James Flavin
Pays: United States
Genre: M
Date d'anniversaire: 1906-05-14
Décédés: 1976-04-23
Biographie
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.
Acteur:
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1. La Chasse du comte Zaroff (1932), film...First Mate on Yacht
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...Second Mate Briggs
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3. La p'tite Shirley (1934), film...Flannigan
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4. Shirley aviatrice (1934), film...Bob - Aviator
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5. Chronique mondaine (1935), film...Police Detective
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6. Secrets of Chinatown (1935), film...Brandhma
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7. La fille du rebelle (1935), film...Yankee Guard (uncredited)
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8. Mon homme Godfrey (1936), film...Detective #2
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9. L'Homme qui en savait trop (1936), film...Policeman
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10. Born to Be Wild (1938), film...Striker
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11. Mr. Wong in de Chinese wijk (1939), film...Sergeant Jerry
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12. Irish Luck (1939), film...Hoatley
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13. La reine des rebelles (1941), film...Sergeant
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14. L'or du ciel (1941), film...Sheriff Bud Connolly
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15. Quel pétard! (1941), film...Army Captain at White Army Tent
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16. M. et Mme Smith (1941), film...Attractive Woman's Escort
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17. Texas (1941), film...Abilene Fight Announcer
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18. Mardi gras (1941), film...Motorcycle Cop
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19. Fiancée contre remboursement (1941), film...Interrogating Detective (uncredited)
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20. La blonde framboise (1941), film...Ticket Inspector on Boat (uncredited)
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21. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942), film...Warden (uncredited)
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22. Air Force (1943), film...Maj. A.M. Bagley
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23. Cité sans hommes (1943), film...Coast Guard Officer
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24. Les anges de miséricorde (1943), film...Capt. O'Brien (uncredited)
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25. Vacances de Noël (1944), film...Policeman
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26. Laura (1944), film...Det. McEveety
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27. Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944), film...Sergeant (uncredited)
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28. Coup de foudre (1944), film...Policeman (uncredited)
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29. Escale à Hollywood (1945), film...Radio Cop
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30. Over 21 (1945), film...Captain (uncredited)
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31. L'emprise du crime (1946), film...Detective #1
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32. Le courage de Lassie (1946), film...Lt. Tom Arnold
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33. L'évadé de l'enfer (1946), film...Bellamy
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34. La voleuse (1946), film...Investigator
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35. Cape et poignard (1946), film...Col. Walsh
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36. Le charlatan (1947), film...Hoatley
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37. La brune de mes rêves (1947), film...Det. Lt. 'Mac' Hennessey
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38. La femme déshonorée (1947), film...Police Sgt. Patella
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...First Policeman
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40. The Fabulous Dorseys (1947), film...Gorman
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41. La Furie du désert (1947), film...Sheriff Pat Johnson
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42. The Velvet Touch (1948), film...Sgt. Oliphant
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43. Les pillards (1948), film...Sergeant Major
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44. Un caprice de Vénus (1948), film...Kerrigan
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45. Massacre à Furnace Creek (1948), film...Judge Advocate
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46. Boulevard des passions (1949), film...Angry Carnival Creditor
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47. Monsieur Joë (1949), film...Schultz
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48. Jenny, femme marquée (1949), film...Policeman in Park
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49. Homicide (1949), film...Boylan
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50. Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949), film...Brophy
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51. Armored Car Robbery (1950), film...Police Lt. Phillips
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52. Dakota Lil (1950), film...Secret Service Chief
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53. My Friend Irma Goes West (1950), film...Sheriff (uncredited)
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...Detective Sawyer
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55. Alerte aux gardes-côtes (1951), film...Cmdr. Rogers
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56. La polka des marins (1952), film...Petty Officer
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57. I Beheld His Glory (1953), film
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58. Dragonfly Squadron (1954), film...Doctor
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59. Massacre Canyon (1954), film...Colonel Tarant
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60. Apache Ambush (1955), film...Col. Marshall
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61. Ne dites jamais adieu (1956), film...Timmy
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62. Francis Détective (1956), film...Police Chief Martin
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63. Le survivant des monts lointains (1957), film...Tim Riley
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64. La ville de la vengeance (1957), film...Secret Service Chief
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65. Car sauvage est le vent (1957), film...Wool Buyer
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66. Man with a Camera (1958), série...Lt. Donovan
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67. De sang-froid (1967), film...Clarence Duntz
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68. Un singulier directeur (1971), film...Father O'Leary
Voix:
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1. Cinquième colonne (1942), film...Motorcycle Cop