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James Flavin
Conhecido por: AtuaçãoAmerican 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.
Filmografia 66
King Kong
como Mate Briggs 
The Living Christ
como Longinus 
O Castelo Sinistro
como Hotel Porter (uncredited) 
Vive-se Uma Só Vez
como State Trooper (uncredited) 
Laura
como Det. McEveety (uncredited) 
A Sangue Frio
como Clarence Duntz 
Marujos do Amor
como Radio Cop 
Zaroff, O Caçador de Vidas
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como First Mate on Yacht (uncredited) 
Monstro de um Mundo Perdido
como Schultz 
O Tempo Não Apaga
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como Police Detective #1 
Aconteceu na Quinta Avenida
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como First Policeman (uncredited) 
A Longa Viagem de Volta
como Dock Policeman 
Frente a Frente com Assassinos
como Insp. Wellman 
A Filha da Pecadora
como Pat Johnson 
A Rainha do Mar
como Conductor 
Águas Traiçoeiras
como SP Commander 
A Formosa Bandida
como Sergeant 
A Passagem da Noite
como Tim Riley 
Melodia da Broadway de 1940
como Clancy (uncredited) 
O Grande Segredo
como Col. Walsh 
Regeneração
como Shake Thomas 
Vênus, Deusa do Amor
como Kerrigan 
Sonha, Meu Amor
como Lieutenant Mitchell 
Atalhos do Destino
como Coach Buck Holman 
Eu Sou a Lei!
como George - Witness (uncredited) 
A Sentença
como District Attorney 
Águias Americanas
como Maj. A.M. Bagley 
The Restless Breed
como Secret Service Chief 
The Noose Hangs High
como Traffic Cop (uncredited) 
Eu e o Sr. Satã
como Dan Bellamy 
Nunca Deixei de Te Amar
como Timmy 
Armored Car Robbery
como Lt. Phillips 
Uma Vida Roubada
como Investigator (uncredited) 
Man on the Flying Trapeze
como Chauffeur (uncredited) 
O Salário do Pecado
como Attorney Michael X. Flanders 
O Eterno Pretendente
como Man in Subway (uncredited) 
A Última Noite de Glória
como Sgt. Oliphant 
Hello, Sister!
como Fireman 
Charlie Chan no Prado
como Detective 
Francis Entre Fantasmas
como Police Chief Martin 
Confidentially Connie
como Harry (uncredited) 
Easy to Wed
como Joe 
The Ice Follies of 1939
como Doorman (uncredited) 
Four Mothers
como Demolition Man (uncredited) 
Fingers at the Window
como Police Lieutenant Schaeffer 
Here Come the Marines
como Lieutenant-Colonel at End 
The Plunderers
como Sergeant Major 
As Aventuras de Cellini
como Palace Guard (uncredited) 
Pot o' Gold
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como Sheriff Bud Connolly 
Mr. Wong no Bairro Chinês
como Police Sgt. Jerry 
Murder on the Waterfront
como Cmdr. Kalin 
A Cobra de Shanghai
como H.R. Jarvis 
Robin Hood Of Texas
como Captain Danforth 
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
como Brophy 
Um Sonho Para Dois
como Roaring 90's Club Doorman (uncredited) 
Tough as They Come
como Process Server 
I Beheld His Glory
como Longinus 
A Marca do Ódio
como Holt Larkins 
Manequim
como Burly Man (Uncredited) 
The Missing Lady
como Police Insp. Cardona 
Lightning Carson Rides Again
como Justice Department Agent 
Wives Under Suspicion
como Jenks (uncredited) 
Hold That Hypnotist
como Jake Morgan 
Over 21
como Captain (uncredited) 
South Sea Sinner
como Andrews