James Flavin
ActingBorn
May 14, 1906
Died
April 23, 1976
Place of Birth
Portland, Maine, USA
Biography
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 r…
Known For
Filmography
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
2005
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
Law and Order
1976
In Cold Blood
1967
Good Times
1967
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Critic's Choice
1963
The Last Hurrah
1958
Johnny Rocco
1958
Wild Is the Wind
1957
Night Passage
1957
The Restless Breed
1957
Footsteps in the Night
1957
Hold That Hypnotist
1957
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
Never Say Goodbye
1956
Apache Ambush
1955
The Naked Street
1955
Mister Roberts
1955
Return of the Dead
1954
Massacre Canyon
1954
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
Fighter Attack
1953
Hot News
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
Trouble Along the Way
1953
I Beheld His Glory
1953
Confidentially Connie
1953
Star of Texas
1953
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Carrie
1952
Here Come the Marines
1952
Sailor Beware
1952
As We Forgive
1952
Come Fill the Cup
1951
Rhubarb
1951
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
Follow the Sun
1951
According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951
Oh! Susanna
1951
Operation Pacific
1951
South Sea Sinner
1950
Destination Murder
1950
Armored Car Robbery
1950
The Savage Horde
1950
Rock Island Trail
1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
Dakota Lil
1950
Prison Warden
1949
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
1949
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Mississippi Rhythm
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
Flamingo Road
1949
Homicide
1949
Shockproof
1949
Bungalow 13
1948
The Plunderers
1948
One Touch of Venus
1948
The Velvet Touch
1948
Secret Service Investigator
1948
The Noose Hangs High
1948
Sleep, My Love
1948
My Girl Tisa
1948
Unconquered
1947
Nightmare Alley
1947
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
1947
Song of the Thin Man
1947
Desert Fury
1947
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947
Dishonored Lady
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
My Favorite Brunette
1947
Nora Prentiss
1947
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
Cloak and Dagger
1946
Angel on My Shoulder
1946
Step by Step
1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
The Missing Lady
1946
Easy to Wed
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
Boys' Ranch
1946
A Stolen Life
1946
Sentimental Journey
1946
Young Widow
1946
Tars and Spars
1946
The Spider
1945
Hold That Blonde!
1945
Johnny Angel
1945
Mildred Pierce
1945
The Shanghai Cobra
1945
Anchors Aweigh
1945
Over 21
1945
Murder, He Says
1945
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
Hollywood Canteen
1944
Laura
1944
Strange Affair
1944
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944
Once Upon a Time
1944
Christmas Holiday
1944
Uncertain Glory
1944
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Riding High
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
Corvette K-225
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Murder on the Waterfront
1943
So Proudly We Hail
1943
I Dood It
1943
Heaven Can Wait
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
Mission to Moscow
1943
Air Force
1943
Something to Shout About
1943
It Ain't Hay
1943
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942
Gentleman Jim
1942
Night in New Orleans
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
Thru Different Eyes
1942
Tough as They Come
1942
Broadway
1942
Fingers at the Window
1942
Saboteur
1942
Kid Glove Killer
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Treat 'Em Rough
1942
A Yank on the Burma Road
1942
Bedtime Story
1941
Kathleen
1941
The Night of January 16th
1941
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
New York Town
1941
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Texas
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
We Go Fast
1941
Belle Starr
1941
Manpower
1941
Affectionately Yours
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Ride on Vaquero
1941
Pot o' Gold
1941
Pot o' Gold
1941
Western Union
1941
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
Buck Privates
1941
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
Four Mothers
1941
Tin Pan Alley
1940
Youth Will Be Served
1940
The Long Voyage Home
1940
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
North West Mounted Police
1940
Knute Rockne All American
1940
The Great Profile
1940
Rhythm on the River
1940
When the Daltons Rode
1940
The Golden Fleecing
1940
South of Pago Pago
1940
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
The Way of All Flesh
1940
Private Affairs
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
Queen of the Mob
1940
The Ghost Breakers
1940
Brother Orchid
1940
Florian
1940
Girl in 313
1940
La Conga Nights
1940
Hot Steel
1940
Johnny Apollo
1940
It All Came True
1940
And One Was Beautiful
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Women Without Names
1940
Double Alibi
1940
Castle on the Hudson
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
The Fighting 69th
1940
Remember the Night
1940
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Fast and Furious
1939
Irish Luck
1939
Each Dawn I Die
1939
They Shall Have Music
1939
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
They All Come Out
1939
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
Mickey the Kid
1939
Tell No Tales
1939
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
Union Pacific
1939
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Big Town Czar
1939
Code of the Streets
1939
Sergeant Madden
1939
Everybody's Baby
1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
Jesse James
1939
The Duke of West Point
1938
While New York Sleeps
1938
Convicts at Large
1938
Blondie
1938
Lightning Carson Rides Again
1938
Too Hot to Handle
1938
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
You Can't Take It with You
1938
I Am the Law
1938
Gateway
1938
Wives Under Suspicion
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
Test Pilot
1938
Miracle Money
1938
Start Cheering
1938
Night Spot
1938
Born to Be Wild
1938
Mannequin
1938
Everybody's Doing It
1938
Big Town Girl
1937
Live, Love and Learn
1937
Hot Water
1937
Dangerously Yours
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
Girls Can Play
1937
Angel's Holiday
1937
I Promise to Pay
1937
Midnight Taxi
1937
You Only Live Once
1937
Dangerous Number
1937
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936
They Met in a Taxi
1936
My Man Godfrey
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
How to Behave
1936
One Way Ticket
1935
Rendezvous
1935
Shipmates Forever
1935
Special Agent
1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
Woman Wanted
1935
The Daring Young Man
1935
The Murder Man
1935
Chinatown Squad
1935
Public Hero Number 1
1935
'G' Men
1935
Straight from the Heart
1935
Captain Hurricane
1935
Secrets of Chinatown
1935
The Brand of Hate
1934
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
Baby Take a Bow
1934
Wild Gold
1934
The Big Race
1934
Beloved
1934
Only Yesterday
1933
Ship of Wanted Men
1933
Riot Squad
1933
Hello, Sister!
1933
King Kong
1933
Air Mail
1932
The All-American
1932
The Most Dangerous Game
1932
Okay, America!
1932
McKenna of the Mounted
1932
Back Street
1932
The Airmail Mystery
1932
The Brady Bunch
1969
It Takes a Thief
1968
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
The Addams Family
1964
Mr. Novak
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The Lucy Show
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961
Mister Ed
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
Surfside 6
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
Coronado 9
1960
Johnny Midnight
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Man with a Camera
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Alcoa Theatre
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
State Trooper
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Navy Log
1955
The Millionaire
1955
Climax!
1954
December Bride
1954
Public Defender
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
City Detective
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Death Valley Days
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
I Love Lucy
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Racket Squad
1951
The Living Christ
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950