
Policeman
Film 1940
Cop (uncredited)
Film 1940
McRafferty
Film 1940
Det. Carvin
Film 1940
Detective
Film 1940
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
Film 1940
Detective
Film 1940
Guard
Film 1940
Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1943
Second Mate Briggs (archive footage)
Film 2005
Bellamy
Film 1946
Joe
Film 1946
Captain Danforth
Film 1947
Detective
Film 1935
Grogin
Film 1940
Freighter Officer
Film 1935
Coach Buck Holman
Film 1953
Longinus
Film 1953
Process Server
Film 1942
Demolition Man (uncredited)
Film 1941
Deputy Sheriff
Film 1941
Railroad Detective #2 (uncredited)
Film 1942
Texas Rangers Capt. Sturdivant
Film 1953
Mooney
Film 1958
Policeman in Park (Uncredited)
Film 1949
George Mitchell
Film 1939
State Trooper
Film 1937
Patrolman Johnson
Film 1940
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Film 1941
Detective
Film 1937
Cab Driver
Film 1937
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Film 1935
Detective (uncredited)
Film 1941
Commander Rogers
Film 1951
Chief Bosun Mate Gurney
Film 1946
Man in Subway (uncredited)
Film 1944
Policeman Reardon (uncredited)
Film 1947
Merchant Marine School Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
Film 1943
Bill Figg
Film 1934
1st Lt. Bill Gardner
Film 1943
Guard
Film 1945
Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1937
Policeman
Film 1943
Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1943
American Senator (uncredited)
Film 1943
Turnkey (uncredited)
Film 1946
Bill Seaver
Film 1937
Police Officer (uncredited)
Film 1945
Policeman
Film 1939
Bank Security Guard (Uncredited)
Film 1944
Billy (Uncredited)
Film 1933
Plebe Hockey Coach
Film 1938
Det. Lt. 'Mac' Hennessey (uncredited)
Film 1947
Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited)
Film 1935
Agent with Jean (uncredited)
Film 1935
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Film 1944
Agent Arresting Julie (uncredited)
Film 1935
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Film 1941
Cop (uncredited)
Film 1943
Egan (Uncredited)
Film 1942
Captain (uncredited)
Film 1945
Doorman (uncredited)
Film 1940
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Film 1948
Sheriff Bud Connolly
Film 1941
State Trooper (uncredited)
Film 1937
Train Conductor
Film 1943
Officer Johnny Tracy
Film 1945
Secret Service Chief
Film 1957
Detective (uncredited)
Film 1936
Policeman
Film 1947
O'Leary, Manhattan Police Chief (uncredited)
Film 1951
Subway Conductor (Uncredited)
Film 1946
Buck (uncredited)
Film 1941
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Film 1932
Keenan - Detective Grilling Eddie (uncredited)
Film 1942
Wilcox
Film 1934
Third FBI Director
Film 1940
Sanders
Film 1939
Don Lindsay
Film 1932
Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
Film 1943
Police Inspector Thorndyke
Film 1948
Sgt. Oliphant
Film 1948
Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Film 1947
Storm Swenson
Film 1940
Pilot (uncredited)
Film 1938
Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)
Film 1958
Judd Harrison
Film 1954
Policeman
Film 1936
Tv 1961
Officer Danny Robin
Tv 1963
Arnie Kellwin
Tv 1961
Tv 1954
Tv 1969
Sergeant Wilcox
Tv 1962
Tv 1960
Tv 1958
Captain Kimble
Tv 1951
Tv 1962
Dan Mulcahy
Tv 1955
Steve
Tv 1950
Tv 1951
Tv 1960
Heineman
Tv 1950
Tv 1955
Tv 1966
Tv 1955
Tv 1958
Lt. Poston
Tv 1964
Fire Chief Hawkins
Tv 1963
Tv 1951
Tv 1954
Tv 1952
Tv 1953
Tv 1956
Tv 1952
Tv 1960
Tv 1960
Tv 1960
Gavin Marshall
Tv 1957
Mr. Swanson
Tv 1952
General Charles Lee
Tv 1951
