James Flavin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-05-14 (70 years old)

Deathday

1976-04-23

Place of Birth

Portland, Maine, USA

James Flavin

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 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 a...

Acting

1933

King Kong

as Mate Briggs

1941

Manpower

as Orderly About to Give Bath (uncredited)

1953

Confidentially Connie

as Harry (uncredited)

1940

Youth Will Be Served

as Buck Miller

1932

The Most Dangerous Game

as First Mate on Yacht (uncredited)

1948

My Girl Tisa

as Guard (uncredited)

1950

Armored Car Robbery

as Lt. Phillips

1952

Here Come the Marines

as Lieutenant-Colonel at End

1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

as Jack's Friend (uncredited)

1957

Night Passage

as Tim Riley

1938

Mannequin

as Burly Man (Uncredited)

1949

The Devil's Henchman

as Police Sergeant Briggs

1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

as Police Detective #1

1947

Desert Fury

as Pat Johnson

1947

Nora Prentiss

as District Attorney

1946

Nobody Lives Forever

as Shake Thomas

1953

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

as First Policeman in Bank

1957

Wild Is the Wind

as Wool Buyer

1950

Destination Murder

as Police Lt. Brewster

1950

1932

McKenna of the Mounted

as Corporal Randall McKenna

1938

Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Army Captain (uncredited)

1946

Cloak and Dagger

as Col. Walsh

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Ft. Robinson Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)

1938

Born to Be Wild

as Striker (uncredited)

1945

The Shanghai Cobra

as H.R. Jarvis

1953

Hot News

as Al Bragg

1957

Footsteps in the Night

as Mr. Bradbury

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Police Lieutenant Schaeffer

1949

1941

Kathleen

as Moving Man

1949

Homicide

as Det. Lt. Boylan

1967

In Cold Blood

as Clarence Duntz

1934

Wild Gold

as Detective (uncredited)

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as First Policeman (uncredited)

1941

Belle Starr

as Sergeant

1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

1939

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

as Police Sgt. Jerry

1954

1956

Francis in the Haunted House

as Police Chief Martin

1935

The Murder Man

as Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)

1935

Rendezvous

as 2st Military Policeman (uncredited)

1952

Sailor Beware

as Petty Officer (uncredited)

1955

The Naked Street

as Attorney Michael X. Flanders

1945

God Is My Co-Pilot

as Major at Kweilin Airbase (uncredited)

1936

How to Behave

as Man in Manhole (uncredited)

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Captain O'Brien (Uncredited)

1942

Reap the Wild Wind

as Girl's Father (uncredited)

1943

I Dood It

as Federal Agent (uncredited)

1946

The Missing Lady

as Police Insp. Cardona

1933

Riot Squad

as Det. Mack McCue

1976

Law and Order

as Capt. Toomey

1956

1949

Prison Warden

as Guard Capt. Peter Butler

1944

Abroad with Two Yanks

as Sgt. Wiggins

1957

Hold That Hypnotist

as Jake Morgan

1943

1938

Wives Under Suspicion

as Jenks - Chauffeur (uncredited)

1946

Boys' Ranch

as Policeman (uncredited)

1937

Girls Can Play

as Det. Bill O'Malley

1952

O. Henry's Full House

as Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

1939

They All Come Out

as Officer (uncredited)

1955

Apache Ambush

as Col. Marshall

1951

Follow the Sun

as Henry Gibbs

1934

The Brand of Hate

as Holt Larkins

1941

We Go Fast

as Police Lt. Bardette

1938

Convicts at Large

as Detective Sgt. Berkovich

1939

Irish Luck

as Fluger

1933

Hello, Sister!

as Fireman

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Radio Cop

1949

Mississippi Rhythm

as Stan Caldwell

1938

Lightning Carson Rides Again

as Justice Department Agent

1938

1954

Massacre Canyon

as Col. Tarant

1951

Operation Pacific

as SP Commander

1951

Oh! Susanna

as Capt. Worth

1942

A Yank on the Burma Road

as Police Dispatcher

1934

The Affairs of Cellini

as Palace Guard (uncredited)

1940

1948

Sleep, My Love

as Lieutenant Mitchell

1941

Pot o' Gold

as Sheriff Bud Connolly (uncredited)

1936

They Met in a Taxi

as Policeman

1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

as Dr. Spitzy Calahan (uncredited)

1937

Midnight Taxi

as Detective McCormick

1937

Live, Love and Learn

as Marine Who Likes Painting (uncredited)

1938

Night Spot

as Kidnapper

1938

Blondie

as Policeman in Accident Car (uncredited)

1935

Woman Wanted

as Mac - Policeman (uncredited)

1939

Tell No Tales

as Officer Simmons (uncredited)

1938

Everybody's Doing It

as Detective Hayes

1951

According to Mrs. Hoyle

as Prosecuting Attorney

1932

1932

Back Street

as Reporter (uncredited)

1938

Start Cheering

as Gas Station Attendant

1952

Carrie

as Mike - Bartender (uncredited)

1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

as Clancy (uncredited)

1940

Manhattan Heartbeat

as Truck Driver

1939

Jesse James

as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)

1967

Good Times

as Lieutenant

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

as Doorman (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific

as Paddy (uncredited)

1939

Rose of Washington Square

as Guard (uncredited)

1939

They Shall Have Music

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1939

Each Dawn I Die

as Policeman (uncredited)

1944

Christmas Holiday

as Policeman

1939

Sergeant Madden

as Police Interrogator

1939

Fast and Furious

as Policeman Guarding Entrance (uncredited)

1939

The Roaring Twenties

as Policeman (uncredited)

1946

A Stolen Life

as Investigator (uncredited)

1941

1940

Lucky Cisco Kid

as Ranch Foreman

1940

South of Pago Pago

as Cafe Customer

1935

1950

When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Gen. Brevort (uncredited)

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as Guard (uncredited)

1941

Bedtime Story

as Hotel Guest in Room 625 (uncredited)

1943

Air Force

as Maj. A.M. Bagley

1937

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Jailer (uncredited)

1938

I Am the Law

as George - Witness (uncredited)

1938

Miracle Money

as Cop (uncredited)

1947

Unconquered

as Villager (uncredited)

1944

Uncertain Glory

as Captain of Mobile Guard

1945

Mildred Pierce

as Detective (uncredited)

1942

Treat 'Em Rough

as Joe Trosper

1935

The Daring Young Man

as Informant on Telephone

1940

Remember the Night

as Court Attendant (uncredited)

1946

Sentimental Journey

as Detective Sgt. McFarland (uncredited)

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)

1940

Brother Orchid

as Parking Attendant at Fat Dutchy's (uncredited)

1950

Dakota Lil

as Secret Service Chief

1941

Hold Back the Dawn

as Immigration Guard (uncredited)

1948

Bungalow 13

as Lt. Sam Wilson

1944

Laura

as Det. McEveety (uncredited)

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Prison Guard In Library (uncredited)

1939

Everybody's Baby

as Police Announcer (uncredited)

1942

Saboteur

as Motorcycle Cop (voice) (uncredited)

1933

Ship of Wanted Men

as Frank Busch

1942

1941

The Night of January 16th

as Policeman Kelly

1940

When the Daltons Rode

as Annabella's Brother

1941

Ride on Vaquero

as Officer Johnson

1939

1934

Baby Take a Bow

as Flannigan

1938

Gateway

as Guard

1940

Tin Pan Alley

as Army Sergeant (uncredited)

1940

The Long Voyage Home

as Dock Policeman

1948

1942

Gentleman Jim

as George Corbett (uncredited)

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Death Row Guard (uncredited)

1940

It All Came True

as Roaring 90's Club Doorman (uncredited)

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Army Assistant Coach (uncredited)

1940

Florian

as Policeman

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as Cop (uncredited)

1940

1940

Girl in 313

as Det. Carvin

1940

1940

The Ghost Breakers

as Hotel Porter (uncredited)

1940

1940

The Great Profile

as Detective

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Policeman (uncredited)

2005

The Lost Spider Pit Sequence

as Second Mate Briggs (archive footage)

1946

1950

Rock Island Trail

as Railroad Workman

1946

1947

Robin Hood Of Texas

as Captain Danforth

1935

Chinatown Squad

as Detective

1940

1935

Captain Hurricane

as Freighter Officer

1953

Trouble Along the Way

as Coach Buck Holman

1953

1942

Tough as They Come

as Process Server

1941

Four Mothers

as Demolition Man (uncredited)

1948

The Plunderers

as Sergeant Major

1941

Western Union

as Deputy Sheriff

1942

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Railroad Detective #2 (uncredited)

1953

Star of Texas

as Texas Rangers Capt. Sturdivant

1941

Texas

as Abilene Fight Announcer

1958

Johnny Rocco

as Mooney

1949

Shockproof

as Policeman in Park (Uncredited)

1939

Big Town Czar

as George Mitchell

1937

Big Town Girl

as State Trooper

1940

Double Alibi

as Patrolman Johnson

1941

New York Town

as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

1937

Angel's Holiday

as Detective

1937

Dangerous Number

as Cab Driver

1935

Shipmates Forever

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

1941

I Wake Up Screaming

as Detective (uncredited)

1952

1951

Fighting Coast Guard

as Commander Rogers

1946

Tars and Spars

as Chief Bosun Mate Gurney

1944

Once Upon a Time

as Man in Subway (uncredited)

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as Policeman Reardon (uncredited)

1941

1943

Action in the North Atlantic

as Merchant Marine School Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)

1934

The Big Race

as Bill Figg

1943

Corvette K-225

as 1st Lt. Bill Gardner

1937

Hot Water

as Policeman (uncredited)

1943

1943

Heaven Can Wait

as Policeman (uncredited)

1943

Mission to Moscow

as American Senator (uncredited)

1946

Rendezvous with Annie

as Turnkey (uncredited)

1937

I Promise to Pay

as Bill Seaver

1945

Murder, He Says

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1944

Strange Affair

as Bank Security Guard (Uncredited)

1933

Only Yesterday

as Billy (Uncredited)

1938

The Duke of West Point

as Plebe Hockey Coach

1947

My Favorite Brunette

as Det. Lt. 'Mac' Hennessey (uncredited)

1935

Public Hero Number 1

as Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited)

1935

'G' Men

as Agent with Jean (uncredited)

1944

Hollywood Canteen

as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

1935

Special Agent

as Agent Arresting Julie (uncredited)

1947

Dishonored Lady

as Police Sergeant Patella

1941

Buck Privates

as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

1943

It Ain't Hay

as Cop (uncredited)

1942

Night in New Orleans

as Egan (Uncredited)

1945

Over 21

as Captain (uncredited)

1955

Mister Roberts

as Military Policeman

1940

Private Affairs

as Doorman (uncredited)

1948

The Noose Hangs High

as Traffic Cop (uncredited)

1941

Pot o' Gold

as Sheriff Bud Connolly

1937

You Only Live Once

as State Trooper (uncredited)

1943

Riding High

as Train Conductor

1945

The Spider

as Officer Johnny Tracy

1957

The Restless Breed

as Secret Service Chief

1936

My Man Godfrey

as Detective (uncredited)

1951

Rhubarb

as O'Leary, Manhattan Police Chief (uncredited)

1946

Young Widow

as Subway Conductor (Uncredited)

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Buck (uncredited)

1932

Okay, America!

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1942

Kid Glove Killer

as Keenan - Detective Grilling Eddie (uncredited)

1934

Beloved

as Wilcox

1940

Queen of the Mob

as Third FBI Director

1939

Mickey the Kid

as Sanders

1932

The All-American

as Don Lindsay

1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)

1948

Secret Service Investigator

as Police Inspector Thorndyke

1948

The Velvet Touch

as Sgt. Oliphant

1946

Step by Step

as Woods

1947

Nightmare Alley

as Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (uncredited)

1940

Hot Steel

as Storm Swenson

1938

Test Pilot

as Pilot (uncredited)

1950

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)

1954

Return of the Dead

as Judd Harrison

1942

Broadway

as Doorman (uncredited)

1945

Johnny Angel

as Flavin, Mate of the Quincy (uncredited)

1935

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Patrolman (uncredited)

1945

Hold That Blonde!

as Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited)

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