James Flavin
Acting
- Nascimento:
- 1906-05-14
- Falecimento:
- 1976-04-23
- Local de nascimento:
- Portland, Maine, USA
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
A História de Francis Gary Powers
Law and Order
A Família Sol-Lá-Si-Dó
O Rei dos Ladrões
A Sangue Frio
Good Times
The Pruitts of Southampton
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Crepúsculo de Uma Raça
A Família Addams
Deu a Louca no Mundo
Mr. Novak
Burke's Law
Critic's Choice
The Lucy Show
Sam Benedict
The New Breed
Dr. Kildare
Cain's Hundred
Mister Ed
The Roaring 20's
Surfside 6
Pete and Gladys
Coronado 9
Johnny Midnight
Além da Imaginação
O Último Hurrah
Johnny Rocco
Man with a Camera
O Homem do Rifle
Wild Is the Wind
Alcoa Theatre
A Passagem da Noite
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Restless Breed
Footsteps in the Night
Hold That Hypnotist
Asas de Águia
State Trooper
Francis Entre Fantasmas
Nunca Deixei de Te Amar
Matinee Theater
Alfred Hitchcock Apresenta
Navy Log
Apache Ambush
O Salário do Pecado
Mister Roberts
The Millionaire
Climax!
December Bride
Return of the Dead
Massacre Canyon
Dragonfly Squadron
Public Defender
The Eddie Cantor Story
Fighter Attack
Hot News
Letter to Loretta
City Detective
Abbott e Costello no Planeta Marte
Atalhos do Destino
I Beheld His Glory
Confidentially Connie
General Electric Theater
Star of Texas
The Abbott and Costello Show
A Rainha do Mar
Cavalcade of America
Death Valley Days
Four Star Playhouse
Páginas da Vida
Perdição por Amor
Here Come the Marines
O Marujo Foi na Onda
As We Forgive
Dangerous Assignment
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Come Fill the Cup
I Love Lucy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Rhubarb
Racket Squad
Fighting Coast Guard
Follow the Sun
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Oh! Susanna
Águas Traiçoeiras
The Living Christ
Lux Video Theatre
South Sea Sinner
Destination Murder
Armored Car Robbery
The Savage Horde
A Fúria dos Peles Vermelhas
O Azar de um Valente
Dakota Lil
Prison Warden
The Devil's Henchmen
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
Monstro de um Mundo Perdido
Mississippi Rhythm
Frente a Frente com Assassinos
Caminho da Redenção
Homicide
Apaixonados
Bungalow 13
The Plunderers
Vênus, Deusa do Amor
A Última Noite de Glória
Secret Service Investigator
The Noose Hangs High
Sonha, Meu Amor
Anos de Inocência
Os Inconquistáveis
O Beco das Almas Perdidas
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
A Canção dos Acusados
A Filha da Pecadora
Robin Hood Of Texas
Mulher Caluniada
Aconteceu na Quinta Avenida
Minha Morena Linda
A Sentença
Regeneração
O Grande Segredo
Eu e o Sr. Satã
Rastro Criminoso
O Tempo Não Apaga
The Missing Lady
Easy to Wed
Rendezvous with Annie
Boys' Ranch
Uma Vida Roubada
Conflito Sentimental
Young Widow
Tars and Spars
The Spider
Agarre Essa Loura
Johnny Angel
Alma em Suplício
A Cobra de Shanghai
Marujos do Amor
Over 21
Ninho da Serpente
Circumstantial Evidence
A Mão que Nos Guia
Um Sonho em Hollywood
Laura
Strange Affair
Abroad with Two Yanks
Mr. Winkle Vai para a Guerra
O Eterno Pretendente
Férias de Natal
Uncertain Glory
There's Something About a Soldier
Riding High
Swing Shift Maisie
Corvetas em Ação
Graças à Minha Boa Estrela
Murder on the Waterfront
A Legião Branca
I Dood It
O Diabo Disse Não
Comboio Para o Leste
Missão em Moscou
Águias Americanas
Canta Coração
Alta Malandragem
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Gentleman Jim
Night in New Orleans
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Thru Different Eyes
Tough as They Come
Broadway
Fingers at the Window
Sabotador
Um Assassino de Luvas
Vendaval de Paixões
Cavalheiros da Galhofa
Treat 'Em Rough
A Yank on the Burma Road
Bedtime Story
Kathleen
The Night of January 16th
New York Town
Quem Matou Vicki?
Texas
A Porta de Ouro
We Go Fast
Belle Starr
Aquela Mulher!
Volta Para Mim
A Vida é Um Teatro
Ride on Vaquero
Pot o' Gold
Os Conquistadores
Uma Loira com Açúcar
Ordinário, Marche!
The Wild Man of Borneo
Four Mothers
Tin Pan Alley
Youth Will Be Served
A Longa Viagem de Volta
The Devil's Pipeline
Legião de Heróis
Knute Rockne All American
The Great Profile
Rhythm on the River
When the Daltons Rode
The Golden Fleecing
South of Pago Pago
Manhattan Heartbeat
The Way of All Flesh
Private Affairs
Lucky Cisco Kid
Queen of the Mob
O Castelo Sinistro
Irmão Orquídea
Florian
Girl in 313
La Conga Nights
Hot Steel
Johnny Apollo
Um Sonho Para Dois
And One Was Beautiful
As Vinhas da Ira
Women Without Names
Double Alibi
Castle on the Hudson
Melodia da Broadway de 1940
The Fighting 69th
Lembra-se Daquela Noite?
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Heróis Esquecidos
Fast and Furious
Irish Luck
Each Dawn I Die
They Shall Have Music
Noite de Pecado
They All Come Out
Mr. Wong no Bairro Chinês
Mickey the Kid
Tell No Tales
A Comédia de um Crime
Aliança de Aço
O Meu Amado
Big Town Czar
Code of the Streets
Sergeant Madden
Everybody's Baby
The Ice Follies of 1939
Jesse James
The Duke of West Point
While New York Sleeps
Convicts at Large
Blondie
Lightning Carson Rides Again
Sob o Céu dos Trópicos
Three Loves Has Nancy
Do Mundo Nada Se Leva
Eu Sou a Lei!
Gateway
Wives Under Suspicion
A Epopéia do Jazz
Piloto de Provas
Miracle Money
Start Cheering
Night Spot
Born to Be Wild
Manequim
Everybody's Doing It
Big Town Girl
Vive, Ama e Aprende
Hot Water
Dangerously Yours
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Jogo de Saias
Angel's Holiday
I Promise to Pay
Midnight Taxi
Vive-se Uma Só Vez
Dangerous Number
The Luckiest Girl in the World
They Met in a Taxi
Irene, a Teimosa
Charlie Chan no Prado
How to Behave
One Way Ticket
Rendezvous
Shipmates Forever
Nas Garras da Lei
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Woman Wanted
The Daring Young Man
The Murder Man
Chinatown Squad
Public Hero Number 1
Contra o Império do Crime
Straight from the Heart
Captain Hurricane
Secrets of Chinatown
A Marca do Ódio
As Aventuras de Cellini
A Queridinha da Família
Wild Gold
The Big Race
Beloved
Only Yesterday
Ship of Wanted Men
Riot Squad
Hello, Sister!
King Kong
Asas Heróicas
The All-American
Zaroff, O Caçador de Vidas
Okay, America!
McKenna of the Mounted
Back Street
The Airmail Mystery