James Flavin
País: United States
Género: M
Cumpleaños: 1906-05-14
Fallecido: 1976-04-23
Biografía
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.
Actor:
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1. O malvado Zaroff (1932), película...First Mate on Yacht
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2. King Kong (1933), película...Second Mate Briggs
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3. Gracia y simpatía (1934), película...Flannigan
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4. Ojos cariñosos (1934), película...Bob - Aviator
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5. El escándalo del día (1935), película...Police Detective
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6. Secrets of Chinatown (1935), película...Brandhma
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7. Rebelde (1935), película...Yankee Guard (uncredited)
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8. Al servicio de las damas (1936), película...Detective #2
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9. El hombre que sabía demasiado (1936), película...Policeman
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10. Born to Be Wild (1938), película...Striker
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11. Mr. Wong en el barrio chino (1939), película...Sergeant Jerry
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12. El regenerado (1939), película...Hoatley
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13. Belle Starr (1941), película...Sergeant
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14. ¡Que par de reclutas! (1941), película...Army Captain at White Army Tent
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15. Matrimonio original (1941), película...Attractive Woman's Escort
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16. Texas (1941), película...Abilene Fight Announcer
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17. Sunny (1941), película...Motorcycle Cop
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18. Una novia contrareembolso (1941), película...Interrogating Detective (uncredited)
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19. La pelirroja (1941), película...Ticket Inspector on Boat (uncredited)
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20. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942), película...Warden (uncredited)
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21. Fuerzas aereas (1943), película...Maj. A.M. Bagley
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22. Ciudad sin hombres (1943), película...Coast Guard Officer
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23. Sangre en Filipinas (1943), película...Capt. O'Brien (uncredited)
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24. Luz en el alma (1944), película...Policeman
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25. Laura (1944), película...Det. McEveety
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26. Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944), película...Sergeant (uncredited)
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27. Together Again (1944), película...Policeman (uncredited)
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28. Levando anclas (1945), película...Radio Cop
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29. Locamente enamorada (1945), película...Captain (uncredited)
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30. El extraño amor de Martha Ivers (1946), película...Detective #1
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31. El coraje de Lassie (1946), película...Lt. Tom Arnold
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32. El Diablo y yo (1946), película...Bellamy
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33. Una vida robada (1946), película...Investigator
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34. A capa y espada (1946), película...Col. Walsh
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35. El callejón de las almas perdidas (1947), película...Hoatley
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36. Morena y peligrosa (1947), película...Det. Lt. 'Mac' Hennessey
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37. Pasión que redime (1947), película...Police Sgt. Patella
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38. Sucedió en la Quinta Avenida (1947), película...First Policeman
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39. Los fabulosos Dorseys (1947), película...Gorman
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40. La hija del pecado (1947), película...Sheriff Pat Johnson
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41. The Velvet Touch (1948), película...Sgt. Oliphant
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42. Los saqueadores (1948), película...Sergeant Major
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43. Venus era mujer (1948), película...Kerrigan
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44. Matanza infernal (1948), película...Judge Advocate
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45. Mujer de temple (1949), película...Angry Carnival Creditor
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46. El gran gorila (1949), película...Schultz
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47. Más fuerte que la ley (1949), película...Policeman in Park
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48. Huellas de sangre (1949), película...Boylan
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49. Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949), película...Brophy
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50. Asalto al coche blindado (1950), película...Police Lt. Phillips
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51. La reina de los ladrones (1950), película...Secret Service Chief
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52. Mi amiga Irma va al Oeste (1950), película...Sheriff (uncredited)
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...Detective Sawyer
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54. Hombres de combate (1951), película...Cmdr. Rogers
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55. ¡Vaya par de marinos! (1952), película...Petty Officer
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56. I Beheld His Glory (1953), película
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57. Dragones con alas (1954), película...Doctor
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58. Massacre Canyon (1954), película...Colonel Tarant
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59. Apache Ambush (1955), película...Col. Marshall
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60. Hoy como ayer (1956), película...Timmy
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61. Francis in the Haunted House (1956), película...Police Chief Martin
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62. La última bala (1957), película...Tim Riley
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63. Casta indomable (1957), película...Secret Service Chief
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64. Viento salvaje (1957), película...Wool Buyer
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65. Man with a Camera (1958), serie...Lt. Donovan
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66. A sangre fría (1967), película...Clarence Duntz
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67. Un ejecutivo muy mono (1971), película...Father O'Leary
Glas:
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1. Sabotaje (1942), película...Motorcycle Cop
